Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-12
ROYAL BURIAL PLACES
Uneasy Lies the Head thar ws.
Crown

many VI Inc H4ghty ones OF the asytA
have been as singular as their IT,.
we're chequered and adventurous NJ
quiet rest of the grave has been to,ane
denied to large number: soma ~
been dragged TO daylight over "a
over again. The tGmbs OF NAM :,
the occupants of the British m or.
have not escaped the common Id
Most have been violated. saws "a.
Saturday Evening Post and in M
few cases the remains have altogetb.,
disappeared.
Ths Norman conqueror vielsed =.
death at the monastery OF St Gervai.
at Rouen. Robert, the eldest 40,
was away crussding in Palestine IN.
second son, William, galloped of 10
tie coast to secure his kingdom =,
England, and left his dying father "a
fight his last battls alone. Henry N.
youngest and dearest stayed only "a
hear his own bequest of ready money
and he likewise departed to put NJ,
treasure safely under bar and bon
Courtiers, priests, and knights all dA
camped while the very servant,
followed the example set them. att,
plundering the death chamber and Al.
most stripping the body Of the king
Deserted and neglected, the corpse AZ
the once potent monarch lay until
charity provided for its conveyance IA
Caen, according to his last wishes.
The bishop of Bayeux opened tina
grave in 1912, and found the body Ia
good preservation but so years after.
wards the body was dug up during an
insurrection. The body was then pre-
served by a monk, but during a subse-
quent rebellion, the remains were scat
tered and lost and but single thigh
bone remained. which finally disap-
peared when the revolutionists OF 1898
disposed of all royal relics
In August, HOO, a peasant passing
through the New Forest found the BODY
of William Rufus, lying upon the blood.
soaked turf. Placing the body Of the
slaughtered man in his rough cart hs
conveyed it to Winchester, where the
corpse was inferred with little cers-
mony in the cathedral choir.
Henry l.. like his father, died al
Rosen, and was brought to England
for burial He found a tomb in the
Abbey of Reading, an erection Of bis
own. A few massive ruins now re-
maip OF the structure, and all knOw-
edge OF the Royal aepulchre has passed
away.
The turbulent career OF Stephen
ended IN 1854, and he was laid by the
side of his wife in the monastery OF
FaversEam. At the dissolution Of the
religious houses the tomb was plundered
for the sake Of the leaden collins, and
the kings body was igrominiously cast
into the sea
Henry IL, worn out by trouble and
filial ingratitude, died broken hes ted
at the Castle Of Chinon. AS in the
case Of the Conqueror the dead man
and his apartment were stripped and
deserted by courtiers and servants, and
after considerable delay the corpse
was inferred In the Abbey Church Of
Frontevrand Ten years afterwards
Richard l. persisted miserably in an
obscure combat and was buried by
the side OF his father. They rested
quietly enough until the French Revo.
luton, when the tombs were rifed and
the ashes scattered.
Henry III. was inferred in Westm'~
ter, the first monarch buried thet
since the Conquest. The brazeu etlgy
cast shortly after his death still covers
his bones Edward /. died while bent
upon punishing Ia Scots for their OPP
position TO his rule In direct disrs.
gard OF his last wishes, his remains
were conveyed to Westminster and
there buried. In 1774, the body was
found clothed in regal robes, invested
with crown and sceptre and uudecayed.
Edward ii. was murdered in BerHe-
ley castle and hastily buried in Glou-
cester Cathedral, where his tomb 10
still shown. His son, the victor OF
Crecy and Poitiers. fought his .ast
fight with the common enemy at his
palace OF Shene and. like his precs.
cessors, was abandoned in his laSt
moments 10y all around him. Edward
still reposes in the Chapel Of the Con-
fessor, together with his devoted wife
Deposed kings are not murdered
said a cynical Italian philosopher
''they disappear.
Richard II. disappeared, and after
some time, body, said to be his, was
exhibited at ST. Pauls with the face
covered. It was removed, first 70
Langley and afterwards to Westmin-
ster Abbey. His supplanter and suo-
cessor. Edward ", lies undisturbed
In the cathedral at Canterbury.
The mighty conqueror OF Agincour'
died in France in the midst OF his tri'
umphs. was brought to England for
tnterrment and was buried 10 state 81
Westminster. His son, the unfortun-
ate Henry VI, was entombed first 81
Chertsey Abbey, and finally at Wind
sor, his birthplace Edward VI, after
lying exposed upon a board naked
from the waist upwards, that peopls
might be assured 81 his natural death
was buried at ST. Georges, Windsor.
The bodV was found almost undeCayed