Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations. A worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the studie and trauels of Iohn Weeuer.

Long Melford.

Vpon the outside of this Church, these words following are engrauen.

Pray for the souls of Iohn Clopton, and Richard Boteler, of whos gooddys this Chappell was built.

In the said Chappell, many of the ancient family of the Cloptons lie en∣tombed.

* 1.1Hic.... Dominus Willelmus Clopton.... qui obijt.... ante festum Sancti Thome 1416. & Margeria vxor Willelmi.... que obijt..... 1424.

Ora.... Marg.... & Thome fil.... eiusdem Willelmi et Marg.... 1420.

* 1.2Franciscus Clopton..... Aspice quid prodest presentis temporis euum, Omne quod est, nihil, preter amare Deum.

..... Alicia Harleston, vxor Iohannis Haliston filia Will. Clopton:...

Of this worthy family I haue spoken somewhat before, and shall haue occasion to speake more hereafter.

* 1.3Here lieth vnder a goodly Tombe the body of Sir William Cordall knight, Master of the Rolls; A good man, as Camden calls him, who built an Almes-house in this Towne. You may know more of him by this his Epitaph.

Hic Gulielmus habet requiem, Cordellus, avito Stemmate vir clarus, clarior ingenio. Hic studijs primos consumpsit fortiter annos, Mox & causarum strenuus actor erat. Tanta illi doctrina inerat, facundia, tanta, Vt Parlamenti publica lingua foret. Postea factus Eques Reginae arcana Mariae Consilia, & patriae grande subibat opus. Factus est & custos Rotulorum; vrgente senecta In Christo moriens, cepit ad astra viam. Pauperibus largus, victum, vestemque ministrans Insuper Hospitij condidit ille domum.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Will. Clopton & Marg. his wife. Mar. and Tho. Clopton.
• * 1.2

  Francis Clopton.
• * 1.3

  Sir Will. Cordal knight.