The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-28 00:00:00

EDWARD I.

On the 15th of August, 1274, Edward I
and his queen Eleanor were crowned at
Westminster by the Archbishop of Canter•
bury, aided by other prelates.
Holinshed adds some remarkable particu-
lars of this coronation :

"At this coronation were present, Alexan-
der king of Scots, and John earle of Bretaine,
with their wives that were sisters to King
Edward. The king of Scots did homage unto
King Edward for the realme of Scotland, in
like manner as other the kings of Scotland
before him had doone to other kings of Eng-
land, ancestoures to this King Edward. At
the solemnitie of this coronation there were
let go at libertie (catch them that catch might)
five hundred great horsses by the king of
Scots, the earles of Cornewall, Glocester,
Pembroke, Warren, and others as they were
allighted fro their backs."

EDWARD H.
Edward 11. and his queen were crowned at
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.

EDWARD 111.
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 Both 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 voluntarily resigned'
by his father.

A remarkable coronation medal was struck
)n this occasion : on one side the young prince
vas represented crowned, laying his sceptre
heap of hearts, with the motto " Pofizzlo
'vra volenti" (He gives laws to a willing
and on the other was a hand held,
a falling crown, with the motto,
-'hit." (He sei• not, but

kRD 11.
tis king was more mag-
the preceding. The

procession of the king from 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 were placed foure beau-
tiful virgins, of stature and age like to the
I -
king, apparelled in white vestures, 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 horsse counterfeit florens of
gold. When he was come befsre the castell
they Cooke cups of gold, and, filling them with
wine at tie spouts of the castell, presented
the same to the. king and to his nobles. On
the top 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 kinds of wine
.came gushing forth at foure several places all
the dale long, neither was anie forbidden to
receive the same, were he never- so poor or
abiest.*