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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Saint Michael of Gosney, Norwich.

Non princeps pacis Ion Pryns sed presbiteratus,
Approbat hoc satis quia nunc iacet hic tumulatus:* 1.1
Hunc clausit terna lux prima menseque dena,
Anno milleno, C quater: totque ad et X quoque bino:
Altari summo tabulam prebet ex Alabastro,
De precio magno, cupiens laus hinc fore Christo.
Occidui parte fenestram fecit honeste,
Ordinis Angelici nec non ter nomine trini.

As I am, so sall yee all be, Prey for Margery Hore of cherite.* 1.2

Now heare a word or two of the name Hore.* 1.3 I finde, saith Verstegan, this anciently written Hure, and I finde Hure, to bee also vsed and written for the word hire; and because that such incontinent women doe commonly let their bodies to hire, this name was therefore aptly applied vnto them.

It is in the Netherlands written Hoer, but pronounced Hoor, as wee yet pronounce it, though in our later English Ortography (I know not with reason) some write it Whore.

I finde many of this sirname of good note, and speciall regard in many places of this kingdome.

Pray for the Sowl of Robart Thorp gentilman,* 1.4 Citezen and Alderman of Norwich, founder of this Chappyll and Ile, with a Chantrie Prest; hee to sing perpetually for the Sowl of Robart Thorp, the Sowls of Elyzabeth, Emme, and Agnes Sowls his wyffs, the Sowl of Iohn Thorp, his kindryd Sowls, frends Sowls, and al cristen Sowls: The which Robart ... th ... yer, M.cccc ...

Good Frendys pray for Thomas Warnys,* 1.5 here the second Chantry Prest, who departed this world on Saint Michaels Euyn, M.ccccc.viii.

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* 1.1

Iohn Prince, Priest.

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* 1.2

Margery Hore.

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* 1.3

Verst. in our english names of contempt.

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* 1.4

Rob. Thorpe.

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* 1.5

Tho. Warnys Priest.

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