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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Saint Benets in the Holme.

The foundation of this religious structure is thus set downe by learned Camden in his chorographicall description of this County.

Then passeth the riuer Thirn,* 1.1 saith hee, neere the great decayed Abbey, called Saint Benet in the Holme: which Knute the Dane built, & the Monks afterward so strengthened with most strong wals and bulwarkes, that it see∣med rather a castell then a Cloister. In so much that William the Conque∣rour could not winne it by assault, vntill a Monke betraied it into his hands, vpon this condition, that himselfe might be made Abbot thereof, which was done accordingly:* 1.2 but forth with this new Abbot for being a traitour (as the inhabitants make report) was hanged vp by the Kings commande∣ment, and so iustly punished for his treason.

After the first foundation of this Abbey by King Knute, her reuenues were greatly augmented, and her building enlarged by Edward the Con∣fessor, and Editha his Queene, with the consent of fiue Dukes, and of all, or the most of the Lords spirituall and temporall within his kingdome, as it appeares by his Charter in Arch Turris Lond. Cart. Ant.

It was dedicated to the honour of Christ and Saint Benedict, replenished with blacke Monkes Benedictines, and valued in the Exchequer, at sixe hundred seuenty seuen pounds, nine shillings, eight pence, qua.

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* 1.1

The foundati∣on of S Benets in the Holme.

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* 1.2

An Abbot of Holme han∣ged.

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