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[St. Pauls.] Faringdon Ward within. [Monuments.]
Richard Fitz-James, Bishop of London, lieth hard beneath the North-west Pillar of Paul's Steeple, under a fair Tomb, and a Chappel of Timber, with Stairs mounting thereunto, over his Tomb, 1521. His Chappel was burnt by Fire falling from the Steeple.
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John Dowman, Doctor, Archdeacon of Suffolk, bequeathed his Body to be buried within the Chappel of St. Katharine, on the South side of the Cathedral of St. Pauls, under the Altar there by him made. His Will was proved 1526.
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Dr. Dowman.
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John Stokesley, Bishop of London, in our Lady Chappel, 1539.
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John Nevel, Lord Latimer, in a Chappel by the North Door of Pauls, about the Year 1542.
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Sir John Mason, Kt. in the North Wall against the Quire, 1566.
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William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, Knight of the Garter, on the North side of the Quire, 1569.
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Sir Nicolas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the great Seal, on the South side of the Quire, 1578.
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Sir Philip Sydney, above the Quire, 1586.
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Sir Francis Walsingham, Kt. Principal Secretary, and Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster, 1590.
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Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor of England, Knight of the Garter, above the Quire, 1591. under a most sumptuous Monument; whereof a merry Poet writ thus:
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Philip and Francis have no Tomb, For great Christopher takes all the Room.
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John Elmare, Bishop of London, before St. George's Chappel, 1594.
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The Lady Heneage, and her husband Sir Thomas Heneage, Chancellor of the Dutchy, 1595.
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Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, 1596. These, as the Chief, I have noted.
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Perpetuæ pietati Sacrum. Gulielmo Herberto Pembrochiæ Comiti, Equtiti Aurato, prænobilis ordinis Anglici. Henrici 8. à Cubiculis: Edwardi 6. Regis Equitum Magistro: Walliæ Præsidi: Tumultu Occidentali cum Russello & Grayo Baronibus paribus auspiciis summæ rerum præposito. Mariæ Reginæcontra perduelles ac expeditione ad Augustam Veromanduorum his totius exercitus duci; bis summo in agro Caletum limitum Præfecto. Elizabethæ Reginæ Officiorum seu magno Regiæ Magistro. Pariter & Dominæ Annæ ex vetusta Parorum gente oriundæ, Sorori Katharinæ Reginæ, Henrico 8. Regi sexto matrimonio conjunctæ, ac Marchionis Northamptonii, prudentissimæ Feminæ, pietatis, religionis, probitatis, omnisque Avitæ virtutis retinentissimæ fidis Comitis conjugi. Secunda coinjuge, superstite, Georgio Salopiæ Comite genita, insigni præter antiquum Nobilitatis Decus, virtute femina.
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A very beautiful Tomb, wherein he lieth buried with his Wife.
A. M.
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| { Henrico Pemb. Comiti. |
Liberis relictis ex prima. | { Edwardo Equiti Aurato. |
| { Domina Anna Bar. Talbot nupta. |
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Henr. F. ac Comes P. P. Charis. sibi ac suis P.
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Obitt | } Ætatis, } Salutis, | { Anno | } 63 } 1569. |
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Si quis erat prudens
unquam fidusq; Senator,
Si quis erat Patriæ
charus amansq; suæ, Si quis ad externas
Legatus idoneus oras, Si cui justitiæ
cura bonique fuit, Is Masonus erat,
sit tota Britannia testis, Testis amor Procerum,
sit populique favor; Tempore quinque suo,
regnantes ordine vidit, Horum à Consiliis
quatuor ille fuit. Tres & sex decies
vixit non amplius annos; Hic tegitur corpus,
spiritus astra tenet.
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Sir John Mason.
Right over against the Earl of Pembroke's Tomb, in the same Ile.
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Hunc Tumulum Conjux
posuit dilecta marito, Quemq; viro posuit,
destinat ipsa sibi. Triste Nepos Carmen,
quem fecit adoptio natum, Tum Patris inscripsit,
tum Patrui Tumulo. Obiit Anno 1566.
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Alexandro Nowello, Lancastriensi, prisca Nowellorum gente oriundo, Theologiæ Doctori, Ædis S. Pauli Decano, ad exemplum hospitali, Rob. Nowelli, cujus hic cum suis miscentur cineres, Fratri, & opum quæ sibi jure testamentario cesserunt distributori pientissimo. Marianis temporibus propter Christum exulanti: Reducis i. veræ Religionis, contra Angliæ Papistas duobus Libris assertori, primæ & ultimæ quadragesimalis Concionis per An. 30. p. m. continuos ad S. Elizabetham, summa libertate Præconi; Scholæ Middletoniæ Patrono; Col. Ænei Nasi Oxonii, ubi ad anno ætatis 13. Annos 13. studuit, 13 studiosis & 200 Libris annuis opera, & impensis suis ampliati, Præsidi: Scholæ Paulinæ plurimorum bonorum auctori: Pietatis frequentissimis Concionibus & triplici Catechismo propagatori; qui publicum se in utriusque Academiæ, & Ecclesiarum exterarum testimonium, atq; æternorum Principum Edwardi 6. & Elizabethæ judicum procerumque provocavit: Pauperum (Literatorum præcipuè): nutritori: afflictorum morbis corporis vel animi consolatori.
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A fair Monument in the Wall, above John of Gaunt's Tomb.
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Hoc Sepulchrum ob munificentiam & merita erga Remp. & optimum statum Ecclesiæ suæ ab eo pervigili administratæ redditum, Exec. O.D.S.M. posuit.
Quam speciosa Vestigia Evangelizantium pacem!
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Exul quæ amisit
primævo flore Nowellus, FÅ“nore centeno
repperit aucta redux. Dat Christus, reddit
danti longævus honores, Reddenti æternos
gratia dantis habet, Præco, Auctor, Condus,
Christo, Colit, Ampliat, ornat, Voce, Libris, Opibus,
Sabbatha, Templa, Schola; Dans, meditans, orans,
Christi expiravit in ulnis, Sic oritur, floret,
demoriturq; Deo.
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