Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-23

resting place in what was then known as
'the kings little town OF Fervesham.'
Henry Plantagenet, who died at Chinon,
found grave among the pious monks at
Fontevraud, and so did the llon-hearted
King Richard The hand of King John,
who signed the Great Charter rests In
Worcester cathedral
Although the hallowed dust of King Ed
ward the Confessor was placed in his New
Church" at Westminster it was afterward
taken to the palace nearby, where 1t re-
NAMED until the reign OF King Henry III,
who removed the Cohfessor's coffin to its
present place in the abbey. Henry III was
the first Of the Norman kings to he buried
there, although his heart was sent to the
abbey at Fontevraud. His son, Edward ],
erected the tomb over his fathers remains,
which is still one of the sights Of the
abbey. Edward l. "Longshanks," was
buried at Westminster, and as late as 177t
his tomb was opened. He was dressed IN
his royal robes, with a sceptre in his right
hand, The body measured feet inches
The tomb was fastened securely in the
presence Of the Dean and Chapter, Ills
unfortunate son, Edward H. was buried al
Gloucester, but his grandson, King Edward
III, was inferred in Westminster.
Richard II and his Good Queen Anne
of Bohemia were buried in Westminster
but his successor, Henry w, expressed a
wish to be buried in Canterbury cathedral
near the grave of his distinguished uncle
Edward the Black Prince.
Henry v, probably the most popular king
of England, for England meier lost king
of so much WORTH" rests in Westminster
abbey, and his tomb is an object of inter
est. The first king buried in the Chapel
Royal of st. Georges, Windsor. was Henry
| vi, surnamed Henry of Windsor" for he
had been born in the castle, and 1t Is re-
markable that his rival and SUCCESSOR Kine
Edward ~, was buried In the same chapel
and thus the two roses of York and Lam
caster rested together in the same temple
and 1t is here that after the lapse of more
than five centuries Edward the Peace
maker will be buried, whose ancestry car
be traced step by step to those first two
kings who found a sepulchre at Windsor.
The remains of the young King Edward
V when they were found in the Tower
were carefully Inferred in the abbey BY
order of King Charles II.
The body of Richard, who had "mad'
poor England weep in streams Of blood.
was flung into q grave at Leicester. Tit
| erection of the chapel at Westminster BY
Henry VII and his burial there are matters
of history, but 1t is curious circumstance
that his son, Henry VIII, was inferred a
Windsor, while his three children, Edward
Mary and Elizabeth, were buried in West
minister, the remains of the two sisters
being placed in the same tomb.
Jane 1 was buried In Westminster, bu
his grave had been entirely lost sight o.
until at last Dean Stanley brought to ligh
the huge coffin which had been placed Ii
the vault of Henry VII. The Dean in
vited DR.. TAFT the archbishop of Canter
bury, to be present at the opening Of thu
coffin. AS the lid was raised the deaf
said: Let us stand aside so that the frs
Scotch archbishop may be the first to lool
on the remains OF the first Scotch king o
England" King Charles 1, after his exc
cutlon at whitehall, was buried in st
Georges, Windsor, and as there was NJ
name on the coffin II was opened In tn
presence Of the prince regent George Nv
and then carefully sealed.
James II was buried at st. German
France, where he died expressing a wisi
that eventually his body may be taken t
Westminster. William III and Queen Mar
II were entombed In Westminster. and ais
Queen Anne and her nineteen children, no
far from the grave of Charles IL and sew
eral of his illegitimate children.
oliver Cromwell. although he had sen
the body of Charles Stewart to Windsor
left careful instructions that he shoul'
have q royal grave for himself in the Ao
hey. Visitors TO the abbey are still show
"Oliyer's vault" but the body was, at tn
restoration OF Charles, taken from tn
vault and treated, as Dean Stanley said
, with every dishon0r which a poor reveng
could suggest"
or the four Georges, George was buried
at Hanover, George H. in Westminster
George III and George ~ at Windsor, an'
Queen Victoria at Frogmore, near Wind
sor.
There have been no kings inferred in st
Paurs cathedral, and only one royal prince
! John of Geunt, the time honored Ian
caster of Shakespeare, whose descendant
occupy nearly all the thrones OF Europe ex
cept that OF Turkey.
I Kensall Green has one royal tomb. 1t Il
that Of George, duke of Cambridge tn
uncle of Queen Mary III, who requested
that he should be placed beside the bod!
OF his morganatic wife, Miss Fairbanks
The late king attended the funeral.