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.

Attilborrough.

* 1.1The Booke of Woodbridge saith, that Sir William Mortimer Knight, Lord of this Mannor, here founded a Chappell of the holy Crosse, who died on Tuesday the 12 of Nouember, 1297. and was buried in this his owne Chappell: others say that Sir Robert Mortimer, and Margery his wife, were the founders of a Colledge here, which they likewise consecra∣ted to the honour of the holy Crosse, valued in the Kings bookes, at twen∣ty one pounds, sixteene shillings, halfe pennie.

* 1.2Burials in the Chappell of this Colledge, were as followeth. Sir William Mortimer, as before: Sir Robert Mortimer, who died at Attilburgh, the 25 of September, 1387. Sir Thomas Mortimer: Mary Falstalph, who was wife to Sir Thomas Mortimer, who died the second of May, 1406. Sibill Mortimer died the 9 of Nouember, 1334. Margery Falstalphe, daughter of ... died 24. of October, 1341. Constantine Mortimer, Father to Con∣stantine,

who died 12 Nouember, 1334. Sir Iohn Radcliffe, knight of the Garter, in the raigne of Henry the sixt: Roger his brother, and Philip his wife: Thomas Brampton, Robert Wetnall. Alice Warner. Elisabeth, wife of Thomas Garret, Esquire.

Of this Village, and the foundation of the Colledge, thus Camden writes. Attilborrough, saith he, the seat of the Mortimers, an ancient family, who being different from those of Wigmore, bare for their Armes, a shield Or, Seme de floures de Lyz Sables, and founded here a Collegiat Church, where there is little now to be seene: the Inheritance of these Mortim••rs, hath by marriage long since accrued to the Radcliffes,* 1.3 now Earles of Sussex, to the Familie of Fitz-Ralph, and to Sir Ralph Bigot: it is the inheritance at this day of Sir Alexander Radcliffe of Ordsall, in the County of Lan∣caster, knight of the Bath.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The foundati∣on of the Col∣ledge of At∣tilborrough.
• * 1.2

  Burials at At∣tilborrough.
• * 1.3

  Sir Alex. Rad∣cliffe of Ord∣sall now owner of Attilborro•• Anu. 1031.