the Reign of Henry yiW. 193 



'William Rede billiop of Chichefter in 

 1369, reckoned the beft mathematician of 

 the age, was a prelate of fimilar tafte j he 

 built the firft library at Merton college, and 

 the eaftle of Amberley. 



In St. MichaeFs church at St. Alban's 

 were the following infcriptions : 



" Hie jacet Thomas Wolvey [or Wol- 

 ven] Latomus in arte, nee non armiger il- 

 luftrifTimi Principis Ric. fecundi, quon- 

 dam Regis Anglian, qui obiit Anno Dom. 

 M,cccc,xxx. in vigilia Sti. Thomas Marty- 

 ris, cujus animae propitietur Deus. Amen.'* 



^' This man, as far as I underfland by this 

 infcription [fays Weaver, p. 582.] was the 

 mafler-mafon, or furveior of the king's 

 ftone-works, as alfo efquire to the king's 

 perfon." 



" Hie jacet Richardus Wolven [or Wol- 

 vey] Lathonius, filius Johannis Wolven, 

 cum uxoribus fuis, Agnete et Agnete, et 

 cum odio filiis, et decern filiabus fuis, qui 

 Richardus obiit An. 1490. Quorum ani- 

 mabus &c." 



I have myfelf turned over mod of our 

 hillories of churches, and can find nothing 

 like the names of artifts. With refpe6l to the 



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