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The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-28

QUEEN MARY.

Mary, the first female sovereign of this
realm, was crowned on the Ist of October,
1553, by Stephen Gardiner, bishop of Win-
chester, the archbishops of York and Canter-
bury being then prisoners in the Tower. On
the last day of September she went in state
from the Tower to Westminster in an open
chariot, drawn by six horses, covered with
cloth of tissue. In a second chariot came the
princess Elizabeth and the lady Anne of
Cleves; the ladies in waiting rode upon
horses covered with trappings of crimson vel-
vet and satin. Three pageants were erected
in Fenchurch-street by the Genoese, Easter-
ling, and Florentine merchants.
Among the city pageants, the most remark-
able was that of St. Paul's cathedral, thus de-
scribed by Holinshed :—" There was one
Peter, a Dutchman, that stood on the weather-
cock of Panle's steeple, holding a streamer in
his hand of five yards long, and waiving there-
of, stood sometimes on the one foot and shooke
the other, and then kneeled on his knees, -Co
the great marvell 0f all people. He had
made two scaffolds under him, one about the
crosse, having torches and streamers set on it,
and another over the ball of the crosse, like-
wise set with streamers and torches, which
could not burn,- the wind was so great. The
said Peter had sixteen pounds, thirteene shil.
lings, four pense for Ilk costes, and paines,
and all his stuffe.".

The conduits ran with wine, and, when the
civic authorities received the queen at Cheape,
the chamberlain presented her with a purse of
tissue containing a thousand marks in gold.
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ELIZABETH.

Speed's account of the procession of queen
Elisabeth contains some particulars "too re-
markable to be omitted. All things
in Tell-
dineSae, upon the fourteenth of January, with
great triumphes and sumptuous shewes, shee
passed thorow London, towards Westminster,
to receive her imperiall crowne; but before
shee entered her chariot in the Tower, acknow-
ledging that the seat was God's into which
ghee was to enter, and shee his vicegerent to
wield the English sceptre; in that royall as-
sembly, with eyes and hands elevated to
heaven, upon her knees, she prayed for his
assistance, as golomon did for wisedome when
he tooke the like charge ; with a thankfull re-
membrance unto God for his continued pre-
servation, who had brought her thorow great
dangers unto that present dignitie."
She was crowned the 25th of January, 1555,
by Oglethorpe bishop of Carlisle, the see of
Canterbury being vacant by the death of Car-
dinal Pole. Holinshed says that she com-
posed th• follswiag prayer as ohs went to ker
corosuatios : _

;‘ 0 L•Pil Maigietie salt Everlagiiiitg God,

I give thee mast heartie thanks that th-ott bait
'Deese os aserciall kap me, as to spare ate so
this isifall Anis. Awl I abanswleige
AMU taw Lastalit as wcikilsrfallio, sosi

surcifsliit will ate, as twos 'Las with thy
tram anti faithfull aerraat Ds iell, Illy pinked,
whom* Amps lielivereit sat tlie lias from site
sruallie of tits grosy amal yeariag lions. Evan

so was I overwhelmed, and scaly by thee de-
livered. To thee, therefore, e*elie be thanks,
honor, and praise, for ever. Amen."

JAVIIS I.

The ceremonial for the coronation of James
I. was prepared under the superintendence of
that monarch, and displays many marks of the
pedantry and extravagant notions of the royal
prerogative, which form so large a portion of
his character. He created two earls, ten
barons, sixty-two knights of the Bath, and
conferred the honour of knighthood on about
four hundred gentlemen.
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JAMES H.

James's coronation, April 23, 1685, was
celebrated with so much splendour, that it ren-
dered him for a considerable time popular in
London. The most remarkable anecdote con-
nected with the solemnity is, that, on the king's
return from the Abbey, the crown tottered
upon his head, and would have fallen off, had
not the Honourable Henry Sidney supported
it, saying, " This is not the first time our fa-
mily- have supported the crown."

L LIA 141 AND MARY.

E. 7:11P:64-Ar felv unci eold ; -it •
t;;L. of the
b:shop tionion officiating instead of the
archbishop of Canterbury (Sancroft), who
scrupled to place the crown upon the head of
sovereigns who claimed it by a parliamentary
title, and not by hereditary descent, and what
he called divine right.

ANNE. •
Anne was crowned. April 23, 1702; her
.)tusband, prince George of .Denmark, was
present, but. took no prominent part in the
rce-
remony. The queen gave the kiss of peace to
F. the archbishop and the other prelates;. but,
when the temporal peers did their homage,
they only seemingly kissed her majesty's left
ir cheek. As parliament was sitting, galleries
were provided for members of the House of
Commons, both .in the Hall and: the Abbey,
and .a sumptuous dinner was prepared for
them in the Exchequer Chamber.
GEORGE I.

rworge 'I . was crowned at WeStittlilB e
O ctober. ')0, 171 4, • with the usual solemnitie
:The king did not understand English, an,
few or those around him could ,:peak German'
so that the ceremonies had to he eXphune4
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EDWARD 111.

On the deposition of Edward IT., his son,
prince Edward, was brought to a general as-
sembly of the nobles and clergy in the abbey
church 'of 'Westminster, on the 20th of .Tanu-
ary, 1327, and Walter Raynold exhorted all
present to choose the young prince for their
sovereign. All assented ; but the prince him-
self declared that he would not accept the
crown until it had been voluntarily resigned
by his father.
A remarkable coronation medal was struck
on this occasion : on one side the young prince
was represented crowned, laying his sceptre
on a heap of hearts, with the motto, "Popilo
dat jurn volenti" (He gives laws to a willing
people) ; and on the other was a hand held
out to save a falling crown, with the motto,
" Yon rapit, sect recipit " . (He seizes not, but
receives.)
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WILLIAM 11., RUIrUII.

William 11. laid claim to the crown by
virtue of a form of election ; the nobles believ-
ing that he would be less inclined to control
their usurped privileges than his elder brother,
Robert. He was crowned at Westminster,
September 27, 1087, by Lanfranc archbishop
of Canterbury, and the archbishop of York.
Besides swearing to observe justice, equity, and
mercy in all his conduct, and to maintain the
pout*, lilserties, and privileges of the church,
he promised that he would follow the arch-
biskop's counsels in his administrations.

HENRY I.

The coronation of Henry I. was performed
is a hurried manner, on the fourth day after
the death of Rufus. In every respect the
forms of his coronation were the same as those
of the Saxon kings.
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THE SPURS.

After this the Dean took the spurs from the altar, and de-
litered them to the Lord Great Chamberlain, who, kneeling
down, presented them to her Majesty, who returned them, to
he laid upon the altar.
TILE SWORD.
The Viscount Melbourne, carrying the sword of State, now
deliver, d it to the Lord Chamberlain, and, in lieu thereof, re-
ceived from him another sword in a scabbard of purple velvet
(presented to him by an officer of the Jewel Office, who took
charge of the sword of State), which his Lordship delivered
!o the Archbishop, who laid it on the altar, and said the prayer,
• Hear our prayers, 0 Lord, we beseech thee, and so direct
and support thy servant, Queen Victoria," &c.
The Archbishop then took the sword from off the altar, and
assisted by the Archbishops of York and Armagh, with the
I3ishops of London, Winchester, and other Bishops, delivered
the sword into the Queen's right hand, saying, " Receive this
kingly sword," &c.
OFFERING OF THE SWORD.
The Queen, rising up, went to the altar, where her Majesty
ffered the sword in the scabbard (delivering it to the Arch-
bishop, who placed it on the altar), and then returnel to and
sat down in St. Edward's Chair; the sword was then re-
deemed fur one hundred shillings by Viscount Melbourne, who
received it from the Dean, and carried it during the remain-
der of the solemnity, having first drawn it out of the scab-
b trd, and delivered the latter to an officer of the wardrobe.
The Archbishops and Bishops who had assisted during the
(,ff,Tingreturned to their places.
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Rlcrusa.ll.

The oaranatian of this king was more mag-
nificent than smy •f tke preoe4ling, The

procession of the king froth the Tower to
Westminster, on the day preceding the coro-
nation, is thus described by Holinshed
The citie was adorned in all sorts' most
richlie. The water-conduits ran with wine
for the space of three hours together. In the
upper end of Cheape was a certain castell,
made with foure towers ; out of the which cas-
tell, on two sides of it, ran forth wine abun-
dantly. In the towers wore placed foure beau-
tifull virgins, of stature and age like to the
king, apparelled in white yestares, in every
tower one, the which blew in the king's face,
at his approaching neere to them, leaves of
gold; and as he approched also, they threw
on him and his home counterfeit florens of
gold. When he was come befere the oastall
they tooke cups of gold, and, filling then► with
wine at the spoils of the caste'', presented
the same to the king and to his nobles. On
the WI) of the castell, betwixt the foure towers,
stood a golden Angell, holding a crowne in his
hands, which was so contrived, that when the
king came he bowed downe, and offered to
him the crowne. In the midst of the king's
pallace was a marble pillar, raised hollow
upon steps, -on the top whereof was a great
gilt eagle placed, under whose feet in the
chapiter of the pillar divers kinde of wise
came gushing forth at foure several places all
the dale long, neither was anie forbideles to
receive the same, were he never so poor er
abiest."
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Aix'.

Anne was crowned April 23, 1702; her
husband, prince George of Denmark, was
present, but took no prominent part in thelce-
remony. The queen gave the kiss of peace to
the archbishop and the other prelates ; but,
when the temporal peers did their homage,
they only seemingly kissed her majesty's left
cheek. As parliament was sitting, galleries
were provided for members of the House of
Commons, both in the Hall and the Abbey,
and a sumptuous dinner was prepared for
them in the Exchequer Chamber.
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GEORGIC 111.

George 111. and queen Charlotte vrerA
crowned the 22nd of September, 1761.

In the Gentleman's Magazine for
I 764
p. 28, is an extract from a letter addressed to
the duke of Devonshire, which echitains the
following singular anecdote :—" The young
Pretender himself was in Westminster Hall
during the coronation, and in town
thetwo
noarmthereoef
dmary. s
Brown.before
A and
i
erit, under
gentleman told me so, who
saw him there, and who whispered hi his ear,
Your royal highness is the last of all mortals
whom I should expect to see here.'—' It was
curiosity that led rne,' said the other : but I
assure you,' added he, that the person who is
the cause of all this pomp and magnificence is
the man I envy the least !' "
When the champion cast down his gauntlet
for the last time, a white glove fell from one
of the spectators, who was in an elevated si-
tuation ; on its being havided to the champion,
he demanded, " Who was his fair foe ?" The
glove was said to have been thrown by the
young chevalier, who was present in female
attire.
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JOHN.

John ascended the throne, to the prejudice
of the hereditary rights of his nephew Arthur,
L)y virtue of a form of election. The arch-
bishops, bishops, earls. barons, and other the
estates of the realm, being assembled in the
church of Westminster, May 27th, 1199,
Hubert aychbishop of Canterbury addressed
them in these memorable words :

Hear a!I ;7 :s
wisdom, that no man bath any right of succes-
sion to this crown, unless he be elected for.his
own merits by the unanimous consent of the
kingdom, with invocation of. the Holy Ghost,
after the manner and similitude of Saul, whom
God set over his chosen people, though he was
neither the son of a king, nor sprung of a royal
line; and in like manner after him, David,
the son of Jesse ; the former becauSe he was
brave, and suited to the royal dignity, the lat-
ter because he was humble and pious. So
that he who surpasses all within the realm in
fitness for royalty should preside over all in
dignity and power. But if any one of. the
family of the deceased sovereign should excel
others, his election should be the more readily
and cheerfully conceded. Wherefore, as our
late sovereign Richard died without issue of
his body, and as his brother, earl John, now
present, is wise, brave, and manifestly noble,
we, having respect both to his merits and his
royal blood, unanimously and with one accord
elect him to be our sovereign."

This was the most decisive form of election
since the Conquest.

HENRY TH.

After the death of John, London being in
possession of the French prince Louis, an
assembly of the principal authorities was con-
vened at Winchester, under the presidency of
Gualo, the papal legate. They unanimously
resolved that the young king should be crown-
ed
on the 28th of October, A.D. 1216. The
ceremony was performed in the cathedral of
Winchester. The papal legate compelled
Henry to do homage to the holy Roman
church and Pope Innocent for his kingdom of
England and Ireland ;—he also made him
swear that he would pay an annual tribute of
one thousand marks to the papal see. The
ceremony of coronation was repeated by Ste-
phen Langton archbishop of Canterbury.
Early in the year 1236 Henry married the
lady Eleanor, daughter to the_ earl of Pro-
vence-, "Wh4se. .beauLy- is ceiebratecf 1;yaIlt-he
chroniclers.
The ceremony of her coronation was per-
",tirnrir,i;rl,7,7 ricvm, rirs

doubfETaiiry our readers :
‘‘ At the solemnitie of this feast and corona-
tion of the quene, all the high peeres of the
realm both spiritual! and temporall were pre-
sent, there to exercise their offices as to them
apperteined. The citizens of London were
there in great arraie, bearing afore hir in so-
lemn wise three hundred and three score cups
of gold and silver, in token that they ought to
wait upon hir cup. Archbishop of Canter-
burie (accordinc, to his dutie) crowned hir, the
bishop of London' assisting him as his deacon.
The citizens of London served out wine to
everie one in great plentie. The feast was
plentifull, so that nothing wanted that could
be wished. Moreover in Tothill-fields roiall
justes were holden by the space of eight daies
together."
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HENRY

Thy coronation of Henry I. was performed
in a hurried manner, on the fourth day after
the death of Ruins. In every respect the
forms of his coronation were the same as those
of the Saxon kings.

S I'EPHEN.
The coronation of Stephen, after he had
sworn allegiance to the empress Matilda,
*Ali great anxiety in an :17,e whe
was supposed that the punishinent of perju
was immediate and visible. The ceremon
-chbishop 0

parties 'intO
such confusion, that the consecrated wafer fell
on the ground, the kiss of peace after the
sacrament was omitted, and even the final
benediction for 'oaten.

- w 4.3 pviormcd by William art
—=, Canterhory;_aLLii—iti_said_that
storn2 al-me,- which -threw all the
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JAMES IT.

James's coronation, April 23, 1685, was
celebrated with so much splendour, that it ren-
dered him for a considerable time popular in
London. The most remarkable anecdote con-
nected with the solemnity is, that, on the king's
return from the Abbey, the crown tottered
upon his head,_ and would have fallen off had
not the honourable Henry Sidney supported
it, saying, " This is not the Erst time our fa-
mily have supported the crown."

WILLIAM AND MARY.

For the first time in England both the king
and the queen were crowned as sovereigns.
The ceremonial was very stately and cold; it
took place on the 11th of April, 1689, the
bishop of London officiating instead of the
archbishop of Canterbury (Sancroft), who
scrupled to place the crown upon the head of
sovereigns who claimed it by a parliamentary
title, and not by hereditary descent, and what
he called divine right.
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CaARLXS I.

The coronation of Charles I. was delayed
until the sth of February, 1626, in conse-
quence of the plague, which then reigned in
London. The principal novelty was the in-
troduction of the following clause in one of the
prayers : " Let him obtain favour for thy
people, like Aaron in the tabernacle, Elisha
in the waters, Zacharias in the temple. Give
him Peter's key of discipline and Paul's doc-
trine."

In the year 1633 Charles 1. went to be
crowned king of Scotland at Edinburgh. He
was received with great splendour, and seve-
ral pageants were prepared to honour his re-
ception. The most singular was a triumphal
arch, under which a mountain was raised in
the form ofa.4leatrefupon which sat a nymph,
rcpresenting tfte Genius of the city of Edin-
burgh. " Shee was attired in a sea-greene
velvet mantle; her sleeves and under roabe
of blew tissue, with blew buskins on her feete ;
about her necke shee wore a chaine of dia-
monds, the dressing of her head represented
a castle with turrets, her locks dangled upon
her shoulders." She was attended by Reli-
gion, " all in white taffeta, with a blew mantle
seeded with starres, and a crown of stones on
her head, to spew from whence she is," lean-
ing upon a shield, and trampling beneath her
feet Superstition, represented as a blind old
woman, covered with rags. On the left hand
stood Justice, in " a red damaske mantle,"
trampling upon Oppression, represented as " a
person of fierce aspecte, in armes, but broken
all and scattered."
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HENRY IL

Henry was crowned at Westminster on the
Sunday before Christmas-day, A.D. 1154, by
Theobald archbishop of Canterbury : although
his hereditary riglo,was unquestionable, he was
formally elected by the clergy and people.
It is aid that Henry was crowned again with
his queen, A.D. 1159; but this report arose
from his having worn the crown during the
ceremony,
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EDWARD VI.

Edward VI. was crowned February 20th,
1546. "He rode through London into West-
minster," says Holinshed, " with as great
roialtie as might be, the streets being hung,
and pageants in divers places erected, to
testifie the good willes of the citizens. . . . .
As he passed on the south
part of Paule's churchyard, an Argosine
came from the battlements of Paule's church
upon a cable, being made fast to an anchor
by the deane's gate, lieing on his breast, aiding
hirnselfe neither with hand nor foot, and after
ascended to the middest of the -cable, where
he tumbled and plaied many prettie toies,
whereat the king and the nobles had good
pastime."
At this coronation, when the three swords,
for the three kingdoms, were brought to be
carried before him, the king observed, that
there was yet one wanting, and called for the
BIBLE. "That," said h, "is the sword of
the. spirit, and ought in all right to govern us,
who use these for the people's safety, by God's
appointment. Without that sword we are
nothing :we can do nothing. From that we
arc 17f: . . . . receive
whatsoever it is that we at this present do
assume. Under thatwe ought to live, to fight,
to govern the people, and to perform all our
affairs. From that alone we obtain all power,
virtue, grace, salvation, and whatsoever we
Late of divine strength."
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THE RECOGNITION.

Upon the conclusion of the Anthem, the Archbishop of
Canterbury advanced from his station at the south-east pillar,
and, together with the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Great
Chamberlain, the Lord High Constable, and the Earl Mar-
shal, preceded by Deputy Garter, moved to the east side of
the theatre, where the Archbishop made the recognition thus :
—" Sirs, I here present unto you Queen Victoria, the un-
doubted Queen of this realm; wherefore, all you who are come
this day to do your homage, are you willing to do the same ?"
and repeated the same at the south, west, and north sides of
the theatre; during which time her Majesty remained stand-
ing by her cha r. and turned towards the people on the side at
which the recognition was made, the people replying to each
demand with loud and repeated acclamations of " God save
Queer. Victoria ;" and, at the last recognition, the trumpets
sounded and the drums beat. The bearers of the regalia
during the recognition remained standing about her Majesty.
Her Majesty then resumed her seat ; and the Bible, the
Chalice, and the Patina, were carried to and placed upon the
altar by the Bishops who had borne them, who then retired
to their seats.

The Great Officers having resumed their station. near her
Majesty, two Officers of the Wardrobe then spread a rich
cloth of gold, and laid a cushion on the same for her Majesty
to kneel on, at the steps of the altar.
The Archbishop of Canterbury then proceeded to the altar,
put on his cope, and stood on the north side. The Bishops
who were to read the Litany also vested themselves in their
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ADD'

SKETCH OF HER MAJESTY.

• Her most gracious Majesty is the only
daughter of the duke of Kent, the fourth son
of George 111., and of the duchess of Kent,
the sister of Leopold, king of the Belgians.
She was born on the 24th of May, 1819, and
had reached the age (eighteen) required by
the law, before she could assume the reins of
government, in the month previous to her
ac-
cession to the throne on the death of William
the Reformer, on June 20th, 1837. On the
present memorable day her Majesty was
crowned, and now reigns over an affectionate
and trrMing people by all Fossible leg-al
titles.

Till her accession to the throne her Ma-
jesty led a retired life under the care of her
mother, rho, giving up her native land, devoted herself most assiduously to the educ-
tion of her child, in order to make her Majesty
worthy of the high station to which she was
born.

During the short time her
Majesty 117-7. s
reigned she has well responded to the " tender
and enlightened mother," under whose care,
her Majesty said, " I have learned from my
infancy to respect and love the constitution of
my native country." On her first memorable
appearance before the Council on the day of
her accession, "stepping from the privacy of
domestic life to the discharge of her high
functions," she so demeaned herself as to
cause general approbation. " She inspired,"
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EDWARD VI.

Edward VI. was crowned February 20th
1546-. "He rode through London into West-
minster," says Holinshed, " with as great
roialtie as might be, the streets being hung,
and pageants in divers places erected, to
testifie the good willes of the citizens. . . . .
As he passed on the south
part of Paule's churchyard, an A rgosine
came from the battlements of Paule's church
upon a cable, being made fast to an anchor
by the deane's gate, tieing on his breast, aiding
himselfe neither with hand nor foot and after
ascended to the middest of the cable, where
he tumbled and plaied many prettie toies,
whereat the king and the nobles had good
pastime."
At this coronation, when the three swords,
for the three kingdoms, were brought to be
carried before him, the kinc, observed, that
there was yet one wanting, and' called for the
BIBLE. " That," said he, "is the sword of
the spirit, and ought in all right to govern us,
who use these for the people's safety, by God's
appointment. Without that sword we are
nothing: we can do nothing. From that we
are what we are this day . . . . we receive
whatsoever it is that we at this present do
assume. Under that we ought to live, to tight,
to govern the people, and to perform all our
affairs. From that alone we obtain all power,
virtue, grace, salvation, and whatsoever we have
of divine strength."
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THE REGALIA.

These are—St. Edward's Staff-
-16 Spurs the Sceptre with the
Cross—the Pointed Sword of Tem-
Poral Justice—the Sword of Mercy
-the Sword of State—the Sceptre
with the Dove—the Orb—St. Ed-
ward's Crown—the Patina, the Cha-
lice, and the Bible.
St. Edward's Staff, in length four
red eleven ineheS and a half, is a
,eeptre of gold, having a foot of
steel about four inches and a quar-
ter in length, with a mound and
cross at the top ; the ornaments are
also of gold, and the diameter is up-
wards of three-quarters of an inch.
The Spurs, called the great gold-
Spnrs, are elaborately wrought ;
they have no rowels, but end in an
ornamented point.
The Sceptre with the Cross, or
Sceptre' Royal, is likewise of gold,
the 'handle plain, and the upper part
Wreathed ; it is in.length two feet nine
Onclies and a quarter, and is of the
'awe thickness as the former. The
qoint, at the lower part Is enriched
Ivith rubies, emeralds, and small
;...dianlOnds ; and the space -of five
inches and a half in length, above
the handle, is elegantly embellished
similar precious stones. The
Ctop rises into a fleur-de-lis, with six
er, ,
Viand
eS which three are upright,
411 d the other three are hanging
lowri, all enriched with precious
L"tones ; out of the fleur-de-lis issues
nio-und made of an amethyst, set
jound with table-diamonds, and
11Pon the mound a cross, wholly
'overed with precious stones, and a
iarge 'table-diamond in the centre.
'ti
The Sword of Justice of the Tem-
Porality, or Third Sword, is sharp-
-0) ; the length of the handle
th four inches, the pommel an inch
kud
thrt.e-quarters, and the cross
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WILLIAM 11., RUFUS.

William 11. laid claim to the crown by
virtue of a form of election ; the nobles believ-
ing that he would be less inclined to control
their usurped privileges than his elder brother,
Robert. He was crowned at Westminster,
September 27, 1087, by Lanfranc archbishop
of Canterbury, and the archbishop of York.
Besides swearing to observe justice, equity, and
mercy in all his conduct, and to maintain the
peace, liberties, and privileges of the church,
he promised that he would follow the arch-
bishop's counsels in his administrations.
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THE INTHRdNIZATION:

Te Deum, being ended, the Queen ascended the theatre,
and was lifted into her Throne by the Archbishop, Bishops,
and Peers around her Majesty, and, being so inthroned, all the
great Officers of State, the Noblemen bearing the swords, and
the Noblemen who had borne the other Regalia, stood around
about the steps of the Throne, when the Archbishop, standing
before the Queen; pronounced the exhortation, " Stand firm
and hold fast," &c.
London, England, 1838-06-28

HENRY V.

Henry V. was crowned on the 9th of April,
1413. Katherine of France, the queen of
Henry V., was crowned on the 24th of Fe-
bruary, 1420 ; the account which 1-1 olinshed
gives of the magnificence displayed upon this
occasion is far too characteristic of the age to
be omitted. " After the great solemnization
of the foresaid coronation in the church of St.
Peter's, at Westminster, was ended, the queene
was conveied into the great Hall of West-
minster, and there set to dinner. Upon whose
right hand sat, at the end of the table, the
archbishop of Canterbury, and Henrie sur-
named the Rich, cardinall of Winchester.
Upon the left hand of the queene sat the king
of Scots in his estate, who was served with
covered 'nesse, as were the foresaid bishop
but yet after them. Upon the left hand, next.
to the cupboord, sat the major and his bre-
thren, the aldermen of London. The bishops
began the table, against the barons of the
Cinque Ports; and the ladies against the
major. These, with others, ordered the ser-
vice ; and, for the first course, brawne in mus-
tard, eeles in burneur, pike in herbage, fuiment
with balien, lamprie powdered, trout, codling,
plaice fried, martine fried, crabs, leech, lum-
bard flourished tartes, and a devise called a
pellican, sitting on hir nest with hir birds, and
an inrfage of St. Katharine holding a booke
and disputing with doctors. _
" The second course was gellie coloured
with columbine flowers, white potage or creame
of almonds, breame of the sea, conger, cheuen,
barbill and roch, fresh salmon, halibut, gur-
nard, rochet broiled, smelts fried, crevis or
lobster, leech damaske, with the king's poesie
flourished thereon.

" The third course was, dates in compost,
creame motle, carpe deore, turbut, tench,
pearch with goion, fresh sturgion with welks,
porperous rosted, crevesse de eau doure, pranis,
eeles rosted with lamprie, a leech, called the
white leech, flourished with hawthorn leaves
and red hawes; a marchpane garnished with
diverse figures of angels.'!
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GIORGI I.

George I. was crowned at Westminster,
October 20, 1714, with the usual solemnities.
The king did not understand English, and
few of those around him could speak German,
so that the ceremonies had to be explained to
his majesty in such Latin as those near him
could command : this gave rise to the popular
jest, that much bad language had passed be-
twee* the king and his ministers en the day of
the coronation.
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EDWARD T.

On the 15th of August, 1:274, Edward I.
and his queen Eleanor 'were crowned at
Westminster by
:the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, aided by other prelates.
Holinshed acids some remarkable particu-
lars of this coronation :

" At this coronation were present, Alexan-
der king of Scots, and John earls of Bretaine,
with their wives that were sisters to King
Edward. The kof Scots did homage unto
King Edward for the re:time of Scotland, in
like manner as other the kings of Scotland
before him had donne to other kings of Eng-
land, ancestoures to this King Edward. A.t
the solemnitie of this coronation there were
let go at liberty! (catch them that catch might)
five hundred great horsses hv the king of
Scots, the earles of Cornewall, Glocester,
Pembroke, Warren, and others, as they were
alliolted fro their backs."

EDWARD 11.

Edward 11. and his queen were crowned at
Westminster on the 24th February. flohn-
shed informs us There was such presse and
thronz at this coronation, that a knight, called
Sir John Dakewell, was thrust or crowded to
death." The bishops also were incommoded,
and forced to hurry through the service in a
slovenly manner ; and yet it was not con hided
before three in the afternoon.
London, England, 1838-06-28

STEPHEN.

The coronation of Stephen after he had
sworn allegiance to the empress Matilda, was
viewed with great anxiety in an age when it
was supposed that the punishment of perjury
was immediate and visible. The ceremony
performed by William archbishop of
Canterbury ; and it is said that a dreadful
storm arose, which threw all the parties into
such confusion, that the consecrated wafer fell
on the ground, the kiss of peace after the
sacrament was omitted, and even the final
benediction forgotten.
London, England, 1838-06-28

EDWARD VL

Edward VI. was crowned' February 20th,
1546. "He rode throuo-h London into West-
minster," says HoEnsiled, " with as great
roialtie as might be, the streets being hung,
and pageants in divers places erected, to
testifie the good wiles of the citizens. . . . .

As he passed on the south
part of Paule's churchyard, an Argosine
came from the battlements of Paule's church
upon a cable, being made fast to an anchor
by the deane's gate, lieing, on his breast, aiding
. hiinselfe neither with baud nor foot, and after
ascended to the maddest of the cable, where.
he tumbled and plaied many prettie toics,
whereat the king and the nobles had good
pastime."
At this coronation, when the three swords,
for the three kingdoms, were brought to be
.carried before him, ..the king observed, that
there was yet one wanting, and called for the
Btut.z. “ That," said he, is the sword of
the spirit, and ought in all right to govern us,.
who use these for the people's safety, by God's
appointment. Without that sword we are
nothing : we can do nothing. From thin we
• are.. what we are this day ' . . . . we receive
whatsoever it is that we at this present do
assume. Under that we ought to live, to fight,
to govern Me people, and to perform all our
R fTairs. From that alontyve_avain ttiturrwer,':

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afsnerer
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GIORGE I.

George I. was crowned at Westminster,
October 20, 1714, with the usual solemnities.
The king did not understand English, and
few of those around him could speak German,
so that the ceremonies had to be explained to
his majesty in such Latin as those near him
could command : this gave rise to the popular
jest, that much bad language had passed be-
tween the king and his ministers on the day of
the coronation.
London, England, 1838-06-28

HENRY IT.

Henry was crowned at Westminster on the
Sunday before Christmas-day, A.D. 1154, by
Theobald archbishop of Canterbury ; although
his hereditary right was unquestionable, he was
formally elected by' the clergy and people.
It is said that Henry was crowned again with
his queen A.D. 1159 ; but this report arose
from his having worn the crown during the
ceremony.
London, England, 1838-06-28

QUIRN MARY.

Mary, the first female sovereign of this
realll, was crowned en the lit of October,
1553; by Stephen Gardiner, bishop of Win-
chester, the archbishops of York and Canter-
kary being then prisoners in the Tower. On
the last day of September she went in state
from the Tower to Westminster in an open
chariot, drawn by six horses, covered with
cloth of tissue. In a second chariot came the
princess Elisabeth and the lady Anne of
Cleves ; the ladies in waiting rode upon
horses covered with trappings of crimson vel-
vet and satin. Three pageants were erected
in Fenchurch-street by the Genoese, Easter-
ling, and Florentine merchants.
Among the city pageants, the moot remark-
able was that of St. Paul's cathedral, thus de-
scribed by Holinshed :--" There was one
Peter, a Dutchman, that stood on the weather-
cock of Paule's steeple, holding a streamer in
his hand of five yards long, and waiving there-
of, stood sometimes on the one foot and shooke
the other, and then kneeled on his knees, to
the great marvell of all people. He had
made two scaffolds under him, one about the
crease, having torches and streamers set on it,
and another over the ball of the crane, like-
wise set with streamers and torches, which
could not burn, the wind was so great. The
said Peter had sixteen pounds, thirteene shil-
lings, four penile for his costes, and paines,
and all his stuffe."

The conduits ran with wine, and, when the
civic authorities received the queen at Cheape,
the chamberlain presented her with a purse of
tissue Containing a thousand marks in gold.
London, England, 1838-06-28

EDWARD VI.

Edward VI. was crowned February 20th,
-1346. "He rode throudi London into West-
minster," says • Holinshed, " with as great
roialtie as might be, the streets being hung,
and pageants in divers places erected, to
testifie the good willes of the citizens
As he passed on the south
part of Paule's churchyard, an Argosine
came from the battlements of Paula's church
upon a cable, being made fast to an anchor
by the deane's gate, lieing on his breast, aiding
imselfe neither with hand nor foot, and after
ascended to the middest of the cable, where
he tumbled and plaied many prettie toies,
whereat the king and the nobles had good
pastime."

At this coronation, when the three swords;
for the three kingdoms, were brought to be
carried before him, the king observed, that
there was yet one wanting, and called for the
BIBLE. " That," said he, "is the sword of
the spirit, and ought in all right to govern us,
who use these for the people's safety, by God's
appointment. Without that sword we are
nothing; we can do nothing. From that Ave

4-1 _-AV hat wa arc_ th la day . .
whatsoever it is that we at this present do
assume. Under that we ought to ]ive, to fight,
to govern the people, and to perform all our
affairs. From that alone we obtain all power,
virtue, grace, salvation, and whatsoever we
have of divine strength."
London, England, 1838-06-28

KINGS-AT-ARMS,

The dresses of the kings-at-arms, . heralds,
and pursnivants, add considerable splendour
to the ceremonial of a coronation. The kings-
at-arms wear tabards, or surcoats of velvet,
and cloth of gold, on which the royal insignia
are emblazoned ; these tabards resemble
sleeveless gowns in form, but they are fur-
nished with wings, which fold over the arms.
They wear also collars of SS, that is, composed
of links shaped like the letter S, made of silver
gilt, with badges at the centre, containing the
shamrock, rose, and thistle, enamelled in their
proper colours. They are also entitled to
wear coronets, or plain circles of gold, ,deco-
rated with sixteen 'upright leaves, eight of
which are long, and eight short. So import-
ant was the office of king-at-arms anciently
held, that a solemn ceremony was appointed
for their inauguration. In fact, it was the
mimicry of a royal coronation, except•that the
unction was performed with wine instead of
oil. In Scotland, Sir David Linlesay -wa,;
crowned Lyon king-of-arms by his sovereign,
with the ancient crown which the monarchs
wore before they assumed a close crown, A. D.
1592.

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EDWARD IV.

The monarch had his title confirmed by the
forms of a popular election. Immediately
after his 'victory over Henry VI. he came to
London, and returned thanks to God at St.
Paul's church. He was then conducted in
solemn procession to Westminster, and placed
on the King's Bench, in the Hall, which was
filled with people. It was then demanded of
the commons whether they would accept this
prince to be their sovereign; to which all
assented. He was crowned by archbishop
Bouchier, June 49th, 1461.
EDWAZD V.

Preparations were made for the coronation
of Edward V., but the barons and commons
refused to accept any of the late king's sons
as their sovereign, and tendered the crown to
Richard duke of Gloucester.
London, England, 1838-06-28

EDWARD M.

On the deposition of Edward 11., his son,
prince Edward, was brought to a general as-
sembly of the nobles and clergy in the abbey
church of Westminster, on the 20th of Janu-
ary, 1327, and Walter Raynold exhorted all
present to choose the young prince for their
sovereign. All assented; but the prince him-
self declared that he would not accept the
crown until it had been Toluntarily resigned
by his father.

A remarkable coron tien medal was struck
on this occasion : on one side the young prince
was represented crowned, laying hie sceptre
on a heap of heart, with the motto "Papas
dat jara volestii" (1-le gives laws to a willing
people); and on the other wee a hand held
eat to Nave a falling crown,• with the motto,
4, ItTais rapit, recipii4." (lie micas not, bat
receiveL)

THR SUN, LONDON, Trit/MIDAYI JUNII 1180 1630.
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THE INVESTING WITH THE MANTLE.

The (;),teen then standing, her Majesty was invested by the
Dean with the Imperial mantle, or dalmatie robe of cloth of
:told, delivered to him by the officer of the wardrobe, the Lord
Great Chamberlain fastening the clasps.
THE ORB.

The Queen then sittirg down, the Archbishop having re-
ceived the orb from the Dean, delivered it into the Queen's
right hand, saying, " Receive this Imperial robe and orb," &c.
Iler Majesty then returned the orb to the Dean, who laid it
on the altar.
London, England, 1838-06-28

STIPHXN.

The coronation of Stephen, after he had
sworn allegiance to the empress Matilda, was
viewed with great anxiety in an age when it
was supposed that the punishment of perjury
was immediate and visible. The ceremony
was performed by William archbishop of
Cants? Story; and it is said that a dreadful
star* arose, which threw all the parties into
sash confusion, that the consecrated wafer fell
on ski round, the kiss of peace after the
saarassast was ornitteil, and oven the anal
ls•nosliesion forgetten.
London, England, 1838-06-28

GEORGE T.

George T. was crowned at Westmiroter,
October 20, 1714, with the usual solemnities.
The king did not understand English, and
few of those around him could speak German,
so that the ceremonies had to be explained to
his majesty in such Latin as those near him
could command : this gay
,arise to the popular
jest, that much bad la ' e had passed be-
tween the king and his. 1 s ers on the day of
the coronation.
London, England, 1838-06-28

SKETCH OF HER MAJESTY.

Her most gracious Majesty is the only
daughter of the duke of Kent, the fourth son
of George 111., and of the duchess of Kent,
the sister of Leopold, king of the Belgians.
She was born on the 24th of May, 1819, and
had reached the age (eighteen) required by
the law before she could assume the reins of
government, in the month previous to her ac-
cession to the throne on the death of William
the Reformer, on June 20th, 1837. On the
present memorable day her Majesty was
crowned, and now reigns over an affectionate
and trusting people by all possible legal
titles.

Till her accession to the throne her Ma-
jesty led a retired life under the care of her
mother, who,
giving up her native land, de-
voted herself most assiduously to the educa-
tion of her child, in order to Take her Majesty
worthy of the high station to which she was
born.

During the short time her Majesty has
reigned she has well responded to the " tender
and enlightened mother," under whose care,
her Majesty said, " I have learned from my
infancy to respect and love the constitution of
my native country." On her first memorable
appearance before the Council on the day of
her accession, " stepping from the privacy of
domestic life to the discharge of her high
functions," she so demeaned herself as to
cause general approbation. " She inspired,"
London, England, 1838-06-28

HENRY IV.

•1- Henry IV. was crowned by archbishop Fitz-
alan on the 13th of October, 1399, and on this
'occasion the ampulla was first employed.
After Henry had gone to the Tower he created
forty-six knights of the Bath, among whom
were three of his own sons. The procession
from the Tower to Westminster was unusually
splendid, no less than six thousand horses
having been employed on the occasion.
Froissart gives the following account of
Henry IV.'s procession. " The duke of Lan-
caster left the Tower this Sunday after dinner,
on his return to Westminster ; he was bare
headed, and had round his neck the order of
the king of France. The prince of Wales,
six dukes, six earls, eighteen barons, accom-
panied him, and iere were of knights and
other nobility from eight tonine hundred horses
in the procession. He passed through the
streets of London, which were all handsomely
decorated with tapestries and other rich hang-
ings there were nine fountains in Cheapside
and other streets he passed through, that ran
perpetually with white and red wines. The
whole cavalcade amounted to six thousand
horse that escorted the duke from the Tower
to Westminster."
London, England, 1838-06-28

CON VE.YR D

Two Maids of Honour / Honourable Miss Dil:on.
Honourable Miss Pitt.
Two Lords in Waiting Lord Gardner.
I Lord Lilford.
Two Grooms f NINTH CARRIAGE, I Two Grooms
waking. drawn by six greys, f walking.
London, England, 1838-06-28

WILLIAM AND MARY.

For the first' time in England both the king
and the queen were crowned as sovereigns.
The ceremonial was very stately and cold ; it
took place on the 11th of April, 1689, the
bishop of London officiating instead of the
archbishop of Canterbury (Sancroft), who
scrupled to place the crown upon the head of
sovereigns who claimed it by a parliamentary
title, and not by hereditary descent, and what
he called. divine right.
London, England, 1838-06-28

EDWARD VI.

Edward VI. was crowned February loth,
546. "He rode through London into West-
inster," says Holinshead, "with as great
ialtie as might be, the streets being hung,
nd pageants in divers places erected, to
estifie the good willes of the citizens. . . .
• • . . . . As he passed on the south
art of Paule's churchyard, an Argosine
me from the battlements of Paule's church
pon a cable, being made fast to an anchor
the deane's gate, lieing on his breast, aiding
imselfe neither with hand nor foot, and after
ascended to the middest of the cable, where
he tumbled and plaied many prettie toies,
whereat the king and the nobles had good
pastime."
At this coronation, when the three swords,.
for the three kingdoms, were brought to be
carried before him, the king observed, that
there was yet one wanting, and called for the
BIBLE. "That," said he, is the sword of
the spirit, and ought in all right to govern us,
who use these for the people's safety, by God's
appointment. Without that sword we are
_nothi,i2g :we can do nothing From that we
are what we are this day . . . we receive
whatsoever it is that we at this present do
assume. Under that we ought to live, to fight,
to govern the people, and to perform all our
affairs. From that alone we obtain all power,
virtue, grace, salvation, and whatsoever we
have of divine strength."
London, England, 1838-06-28

CORONATION ROBE.

The ancient coronation robes which were
destroyed in 1649, do not appear to have boo
very valuable, if we may judge from the enu-
meration given of them by the parliamentary
commissioners, from which we have -before
quoted. In their report we find the follow-
ing " Inventory of the Regalia, now in West-
minster Abbey, in an iron chest," where they
were formerly kept.
One comae' taffaty robe, very old, valued at . 0 10 0
One robe keed with goald lace, valued at . 0 10 0
One silver cohered silk robe, very old, and worth
nothing
One robe of caimson taffaty sarcenet, valued at
One paire of invoking, cloth of silver and silver
stockings, very old, and valued at . . 0 2 6
One paire of shoes ef cloth of gold at . . „ 0 3 0
One paite of gloves, embroidered with gould, at 0 1 0,
Three swords with scabbards of cloth of gould, at 3 0
One old comb of horns, worth nothing . . . 0 0 0
Totall in the chest . 4 10 6

The comb, which is here dismissed so con-
temptuously, was supposed to have belonged
to Edward the Confessor, and was used in the
ancient forms of coronation, to smooth the
king's hair previous to the anointing.
London, England, 1838-06-28

EDWARD TI.

_Edward. ll—and,Jais queen were _crowned
Westminster on the 24th February. Holin-
shed informs us, " There was such presse and
throng at this coronation, that a knight, called
Sir John Bakewell, was thrust or crowded to
death." The bishops also were incommoded,
and forced to hurry through the service in a
slovenly manner ; and yet it was not concluded
before three in the afternoon.
London, England, 1838-06-28

SKETCH OF HER MAJESTY.

Her most gracious Majesty is the only
daughter of the duke of Kent, the fourth son
of Geore# hi., and of the auchess of lielit,
the sister of Leopold, king of the Belgians.
She was born on the 24th of May, 1819, and
had reached the age (eighteen) required by
the law, before she could assume the reins of
government, in the month previous to her ac-
cession to the throne on the death of William
the Reformer, on June 20th, 1837. On the
present memorable day her Majesty was
crowned, and now reigns
over an affectionate
and trusting people by all possible legal
titles.

Till her accession to the throne her Ma-
jesty led a retired life under the care of her
mother, who, giving
up her native land, de-
voted herself most assiduously to the educa-
tion of her child, in order to make her Majesty
worthy of the high station to which she was
born.

During the short time her Majesty has
reigned she has well responded to the "tender
and enlightened mother," under whose care,
her Majesty said, " I have learned from my
infancy to respect and love the constitution of
my native country."
On her first memorable
appearance before the Council on the day of
her accession, " stepping from the privacy of
domestic life to the discharge of her high
functions," she so demeaned herself as to
cause general approbation. "She inspired,"