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.

Thornage.

* 1.1Here is a faire Tombe vnder which lieth buried Anne Lady and wife of Sir Clement Heigham knight, who died .... aetatis 84.

Higham a Towne in Suffolke, which giues name to this worthy very ancient family of Higham.

* 1.2Michael Lord Montaigne in his Essay of Glory, writes that his Ance∣stors haue beene surnamed Higham; I haue no name, saith he, that is suffi∣ciently mine: Of two I haue, the one is common to all my race, yea and al∣so to others. There is a family at Paris, and another at Montpellier, called Montaigne, another in Brittany, and one in Zantoigne, surnamed de la Montaigne.* 1.3 The remouing of one only sillable may so confound our webbe, as I shall haue a share in their glory, and they perhaps a part of my shame. And my Ancestors haue heretofore beene surnamed Heigham, or Hyquem, a surname which also belongs to a house well knowne in England.

* 1.4Here is another Tombe on the South side of the Chancell, vpon which is the pourtraiture of Sir VVilliam Butts, in his complete armour kneeling, his sword by his side, his spurres, his helmet at his feet. His Lady by him kneeling, hauing her coat-armour.

Here are the coats of Butts and Bacon quartered vpon the Tombe; Ar∣werton, saith Camden in Suffolke, the house long since of the Family of the Baco••s who held this Mannor and Brome, by conducting all the footmen of Suffolke and Norfolke from S. Edmunds-dike in the warres of Wales. These Bacons haue at this day their residence at Culfurth in Suffolke,* 1.5 a goodly house erected by Sir Nicholas Bacon knight, the first Baronet, sonne vnto that Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight, Lord Keeper of the great Seale of England;* 1.6 who for his singular wisedome and most sound iudgement, was right worthily esteemed one of the two supporters of this kingdome in his time. Who lieth entombed in S. Pauls with his two wiues. Who died An. 1578. You may reade this Inscription vpon the said Monument.

Hic Nicolaum ne Baconem conditum

Existima illum, tam diu Britannici Regni secundum columen, exitium Malis, Bonis Asylum, caeca quem non extulit Ad hunc honorem sors, sed aequitas, fides, Doctrina, pietas, vnica & prudentia; Neu morte raptum crede: quia vnica breui Vita perennes emerit duas, agit Vitam secundam caelites inter animus, Fama implet orbem, vita quae illi tertia est; Hac positum in Ara est corpus, olim animi domus, Ara dicata sempiternae Memoriae.

No lesse worthie of praise,* 1.7 for his many excellent good parts, was his sonne, who followed the fathers steps; I meane Sir Francis Bacon knight, Lord Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban, and Lord Chancellour of England, lately deceased.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Anne Lady Higham.
• * 1.2

  Lib. 2. cap. 16.
• * 1.3

  Lord Mon∣taigne surna∣med Higham.
• * 1.4

  Sir William Butts knight, and his Lady.
• * 1.5

  Sir Nicholas Bacon knight and Baronet.
• * 1.6

  Sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper.
• * 1.7

  Sir Francis Ba¦con Lord Chancellour.