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Cheape Ward. [St. Laurence Jury.]
And the third yeere of King Edward the sixth his reigne. And Audrey deceased
the 28 day
of December, An. Dom. 1522.
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Here lyeth the body of Geffrey Felding, sometime Maior of this Citie, and Angell
his wife,
and Thomas, Richard, and John, sonnes of the said Geffrey, Ann. Dom. 1517.
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A Gravestone plated before the Tomb.
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Hic jacet Johannes Marshall, Civis & Mercerus Civitatis London. Qui quidem
Johannes
obiit 4. die Januarii, An. Dom. 1498. Et Joanna Uxor ejus: quæ quidem
Joanna obiit
18 die Decembris, 1484. Quorum, &c.
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An ancient Marble Tomb in the North side of the
Quire.
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Here under lyeth buried the body of the Lady Alice Avenon, being one of the
daughters and
heires of Thomas Huchen, Citizen and Mercer of London. Whose last husband was
Sir
Alexander Avenon, Alderman, and late Lord Maior of this Citie of London. Her
second
husband, was John Blundell, of London, Mercer, by whom she had issue, one sonne,
named Philip, deceased, and eight daughters, whereof five lived untill they were
married.
And they were coheires to their Father; namely, Elizabeth, married unto Edmond
Hogan, of
London, Mercer; Mary, unto Sir Gerard Crockar, of Oxfordshire Knight; Theodora,
married first unto John Denton, of Oxfordshire, Gent. and after unto Justinian
Champneis,
of Kent, Esquire; Anne, married to Thomas Cordel, of London, Mercer; and
Susanna, unto
Richard Freston of London, Gent. The which Alice Blundel, in the time of her
widdowhood, left a foundation within the Mercers Hall in London, for thirteen
penny
loaves of good sweet bread, to be given (in her name) among thirteen poore
folkes of this
Parish of Saint Laurence in the Old Jewrie, every Sunday at Morning Prayer for
ever, in
the presence of the worshipfull of the same Parish. And her first husband was
Hugh
Methwold of London, Mercer, by whom shee had issue, William, her sonne and
heyre,
and a daughter named Anne, deceased. The which Dame Alice departed this world,
the 21
day of November, Ann. Domm, 1574. Unto whom God send (through Jesus Christ) a
joyfull resurrection. Amen. ætatis suæ 61.
Qualis vita, finis ita.
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A fair Monument in the North Wall of the
Quire.
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Hereunder resteth, in assured hope of the resurrection, the bodies of John Fox,
Citizen and
Goldsmith of London, and Johanna his Wife: Whose lives, as they were blamelesse
and
holy, so their end was full of peace. The said John was the Founder of the free
Schoole of
Deane, in the County of Cumberl. Besides 18d. weekly to an Almes-man, belonging
to the
Goldsmiths Hall. And other charitable deeds, to the poore prisoners, and
Hospitals in the
Citie of London: The memory of whose good deeds, God grant others to doe the
like. The
said John, being of the age of 78. fell on sleepe the 8. day of June, 1597. And
Johanna his
wife, of the age of 87. departed this life the 9. of Februarie, 1600.
Fiducia Christianorum, Resurretio Mortuorum.
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A small Monument on a Pillar in the North
Isle.
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A fair Monument in the Chancel, on the North side, with this Inscription,
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Deo O. M.
Memoriæ & posteris sacrum.
Hic in Choro intra Cancellas, sub medio sacræ Mensæ, Franciscæ
Filiæ Tho. Walker, de Be-
confield, Armig. Dilectissimi Conjugis Gulielmi Bosweli, hujus Ecclesiæ
Vicarii, sub
spe gloriosæ Resurrectionis, Cineres & exuviæ Reponuntur.
Lectissima FÅ“mina, Vultu, Moribus, Gestu, incessu, vestitu, venusta,
modestissima;
Lingua pauciloqua, Maledica nunquam; sacræ lectioni, lachrymis &
precibus assidua;
Deo devotissima; Marito fidelissima, Amicis gratissima; In re familiari, &
libera & provida;
Pauperibus (quoad Facultatulas) indulgentissima; Bonis chara, Malis invisa,
omnibus
æqua; Post pie & sine strepitu pacifice transactam vitam, circa medium
ætatis,
Anno salutis 1630. ult. Oct. Dominico Requievit in Domino.
Bene dixit, & bene tacuit,
Bene vixit, & bene latuit.
MÅ“stissimus Maritus (cujus per latera transfixa jacet) L.M.Q. sero tandem,
sed &
serio posuit.
Quicunque hanc Tabulam temeraris malæ Conscientiæ Reus esto.
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R.
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Ipse post illam vixit, sed vitam vix vitalem, Annum nec integrum, demumque
moriens,
Octob. 3. Anno 1631. Hic juxta cum illa sepultus jacet.
Natus fuit Bristoliæ, ubi primis literus institutus, postea Oxonii in
Artibus
Magistratum, & in Theologia Baccalaureatum, Adeptus est, Baliolensis
Collegii Socius,
unde cum Domino Johanne Digbeio. Comite Bristol. in Hispaniam, legato Regio,
profectus, Per An. 5. plus minus illi a sacris ibidem inservivit. Tandemque
Reversus a
Collegio Baliol., hujus Ecclesiæ Vicaria, & a Domino Digbeio, Rectoria
Ecclesiæ de Horton juxta Colbrooke, in Com. Buck. donatus, postquam diu
cum
infirmo Corpore, mens vegeta colluctata fuisset, postremum hic in Domo
Vicariatus hujus,
placide & pie in Christo obdormivit. Anno ætat. 50. sobole Relicta
nalla.
Ingenium floridum, Mores ingenui, Manus larga, Pectus apertum.
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Gulielmus Bosvelus, hujus Ecclesiæ Vicarius per
An. 15.
Qui obiit Octob. ult. 1631.
Et Uxor ejus, Octob. ult. 1630.
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This is written upon his Grave-stone in the Chancel, under the Communion Table.
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A very fair Monument over against it, on the South side of the Chancel.
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Christi quibus obierunt Anni Isthinc Numerantur.
1619. >
Apocalyps. cap. 14. vers. 13.
BeatI qVi In DoMIno qVIesCVnt.
1624.
Prima ad Corinth. cap. 15. vers. 57.
Deo sIt gratIa qVI trIbVIt
NobIs (fatI) VICtorIaM
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At the lower end of this rich Tomb this.
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Memoriæ Sacrum.
Richardi Pyot, nuper Civis, & Celeberrima hu-
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