Campsey or Camesey.
* 1.1This was a Nunnery not farre from Vfford, founded by one Theobald,
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.
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- 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.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14916.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.
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and consecrated to the honour of the Virgin Mary, which was valued at the suppression, to be yearely worth in Lands, one hundred eighty and two pounds, nine shillings fiue pence. These Nunnes were of the order of S. Clare, and called Minoresses.
Maud,* 1.2 who was first married to William Lord Burgh, Earle of Vlster, and after, to Raph de Vfford, chiefe Iustice of Ireland, repenting her selfe (be∣like) of her own and her last husbands delinquences committed in Ireland, of which I haue spoken before, obtained licence of King Edward the third, by the procuration of her brother Henry, Earle of Lancaster, to found a Chantrie in this monastery, of fiue Chaplaines, secular Priests, to pray and sing Masse for the soules of the said William de Burgh, and Raph de Vfford, whose body was here interred: such is the Charter of the Foun∣dation.
Edwardus,* 1.3 &c. Sciatis quod 16 die Octobris Anno regni nostri 21. ad re∣quisitionem dilecti consanguinei et fidelis nostri Hen. Com. Lancastrie, nec non Matildis comitisse Vltonie consanguinee sororis eiusdem comitis, &c. dederi∣mus et consesserimus prefate comitisse, quod ipsa quondam cantariam quin∣que capellanorum, quorum vnum custodem eiusdem cantarie duxerit nomi∣nand. in capella virginis gloriose, infra Ecclesiam Monasterij siue prioratus monialium de campese diuina celebrar. ad laudem Dei,* 1.4 & dicte virginis ma∣tris eius: pro salute que Willelmi de Burgh▪ quondam comitis Vltonie primi, ac Radulphi de Vfford secundi et virorum suorum. Cuius quidem Radulphi corpus in eadem capella quiescit humatum, &c. Test. meipso apud West. &c.
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* 1.1
The Nunnery of Campsey.
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* 1.2
The foundati∣on of a Chan∣trie in the Pri∣ory Church at Campsey.
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* 1.3
King Edwards Charter. In Arch. Turris to Lond.
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* 1.4
Raph de Vfford here buried in our Ladies Chappell.