Epitaph (allegedly) A.D. 1383, for William Wentworth, mayor of London, at St
Michael, Crooked Lane, London — six couplets
Subjects: epitaphs; inscriptions; Wentworth, William, mayor of London
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1.Source: London,
olim St Michael, Crooked Lane, tomb of William Wentworth, mayor of London, d. 1383
Transcription:Here vnder lyth a man of Fame
William Walworth callyd by
name
Fishmonger he was in life time here
And twise Lord Maior as in
bookes appere
Who with courage stout and manly might
Slew Wat Tyler in
King Richards sight
For which act done and trew entent
The King made him
Knight incontinent
And gaue him armes, as here you see
To declare his
fact and Chiualrie
He left this life the yere of our God
Thirteene
hundryd fourescore and three od
Note: No longer extant. Transcription based on
Weever (1631)
XWeever, John.
Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great
Britaine.
London: T. Harper, 1631 (STC 25223); repr. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum; and NY: Walter Johnson, 1979
.
Editions: Weever, John.
Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great
Britaine.
London: T. Harper, 1631 (STC 25223); repr. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum; and NY: Walter Johnson, 1979: 410.