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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Weever, John, 1576-1632.
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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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Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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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 16, 2024.
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Hunstanton.
Here the noble ancient familie of Le Strange lie buried vnder faire Mo∣numents.
* 1.1Orate pro anima Henrici Le Strange Armigeri, & Katherine vxoris eius, pro benefactoribus .... & pro fidelibus defunctis. Qui quidem Henri∣cus obijt vicesimo quinto die mensis Nouembris. An. Domini M.cccclxxv. quorum animabus propitietur Deus:
Vpon the side of a Tombe (the names of Roger Le Strange, and others of the name about the Verge of the said Tombe, being inlaid with brasse) this Genealogicall Inscription is to be read.
* 1.2Orate pro anima prenominati Rogeri le Strange Militis, pro corpore illu∣strissimi nuper Regis Anglie Henrici septimi, ac fil. et hered. prefati Henrici le Strange Armigeri, Fratris et heredis Iohannis le Strange, filij & heredis tam Iohannis le Strange, quam Alicie Beamont consanguinee et heredis Io∣hannis Pike, et Iohannis Rushbroke. Et dictus Iohannes le Strange fuit filius et heres tam Iohannis le Strange militis, quam Elianore fil. et hered. tam Ri∣chardi Walkefare Militis, quam consanguinee et heredis Thome Morieux Militis. Et dictus Iohannes le Strange miles, fuit fil. et her. Hamonis le Strange Armigeri, et Katherine fil. Domini Iohannis de Camois, et dictus
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Hamo le Strange fuit fil. et heres Hamonis le Strange Militis et Margarite Vernon de Motton consanguinee et hered. Magistri Richardi Vernon: et dictus Hamo le Strange miles, fuit frater Domini Iohannis le Strange de Knocking et Mohun. Qui quidem Rogerus le Strange miles obiit xxvii. die Octobris anno Domini M.cccccvi. et nuper Regis dicti vice simo primo. Cuius anime, ac animabus antecessorum benefactorum suorum, nec non anime Iohannis le Strange de Masingham parua Armigeri fratris et executoris prerecitati Ro∣geri le Strange Militis Deus propitietur. Amen.
Hunstanton, saith Camden,* 1.3 is to bee remembred in this regard, if there were nothing else, for that it hath beene the habitation of the Familie of Le Strange, Knights by degree, euer since that in the raigne of Edward the second, Iohn Baron Le Strange of Knocking, gaue the same vnto Hamon his younger brother.
Hamon Le Strange the elder,* 1.4 performed great and good seruice for his Lord and Soueraigne Henry the third, against Simond de Montford Earle of Leicester, and his complices the 48. yeare of the said Kings raigne. Hee tooke vpon him a voiage to the holy Land, as I finde it thus recorded.
Hamo extraneus diu antequam iter arripuit versus terram sanctam.* 1.5Feo∣sauit Rogerum Extraneum fratrem suum de Manerijs de Colouere et Hen∣ton, que idem Hamo tenuit de Petro de Monteforti. Fines Anno 2. Ed. 1. Memb. 26.