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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00939	A memoriall of the famous monuments and charitable almesdeedes of the right worshipfull Maister William Lambe esquire somtime gentleman of the chappell, in the reigne of the most renowmed [sic] King Henrie the eight, &c. and late citizen of London, and free of the right worshipfull companie of clothworkers: deceased the 21. of April. An. 1580. Recorded in print, according to the various and trueth of his last will and testament by Abraham Fleming.	Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1580 (1580)	STC 11047; ESTC S116008	33,600	92

not superstitious I would be loth to deserue that suspicion The p●●re of the parish aforsaid by their reliefe in his life time secretly ministred haue iust cause to lament the losse of this right bountifull almoner For by his meanes their succour was the more now it is to be feared it will be so much the lesse by how much it may be supposed he increased their reliefe This Gentlemans distributions are so diuerse and so many that the rehearsall of them requireth a large discourse It is well knowne that canne the worshipfull companie of the Stationers witnesse that this Gentleman for the space of these fourtéene or fiftéene yeares whiles he liued was pitifull to the poore of the parish of Saint Faiths and other parishes in which said parish Church euery Friday ordinarily throughout the yeare distribution was made of their allowance by the hands of the said worshipfull Stationers to whome that charge was is committed namely to twelue poore people twelue pence in monie and twelue pence in bread Neither is this charitable déede laid a sléepe but continued euen to the worldes end for the perpetuall succour of the poore and impotent a legacie of sixe poundes thirtéene shillings foure pence allowed to that end the bestowing whereof is in the handes of the said worshipfull societie of Stationers As for Christes Hospitall vnto the which he hath prooued himselfe a fatherlie benefactour towardes the bringing vp of the poore children he hath giuen sixe poundes which they shall enioy for the terme of fiue hundred yeares Moreouer marke the rare liberalitie of this vertuous Gentleman he hath giuen to the said Hospitall one hundred poundes in readie monie wherwith to purchase lands that their reliefe by the reuenues of the same might be perpetuall A notable déede and an vndoubted worke of perfect Christianitie As for S. Thomas Spitle in Southwarke towarde the succour of the sicke diseased he hath giuen foure poundes yearelie and for euer so that we may sée in all his procéedings with what mercie he was moued with what pitie pricked finally in all respects how godlie giuen And here by the way it is to bée noted that whereas it is recorded in the summarie of English Chronicles that he gaue to the hospitall commonly called The Sauoy founded by K. Henrie the seuenth to purchase lands for the behoofe of the said hospitall one hundred pounds in monie it is nothing so For his beneficence towards that hospitall was staid not through any default in him but because such agréements could not be concluded vpon as he reasonably required Wherefore his contribution that way ceased sore I dare say against his godlie will Thus much I was desired to speake touching that matter to the intent that nothing but plaine truth might be reported with the contrarie whereof he was not a litle offended And although offenders deserue rather to be punished than fauoured whervpon by politike gouernement it is prouided that their bodies apprehended be committed to appointed places of emprisonment yet this good Gentleman remembring that the holie Ghost willeth vs not to withdraw our hand from any of our brethren in distresse considering that charitie should not be parciall but indifferent hath for the relief of the poore prisoners of the Two Counters of Newgate of Ludgate of the Marshall seas of the Kings bench of the white Lion dealt very bountifully and discréetely giuing vnto the Two Counters sixe pounds to be paid vnto them both by twentie shillings a moneth and to the other prisons aboue mentioned sixe mattresses a péece the whole number being two dozen and a halfe In consideration of which charitable déed how déepely they are bound if they haue any sparkle of grace to thanke God for his goodnes shewed vnto them by the ministerie of this Gentleman all the world may perceiue It were iniurie offered to let slip vnremembred his mindfulnesse of poore maides marriages how willing he was to helpe them it appéereth by his good gifte of twentie pounds to be equally diuided among fourtie suche in number by equall portions of tenne shillings a péece with this caueat that these poore maides so to be married should be of good name and fame wherein marke how in all his bequests wisedome is ioined as a yokfellowe with his bountie Lastly and for conclusion this discréete Gentleman caried away with the zeale of a good conscience tendering the state of his seruantes left them also at a reasonable good stay For besides their halfe yeares bourd fréely giuen granted he hath bene beneficiall to them in diuerse other respectes which I passe ouer vnremembred But alas these sorrowfull seruants doe not a little lament the losse of so louing a Maister I omit the hundred and eight fréeze gownes readie made which he bequeathed at his funerall to poore people both men and women with the dispersing of the remnant of all his goodes after his buriall where néede and reason require And thus you sée what monuments this Gentleman hath left behinde him to beare witnesse to the worlde of the fruitfulnesse of his faith which if as Saint Iames saith it may be iudged by workes and that it is a dead and a barren faith which declareth not it selfe by déedes then the sequele may be this that the faith wherewith he of whome we haue written was indued sheweth it selfe to be the same faith which is wished and I woulde to God were in the heart of euerie Christian. Notwithstanding which works of compassion procéeding from this notable Gentleman some in relieuing desolate widowes some in succouring fatherlesse children some in comforting impotent people some in prouiding for poore prisoners some in supporting decaied occupiers some in amending honest maides marriages some in susteining his housholde seruants c. plentifully declared in the time of his life and aboundantly expressed after his death a number there are that wanting discretion beare small good will to deuotion which in their priuie whisperings and open méetings call this Christian Gentlemans religion in question Touching which suspicion as not grounded vpon anie probable cause that it may be vtterly suppressed and no longer vndeseruedly conceiued I will render good reasons and so discharge him of that Papisticall opinion whereof manie lacking the light of iudgement and indéede scarse Christianly affected partlie supposed and partly reported he was a fauourer First the rule of Saint Paule is right and cannot breake square that Faith commeth by hearing and hearing by the worde of God Both which meanes this Gentleman vsing it is not to be doubted that he wanted the principall That he was a hearer of the worde preached it is apparant by experience For he hath bene séene and marked at Powles crosse to haue continued from eight of the clocke vntill eleuen attentiuely listening to the Preachers voice and to haue endured the ende being weake and aged when