The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

| hat at broad monday. "-iuconvguientIy CIR
cling in the same tracks. and especially
round the Kings throne" was Interpreted
confidently as of evil inquiry. On the other
hand. that which to modern minds would
certainly seem Il more sinister omen was
hailed by all good Christians as enc Of the
happ!est. On the day before the
Jews and witches were forbidden by royal
: proclamation from entering the Abbey. OF
the presence OF witches there is nothing on
record, but certain Jews having been de-
tected in the crowd, there followed a horri-
be massacre of thai nationality. not only
In Londcn, but In all the chief towns Of
the realm. except Winchester, the people
whereof. being prudent and c~ircunzpcct.
=, and the city always acting mildly, spared
tire verElia."
The Inauguration OF King Johns dismal
reign was marked by a new feature. n
recognition Of the services rendered to John
in ferrying him to and from Normandy.
five harons CT the CinQ-c Ports were ag-
pointed 10 carry a canopy over mis- head in
the coronation procession. This service,
which has been regularly performed ever
since. has been claimed in the present year.
and has received recognition. hut probably
VIII not he eXacted. owing to the abandon
ment of the procession.
Chaplets We're Worn.
Already. when John ascended the throne.
IN SHt Va tLG -ATLlblSlOp OF Canterbury
10 perform the coronation. and the nerss-
sity Of this being done at Westminster. had
become 50 fully reCccn ized. that whereas
the ABBEY was In the hands of Prince L,ouis
or FRANCE the ceremony was performed at
gloucester by the Bishop of Winchester
Inc efficacy and legality of this were so
widely doubted that King John issued or
GERS that every man and woman in the
realm, except %clerics. Should wear a chan
let IN public for a month. in token that the
King had really been crowned Compliance
with such an order in the Twentieth Csn-
tury "ouIa De the cause of some grotesque
phenomenal
a petty squabble about sporting rights
has attained immortality through fortuitons
connection with the coronation OF Henry
III. The Earl Of Arundel. it seems. had de-
clined to allow the Archbishop of Canter-
bury to hunt in his forest in SUSSEX end
mad impounded his hounds, wherefore the
lnalghant primate promptly excommuni-
cateu MIN. which of course disabled Ar,2-
del from discharging his Office as Chief BUt-
Ter at the banquet.
First knights of Bath.
The coronation of Edward l. long de1o,.e5
because OF that Kings absence on n c-rI-
SADIE, was marked with some tumuItuo1.
Incidents. Among the knights created for
Ihe occasion was the Kings son. Edward,
hrst English Prince Of Wales. who with
many other chevaliers, and the King him
SELF. was ceremonialiy washed In Iarge
baths placed in the Painted Chamber OF
Westminster. and then wrapped in soft
blankets. before dressing for their vigil In
the Confessor'S shrine. Such is the origin
OF the Order of the Bath. So eager and
SO dense was the crowd to witness the pro
ceedings, that two of the new made
knights Of the Bath were suffocated. on
the following day, after the coronation In
the ABBEY, 500 great horses on which the
King and his suite had ridden to the ban
Quet, were turned loose in the streets,
where every man might catch one If he
could. and keep 1t If he would.
Edward II was the first English monarch
to take his seat on the Scottish Stone of
Destiny, which his father had carried away
from Scone as the symbol of his sovereignty
over Scotland. Yet In how little regard this
second Edward held the memory of the first
and greatest was shown by his causing the
crown to be carried at the coronation by
Piers Gaveston, whom Edward 1 had exiled,
exacting an oath from his son that he
should never more be allowed to set foot in
England.
Service Was Protrncted
Richard IFS coronation in 1871 is the first
OF which a detailed official account has been
preserved. The whole elaborate
has been infinitely recorded in the Liber
RECALLS Of Abbot Littlington, a contempor-
airy manuscript which has been carefully :
treasured ever since as the chief authority
on precedent. On this occasion the young .
King-a fair-haired boy OF IL years-rode. .
as was customary, from the Tower to take
his bath and keep his vigil with the newly !
dubbed knights; but the service in the Alb
hey on the morrow was Of such mercilass
length that Richard, who by obligation went
through 1t fasting, was carried out fainting
evil augury of the troubles about TO de-
scend upon him.
The coronation Of Henry V. the hero of
Agincourt, in 1413. Is the only enc Of so
early a. date whereof artistic representation
remains. It forms the subject of the sculp-
lures in he hantry at Westminster called