Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-10-17
BODY or EDWARD VI. IS FOUND.

Re.aiss Of knsland's Missing Kina
Are Dug Up at Windsor.
The body of Edward W., the boy
King Of England, who reigned from
1547 to 1883, has. 1t 10 believed, beer
found at Windsor. England.
It recalls the Bluebeard King Hen
~ VIII. and his six wives; the pathetic
boy King. his son: the unhappy Lady
Jane Grey; the boy Kings sisters
Bloody Mary" and the great Eliza
beth. and all the r0mances and trage
dies Of that great Tudor period. when
men staked their lives on their religion
and their politics and the English na.
tiOn was being created.
The resting place Of every King. from
the Norman conquest down to Queen
Victoria's predecessor. 10 known and
suitably marked. with the solitary ex.
ception 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 beautiful chapel. there
Is no stone to his memory. Neither 10
there at Royal Windsor. where his ter
rible father was buried. In no building
Of the Church Of England, which he
helped SO greatly to establish, Is there
q memorial to poor Edward.
There are authentic accounts Of the
arrangements for his funeral, but when
1t comes to the matter Of burial there
Is no precise record. The fact that q
King Of England lies dead without a
monumental tomb to his memory IL 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 It contains Is declared by high
archaeological authority to be that Of
King Edward vi.
Workmen were making the founda.
tions for q new station on the Great
Western Railroad at Win 'sor. Re
Gently they were excavating Thames
street near the great castle which has
been the chief residence Of the sover-
eigns Of England for 800 years. Near
est to the place where the men were at
work Is the Curfew tower Of the castle,
and not far away are the Garter tower,
the Salisbury tower, and Henry Wills
gateway.
At q spot about 100 yards from the
Curfew tower, fourteen feet below the
street level aud four feet In the chalk,
their pickaxes struck something that
gave . hollow sound. In a few min
utes they unearthed a great wooden
CONN.
The excitement in quiet old Windsor
was great. The police formed a Gordon
about the trench and the coffin was
placed on q wagon and driven to the
cemetery mOrtuary. There a
careful examination was made by DR..
Hubert in the presence Of Mr.. F. Lay
ton, chairman Of the Windsor burial
board, and other persons of local i'm.
portancs. 1t was found that there
were really three cofins, one outside
the other. The outer one, Of oak, was
much decayed. 1t broke and crumbled
At the touch, but the bronze handles
and copper nails and fastenings were
intact, though corroded. There was no
Sign Of any name on any Of the cof-
fins.
Fitting closely inside the outer case
was q beautiful leaden coffin, smooth
Is the top Of . dining-room table. This
nclosed q wooden shell In which the
body was actually found, hidden from
'iew by quantity Of fine sawdust. The
corpse was wrapped in a silken en-
,roidered shroud Of exquisite texture.
md did not crumble to dust when ex-
POSED to the air, showing that the body
,ad been embalmed in a very careful
manner. About the neck was q heavy
yold chain. From this apparently q
Ocket or pendant had been removed.
whsch might have furnished q clew to
he identity Of the corpse.
The cofflns and everything connect
ID with them were Of the finest quality.
rhe metal handles were beautifully
The dead man had clearly
,een Of rank and wealth. This fact
made the absence of any inscription on
he comm all the more mysterious. |
Those who saw the body say that 1t
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vas gracefully formed. The face was
The hands and feet were |
small and delicate. The
lair was fair and long. There was no |
'eard on lip or chin. This description |
very closely with that of |
he body Of the boy King Edward vi.
% given by chroniclers Of his time.
The skin Of the corpse had assumed a
lark brown color. At the back Of the
leck there was q deep dent. Whether
his had been made after death or
whether 1t was q mark Of violence re-
eived In life Is In dispute. The body
Vas buried under an ancient street, and
ould not have been placed there less
han 800 years ago.
Tennys0n's Three Queens.
On one occasion Tennyson was asked
y the present Bishop Of RipOn wheth-