Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-04
BODY OF EDWARD VI. is FOUND.
Remains at EuElard'. Missing kins
Are Dug IN at Windsor.

Kemain~ Of EuElard'. Missing kins
Are Dug lp at Windsor.
The body OF Edward W.. the hoy
King OF England. who rciynrd FROM
l1i. to 1900. has. ii is believed. been
found nj Windsor. England.
1t recalls the Rurbearu King Hen
ry VII. and his six wives: II, pathetic
boy King. his son: the unhappy Lad!
Janc Grey: the hey Kings sisters
bloody Mary" and the great Eliza.
beth. aud all the romanccs and TRACE.
dies OF that great Tudor period. when
men staked their lives on their religion
and their politics and the English ma
tiou was being created.
The resting place OF every King. from
the Norman conquest down to Queen
\i":rria'S predecessor. is known and
suitably marked. with the solitary CA
rcption of Edward vi.
This King alone has no tomb. In the
great Abbey of Westminster. where his
grandfather. Henry VII. first of the
Tudors. built Il beautiful chapel, there
Is no stone to his memory. Neither is
there at Royal Windsor, where his ter.
rihlc father was buried. In no building
Of the Church OF England. which he
helped 50 greatly to establish. Is there
memorial to poor Edward.
There are authentic accounts Of the
arrangements for his funeral but when
II comes to the matter of burial there
is no precise record. The fact that
King of England lies dead without =
monumental tomb to his memory Is as.
founding.
Is this mystery to be cleared away
after 300 years and more? 1t seems
probable. An ancient coffin has been
unearthed in Royal Windsor, and the
body II contains is declared by high
archaeological authority to he that OF
King Edward vi.
Workmen We're making the founda.
tons for new station on the Great
Western Railroad at Windsor. Re
Gently they We're eNcavating Thames
street near the great castle which has
been the chief residence of the sover-
eignS of England for 500 years. Near.
est to the place where the men We're at
work Is the Curtew tower of the castle,
and not far away are the Garter tower.
the Salisbury tower, and Henry Wills
gateway.
At a spot about 100 yards from the
Curfew tower fourteen feet below the
street level and four feet in the chalk,
their pickaXts struck something that
L..
utes they untarthcd Il great wooden
coffin.
The excitement in quiet old Windsor
was great. The police formed a Gordon
about the trench and the coffin was
placed on a wagon and driven to tie
Windsor cemetery mortuary There
careful examination was made by Or.
Hubert in the presence of Mr.. +. Lay
ton, chairman of the Windsor burial
board. and other persons of local I'M
portance. 1t was found that there
were really three collins. one outside
the other. The outer one, Of oak. was
much decayed. 1t broke and crumhtd
at the touch. bnt the bronze handles
and copper nails and fastcnings were
intact. though corroded. There was no
sign of any name ON any of the COT
fins.
Fitting closely inside the outer case
was Il beautiful lcaden coffin. smooth
as the top Of a dlning-room table. This
inclosed wooden shell in which the
body was actually found. hidden from
view by quantity of fine sawdust. The
corpse was wrapped in a silken en-
brodered sllroud Of exquisite texture,
and did not crumblc to dust when en-
posed to the air. showing that the body
had been embained in very careful
manner. About the neck was heavy
gold chain From this apparently a
locket or pendant had been removed,
which might have furnished Il clcw 10
the identity Of the corpse.
The collins and everything connect
ed with them were OF the finest quality.
The metal handles were beautifully
wrought. The dead man had clearly
been Of rank and wealth. This fact
made the absence of any inscription on
the coffin all the more mysterious.
Those who saw the body say that 1t
was that Of Il boy or a fs'ail man. Ii
was gracefully formed. The face was
Intelligent Tne hands and feet were
remarkably small and delicate. The
hair was fair and long. There was no
beard on lip or chin. This description
corresponds very closely with that of
the body of the boy King Edward VI.
MS given hy chronicers of his time.
The skin of the corpse had assumed a
dark brown color. At the back OF the
neck there was deep dent. Whether
this had been made after death or
whether it was Il mark of violence re.
ceiyed In life Is in dispute. The body
was buried under an ancient street. and
could not have been placed there less
fhan 300 YaNrS AGO.