The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-21 00:00:00

`ICE SUN,

PRECEDENTS of MILITARY FUNERALS.

The public will be interested, at the present mo-
ment, in perusing the following particulars relative to
the funeral of George Monk, Duke of Albemarle,
extracted from an account drawn up at the time by
Francis Sendferd, Rouge-Dragon, and publisbed by
command of King Charles 11. To this account are
also added some particulars of the Duke of Marl-
borough's funeral :
The Order and Ceremonies used for the Solemn Inter-
ment of the Most High, Mighty, and Most Noble
Prince, GEORGE late Duke of .Albemarle, Earl of
Torrington, Baron Monck of Poutheridge, Beau-
champe, and Teyes, Captain-General of His Majesties
Forces, Gentleman of His Majesties Bedchamber. One
of the Lords of His Majesties Most Honourable Privy
Council, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter, in the Year of our Lord 1670.
Upon the Third drty of January, An. 1669, His Grace
GEORGE Duke of Albermarle departed this Mortal
Life at his Lodgings in the Cockpit at Whitehal; and
the same day Mr. Williamson (by command from the
Lord Arlington, Principal Secritary of State) wrote to
Sir Edward Walker Knight, Garter, Principal King of
Arms, signifying, That His Majesty was resolved to
pay all the Honors and Respects imeginable to the me-
mory of the Lord General deceased; and that He had
commanded some of the Lords of the Council to consider
of fitting Solemnities for his Funeral;
ht and to th offer end,
That he should prepare what be thoug fit to oto
His Majesty and their Lordships. Whereupon Master
Garter, with some of the Officers of Arms, attended His
Majesty in the Council Chamber on the Eighth day of
January following, where was present
HIS MAJESTY.
His Royal Highness. The Earl of Craven.
The Lord Stewerd. The Lord Arlington.
The Lord Chamberlain. The Lord Ashley.
The Earl Sandwich. I Mr. Secretary Trevor.
The Earl of Carlisle. I Sir John Duncomb.
There they presented to his Majesty several Prece-
dents, one whereat his Majesty having approved and
made choice of to be followed, Did then give directions
in several particulars, relating to the Rooms, to be pre-
pared at SommerseoHouse, where the Body was to Lye
in State for some time.
After this, the Lord Chamberlain directed several
Warrants to the Earl of Sandwich, Master of the Great
Wardrobe, for the furnishing Three Rooms at Sommerset
House; fear the piecing the Effigies there in State; for
the covering and adorning the Herse at Westminster;
for Escucheons, Shields, Banners, Bennarols, &c. All
which were to be delivered to Mr. Garter, or to such
persons as he should appoint.
The Duke of Buckingham, Master of the Horse, did
also send a Warrant to the Earl of Sandwich, for pro-
viding and furnishing a Chariot, and for coverings of
Black Velvet for the Chariot and Horses, &e.
Another Warrant was sent by the Lord Chamberlain
to Dr. Wren, Surveyor of the Works, to prepare a
Frame of Timber; for a Horse to be set up in West-

minster.
As also a Warrent to the Earl of Sandwich, to pro-
vide Gowns and floods, and other Meureing, for the
Lords, Gentry, and other Persons, who were to officiate
t the said Funeral.
The Three Rooms et Sornmerset-house were furnished
in manner following:-
The First Room was hung with Bays from top to
bottom, adorned with Escucheons, and furnished with
Sconces, and Wax Candles unlighted; and Formes
placed about i, covered with Bays.
The Second was hung with Cloath, adorned with
Escucheons, and furnished with Sconces and Candles,
unlighted, the Formes about it covered with Cloath;
at
the upper end, a haute-pens floored with Bays, s. Canopy
of Black Velvet, the Vailaece Fringed, the Pendant
within half a yard of the Ground; a Majesty-Escucheon
of Taffeta, a Black Velvet Chair with Arms, and a
Footstool.
The Teird Room was hung with Velvet, floored with
Bays, adorned with Escuchecns and Black Sconces,
with White Wax Tapers, and at the upper end upon
a Haute-pass, a Bed of State of ißlack Velvet was
placed with Black Plumes at the Four corners of the
Tester; at the Head a Mojesty-Eseucheon, and another
in the midst of the Tester. Upon the Bed was
placed a Coffin covered with a fine Holland-sheet
of Eight bredths and Eight Ells long, and over that,
a Pall of Black Velvet of Eight bredths, and Eight
yards long, and thereupon the Effigies of the Duke in
a Buff-coat, and over that a complete Azure Armour
with Guilt Nails, a. Cravat about his Neck; his Ducal
Coronet and Cap turned up with Ermine on his Head,
Invested in his Ducal Robe of Crimson Velvet, about his
Neck a Collar of the Order and George, under the Head
a Cushion of Crimson Velvet, with Fringe and Tassels
of Gold, his Sword guirt about him, and a great Crim-
son Taffeta-Scarff, fringed with Gold übout his Waste,
upon his Left Leg a Garter of Blew Velvet, the Buckles
and Letters of Gold, and a Guilt Truncheon in his right
band.
About five Foot distant from the Bed was a Rail co-
vered with Black Velvet, and close to the inside of the
Rail were placed on both sides, the Bannerols, three
Banners, and a Guydon, and at the Foot, the Standard,
and Great Banner; between these, on tho sides, were
also placed Twelve Black Stands, with as many Silver
Candlesticks, with large White Wax Tapers in them.
At the Bed's Feet was a little Table covered with a
Carpet of Black Velvet, and thereupon were placed the
Coat of Arms, Sword, Target, Helm, and Crest, Gant-
lets, and Spurs. Betwen the Standard and the great
Banner hung a Crystal Branch with Twelve Sockets,
and therein as many Tapers of Wax.
In this Room the Tapers were continually burning
when it was exposed to sight, which was every day (ex-
cept Sunday) during the space of about three weeks.
During which time Forty Gentlemen in short Mourn-
ing, all which (except five) had been Officers, gave their
attendance alternately, Twenty upon a day; Four of
which, waited in the First Room, Six in the Second
Room, and Ten in this third Room where the Effigies
lay in State, Five on one aide of the Rail of the Bed of
State, and Five on the other, with their backs close to
the Wall. Their Names and Offices were as fol-
loweth
1. Sir Thos. Prestwich, Bart. 21. Capt. Samuel Acton.
2. Sir John Pawlet, Knight. 22. Capt. George Bag.
3. Col. Richard Wilishire. 23. Capt. Edwin Babington.
4. Col. Walter Slingsby. 24. Capt. Thomas Fisher.
5. Cot. Wm. Chamberlain. 125. Capt. Edward Andrew.
6. Col. William Hawley. 26. Capt. John Russell.
7. Col. Henry Crew. 127. Capt. Richard Barham.
8. Col. Cressy Dymock. 23. Capt. Thomas Beck.
9. Col. William Pretty. 29. Capt. John Draycot.
10. Col.'Degory Collins. 130. Capt. Henry Mac Arty.
11. Col. Stephen White. 131. Capt. Thomas Heap.
12. Col. Miles Man. 32. Capt. John Bretton.
13. Lieut.-Col. Urian Leigh. 33. Lieut. Edward Parry.
14. Major John Cogan. 34. Lieut. John Hales.
15. Major Adam Roche. 35. Ensign Thomas Lamb.
16. Capt. Robert Ferrers. 36. Mr. Samuel Scudamore.
17. Capt. Francis Cresset. 37. Mr. William Perkinson.
18. Capt. Thomas Rawson. 138. Mr. Percival Yarrow.
19. Capt. John Allen. 39. Mr. Edmond Wood.
20. Capt. Hum. Roscarrock. 40. Mr. John Bull.
Three Days helore the Solemnity of the Funeral the
Rooms aforesaid wete shut up; and the Evening before,
the Body which had lain there, in a private room, in a
Coffin, covered with Black Velvet, with Guilt Nails and
Hinges of the same, was privately conveyed by Water
to Westminster, accompanied by the Earls of Bath and
Craven, Sir James Smith, and others of his Kindred,
and attended by several of his Grace's Domesticks,
where it was interred by the Bishop of Rochester, Dean
of Westminster, in a Vault in the North Isle of King
Henry the Seventh's Chuppel, made there by His Ma-
jesties command for that purpose.
Upon the Coffin was fastened a Plato of Copper Guilt,
and thereupon engraven-
Depositum
Illastrissimi Principis
GEORGII DVCIS ALBIiINIARLE
Comitis Torringtoniaa. Baronis Monck
do Potheridge, Beauchamp and Teyes,
Carole 2do. Regi Augustissimo s Sanctioribus
Consoliis, necnon ab intimis Cubiculis, oranium
Regis Exercituum Ducis Supremi,
Inclyti
Ordinis Aut.( aa Periseclidis Equitis, Ss.
Obiitt Westmeuasterii Anno 2Etatis 62.
Die 30 Januarii Anne reparatte
salutis humeral°
M. DC. LXIX.

The Proceeding to the Funeral of his Grace GEORGE,
late Duke of Albemarle, &c., upon Saturday, the 30th

of April, An. 1670.
About Eleven in the Clock in the Morning, the No-
bility, Gentry, and other Persons who were to officiate
at the Funeral, met at Seramerset-house in the Strand;
between which place and the Abbey of Westminster, the
streets were gravelled, and the Red and Blew Regiments
of the Trained Bands of Middlesex, commanded by the
Earl of Craven, were placed on both sides, who kept the
passage free from the crouds of the People. The Of-
ficers of the said Regiments being furnished with Cy-
press Scarfs, and their Drums covered with Black Bays,
adorned with Escucheons of the Duke's Arms, all things
being in a readiness, about Two of the Clock in the
Afternoon, the Funeral then proceeded in this form fol-
lowing,
First marched his Royal Highness the Duke ef
York's Troop of Guards, commanded by the Right
Honourable Monsieur Bleuctort, the Officers having
Mourning Scarfs of Cypress, and their Cornet,
Trumpet Banners, and Kettle-Drums covered with the
!AMC.

Three Led Horses.
The Marshal Richard Llewellin.
The Kettle-Drupe.
Four Trumpets.__

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Col. R.Warden. Sir J. Godol- MOW.
Captain.fßlanc-
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Cap`- Nathaniel Layton, C )r2oral.
Ist Squadron.
Capt. George Winrame, Corporal.
Cornet.
2d Squadron.
Capt. W. Springal, Corporal.
ad Squadron.
Capt. Fadinand Stanhop. Corporal.
4th Squadron.
Capt. Geo. Steward Quarter-Muster,

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MejQsties Troop of Guards marched next after
commanded by his Grace t'ae Duke of Monmouth,
the Onicere in Mourning Scafs, and the Cornet, Tram-
pet-Banmre, end Kyttle•Drums covered as before.
mejor G-nTemrhatili:r.
E,jut.Servantsp4zteos I:1:s Graco the Duke of Monmouth, leading
spare iiursce.
Horseback in Black, with Whitel.7eathers
Master of the liolun9ethteoirthHeabtsu.ke of Monmouth.
The Kifitle Drums.
Pour Trumpets.
' Duicc of Mo!:ruou!1,, Captain,
RiehardStlit.nley. 1
;' ""' I Cornet Weil. I Sir Tito. SaLds
del Egerton. 1
Lieutenant.
tngs, Corporal.