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.

Woodbridge.

* 1.1Hic iacet Iohannes Albred quondam Tweleweuer istius ville.... ob. pri∣mo die Maij.... 1400. et Agnes vxor cius..:

This Tweleweuer, with Agnes his wife, were at the charges (people of all degrees being as then forward to beautifie the house of God) to cut, gild, and paint, a Rood Loft or a partition betwixt the body of the Church and the Quire: whereupon the pictures of the Crosse, and Crucifixe, the Virgin Mary, of Angels, Archangels, Saints, and Martyrs, are figured to the life: which how glorious it was when it was all standing, may be discerned by that which remaineth. This their worke of pietie was depensild vpon the fabricke; of which so much as is left:

Orate..... Iohannis Albrede et Agnetis......... soluerunt pro pi∣ctura totius huius operis superne .:... videlicet crucis crucifixi, Marie, Archangelorum et totius candelab.......

The names of some of the Saints portraied vpon the worke, and yet re∣maining, are these, S. Paul, S. Edward, S. Kenelme, S. Oswald, S. Cuthbert, S. Blase, S. Quintin. S. Leodegare, S. Barnaby, S. Iherome.

* 1.2Orate... Iohannis Kempe, qui obijt 3 Iulij 1459. et pro animabus Mar∣garete ac Iohanne & Margarete vxorum....

Pray for... of Robert Partrich, Botcher... who dyed on Midsom∣mer day,* 1.3 M.cccccxxxiii. Mariory and Alis his wyffs... Mariory the vi. of Henry the viii. Alis.... on their souls, their children souls, and all cristen souls, almighty Iesu hane mercy.

* 1.4Here in this Towne was sometime a monastery consecrated to the ho∣nour of the blessed Virgin Mary, founded by Sir Hugh Rous, Knight; valu∣ed at fiftie pounds, three shillings, fiue pence halfe penny per annum.

The bodies buried in this Priorie Church, were these which follow:

* 1.5Sir Hugh Rous, or Rufus, the Founder, and Dame Alice his wife. Sir William Rous, and Dame Isabell his wife. Sir Arnold Rous, and Dame Eli∣sabeth his wife. Sir Giles Rous. Sir Arnold Rous, and Dame Isabell his wife, Sir Richard Brews, and Dame Alice his wife. Sir Iohn Brews, and Dame Eue his wife. Sir Iohn Brews, and Dame Agnes his wife. Sir Richard Brews

Lord of Stradbroke. Sir Giles Brews. Sir Robert Brews, and Dame Ela his wife. Sir Thomas Brews, and Dame Ione and Elizabeth his wiues. Sir Ni∣cholas Weyland, and Dame Beatrix his wife. Sir Thomas Weyland. Sir Ro∣bert Weyland. Sir Herbert Weyland. William Brews Esquire. William Mel∣ton Richard Feningle. Muriell Gouncill. Seuall Woodbridge. Edmond Wood∣bridge. Sir Iohn Shandlow, and Dame Elizabeth his wife.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Iohn Albred, and Agnes his wife.
• * 1.2

  Io Kempe and his three wiues
• * 1.3

  Rob. Partrich and his wiues.
• * 1.4

  The Founda∣tion of the Priory of S. Mary of Woodbridge.
• * 1.5

  Ex Regist. Prior de Woodbridge.