Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11
BODY OF EDWARD vi. IS EouNn
Remains of EnEiaEd's Missing Kin,
Are Dug Up at Windsor.

Eng Iahu's Missing Kins
Are Dug Up at Windsor.
The body of Edward VI the bo,
King of England, who reigned from
loaf to 1858, has, it is believed. beey
found at Windsor, England.
1t recalls the Bluebeard King Hen
~ VIII. and his six wives; the pathetic
Doy Alng, his son; the unhappy Lady
Jane Grey; the boy Kings sisters
Bloody Mary" and the great Eliza,
beth, and all the romances ana troga
dies of that great Tudor period. when
men staked their lives on their religion
ana their politics and the English ma
ton was being created.
Inc resting place of every King. from
tne Norman conquest down to Oueeu
Vlctorla's predecessor, Is known and
suitably marked, with the solitary OK.
ception of Edward vi.
This King alone has no tomb. In the
great Abbey of Westminster, where his
grandfather, Henry VII, first of the
Iuoors, built beautiful chapel, there
Is no stone to his memory. Neither Ia
there at Royal Windsor, where his ter
rlDle father was buried. In no building
OF TIE Church of England, which he
neiped SO greatly to establish, is there
memorial to poor Edward.
Ihere are authentic accounts of the
arrangements for his funeral, but when
IL comes to the matter of burial thers
Is no precise record. The fact that a
King of England lies dead without a
monumental tomb to his memory ia as.
founding.
Is this mystery to be cleared avay
AFTER 300 years and more? 1t seems
probable. An ancient coffin has been
uneartheo in Royal Windsor. and the
hody II contains Is declared by high
archaeological authority to be that Of
King Edward VI.
Workmen were making the FONDA.
lions for new station on the Great
western Railroad at Windsor. 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 spot about 100 yards from the
CurfeW tower, fourteen feet below the
street level ADD four feet in the chalk,
their pickaxes struck something that
gave a hollow sound. In a few min.
utes they unearthed a great wooden
coffin.
The excitement in quiet old Windsor
was great The police formed Gordon
about the trench and the coffin was
placed on a wagon and driven to tie
Windsor 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
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 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 a beautiful leaden coffin, smooth
as the top of dining-room table. This
oh In NH oh 40
body was actually found, hidden from
view by quantity Of fine sawdust. The
corpse was wrapped in a silken enl-
broidered shroud of exquisite texture,
and did not crumble to dust when ex-
posed to the air, showing that the body
had been embalmed in very careful
manner. About the neck was a heavy
gold chain. From this apparently q
locket or pendant had been removed,
which might have furnished clew to
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 a boy or a frail man. 1t
was gracefully formed. The face was
intelligent The 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.