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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Title: 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.
Author: Weever, John, 1576-1632.
Publication: London :: Printed by Thomas Harper. 1631. And are to be sold by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion in little Britaine,; [1631]
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Subject terms: Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.; England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Cite this Item: "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 17, 2024.

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Mortonus.

This religious Foundation,* 1.1 as it is in the Charter, was called a Chantrie, and a Guild. Cantaria est Aedes sacra: ideo instituta et dotata praedijs, vt Missa ibidem Cantaretur pro anima fundatoris, et propinquorum eius, saith Sir Hen. Spelman, Glossar. lit. C. A Chantrie is a sacred Edifice, therefore instituted and endowed with possessions, that Masse might there bee song for the soule of the Founder, and his kindred.

Gilda est societas quorundam,* 1.2 pura charitatis, religionis, vel mercaturae gratia confaederatorum. A Gild is a societie of certaine persons confederated or liuing together, for the onely pure cause of charitie, Religion, or for the trade of Merchandise.

It is a Colledge, a sodalitie, or fellowship; a brotherhood, or companie incorporate: or it is an adunation, or a commonaltie of men gathered into one combination, supporting their common charge by a mutuall consent.

In the yeare and on the day of the moneth of a great part of this Towne of Bury was burnt downe to the ground. Vpon the re∣building whereof on the Frontispice of one of the Houses this distich fol∣lowing is in golden letters.

Vt Prior illa domus violento corruit igne, Haec stet, dum flammis terra polusque flagrent. 1609.

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* 1.1

The definition of a Chantrie and of a Guild.

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* 1.2

Id. Hen. Spelman lit. G.

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