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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Cite this Item: "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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Shelton.

* 1.1Pries pour l'ame du Mounsieur Rauf Shelton Maistres istius ville qui morust le 18. Nouemb. L'an de grace M.ccclxxiii ...... pour la femme fil. du Mounsieur Plays. ...

* 1.2Vnder a faire Grauestone lieth the body of Sir Iohn Shelton, who married the daughter of Sir William Bullein; this Inscription remaining.

Hic sum sepultus Iohannes de Shelton Miles.

* 1.3Here is a Tombe vnfinished of Sir Iohn Shelton knight, who married Margaret the daughter of the Lord Morley, and had issue, Sir Raph Shel∣ton knight, and three daughters: Anne, married to .... Sir Iohn Goosalue knight: Alice, married to the heire of Sir Thomas Ieselyn knight: and Mary, married to Sir Iames Skudamor knight.

* 1.4Here is also another Tombe vnfinished of Sir Raphe Shelton knight, who married to his first wife, Mary, the daughter of Sir William Woodhouse knight, and had issue Thomas, his sonne and heire, who married the daugh∣ter of Baron Flowerdew. Sir Iohn who married the daughter of the Lord Cromwell. Raph vnmarried. Edward who dyed young. Audrie Shelton mar∣ried to .... Walsingham in Kent. By his second wife the daughter of Ma∣ster Barrow, he had issue Henry Shelton, and two daughters....

How neare these times these come I doe not know, for I haue no fur∣ther instructions, but from an imperfect Funerall Monument. Neither had he, I meane Master Howldich, who first collected these Inscriptions.

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〈…〉〈…〉 Lady.

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〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉

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〈◊〉〈◊〉 Io••▪ Shelton 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

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Sir Raph Shelton

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