The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-30
Some English Coronation
Ceremonies Of the Past


HBECAuSE Of the worldwide inter
M$A est ahaWh in the r,ceAt core
M ~ natluu ~ kn& tlporap y Al
saare Back OVER Ne cutaIA
I tlon ceremonies Of English htngs Of The
! past, considering only those whose
eoronaiious presented uaHsua fea-
+, lures, is Of Interest
1 Prior 10 tGSS ali coraulti,Bs are mld
\ to have taken place ~ Suuday gt' Il
/ festival day. ndeed. slE;eea 81 Tie
/ twenty earl" English totu.Atloua
I occurred on Il Standby. William tie
4 Couquarpr was crowned on u %&a31y.
4 Christmas day, 1885, aud was lho ,tSc
\ klug 10 fegeiE" iAs Sutoaei%HtE IN West
I minister, The building WITS CROWDED
hy a joyous, shouting thr0ag ~ the
\ beginning OF the ceremouy In suaie
way the Royal Horse guards nlain.er
4 preted their shau,~ and SIT tire to IN"
/ gates. The spectators. panic stricken,
I rushed out and We're slaughtered NV
the Norman cavalry Therefore tie
coronation ceremony Of william tho
Couquerer was c0usGmmated 10 an ar
most empty building
An EARLY Coronation.
The best authentic description ~ aa
early coronation pro- 1914 II 70 be-
found in manuscript fu4n in thefHrt
I ish museum II describes the pJrai.a.
/ zion of Richard t., "HialHfd tie Lion
I Hearted" on sept. 3 lisa Id West
minister abbey
/ IL Is recorded that the spectators
( We're terrorized by seeing bat tut
/ tering above the throne and consider
ed it IN evil omen The conclusion Of
/ the coronation ceremony was laarkel
by wholesale butchery Of The Jews
They had been ordered to remain away
from the abbey but came to~the cpre
mony with many rich gifts for The
king The intlameG popnlace fell upon
them, and the massacre spread from
London TO other cities
Nov 6. 1929 witnessed thv cer0
nation Of Henry VI. the GrSt ho}
king Of England Although ba, nine
years of age IT is recorded that he was
attlred in bishops robes
Henry Ill was twice crowned kiae
Of England His first coronation wa
ut Gloucester on Oct. Is. 12iG By the
/ Bishop Of Westminster The second
was held four years later, on May II
at Westminster abbey. with tIp arch
bishop Of Canterbury oliiciaGug
The coronation of King Richard I'LL
on July 6. 1883, is said 10 have beer,
the most splendid one up tothatdate
Crowned on Battlefield.
Immediately after the defeat q.
Richard III, at Bosworth Henry VII.
was crowned on the battleath Eh
defeated monarch had worn his crown
/ into 'he battle, but had lost tt tn tn
melee. Lord Stanley. d noble. fouul
1t in a hawthorn bush and, IN the
I presence of the entire array, picked il
up and placed il upon the head OF the
new King Henry. \ little more thag
/ two months later, however Henry wa
/ recrowned in Westminster abbey Hi
! queen, Elizabeth Of York. vas not
crowned until nearly month after
his coronation
At the coronation OF Queen Mary.
1853, three crowns were used th0t OF
Edward Tie COnfessor. the Imperial
crown of England and anothcr one
made expressly for her Each IN turn
I was placed upon her head One bis.
4 tOrian narrates peculiar circutn
stance of her coronation She was Il
have been aaointcd, it seems vita
oil said to have been given ST. Thomas
Of Canterbury by the Virgin Mary
! At the last minute, however, 1t WAS
feared that the Oil had lost it's eth
cocy and Il fresh supply was forth
with conseerated. She also refused to
sit in the coronation chair. claiming
! that it had been desecrated by her
Protestant brother Edward and used
another one sent by the pope.
/ The coronation Of Queen Elizabeth
4 Jan, Is, 1858. was an unusually unique
and stormy one. 70 be prisoner ia
! the Tower one minute and the quecn
of England the next Is certainly far
4 out Of the ordinary The entire cere-
| inony was fraught with mIsunder
standings and strife, despite the fact
/ that an astrologer had declared the
day propitious one To begin with,
there was the change from the Old
i Catholic order Of procedure 10 the
Protestant. Az an instance, Elizabeth
( agreed to kiss the pax" or wafer,
but would not recognize the old for
mula to any further extent.
No little trouble was experienced in
/ obtaining church digntary to per
/ form the ceremony The see of Can
/ terbury was vacant The pimate Of
Y0rl ohipetcl 10 reading the liiany in
+ Aas.Sh ard refused to ofiiciate. FL
nally the bishop of Carlisle consented
to fill the role.
0minous Happenings
The superstitiously inclined found
/ full justification of their views in the
coronation of Charles /, on Feb .,
1926. Astlic chosen day happened to
be the Feast Of the Publication and
as white was the proper color for that
( day the kings robe was of white in
stead Of the usual purple velvet Now,
/ white was always considered an un.