Ancient fvnerall monvments 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 bvriall 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, infallible records, lieger bookes, charters, rolls, old manuscripts, and the collections of iudicious antiquaries. Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments. Of the foundation and fall of religious houses. Of religious orders. Of the ecclesiasticall estate of England. And of other occurrences touched upon by the way, in the whole passage of these intended labours / composed by the studie and trauels of John Weever.

John Weever

Date:: 1631

Credit: Ancient fvnerall monvments 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 bvriall 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, infallible records, lieger bookes, charters, rolls, old manuscripts, and the collections of iudicious antiquaries. Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments. Of the foundation and fall of religious houses. Of religious orders. Of the ecclesiasticall estate of England. And of other occurrences touched upon by the way, in the whole passage of these intended labours / composed by the studie and trauels of John Weever. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Lantcrne* or parfimonioufly interred in the day-time, by the heipe of fome ignorant countrey-painter, without the attendance of any one of the Offi cers of Armes, whofe chiefeft fupport,and maintcnancc,hath cuer depend¬ ed vpon the performance of fuch funerall rites, and exequies. So that now by rcafon of this gcnerall negle<^i: of Funcralls,and the Height regard wee haucofthe nccdfull vfeof Heraulds, many and great errours arc daily com¬ mitted,to the great offence and prciudice of the ancient NobiIitie,and Gen- trie of this Kingdomc, and to the breeding of many ambiguous doubts and queftions, which may happen in their Defeents, and ifTues in future ages; And nothing will be (hortly left to continue the memory of the deceafed to pofleritie 5 pilfery and the opinion fome haue, that Tombes,3nd their Epi¬ taphs , tafte foroewhat of Poperie, hauing already moft facrilegioufly ftolne, crazed, and taken awayjalmoft all the Infcriptions and Epitaphs, ] cut, writ, inlaid, or engrauen vpon the Sepulchres of the deceafed^and moft 'ftiamcfully defaced the glorious rich Tombes, and goodly monuments of onr moft worthy Anceftours. It could bee wifhed that fome order might betaken for the preferuation of theft few which are as yet remainingrfor to mineowne knowledge, by the obftruation I haue made in many Churches, the Monuments of tlie dead are daily thus abuftd. V Ghap. V. The vcajons therefore fo many haue made their owne Monuments in their life-time. Of the care that all or moft of aS men haue of decent buriaU, The huriaU ofthe dead^ a Ttorke acceptable ynto God. funerall Hymne of Aurelim Frudentim to the likepurpofe. 2.Smca,i8. IT was vfuall in ancient times, and fb it is in theft our dayes > for perfons of cfpeciall ranke and qualitieto make their owne Tombes and Monu¬ ments in their life-time 5 partly for that they might haue a certaine houft CO put their head in fas the old faying is) whcnfocucr they ftiould bee ta¬ ken away by death, out of this their Tenement, the world; and partly to picafe themfelues, in the beholding of their dead countenance in marble. But moft efpecially bccauft thereby they thought to preftrue their memo¬ ries from obliuion. ^ Abfolon in his life time, crefted a pillar, to retainc the memory of his name, in that his iffue male failed. Will you heare the Text. Now Ahfdon in his life-time had taken,and reared him v p a pillar,which is in the Kings dale: for heefaid, I hauenofonneto keepe my name in re¬ membrance. and hee called the pillar after his owne name, and it is called vnto this day, ^^bfolons place. - This pillar,which intended for the place of hisftpulmrc,hcwnc and framed out of the rocke or growing ftonc, is to bee ftene at this day, ^\t\iSandjSy all entire and of a goodly fabrickc. But to rcturnc,euery man like ^^y^/oi»dcfircs a perpetuity after death, by theft monuments, or by other$

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