THE ENTIRE CEREMONIES OF THE CORONATIONS OF His Majesty King CHARLES II. and of her Majesty Queen MARY, Consort to JAMES II.
As published by those Learned Heralds ASHMOLE and SANDFORD.
With the PRAYERS
full Length.
To
, An INTRODUCTION Historical and Critical; LIKEWISE An APPENDIX, containing many curious Particulars.
LONDON: Printed for W. OWEN, at Temple-Bar; L. DAVIS and C. REYMERS, in Holborn; H. CHAPELLE, in Grosvenor-street; R. DAVIS, in Piccadilly; A. CHAPELLE, in Curzon-street, May Fair; J. WALTER, at Charing-Cross; and C. HENDERSON, at the Royal Exchange. MDCCLXI.
INTRODUCTION.
THE Happiness of Mankind depends visibly on their living in Society, and of Course under Subjection to Laws; of which, the shortest and the clearest Proof is this, that Men are alike miserable, under the two extremes of Tyranny and Anarchy; both of which are Privations of Law, and consequently of Government. The Operation of Laws, with respect to the Welfare of Society, depends upon their Execution, and this infers the Necessity of Magistrates, who, in all Monarchies, derive their Authority from the supreme Magistrate; whence the King is, with equal Truth and Propriety, said to be the Fountain of Justice as well as of Honour. The Nature of Offices has been always declared to the People by exterior Signs, and hence the Custom of investing Superior, and more especially the Supreme Magistrate, with extraordinary Solemnity, at his Entrance upon Government, which, tho' with very different Forms, has yet, in some Form or other, been practised in every civilized Nation.
There can be no Doubt, that the Ceremony of Anointing was borrowed from the Scriptures; and the
Jews
tell us, that all their Kings were anointed, from
Saul
to
Hircanus.
It passed from the
Jews
to other Nations, and seems to have been practised here soon after the Introduction of Christianity. The Monks indeed, would willingly persuade us, that
Alfred the Great,
was the first anointed King, and that he received his Unction from the Pope at
Rome,
which may be true, in respect to the Unction; but then, as
Alfred
was a Child of five Years old, it is much more likely, that it was the Chrism or Unction used in the Ceremony of Confirmation, than the Regal Unction. It appears from
Gildas,
the most ancient Writer of our own Nation, that is yet extant, that the British Kings were anointed; and this Practice was so constant, that the common Phrase in the old Chronicles, to express the Accession of a Prince to the Government, is this, that at such a Time, he was anointed King. We have therefore used this Ceremony as early, if not earlier, than any other Nation in Europe, as, if it was necessary, might be very easily shewn.
The Use of Crowns also is very ancient; and, in Process of Time, grew to be of very different Forms. The Diadem was originally of Cloth, and bound about the Head like a Fillet. Afterwards a Circle of Gold was in Use, some times plain, as was the ancient Crown of
Scotland,
sometimes adorned with Spires or Rays. The
Saxon
Kings used both. The former being called King's-Band, and the latter King's-Helm, as being worn upon a Helmet. In latter Times, it was also worn without the Helm, as well as with it, as appears in the Coins of our
Saxon
Kings. Other Ornaments were gradually added, such as the Flower-de-Lis. At length the Emperor wore a Crown with Bars, rising from the Sides, and joining at the Top, thence stiled a Crown Imperial. Authors are not agreed, when this was first introduced into
England,
some say by
Edward
III. on his being made Vicar General of the Empire, by
Lewis
of
Bavaria;
others by
Henry
V. Be that as it will, if an Imperial Crown is the Mark of Independent Sovereignty, then, no Doubt, our Kings have a Right to wear it, as well as those of
France
and
Spain,
and so they have long worn it.
There was not any thing, in which our
Saxon
Ancestors were more curious and exact, than in their Religious Ceremonies; and therefore we may reasonably suppose, they were particularly so in the Inauguration; or, as their own emphatic Term was, in the hallowing their Kings. This we find frequently mentioned, in that authentic History, stiled the
Saxon
Chronicle. This Solemnity, however, was not confined anciently to any particular Place; for, amongst other Princes,
Alfred,
justly surnamed
the Great,
was crowned at
Winchester, Ethelstan,
at
Bath,
where, as that History tells us, there were mighty Rejoicings, and a great Resort of the Clergy and Nobility upon the Occasion. But both in earlier and later Times than these, several of our Kings were crowned at
Kingston
upon
Thames,
which from thence received its Name, and is therefore stiled in
Latin, Regiodunum
by
Leland,
who thinks that at such Times a Theatre was erected, that the whole Ceremony might be more conspicuous to the People. But
Edward the Confessor
was crowned at
Winchester;
and it is particularly mentioned in the
Saxon
Chronicle, that he received many grave Exhortations from the Archbishop, in relation to the Duties of his high Office.
Harold
was crowned at
Westminster,
founded and scarce finished by King
Edward,
and as that Chronicle says, by the Appointment of his Predecessor, and by the Election of the People. In Respect to the Confessor's Memory, the Abbey of
Westminster
became in succeeding Times, the usual Place of our Monarch's Coronation, more especially as the
Regalia
of that King were kept there.
In our old Historians there are no Traces of the Ceremony, which is not to be wondered at, considering the Brevity of those Annals; but in the Leidger books, and other Abbey Records, many Fragments are to be met with, of most of the Ecclesiastical Ceremonies, and amongst others of the Coronations of some of these Kings, from which it plainly appears, that the Forms in use after the Conquest, and even the modern Forms, were borrowed from these; and this very probably would be still more evident, if we had any
Saxon
Ceremonial compleat. As it is, we see plainly that the different Prayers at the Unction, Crowning, putting the Sword, the Sceptre, and the Ball into the King's Hands, were taken from them; and, if we consider the Reverence ever paid to Antiquity, more especially in Matters of this Kind, it will not certainly appear strange.
After what has been related, it may seem a little surprising that some of our ablest Antiquaries have complained, that they could meet with no settled or authentic Form of the Coronation of our Monarchs. But a little Consideration will shew us, that we may easily account for this, in a manner very consistent with what has been already said. While our Ancestors continued Papists the Ceremonial still remained in
Latin,
tho' it may be not without Additions and Alterations. But after the Reformation farther Changes became necessary, as we find by the very imperfect Accounts yet remaining of the Coronation of
Edward
VI. in which his Oath, and no doubt, some other Parts were in
English,
that they might be understood by the People. In Process of Time, several of the Prayers and Collets grew obsolete and uncouth in their Language, which therefore rendered it requisite to review and retouch them, in order to accommodate the Service to the Language of the Times in which it was performed. When therefore Archbishop
Laud
was accused of altering the Coronation Service, at the Inauguration of
Charles
I. he pleaded the absolute Necessity of this; he said, that the Mutations and Emendations, which were made in some Parts of the Service, were partly to render the Sense clear, and partly to make it proper in grammatical
English,
which, he said, was done by Royal Authority, in a Committee for that Purpose; but that no material or essential Alterations were made, and that the King's Coronation Oath particularly remained untouched, and was the same with his Father's, which was settled by that pious and worthy Prelate, Archbishop
Whitgift.
Upon the whole, it may be truly affirmed, that the Bulk and Substance of the Coronation Ceremony is the very same at this day, as it was above a thousand Years ago; and if any thing has been retrenched, it has been owing to superstitious Circumstances, superinduced on the ancient and venerable Form, which the
Saxons
had in use, and to which, even after the
Norman
Conquest, the Nation in general were so much attached, that it was thought expedient to preserve it; though afterwards, when the Knowledge of this Form came to be lost with the People, the Clergy might possibly introduce Expressions more favourable to their own Power, and more suitable to those Notions they were desirous should prevail. But these again, as we have before observed, were at the Reformation curtailed or taken away.
As to the Pieces that are here presented to our Readers View, they are such as may contribute to give them a tolerable Idea of the Coronation of a King and Queen. It was in this View, that the Order for the Coronation of
Charles
II. was selected, as being in most Respects preferable to that of his Brother, which has been so pompously displayed by Mr.
Sandford,
whose Knowledge and Diligence we by no means would depreciate; and the Assistance that he received hath enabled him to render it a truly valuable Work, so that it has been, and will be justly regarded as the fittest Model for future Ceremonies of that Kind. King
Charles
II. was not married at the Time of his Coronation, and therefore we have annexed the Ceremony of the Coronation of King
James
's Queen,
Mary,
which will be found exactly agreeable to that of
Sandford,
with the Addition of the Prayers, which, as well known at that Time, are, to shorten his Account, introduced with only a Line or two, and the Remainder dropt by an &c.
As to the Notes, they relate to Persons and Things; with respect to the former, the Reader will find what in the Perusal of such Pieces it is very natural to desire, the Names of those Prelates who assisted at those Ceremonies, which, as needless at that Juncture, were left out when they were originally published. In regard to the latter, they are calculated to explain the several Parts of the
Regalia,
and other Passages that seem to require Elucidation, that the whole might be as plain and perspicuous as possible. There is a Pleasure in reviewing the Pomp of past Triumphs, in recalling to our Remembrance those great Personages, who are long ago removed from our View, but whom the Fame of their Actions still renders worthy of our Notice. The whole stands now in such a Point of Light, as that the Ceremonies of these Coronations may be as clearly and as fully conceived, as if we had been present at them; and as far as could be judged, Care has been taken to answer every Question, that a judicious and inquisitive Peruser would naturally ask in going through them, the Omission of which so frequently and so greatly perplexes Relations of this Kind, and renders them more apt to raise than to satisfy our Curiosity.
As to the Appendix, it is composed of Pieces not commonly known, or easy to be found, as being either involved in large Works, where few would take the Pains to seek them, or hid in the Closets of Antiquaries, where it would have been no easy Matter to find them. The Account particularly of the Manner in which our ancient
Regalia
was lost, and in what it consisted, has so near a Relation to the Subject, and contributes so much to set it in a clearer Light, that it must be allowed to deserve a Place in such a Collection; as does also the Order of the solemn Cavalcade from the
Tower
to
Westminster,
which our Ancestors esteemed no inconsiderable Part of the Ceremony. These are likewise illustrated with such Notes as appeared necessary to explain them, and it is hoped, that the whole taken together will be found no unpleasing, unentertaining, or uninstructive Miscellany on the Subject of Coronations, which being the general Topic of Conversation at present occasioned their Publication, and as this has been attended with no small Degree of Haste, they are submitted to the Candour of the Public.
THE CEREMONY OF THE CORONATION,
&c.
The PROCEEDINGS on the Day of his MAJESTY'S Coronation were as follows:
UPON
Tuesday
the 23d of
April,
being
St. George's
Day, about half an hour after seven in the Morning, the KING entered into his Rich
Barge,
took Water from the Privy Stairs at
Whitehall,
and landed at the Parliament Stairs, from whence he proceeded up to the Room behind the
Lord's House
called the
Princes Lodgings;
where, after he had reposed himself for a while, he was arrayed in his
Royal Robes
of
Crimson Velvet,
furred with
Ermine,
by which time the Nobility being assembled, robed themselves in the
Lord's House
and
Painted Chamber.
The
Judges
also, with those of the
Long Robe,
the
Knights
of the
Bath
These were anciently made, only on three Occasions. The Coronation of a King or Queen, the Creation of a Prince of Wales, or of a Duke of York. The Order was styled of the Holy Trinity, tho' from the Ceremony of Bathing before they received the Honour of Knighthood, they were commonly styled Knights of the Bath. The Motto of the Order was anciently,
Tria Numina juncta in uno,
alluding to the Mystery of the Holy Trinity. But at the Coronation of King James the First, the Word
Numina
was omitted, and the Motto has ever since been
Tria juncta in uno,
alluding to the Union of the three Crowns. On this Occasion, Sixty-eight Gentlemen of the first Families in the Kingdom, were created Knights of the Bath.
, and
Gentlemen
of the
Privy Chamber,
met in the Court of
Requests.
After some Space, the King's
Heralds
and
Pursuivants
began to set the Proceeding in Order, each of them taking his Share, assigned in
Chapter,
held at the
Heralds Office,
the Evening before, and thence directed all the beforementioned Degrees, except the Nobility, down into
Westminster Hall,
where the rest of the Proceeding attended, and from whence the March began.
About half an hour after Nine, the Nobility having been first called over in the Painted Chamber, proceeded each according to his Rank and Dignity, in their Robes and Coronets before the KING, through the Court of Requests, into Westminster Hall, ascended up to the
State,
which was raised at the
West End,
and placed themselves upon each Side thereof.
HIS MAJESTY being set in his
Chair
under a
rich Cloth
of
State,
First Sir
Gilbert Talbot
the
Master
of the
Jewel House,
presented the
Sword
of
State,
as also the
Sword
called
Curtana
Curtana is a Sword without a Point, and is stiled the Sword of Mercy, or St. Edward the Confessor's Sword; the first in Point of Honour of all that are born before the King: The Length of the Blade is thirty-two Inches; its Breadth near two Inches: The Handle is about four Inches in Length, covered with Gold Wire; the Pomel an Inch and three Quarters, which, with the Cross, is Steel, gilt; the Cross is in Length near eight Inches. The Scabbard is covered with Cloth of Tissue, with a gilt Ferule Hook and Chape.
, and two
other Swords,
to the Lord High Constable
The two Swords mentioned in the Text, are stiled the Spiritual and the Temporal Swords. The first is pointed, but somewhat obtuse; its Blade is about forty Inches long, and an Inch and half broad; its Handle and Scabbard resembling that of the preceding. The other is sharp pointed, its Blade forty Inches long, and an Inch and three Quarters in Breadth; its Handle, Pomel, Cross, and Scabbard differing little, if any thing, from the former.
, who took and delivered them to the Lord High Chamberlain
Montague Bertie, Earl of Lindsey, eldest Son of Robert, Earl of Lindsey, General of the Forces of Charles the First, at the Battle of Edge Hill. This noble Person, being then only Lord Willoughby of
claimed the Office of Lord High Chamberlain of England, in Virtue of his
from the noble Family of the Veres, Earls of Oxford, which was adjudged to him in Parliament
the First of King James I. and is still enjoyed by his most noble Descendant, the present Duke of
.
, and he having drawn the last, laid then upon the Table before the KING.
Then the said
Master
of the
Jewel House,
delivered likewise the
Spurs,
to the Lord High Constable, and he again the same, to the Lord High Chamberlain, who also placed them upon the Table.
Immediately after, the
Dean
and
Prebends
of
Westminster,
by whom the
Ragalia
had been brought in Procession, from the
Abby Church
into
Westminster
Hall, being vested in rich Copes, proceeded from the lower End thereof in manner following:
The
Serjeant
of the
Vestry,
in a Scarlet Mantle.
The
Children
of the
Kings Chapel,
being twelve in Number,
Scarlet Mantles.
The
Choir
of
Westminster,
in Surplices.
The
Gentlemen
of the
Kings Chapel,
being thirty-three in Number, in Scarlet Mantles.
The
Pursuivants, Heralds,
and Provincial
Kings.
The
Dean,
carrying
St. Edward's
Crown
The ancient Crown of St. Edward the Confessor was destroyed in the Civil Wars. That used at this Solemnity (and which has been made use of for that Purpose ever since) is a rich Imperial Crown of Gold, resembling the old one, adorned with Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, and Saphires, having a Mound of Gold on the Top, enriched with a Fillet of the same Metal, highly embellished with precious Stones, a Cross on the Mound, adorned in like Manner with three very large oval Pearls, one at the Top, and two others pendant at the Ends. This Crown, as all the Imperial Crowns of England are, is composed of four Crosses, and as many Fleurs de lis of Gold, upon a Rim of Gold embellished with precious Stones, from the Top of which Crosses, arise four circular Arches, which meet at the Top in form of a Cross, at the Intersection of which is a Pedestal on which the Mound is fixed. The Cap within is of Purple Velvet, lined with white Taffety, and turned up with Ermine.
.
Dr.
Heylin,
the
Scepter
with the
Cross
The Scepter is the most ancient Mark of Royalty, as appears from Homer. This, of which we are speaking, is of Gold, the Handle plain, the upper Part wreathed in Length two Feet, nine Inches, and a Quarter, and about three Inches in Circumference, finely adorned with precious Stones.
.
Dr.
Heywood,
the
Scepter
with the
Dove
This is three Foot, seven Inches in Length, of the same Thickness with the former. Upon the Mound is a small Jerufalem Cross, on which is fixed a Dove, with Wings expanded, as the Emblem of Mercy.
.
Dr.
Nicholas,
the
Orb
with the
Cross
This was first used as an Ensign of Sovereignty, by Augustus. It is said to have been surmounted by a Cross in the Reign of Constantine; but does not appear in any Coin till that of Theodosius. It has been used by all our Kings from the Time of Edward the Confessor. It is a Ball of Gold of six Inches Diameter, very richly adorned with precious Stones; the whole Height of the Orb and Cross being eleven Inches.
.
Dr.
Killigrew, King Edward's
Staff
Is a kind of Scepter of Gold with a Pike or Foot of Steel, with a Mound and Cross at the Top; the whole Length is four Foot, seven Inches and a half, and the Diameter about three Quarters of an Inch.
.
Dr.
Jones,
the
Chalice
and
Patena.
Dr.
Doughty,
the
Spoon.
Dr.
Busby,
the
Ampulla.
All standing towards the lower End of the
Hall,
ready to proceed; they made their first Reverence together, then coming to the middle of the said Hall, they there made a second, and thence going a little further, both the
Choirs
fell off and stood on either Side, through which Lane, the
Pursuivants, Heralds,
and
Kings
passing, fell likewise off on every side, the Seniors still placing themselves uppermost, towards the
Throne,
after whom, the
Dean
and
Prebends
proceeded, and arrived at the
Foot
of the Stone Steps, ascending to the Throne, where they made another Reverence.
This being done, the Dean and Prebends, with
Garter
principal
King
of
Arms
before them, (he waited their coming) together ascended the Steps, and approaching near to the Table, before the KING made their last Reverence.
The Dean first presented the
Crown,
which was by the Lord High Constable and Lord Great Chamberlain, set upon the Table, who afterwards took from each of the Prebends, that Part of the
Regalia,
which they carried, and laid them also by the
Crown,
which done they retired.
Then the Lord Great Chamberlain, presenting the
Regalia,
severally to the KING, his Majesty thereupon disposed of them, unto the Noblemen hereafter named, to be carried by them in the Proceeding to the Abby Church,
viz.
St. Edward's
Staff, to the Earl of
Sandwich.
The
Spurs,
to the Earl of
Pembroke
and
Montgomery.
The
Scepter
with the
Cross,
to the Earl of
Bedford.
The
Pointed Sword,
(born on the left Hand of
Curtana
) to the Earl of
Derby.
The
Pointed Sword,
(born on the right Hand thereof) to the Earl of
Shrewsbury.
The
Sword
called
Curtana,
to the Earl of
Oxford.
The
Sword
of
State,
to the Earl of
Manchester.
The
Scepter
with the
Dove,
to the Duke of
Albemarle.
The
Orb
with the
Cross,
to the Duke of
Buckingham.
St. Edward's Crown,
to the Duke of
Ormond.
The
Patena,
to the Bishop of
Dr. John Gaurden.
Exeter.
And lastly,
The
Chalice,
to the Bishop of
Dr. Gilbert Sheldon.
London.
And because the
Spoon
and
Ampulla,
were not to be born in the
Proceeding,
and therefore ought not to have been brought thither, but placed upon the High
Altar
in the Abbey Church, there to lie in readiness, they were not presented to the KING, but commanded to be sent back thither, and laid thereon.
All Things being thus prepared, and it being about ten o'Clock, the
Proceeding
began from out of the said
Hall,
into the
Palace Yard,
through the
Gate House
and the End of
King Street,
thence along the
Great Sanctuary,
and so to the
West End
of the
Abby Church,
all upon blue Cloth, which was spread upon the Ground, from the
Throne
in
Westminster Hall,
to the great Steps in the Abby Church; by Sir
George Carteret,
Knight, Vice Chamberlain, appointed by the KING, to be his
Almoner
for this Day.
The
Proceeding
to the
Coronation,
was in the following Order:
The
Drums,
four.
The
Trumpets,
sixteen, in four Classes.
The Six
Clerks
of the
Chancery.
Ten of the
King's Chaplains,
having Dignities.
The
Aldermen
of
London.
The
King's
learned
Council
at
Law.
The King's Sollicitor.
The King's Attorney.
The King's eldest Serjeant at Law.
The
Esquires
of the
Body.
The
Masters
of
Request.
The
Gentlemen
of the
Privy Chamber.
The
Knights
of the
Bath.
The
Barons
of the
Exchequer,
and
Justices
of both
Benches,
two and two, in Order, according to their Seniority of the Coif.
The Lord Chief Baron.
The Lord Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas.
The
Master
of the
Rolls.
The Lord Chief Justice of the
King's Bench.
The Serjeant Porter.
The Serjeant of the Vestry.
The Children of the King's Chapel.
The Gentlemen of the King's Chapel.
The
Prebends
of
Westminster.
The Master of the
Jewel House,
who now had Precedency of the
Judges,
in regard he brought the
Sword
and
Spurs
into Westminster Hall, and the KING to Church.
The Knights of the Privy Council.
Portcullis
Pursuivant at Arms.
The
Barons
in their
Robes
two and two, carrying their
Caps
of
Crimson Velvet
turned up with Miniver, in their Hands.
The
Bishops
two and two, according to their Dignities, and Consecration.
Rouge Croixe
Blue Mantle Pursuivant.
The
Viscounts
two and two, in their
Robes,
with their
Coronets
in their Hands.
 
Somerset
Chester
Heralds.
 
The
Earls
two and two, in their
Robes,
holding their
Coronets
in their Hands.
Richmond
Windsor
Heralds.
 
The Marquis of
Dorchester,
the Marquis of
Worcester,
in their
Robes,
with their
Coronets
in their Hands.
 
Lancaster
York
Heralds.
 
 
Norroy
Clarencieux
Provincial Kings, carrying their
Crowns
in their Hands.
 
The
Lord High Treasurer
Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, and Knight of the Garter.
.
The
Lord High Chancellor
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon.
.
St. Edward's
Staff, born by the Earl of
Sandwich.
The
Spurs,
born by the Earl of
Pembroke
and
Montgomery.
St. Edward's
Scepter, born by the Earl of
Bedford.
The
third Sword
drawn, and born by the Earl of
Derby.
The
Sword
called
Curtana,
drawn and born by the Earl of
Oxford.
The Pointed
Sword
drawn, and born by the Earl of
Shrewsbury.
The
Lord Mayor
of
London
The Right Honourable Sir Richard Brown.
.
Garter
Principal
King
of
Arms
Sir Edward Walker, Knight.
.
The
Gentleman Usher
of the
Black Rod
John Ayton, Esq.
.
The Earl of
Linds
y,
Lord Great Chamberlain of
England.
Serjeant at Arms
 
The Earl of
Suffolk,
Earl
Marshal
for this present Occasion.
 
The
Sword
of
State,
in the
Scabbard,
born by the Earl of
Manchester
Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold,
 
The Earl of
Northumberland,
Lord High Constable of
England,
for this present Occasion.
 
 
His Highness the
Duke
of YORK.
 
 
Serjeant at Arms
 
The
Scepter
with the
Dove,
born by the Duke of
Albemarle.
 
St. Edward's
Crown, born by the Duke of
Ormond,
High Steward, for this present Occasion.
 
The Orb, born by the Duke of
Buckingham.
 
The
Patena,
born by the Bishop of
Exeter.
 
The
Regale
or
Chalice,
born by the Bishop of
London,
in his
Cope.
Barons of the Cinque Ports carrying the Canopy.
 
The KING
 
Barons of the Cinque Ports carrying the Canopy.
 
supported by the Bishops of
 
Bath
and
Wells
Dr. William Pierce.
,
 
and
Durham
Dr. John Cofin.
.
 
His Train born by the Lords
Mandevile, Cavendish, Ossory,
and
Percy,
and assisted by the Lord
Mansfield,
Master of the Robes.
 
The Pensioners with their Pole Axes.
 
The Lord
Lauderdale,
 
The Pensioners with their Pole Axes.
 
one of the Gentlemen of the Bed Chamber, to be near to the KING.
 
Mr.
Ashburnham,
 
Mr.
Seymour,
 
both Grooms of the Bed Chamber.
 
Captain of the Guard.
 
Captain of the Pensioners,
 
The Yeomen of the Guard.
 
When the
Proceeding
had entered the
Abby Church,
all passed through the
Choir,
and thence went up the
Stairs
towards the great
Stage,
and as they arrived at the top thereof, were disposed by the
Heralds
into two
Galleries,
built on either Side, the upper End of the
Choir.
That on the
North
Side, received the Aldermen of London, the Judges
Gentlemen of the Long Robe, the Choir of Westminster, the Gentlemen and Children of the King's Chapel; (excepting twelve Gentlemen, four Children, and one Organist, who went into a Gallery, raised on the
South
Side of the
upper Choir,
peculiarly appointed for them) And in the Gallery on the
South
Side were seated, the Knights of the
Bath,
and Gentlemen of the
Privy Chamber.
The KING being entered the
West Door
of the
Abby Church,
was received with an
Anthem,
begun by the
Choir
of
Westminster,
who with the
Dean
and
Prebends,
had before fallen off from the
Proceeding,
a little on the left Hand of the Middle Isle, and stayed there, to attend his coming, where also a
Faldstool
and
Cushions
were laid ready for his MAJESTY to kneel at.
The
Anthem
sung was the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th Verses of Psalm cxxii. I was glad
when they said
unto me,
We will go into the
HOUSE
of the
LORD.
Whither the
Tribes go up,
the
Tribes of the LORD,
unto the
Testimony
of
ISRAEL,
to give
Thanks
unto the
Name
of the
LORD.
For
there are set
Thrones
of
Judgment,
the
Throne
of the
HOUSE
of
DAVID.
Pray
for the
Peace
of
JERUSALEM,
they shall
prosper
that
love THEE.
The KING being arrived at the
Faldstool,
kneeled down, and used some
private Ejaculations,
which being finished, he thence proceeded into, and through, the
Choir,
up to the great
Theatre,
(erected close to the four high Pillars standing between the
Choir
and the
Altar
) upon which the
Throne
of
State
was placed, being a Square raised on five Degrees, at the Entrance whereof, were set a
Chair, Footstool,
and
Cushion,
covered with Cloth of
Gold,
whereon he reposed himself.
Immediately after the Bishop of
London,
who was appointed to officiate in Part that Day, for the Archbishop of
Canterbury,
whose Age and Weakness rendered him incapable of performing his whole Duty at the
Coronation,
having the Lord High Constable, the Earl Marshal, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord High Chancellor, and the Lord Chamberlain of the Household before him, went first to the
South,
next to the
West,
and lastly to the
North
Side of the
Theatre,
and at every of the said
Sides,
acquainted the
People,
that he presented to Them, KING CHARLES, the rightful
Inheritor
of the
Crown
of this
Realm,
and asked them if they were willing to do their
Homage, Service,
and bounden
Duty
to
him.
As this was doing the KING rose up, and stood by the aforesaid
Chair,
turning his
Face
still to that
Side
of the
Stage,
where the said Bishop stood, when he spake to the
People,
who signified their
Willingness,
by loud
Shouts
and
Acclamations.
The same
Question
was likewise put by the said Bishop, to all the
Nobility
present.
Immediately after this, the following
Anthem
was sung, by the Gentlemen of the King's Chapel.
Let thy
Hand
be
strengthened
and thy
Right Hand
be
exalted.
Let
Justice
and
Judgment
be the
Preparation
of thy
Seat
and
Mercy
and
Truth
go before thy
Face.
In which Time, a large
Carpet
was spread, by a Groom and Page of the removing
Wardrobe,
from the
Altar
down below the half Paces ther
, and over that a Silk
Carpet
and
Cushion,
laid by the
Gentleman
of the
Black Rod,
and Mr.
Kinnersley:
whereupon the Bishop of
London,
went down from the
Stage
towards the
Altar,
and having made his Reverence placed himself at the
North
Side thereof.
Then the KING descended from his
Throne,
and proceeded towards the
Altar,
being supported by the Bishops of
Durham,
and
Bath
and
Wells,
with the four
Swords,
the Grand Officers, the Noblemen and Bishops, that carried the
Regalia
before him, the Dean of
Westminster
Dr. John Warner
also attending. Being arrived at the Steps of the
Altar,
he kneeled down upon the
Cushion
there laid ready for him, having first offered the
Pall,
which was of Cloth of
Gold,
and born by the Earl of
Sandwich;
as also a
Wedge
of
Gold
of a Pound weight, presented unto his
Hands,
by the Lord
Cornwallis
Treasurer of his Houshold; both which were received from the KING, by the Bishop of
London,
who laid them reverently upon the
Altar.
Immediately after, his MAJESTY retired to a
Chair
of
State,
set on the
South
Side of the
Altar,
a little below the Traverse, of Crimson Taffety.
After this the Bishops and Noblemen that carried the
Regalia
drew near to the
Altar,
and presented every particular to the said Bishop of
London,
who placed them also upon the
Altar,
and having so done, they retired to their Seats. Whereupon the KING kneeled at a
Faldstool,
set on the Right Side of the
Chair
of
State,
whilst the Bishop of
London
said this
Prayer,
O GOD, which doth visit those that are humble, and dost comfort us by thy Holy SPIRIT, send down thy Grace upon this thy Servant CHARLES, that by him we may feel thy Presence among us, through JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.
This
Prayer
ended, the Bishop of
Worcester
Dr. George Morley.
went up into the
Pulpit,
placed on the
North
Side of the
Altar,
opposite to the KING, and began his
Sermon,
the
Text
being taken out of the 28th Chapter of
Proverbs,
and the second Verse.
From the beginning of the aforesaid Offering, to this Time, the KING was bare; but now he put on his
Cap,
made of
Crimson Velvet
turned up with
Ermine,
with which he sat covered all the Sermon Time.
On the KING'S
right Hand,
stood the Bishop of
Durham,
and beyond him, the Noblemen who carried the
Swords,
and held them naked and erect.
The
Duke
of YORK sat a little behind him on his
left Hand,
next to whom, stood the Bishop of
Bath
and
Wells,
together with the Lord Great Chamberlain.
The Lord High Chancellor, and Lord High Treasurer, sat on a Form, behind the
Duke
of YORK; and behind them in a
Gallery
sat the
Dutchess
of YORK.
In the same Gallery also were placed,
Baron
Bateville,
Ordinary Ambassador from
Spain.
Prince
Maurice
of
Nassau,
Extraordinary Ambassador from the
Elector
of
Brandenburgh.
Monfieur
Weyman,
the
Elector's Chancellor,
who was joined in Commission with him.
The Count
Coningsmark,
Envoy from
Sweden.
Monsieur
Friesendorf,
Resident of
Sweden.
Monsieur
Pet
m,
Resident of
Denmark.
Monsieur
Plessis Bellievre,
Envoy from Monseigneur the Duke of
Orleans.
Signior
Giavarina,
Resident of
Venice.
Signior
Bernardi,
Resident of
Genoa.
Monsieur
La Motte
and Mons.
Frays,
Envoys from the
Prince Elector.
Monfieur
Gormers,
Deputy Extraordinary from
Hamburgh.
An
Envoy
from the
Cardinal
of
Hesse.
The Marquis de
Montbrun,
with several other
Gentlemen Strangers.
But Don
Francisco
de
Mello,
the Embassador of
Portugal,
was placed in the Lord Chamberlain's Box.
On the
North
Side of the
Altar,
sat the Bishop of
London
directly opposite to the KING, in the Archbishop's Chair covered with Purple Velvet. The rest of the Bishops were placed on Forms behind him.
And higher towards
St. Edward's
Chapel, stood
Garter
Principal
King
at
Arms,
with the Officers of the standing and removing Wardrobe, viz. Mr.
Rumbal,
Mr.
Townsend,
and Mr.
Kinnersley,
in Scarlet Gowns, having a
Crown
embroidered with
Gold
on their left Sleeves. The Groom and Page of the Wardrobe, having Scarlet Gowns also, but not the Badge of the Crown. The Serjeant of the Vestry, with his gilt Verge, and other Vergers; with them also stood Mr.
Ashburnham,
Mr.
Seymour,
Mr.
Elliot,
Mr.
Progers,
and Mr.
Chiffinch,
with some other of the KING'S Servants, who attended to do Service.
Opposite to them, on the
South
Side of the
Altar,
stood the
Dean
and
Prebends
of
Westminster.
St. Edward's
ancient
Chair
This ancient Chair is of very solid hard Wood, painted and wrought after a very antique Manner. It is in Height fix Foot seven Inches, in Breadth at the Bottom thirty-eight Inches, in Depth twenty-four Inches. From the Seat to the Bottom is twenty-five Inches, the Breadth of the Seat within the Side twenty-eight Inches, and the Depth eighteen Inches. The bottom Board nine Inches from the Ground is supported at the four Corners by as many Lions, and between the Seat and this bottom Board is inclosed that Stone, which Hector Boethius calls
Fatale Marmor.
The Legend concerning it is this, that it is the very Stone on which the Patriarch Jacob reposed his Head in the Plain of Luz. It is of a bluish Colour, mixed with some Veins of red, of an oblong Form, twenty two Inches long, thirteen broad, and eleven deep. It was brought to Brigantia in the Province of Galicia in Spain, by Gathel King of Scots, who used it as his Throne. Transported from thence into Ireland by Simon Brech the first King of Scotland, who ruled there about Seven Hundred Years before Chrift. Three Hundred and Twenty Years after this, King Fergus removed it into Scotland, where, Anno Domini 859, it was placed in the Abby of Scoon by King Kenneth, who caused it to be inclosed in this Wooden Chair with this Distich:
Ni fallat fatum, (some Copies read vatum) Scoti hunc quocunque locatum
Invenient lapidem, regnare tenentur ibidem.
If Truth our Sages speak, nor Fables feign;
Where'er this Stone is found; the Scots shall reign.
Edward the First, in the twenty-fourth Year of his Reign Anno Domini 1296, having vanquished John Baliol, brought it from Scotland, placed it in the Abby of Westminster, and dedicated it to St. Edward the Confessor, since which Time our Kings have been always seated in it at their Coronation. The Prophecy is supposed to have been fulfilled in the Person of James the Sixth of Scotland, and First of England, from whom his present Majesty King George the Third is descended in a direct line.
See the
Frontispiece, A.
, covered all over with Cloth of
Gold,
was placed upon the
North
Side of the
Altar,
a little lower, than that belonging to the Archbishop; but something nearer the Middle of the Isle, and between the
King's Chair
of
State,
and the
Pulpit.
Near the
Pulpit,
stood the
Master
of the
Jewel House,
and the
Lord Mayor
of
London.
The Nobility not formerly named, who were seated upon Forms round about the inside of the
Stage,
when Sermon began, drew near to that Side thereof, which faced the High
Altar
and stood there.
On the Corners of the
Stage,
near the High
Altar,
adjoining to the two uppermost Pillars, were Places railed in, for the Provincial Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants.
The Serjeants at Arms, being sixteen in Number, stood with their Maces on their Shoulders, within the Rails, on either Side the Entrance of the
Stage
from the
Choir.
Over the Door, at the
West
End of the
Choir,
stood the Drums and Trumpets.
Sermon
being ended, the KING uncovered his
Head,
and immediately the Bishop of
London
arose from his Seat, drew near unto the KING'S
Chair
of
State,
and asked him his
Willingness
to take the
Oath,
usually taken by his
Predecessors.
The KING assenting thereunto,
The Bishop then administred the following
Questions,
which the KING answered severally.
Bishop.
SIR, Will you grant and keep, and by your Oath confirm, to the People of
England,
the Laws and Customs to them granted, by the Kings of
England,
your lawful and Religious Predecessors; and namely the Laws, Customs, and Franchises, granted to the Clergy, by the glorious King
St. Edward
your Predecessor, according to the Laws of GOD, the true Profession of the Gospel established in this Kingdom, agreeable to the Prerogative of the Kings thereof, and the ancient Customs of this Realm?
King.
I grant and promise to keep them.
Bishop
Will you keep Peace, and Godly Agreement, according to your Power, both to GOD, the Holy Church, the Clergy, and the People?
King.
I will keep it.
Bishop.
Will you (to your Power) cause Law, Justice, and Discretion in Mercy and Truth; to be executed to your Judgment?
King.
I will.
Bishop.
SIR, Will you grant to hold and keep, the Laws and rightful Customs, which the Commonalty of this your Kingdom have? And will you defend and uphold them, to the Honour of GOD, so much as in you lieth?
King.
I grant and promise so to do.
Then the Bishop of
Rochester
read the Bishops
Petition
to the KING as follows.
Our LORD and KING, We beseech you to pardon us, and to grant and to preserve unto us, and to the Churches committed to our Charge, all Canonical Privileges, and due Law and Justice, and that you would protect and defend us, as every good King, in his Kingdom, ought to be Protector and Defender of the Bishops and the Churches, under their Government.
To which the
King
answered in the following Words:
With a willing and devout Heart, I promise and grant my Pardon, and that I will preserve and maintain to you, and the Churches committed to your Charge, all Canonical Privileges, and due Law and Justice, and that I will be your Protector and Defender to my Power, by the Assistance of God, as every good King in his Kingdom in Right ought to protect and defend the Bishops and Churches under their Government.
Then the KING, assisted by the Bishops of
Durham,
and
Bath
and
Wells,
was led from his
Chair
to the
Altar;
the
Sword
of
State
being born before
him,
and the Lord Great Chamberlain attending, where he took the following
Oath,
in Sight of all present, laying his
Hand
upon the BIBLE.
The things which I have here promised, I shall perform and keep, so help me GOD, and the Contents of this Book.
The KING was then led back, in like Manner, to his
Chair
of
State,
and immediately the Bishop of
London,
and the
Choir
begun the
Hymn
VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS.
And a little before the ending thereof, the
Faldstool
was set again at the
King's Right Hand,
whereat as soon as the
Hymn
was finished, he kneeled; the Bishop of
London
standing before him, and saying the following
Prayer:
We beseech Thee, O LORD, Holy Father, Almighty and Everlasting GOD, for this thy Servant CHARLES, that, as at first thou didst bring him into the World by thy Divine Providence, and through the Flower of his Age has preserved him unto this present Day; so thou wouldst evermore enrich him with thy Bounty, and fill him with Grace and Truth, and daily increase in him all Goodness, in the Sight of GOD and Man; that being placed in the Throne of Supreme Government, assisted by thy heavenly Grace, and by thy Mercy defended from all his Enemies; He may govern the People committed to his Charge, in Wealth, Peace, and Godliness, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.
The
Prayer
ended, the Bishop of
London
went to the
North
Side of the
Altar,
the KING still kneeling, and forthwith the Bishops of
Peterborough
Dr. Benjamin Laney.
and
Gloucester
Dr. William Nicholson.
, went and kneeled on the upper
Haut Pace
of the
Altar,
where they began the
Litany,
the
Choirs
singing the
Responses,
the
Dean
of
Westminster
kneeling all the while at the
King's left Hand.
After the
Litany,
the Bishop of
London
said the three following
Prayers,
at the
North
Side of the
Altar:
Almighty and Everlasting GOD, Creator of all Things, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, Give Ear, we beseech Thee, unto our humble Prayers, and multiply thy Blessings upon this thy Servant CHARLES, whom, in thy Name, with lowly Devotion, we consecrate our KING. Grant, that by thy Inspiration he may govern with the Mildness of SOLOMON, and enjoy a peaceable Kingdom. Grant that he may serve Thee with Fear, and fight for Thee with Constancy. Defend him by thy mighty Arm, compass him with thy Protection, and enable him to overcome all his Enemies. Honour him before all the Kings of the Earth. Let him rule over Countries, and let Nations how down before him. Establish his Throne with Judgment and Equity. Let Justice flourish in his Days; and grant, that he, supported by the due Obedience and hearty Love of his People, may sit on the Throne of his Fathers many Years, and, after this transitory Life, may reign with
Thee
in thine everlasting Kingdom, through
Jesus Christ
our
Lord
and
Saviour. Amen.
GOD, the unspeakable Author of the World, Creator of Men, Governor of Empires, and Establisher of all Kingdoms; who, out of the Loins of our Father
Abraham,
didst chuse a
King,
that became the
Saviour
of all Kings and Nations of the Earth; Bless, we beseech Thee, thy faithful Servant and our dread Sovereign Lord
King Charles,
with the richest Blessings of thy Grace, Establish him in the Throne of his Kingdom by thy mighty Aid and Protection, Visit him, as thou didst
Moses
in the Bush,
Joshua
in the Battle,
Gideon
in the Field, and
Samuel
in the Temple. Let the Dew of thine abundant Mercies fall upon his Head, and give him the Blessing of
David
and
Solomon.
Be unto him an Helmet of Salvation against the Face of his Enemies, and a strong Tower of Defence in the Time of Adversity. Let his Reign be prosperous, and his Days many. Let Peace, and Love, and Holiness, let Justice and Truth and all Christian Virtues flourish in his Time. Let his People serve him with Honour and Obedience; And let him so duly serve thee here on Earth, that he may hereafter everlastingly reign with
Thee
in Heaven, through
Jesus Christ
our
Lord. Amen.
GOD, which providest for thy People by thy Power, and rulest over them in Love, grant unto this thy Servant
Charles,
the Spirit of Wisdom and Government, that, being devoted unto
Thee,
he may so wisely govern his Kingdom, that, in his Time, the Church may be in Safety, and Christian Devotion continue in Peace, that so persevering to the End in good Works, he may, by thy Mercy, come unto thine Everlasting Kingdom, through thy Son
Jesus Christ
our
Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with Thee, World without End.
Amen.
A little before the last
Prayer
was ended, the Archbishop of
Canterbury
came out at the
North
Door of
St. Edward's
Chapel, vested in a rich
Cope,
and at the Conclusion thereof he began the
Versicle.
Lift up your Hearts!
Resp.
We lift them up to the
Lord.
Archbishop.
Let us give Thanks, unto the
Lord
our
God.
Resp.
It is meet and right so to do.
Archbishop.
It is very meet and right, and our bounden Duty, that we should at all Times, and in all Places, give Thanks unto thee, O
Lord,
Holy Father, Almighty and everlasting GOD, the Strength of thy Chosen, and the Exalter of the Humble, which in the beginning, by the pouring out of the Flood, didst chasten the Sins of the World, and, by a Dove conveying an Olive Branch, didst give a Token of Reconcilement unto the Earth, and again didst consecrate thy Servant
Aaron
a Priest, by the anointing of Oil, and afterwards, by the Effusion of this Oil, didst make Priests, and Kings, and Prophets, to govern thy People
Israel,
and, by the Voice of the Prophet
David,
didst foretel, that the Countenance of thy Church should be made chearful with Oil. We beseech Thee, Almighty Father, that thou wilt vouchsafe to bless and sanctify this thy Servant
Charles,
that he may minister Peace unto his People,
imitate
Aaron in thy Service and That he may attain the Perfection of Government in Counsel and Judgment, through
Christ Jesus,
our
Lord.
Amen.
This finished, the KING arose from the
Faldstool,
and went to the
Altar,
supported by the aforesaid Bishops of
Durham
and
Bath
and
Wells,
where he was disrobed by the Lord Great Chamberlain of his
Royal Robes,
which were immediately carried thence, into the
Traverse
erected in
St. Edward
's Chapel.
While this was doing, the
Chair,
that was before placed at the Entrance of the Stage, was removed and set on the
North
Side of the
Altar,
between it and
St. Edward's Chair;
whereunto the KING came, sat down, and was anointed by the said Archbishop, while the
Dean
of
Westminster
held the AMPULLA
The Ampulla is in the Form of an Eagle, with Wings expanded standing on a Pedestal, all of pure Gold, weighing about ten Ounces. The Eagle being hollow, unscrews in the Middle of the Neck, for the more easy putting in the Oil, which, when the King is anointed, is poured through the Beak. The French have an Ampulla, which is said to have been brought from Heaven by a white Dove, and which is kept in the Abby of S Remi, from whence it is brought in great Ceremony when the most Christian King is crowned at Rheims In regard to this, our Popish Ancestors were not behind; for the Reader may find, in Thomas Walsingham, that the Blessed Virgin gave to Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, being then in Exile, a Holy Eagle full of Oil in a Stone Vessel, which he deposited in a Monastery at Poitiers. There, in the Reign of Edward III Henry I. Duke of Lancaster received it from a holy Man, who found it by a second Revelation. The Duke gave it to the Black Prince, who placed it in a strong Chest in the Tower, where his Son Richard the Second, searching for his Father's Jewels, met with it, and pressed the Archbishop of Canterbury to anoint him therewith; but the Archbishop told him, he had been once anointed, and that this Royal Unction could not be repeated. The King carried it over to Ireland, and at his Return from thence gave it to the Archbishop, who therewith anointed Henry the Fourth. In
Sandford's History of the Coronation of James the Second,
we are told, the Oil for that Monarch's Coronation was prepared by his Order, by James St. Amand, Esq. Apothecary to that Prince, and which was solemnly consecrated the Morning of the Coronation by the Dean of Westminster, assisted by the Prebendaries. It was so exceeding rich and fragrant, and so highly approved of by the King and Queen, that he had two hundred Pounds paid him for it by the Treasurer of the Household, in Consequence of a Warrant from the Lord Chamberlain.
and poured the
Oil
into the
Spoon,
first in the
Palm
of
both
his
Hands,
in manner of a
Cross,
the Archbishop as he anointed
him
pronouncing these Words:
Let these Hands be anointed with Holy Oil, as Kings and Prophets have been anointed, and as
Samuel
did anoint
David
to be King; that thou mayest be blessed and established a King in this Kingdom, over the People whom the
Lord
thy
God
hath given Thee, to rule and govern. Which He vouchsafe to grant, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost, three in Person, and one in Unity, reigns in Glory everlasting.
Amen.
After which, the
Choir
sung this
Anthem:
Sadoc
the Priest, and
Nathan
the Prophet, anointed
Solomon
King: and all the People rejoiced, and said, GOD SAVE THE KING.
At the End of which
Anthem,
the Archbishop said this
Prayer
It is very remarkable that these Prayers, and even the Anthem, made a Part of the Ceremony used in the Coronation of our
Saxon
Kings near a thousand Years ago, as appears by a Fragment of their Pontifical still remaining.
:
Look down, Almighty GOD, with thy favourable Countenance upon this thy Servant and dread Sovereign,
King Charles,
and as thou didst bless
Abraham, Isaac,
and
Jacob,
so vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, to water Him plentifully with the Blessings of thy Grace. Give unto Him of the Dew of Heaven, and of the Fatness of the Earth, abundance of Corn, Wine, and Oil, with Plenty of Fruits and other good Things. Grant him long to reign, and that in his Time there may be Health and Peace in this Kingdom. Grant, O
Lord,
that he may be a mighty Protector of this Nation, a bountiful Comforter of Churches, the most valiant of Monarchs, terrible to Rebels, amiable to his Nobles, and all his faithful Subjects. Make his Royal Court to shine in Princely Dignity, as a most clear Lightning, far and wide in the Eyes of all Men. Finally, let him be blessed with Children, that may reign as Kings after Him, and rule this Kingdom by Succession of all Ages; and after the glorious and happy Days of this present Life, give him, of thy Mercy, an everlasting Kingdom with thee in Heaven, through
Jesus Christ
our
Lord. Amen.
And then proceeded with his anointing the KING'S
Breast,
between his
Shoulders,
on
both
his
Shoulders,
the
Bowings
of his
Arms,
and on the
Crown
of his
Head,
in manner aforesaid.
Which being done, the
Anointing
was dried up with fine
Linen,
and the
Loops
of his
Shirt
closed up by the Dean of
Westminster,
and then the Archbishop said these two
Prayers:
GOD, the
Son
of GOD,
Christ Jesus
our
Lord!
who is anointed of his Father with the Oil of Gladness above his Fellows, pour down upon thy Head the Blessing of the
Holy Ghost,
and make it enter into thy Heart, so that thou mayest receive invisible Grace; and, having justly governed thy temporal Kingdom, thou mayest reign with him eternally, who being without Sin, doth live in Glory, with GOD the
Father,
and the
Holy Ghost,
for ever and ever.
GOD, which art the Glory of the Righteous, and the Saviour of Sinners, who hath sent thy Son to redeem Mankind with his Precious Blood, who bringest Wars to an End, and defendest those that trust in Thee; upon whose good Will and Pleasure doth depend the Strength of all Kingdoms; we humbly pray, in this Royal Seat, to bless this thy Servant, who putteth his Confidence in thy Mercy. Vouchsafe in thy Favour to be present with him, that he, which desireth to be defended by thy Protection, may be stronger than his Enemies. Crown him with the Crown of Justice and Piety, that with all his Heart and all his Mind he may trust in thee, serve thee, defend and advance thy Holy Church, and govern the People committed to his Charge, in Justice and Equity. Kindle, O
Lord,
his Heart with the Love of thy Grace, by the inward Anointing wherewith thou hast anointed Priests, Kings, and Prophets; that be, loving Justice, and leading his People by the Ways of Righteousness, after the glorious Course of this Life, which thou hast appointed, may come to Eternal Joy, through
Jesus Christ
our
Lord. Amen.
During the time of
Unction,
a rich
Pall
os
Cloth
of
Gold,
brought from the great Wardrobe by Mr.
Rumball
was held over the
King's Head,
by the Dukes of
Buckingham
and
Albemarle,
the Earls of
Berks
and
Sandwich,
as
Knights
of the most noble
Order
of the
Garter.
After these
Prayers,
the Lord Great Chamberlain delivered the
Coif
to the Archbishop, who put it on the
King's Head,
and immediately after the Dean of Westminster, put the
Colobium Sindonis
or
Surplice
This is a Garment of white Cambrick without Sleeves, laced about the Neck, Arm-
, down the Breast, upon the Slits, on the Sides, and round the Bottom, with very fine Lace.
, upon the
King.
Whereupon the Archbishop (the
King
thus clothed) said this short
Prayer:
O GOD, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, by whom Kings reign, and Princes decree Justice, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, in thy favour, to bless this Kingly Ornament, and grant that thy Servant
Charles
our
King,
who shall wear it, may shine in thy Sight, with the Ornament of a good Life and Holy Actions, and after this Life ended, he may for ever enjoy that Life and Glory, which hath no End, through
Jesus Christ
our
Lord.
Amen.
This said, the Dean of Westminster, having likewise fetched the Tissue
Hose
and
Sandals
from the
Altar,
he arrayed the KING therewith, as also with the
Super Tunica
This
coat is close, with plain Sleeves of a very thick and rich Cloth of Gold Tissue. The Length behind is a Yard, Quarter and half, and before a Yard and Quarter, below which the Colobium reaches about a Nail. To this Surcoat belongs a Belt of the same Cloth of Gold Tissue, with a Gold Buckle, to which the King's Sword is fastened with which he is girded.
or Close
Pall
of Cloth Cloth of
Gold,
and girded the same about
him.
But the
Taffety
and
Shirt
was not used.
After all, the Dean took the
Spurs
from off the
Altar,
and delivered them to the Lord Great Chamberlain, who touched the KING'S
Heels
therewith, and forthwith sent them back to the
Altar.
Then the Archbishop received the
Sword
of
State,
in the
Scabbard
from the Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold, and laid it upon the
Altar,
saying this
Prayer:
Hear our Prayers we beseech Thee O
Lord!
and vouchsafe by thy Right Hand of Majesty, to bless and sanctify this Sword, wherewith this thy Servant
Charles
defireth to be girt, that it may be a Defence and Protection, of Churches, Widows, and Orphans, and all thy Servants; and a Terror to all those, that lie in wait to do mischief, through
Jesus Christ
our
Lord. Amen.
This
Prayer
finished, the Archbishop and Bishops assisting, delivered the
Sword
back to the KING, saying,
Accipe Gladium, per Manus Episcoporum
This seems, from the Fragment beforementioned, to have been a Part of the old Saxon Ceremonial.
.
Whereupon the Lord Great Chamberlain
girt
it about the KING, and the Archbishop said,
Receive this
Kingly Sword,
which is hallowed for the Defence of the
Holy Church,
and delivered unto Thee, by the Hands of the Bishops, though unworthy, yet consecrated by the Authority of the
Holy Apostles,
and remember of whom the
Psalmist
did Prophesy, saying,
Gird thyself with thy Sword, upon thy Thigh, O thou most mighty,
and with this Sword exercise thou the force of Equity, and mightily destroy the growth of Iniquity. Protect the Holy Church of GOD, and his faithful People. Defend and help Widows and Orphans. Restore things gone to Decay, and maintain those that are restored; that doing thus, thou mayest be
glorious
in the triumph of
Virtue,
and excellent in the Ornament of
Justice;
and
Reign
for ever, with the
Saviour
of the
World,
whose
Image
you bear, who with the
Father
and the
Holy Ghost,
liveth and reigneth World without End.
After this, the Dean of
Westminster
took the
Armill
This is made of the same Cloth of Tissue as the Surcoat, lined with Crimson Sarsenet; in Length it is about an Ell, and in Breadth three Inches, with two double Ribbands at each End for the more convenient tying it above and below the Elbows.
, made of Cloth of
Tissue,
and put it about the KING'S
Neck,
and
tied
it to the
Bowings
of his
Arms,
the Archbishop standing before the KING, with the Bishop of
London,
on his Right Hand, and saying.
Receive the Armill of Sincerity and Wisdom, as a Token of GOD'S embracing, whereby all thy Works may be defended against thine Enemies, both bodily and ghostly, through
Jesus Christ
our
Lord.
Next the
Mantle
This is likewise stiled Dalmatica, and answers to the Imperial Cloak, being of Gold and Purple brocaded Tissue, adorned with large Flowers of Gold frosted.
or open
Pall,
being made of Cloth of
Gold
and lined with
red Taffety,
was put upon
him
by the said Dean, the Archbishop likewise using the Words of Signification,
viz.
Receive this Pall, which is formed with four Corners, to let thee understand that the four Corners of the World are subject to the Power of GOD, and that no Man can happily reign upon Earth, who hath not received his Authority from Heaven.
In the next Place, the Archbishop took
St. Edward's Crown,
and
blessed it,
saying
This also appears to have been taken from the old Saxon Pontifical.
,
GOD the Crown of the Faithful, who on the Heads of thy Saints placeth Crowns of Glory; bless and sanctify this
Crown,
that as the same is adorned with divers precious Stones, so this thy Servant, wearing it, may be replenished of thy Grace with the manifold Gifts of all precious Virtues, through the King eternal, thy Son our
Lord. Amen.
In the mean Time
St. Edward's Chair
was removed into the Middle of the Isle, and set right over against the
Altar,
whither the KING went and
sat
down in it; and then the Archbishop brought
St. Edward's Crown
from the
Altar,
and put it upon his
Head.
Whereupon all the
People,
with
loud
and
repeated Shouts,
cried, GOD SAVE THE KING. And by a
Signal
then
given,
the great
Ordinance
from the
Tower
were also discharged.
At the
ceasing
of these
Acclamations,
the Archbishop went on, saying,
GOD crown thee with a Crown of Glory and Righteousness, with the Honour and Virtue of Fortitude; that, by a right Faith and manifold Fruits of good Works, thou mayest obtain the Crown of an everlasting Kingdom, by the Gift of him whose Kingdom endureth for ever.
Amen.
Adding thereunto this
Prayer:
O GOD of Eternity, the Commander of all Powers, the Vanquisher of all Enemies; Bless this thy Servant, who
At which Words the King bowed his Head.
boweth his Head unto thy Majesty; preserve him in Health and prosperous Felicity; be present with him whensoever he calleth upon thee; give him, we beseeth Thee, the Riches of thy Grace, fill his Soul with Goodness, and crown him with thy Mercy, and let him always in godly Devotion wait upon Thee, through thy Son our
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
After the
Prayer,
the Archbishop read the
Conforture:
Be strong and of a good Courage, and observe the Commandments of the Lord, to walk in his Ways, and keep his Ceremonies, Precepts, Testimonies, and Judgments; and Almighty GOD prosper and strengthen thee, whither soever thou goest. The Lord is my Ruler, therefore I shall want nothing.
In the mean Time, the
Choir
sung this
Anthem:
The KING shall
rejoice
in thy
Strength,
O LORD;
exceeding glad
shall
he be
of thy
Salvation:
for
Thou
hast
granted him
his
Heart's Desire,
and hast not
denied him
the
Request
of his
Lips;
for
Thou
hast
prevented him
with
Blessings
of
Goodness,
and hast
set a Crown
of pure
Gold
upon his
Head.
Upon this, the
Dukes, Marquisses, Earls,
and
Viscounts,
put on their
Coronets;
the
Barons
their
Caps
In the Month of August following, the King was graciously pleased to grant, that in all future Coronations, and on other public Occasions, the Barons of this Realm should use a Crimson Silken Cap, with a Circle of Gold, having fix Pearls disposed at equal Distances thereon; and King James the Second, in the First Year of his Reign, granted them further to wear Robes of Velvet, instead of those of Cloth, which they had worn hitherto.
, and divers of them came and stood about the KING, who still
sat
in
St. Edward's Chair.
Garter
and the other
Kings
at
Arms,
put on their
Crowns
likewise.
Then the Master of the Jewel House, delivered to the Archbishop the
Ring
This Coronation Ring is of Gold, with a large Table Ruby Violet, wherein a Cross of St. George is curiously enchased.
, who consecrated it after this manner, saying,
Bless, O
Lord,
and sanctify this Ring, that thy Servant, wearing it, may be sealed with the Ring of Faith, and by the Power of the Highest, be preserved from Sin; and let all the Blessings, which are found in Holy Scripture, plentifully descend upon him, that whatsoever he shall sanctify, may be holy; and whatsoever he blesseth, may be blessed.
Amen.
After which he
put
it upon the
fourth Finger
of the
King's Right Hand,
and said,
Receive this Ring of kingly Dignity, and by it the Seal of Catholic Faith; that as this Day thou art consecrated, the Head and Prince of this Kingdom and People, so thou mayest preserve, as the Author and Establisher of Christianity, the Christian Faith; that being rich in Faith, and happy in good Works, thou mayest reign with him, that is King of Kings, to whom be Honour and Glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
And then began this
Prayer:
O GOD, to whom belongeth all Power and Dignity, give unto thy Servant
Charles
the Fruit of his Dignity, wherein grant he may long continue, and fear Thee always, and always labour to please Thee, through
Jesus Christ
our
Lord. Amen.
When this
Prayer
was finished, the
Linen Gloves
were delivered to the KING, by the Lord Great Chamberlain, who going to the
Altar, ungirt
his
Sword,
and
offered
it at the
Altar
in the
Scabbard,
which being
redeemed
by the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, was
drawn out
of the
Scabbard,
and
carried naked
by
him,
all the following
Part
of the
Solemnity.
Then the Archbishop took the
Scepter
with the
Cross
from
off
the
Altar,
and delivered it into the KING'S
Right Hand
saying,
Receive this Scepter, the Sign of Kingly Power, the Rod of Kingdoms, the Rod of Virtue, that thou govern thyself aright, and defend the Holy Church and Christian People committed by GOD unto thy Charge; punish the Wicked, and protect the Just, and lead them in the Ways of Righteousness, that from this temporal Kingdom, thou mayest be advanced to an eternal Kingdom, by his Goodness whose Kingdom is everlasting.
Amen.
Whilst this was
pronounced
by the Archbishop, Mr.
Henry Howard delivered
to the KING, a rich
Glove
which he
put
on his
right Hand,
and then
received
the
Scepter.
And after that, the Archbishop said this
Prayer.
O LORD the Fountain of all good Things, and the Author of all good Proceedings, grant, we beseech Thee, to this thy Servant CHARLES, that he may order aright, the Dignity which he hath obtained. Vouchsafe to confirm the Honour, which thou hast given him. Honour him before all Kings, and enrich him with thy Benediction, establish him in the Throne of his Realm, visit him with increase of Children. Let Justice spring up in his Days, and with all Felicity let him reign in thine everlasting Kingdom.
Amen.
During which Time the said Mr.
Howard
performed the Service
supporting
the
King's right Arm,
according as it was adjudged him
Court of Claims, by Virtue of holding the Manor of
Works
p,
in
County of
Nottingham.
Next of all, the Archbishop took the
Scepter
with the
Dove,
and
it into the
King's Hand
also, saying,
Receive the Rod of Virtue and Equity, learn to make Account of the
and to terrify the Wicked; shew the Way to those that go astray, offer
Hand to those that fall, repress the Proud, lift up the lowly, that our Lord JESUS CHRIST may open to thee the Doors, who saith of himself,
I am
Door, by me if any Man enter, he shall be safe:
And let him be
Help, who is the Stay of DAVID, and the SCEPTER of the HOUSE of ISRAEL, who openeth and no Man shutteth, who bringeth the Captive out
Prison, where he sat in Darkness, and in the Shadow of Death. That
all Things thou mayest follow him, of whom the Prophet DAVID saith,
Thy Seat, O GOD, endureth for ever: the Scepter of thy Kingdom is a righ
Scepter. Thou hast loved Righteousness, and hated Iniquity; wherefore
GOD even thy GOD hath anointed thee with the Oil of Gladness above thy Fellows;
even JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.
After which the KING kneeled, holding
both
the
Scepters
in his
Hands,
whilst the Archbishop thus
blessed him:
The
Lord
bless and keep thee; and as he hath made thee King over his People, so may be still prosper thee in this World, and make thee Partaker of his Eternal Felicity in the World to come.
Amen.
Then the KING arose, and set himself again in
St. Edward's Chair,
whilst the Archbishop and Bishops present, one after another
kneeled before him,
and were
kissed by him.
In the mean Time, the
King's Chair
of
State,
wherein he was anointed, was set above the
upper Steps
at the
Entrance
upon the
Theatre,
whither the KING went as soon as he had performed the Ceremony of kissing the Bishops; having now four Swords born naked before him, the Archbishop, Bishops, and great Officers attending. At his Arrival there, the Archbishop said this
Prayer,
the KING
kneeling.
Grant, O LORD, that the Clergy and People, gathered together by thy Ordinance, for this Service of the King, may, by the most gracious Assistance of thy Goodness, and the vigilant Care of thy Servant our King, be continually governed and preserved in all Happiness, and that they, obeying thy holy Will, may be freed from all Adversities, and enjoying the Riches of thy Grace, may with fervent Love, walk in the Ways of thy Commandments, that, in this Life being made Partakers of thy Peace, they may be Citizens of thy Kingdom, in the Life to come, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.
Then the KING arose, and reposed himself in his
Chair,
whilst both the
Choirs
sung TE DEUM.
When
Te Deum
was ended, the KING
ascended
his
Throne,
placed in the Middle of the
Theatre,
the Swords and great Officers standing on either Side, as also the Bishops, some in Copes, others in Rochets, the Archbishop then saying,
Stand and hold fast from henceforth that Place of Royal Dignity, whereof thou art the lawful and undoubted Heir by Succession, from thy Forefathers, being now delivered unto thee, by the Authority of Almighty GOD, by the Hands of us and all the Bishops and Servants of GOD; and as thou seest the Clergy approach nearer unto the Altar, so remember that in Places suitable, thou give them greater Honour, that the Mediator of God and Man, may establish thee in this Kingly Throne, to be the Mediator between the Clergy and Laity; that thou mayest reign for ever, with JESUS CHRIST, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth World without End. AMEN.
After this, the Bishops and Nobility did their
Homage
to the KING, in manner following,
And first the Archbishop of
Canterbury kneeled down
before the
King's Knees,
and said,
I,
William
Dr. William Juxon who deceased October 27, 1663.
Archbishop of
Canterbury,
shall be faithful and true, and Faith and Truth bear unto you, our Sovereign Lord, and your Heirs Kings of
England,
and shall do and truly acknowledge the Service of the Land, which I claim to hold of You, in the Right of the Church. So help me GOD.
Which said, he
kissed
the
King's left Cheek.
The
like
did all the
other Bishops
that were present.
Then came up the
Duke
of YORK, with
Garter
Principal
King
of
Arms
before him, and his
Train
born by two Gentlemen, who being arrived at the
Throne kneeled
down before the KING, put off his
Coronet,
and did his
Homage.
At which the
Drums
beat,
Trumpets
sounded, and all the
People
shouted.
The
like
did the Dukes of
Buckingham
and
Albemarle,
for
themselves
and the
rest
of the
Dukes.
So also did the Marquisses of
Worcester
and
Dorchester.
Next the Earl of
Oxford
did
Homage
after the same manner, for himself and all the
rest
of the
Earls,
who attended upon him, to
signify
their
Consent.
After him, Viscount
Hereford,
did the like for himself and the
rest
of the
Viscounts;
and then the
Drums
beat, and
Trumpets
sounded.
Lastly Baron
Audley,
in like manner, did
Homage
for himself and all the
Barons;
who also accompanied him, to the
Throne,
to
signify
their
Consent;
which being finished,
Drums, Trumpets,
and
Shouts
followed.
The Words of Homage, uttered by such of the Nobility as kneeled down, were,
I,
M. M.
do become your Liege Man, of Life and Limb, and of earthly Worship; and of Faith and Truth I shall bear unto you, to live and die against all manner of Folks. So help me GOD.
Afterwards, the
Duke
of YORK, and all the Nobility,
singly ascended
the
Throne,
and
touched
the
King's Crown,
promising by that
Ceremony,
to be ever ready to
support it,
with all their
Power.
During the Performance of this
solemn Ceremony,
the Lord High Chancellor went to the
South, West,
and
North
Sides of the
Stage,
and
proclaimed
to the
People,
the
King's
GENERAL PARDON, being attended by
Garter
to the
South Side,
and by a
Gentleman Usher,
and two
Heralds,
to the
other
two Sides.
And at these
three Sides
at the same Time, did the Lord
Cornwallis,
Treasurer of his Majesty's Household, fling abroad the
Medals
both of
Gold
and
Silver,
prepared for the
Coronation,
as a Princely
Donation
or
Largess
among the
People.
The KING being thus enthronized, the
Gentlemen
of his
Chapel
began this
Anthem:
Behold; O LORD our
Defender,
and
look upon
the
Face
of
thine anointed.
The LORD GOD is a
Light
and
Defence.
The LORD will give
Grace
and
Glory,
and
no good Thing
will be
withold from them,
that live a
Godly Life.
O LORD GOD of
Hosts!
Blessed is the
Man,
who putteth his
Trust
in
thee.
In the mean Time, the KING took off his
Crown,
and delivered it to the Lord High Chamberlain, to hold; the
Scepter
with the
Cross
to Mr.
Henry Howard,
and
that
with the
Dove,
to the Duke of
Albemarle.
The
Epistle
taken out of the First Epistle of
St. Peter,
the Second
Chapter,
and beginning at the Eleventh
Verse,
was read by the Bishop of
Chichester
Dr. Henry King.
.
The
Gospel,
being Part of the Twenty-second
Chapter
of
St. Matthew,
beginning at the 15th
Verse,
by the Bishop of
Ely
Dr. Matthew Wren.
After which the
Nicene Creed
was begun by the Bishop of
London,
and sung by the Gentlemen of the Chapel, with
Verse
and
Chorus,
the Violins and other Music playing alternately.
All which Time, the KING stood by his
Throne.
But, towards the End of the Creed, he again took his Crown from the Lord Great Chamberlain, and put it on his Head, as also the Scepter with the Cross from Mr.
Howard,
and that with the Dove, from the Duke of
Albemarle,
and prepared for his Descent from his Throne, towards the
Altar,
to
receive
the
Communion.
And as soon as the singing of the
Creed
was fully ended, the KING descended with the
Crown
on his
Head,
and
Scepters
in both
Hands,
the Bishops of
Durham
and
Bath
and
Wells
supporting him, with the four Swords naked before, and all the great Officers of State attending.
During the Time of this
Proceeding,
the
Choir
sung,
Let my
Prayer
come up unto thy
Presence,
as the
Incense;
and the lifting up of my
Hands,
be as an
Evening Sacrifice.
Here the Archbishop of
Canterbury
retired from the Ceremonies into
St. Edward's
Chapel, and thence went home, leaving the Remainder of his Duty to be performed by the Bishop of
London.
At the KING'S Approach to the
Altar,
the Bishop of
Ely
delivered unto him
Bread
and
Wine,
which he there
offered,
and then returned to the
Faldstool
on the
South
Side of the
Altar,
near his
Chair
of
State,
before which he
kneeled
down, and laid his
Crown
upon the
Cushion
before him, towards his
right Hand;
and the
Scepter
with the
Dove
on his
left,
and gave again to Mr.
Howard
the
Scepter
with the
Cross,
who held it
kneeling
on the
King's right Hand.
The Great Officers, and the Noblemen with the four Swords naked and erect, standing about him.
Then the Bishop of
London
said this
Prayer:
Bless, O LORD, we beseech Thee, these thy Gifts, and sanctify them unto this holy Use; that by them, we may be made Partakers of the Body and Blood of thy only begotten Son, JESUS CHRIST. And grant that thy Servant CHARLES, our dread Sovereign, may be fed thereof unto everlasting Life of Soul and Body, and enabled thereby to discharge the Duty of his high Place and Office, whereunto thou hast called him, of thy great Goodness. Grant this, O LORD, for JESUS CHRIST'S sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. AMEN.
At the End of which, the Lord
Cornwallis,
Treasurer of the Houshold, presented the KING with another
Wedge
of
Gold,
which goeth under the
Name
of the
Mark
of
Gold.
This the KING
offered
into the
Bason, kneeling
still at his
Faldstool,
whilst the Bishop of
London
said the following
Prayer:
Almighty GOD, give thee of the Dew of Heaven, and of the Fat of the Earth, and abundance of Corn and Wine. Let the Nations serve thee, and the Tribes worship thee, and let him be blessed that blesseth thee; and GOD shall be thy Helper. Almighty GOD, bless you with the Blessing of Heaven above, in the Mountains and Hills, and with the Blessings of the Earth beneath; with the Blessings of Corn, and Wine, and Fruit, and let the Blessings of the Fathers,
Abraham, Isaac,
and
Jacob,
be established upon thee, through JESUS CHRIST our
Lord. Amen.
And next
pronounced
this
Blessing:
Bless, O LORD, the virtuous Carriage of this KING, and accept the Work of his Hands; replenish his Realm with the Blessings of Heaven, of the Dew of the Water, and of the Deeps. Let the Influence of the Sun and Moon drop down Fatness upon the high Mountains, and the Clouds rain Plenty on the Vallies, that the Earth may abound with all Things. Let the Blessings of him, that appeared in the Bush, descend upon his Head; and the Fulness of his Blessings fall on his Children and Posterity. Let his Feet be dipped in Oil, and his Horn exalted, as the Horn of an Unicorn; with which he may scatter his Enemies from off the Face of the Earth. The Lord that sitteth in Heaven be his Defender, for ever and ever, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.
Then the Bishop
proceeded
to the
Consecration
of the
Sacrament.
Which being
finished,
he
first
of all
received,
next the
Dean
of
Westminster,
then the
Bishop
of
Bath
and
Wells,
and lastly the
Bishop
of
Durham.
The four Prelates having communicated,
Preparation
was made for the
King's receiving,
who
kneeled
all this while before the
Faldstool.
The
Towel
being brought and
presented
to the Bishops of
Hereford
Dr. Nicholas Monk.
and
Carlisle
Dr. Brian Walton.
they held it before the KING while he
received.
The Bishop of
London
gave the KING the
Bread,
and the Dean of
Westminster
the
Cup.
As soon as the KING had
received,
this
Anthem
was begun by the upper
Choir,
"O hearken
unto the
Voice
of my
Calling,
my
King,
and my
God!
My Voice
shalt
thou hear
in the
Morning, O LORD;
in the
Morning
will I direct
my Prayer
unto
Thee.
For thou, LORD, wilt
bless
the
Righteous;
with
Favour
wilt
thou compass him,
as with a
Shield.
"
In the mean while, the KING returned to his
Throne,
upon the
Theatre,
with the
Crown
on his Head, and the
Scepters
in his Hands.
When he came thither, he put off his
Crown,
and delivered it to the Lord Great Chamberlain; the
Scepter
with the
Cross,
to Mr.
Howard;
and that with the
Dove,
to the Duke of
Albemarle.
And then the Bishop of
London
went on with the
Communion;
which being finished, the KING, attended as before,
descended
from his
Throne, crowned,
with both the
Scepters
in his Hand.
The rest of the
Regalia,
which lay all this while on the Altar, being delivered to the Noblemen, that brought them in the
Proceeding
to the Church, were carried before him; and thence the KING proceeded into
St. Edward's
Chapel, the Organs playing all the while.
Where being arrived, he took off
St. Edward's Crown,
and delivered it to the Bishop of
London,
who immediately laid it upon
St. Edward's Altar;
all the rest of the
Regalia
were given into the Hands of the Dean of
Westminster,
and laid there also.
Afterwards, the KING entered into the
Traverse,
erected in the middle of the Wall, on the back side of the
High Altar,
and there retired whilst he was disrobed of
St. Edward's Robes,
by Mr.
Seymour
and Mr.
Ashburnham,
Grooms of the Bedchamber, on the behalf of the Lord Great Chamberlain, which were laid on
St. Edward's Altar,
by the Bishop of
Durham,
and afterwards delivered to the Dean of
Westminster,
to lay up with the
Regalia.
After this the KING was arrayed in his
Purple Robes,
and then came near to
St. Edward's Altar,
where the Bishop of
London
stood ready with the
Imperial Crown
in his Hands, and set it upon the
King's Head,
upon which the KING took the
Scepter
with the
Cross
in his
right Hand,
and the
Globe
in his
left,
and immediately the
Proceeding
began thence into
Westminster
Hall,
the same Way that he came, and attended after the same Manner, saving that the Noblemen and Bishops, which brought the
Regalia
to the
Abby Church,
went not now immediately before the KING, as they did then, but were ranked in Places, according to their Degrees and Consecrations; all the Noblemen with their Coronets and Caps on their Heads. The Kings of Arms marched likewise with their Crowns on.
The
Proceeding
being entered into
Westminster Hall,
the Nobility, and others who had Tables assigned them, went and placed themselves thereat; but the KING, attended by the Great Officers, withdrew into the inner Court of Wards for half an Hour. In the mean Time, all the Tables in the Hall were served, before the
King's
Service came up, and were placed in this Manner:
On the right Hand of the King's Throne, below in the Hall, were set two Tables, one beneath the other. At the upper End of the first, next the State, which had two Side Tables to serve it, sat the Bishops, and below them the Judges with the rest of the Long Robe.
At the second Table, which had two Side Board Tables likewise, to serve it, sat the Masters in Chancery, and the Six Clerks.
And here at this Table were the Barons of the Cinque Ports obliged to sit, through a Disturbance that happened, with which it is not necessary to trouble the Reader, although the upper End of the first Table was appointed for them.
Upon the left Hand of the King's Throne, below on the other Side of the Hall, was placed a long Table, whereat the Nobility dined, and this Table had four Side Tables to serve it.
And behind this, close to the Wall, at a shorter Table, sat the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, and twelve Chief Citizens of
London,
who had also two Side Tables to serve them.
Lastly, was a Table, with one Side Table to serve it, set for the Officers of Arms, whereat they also dined. Each Table was furnished with three Courses, answerable to that of the King's, besides the Desert.
A little before the KING returned to Dinner, two Esquires of the Body
This was a very honourable Office in the King's Household, and of these there were anciently four, who, in their Turns, attended in the Day Time near the Person of the King, and in the Night near his Bed-chamber.
,
viz. Ferdinando Marsham,
and
Henry Norwood,
took their Seats upon two little Footstools, on either Side of the Foot of the
King's Chair,
placed in the Middle of the Table, and there sat, until the KING came in to
Dinner, when
rising and performing their Duty, in placing the
King's Robes,
for his better Conveniency of sitting, they sat down again at the
King's Feet,
a good Part of the Dinner Time, and until the KING gave them leave to rise, he accepting that Time of Session, in full Performance of their Service.
On the right Side of the Throne was erected a Gallery for the Kings of Arms, Heralds, and Pursuivants, and opposite thereto, another for the Music, and below stood the King's Trumpeters.
The PROCEEDING at carrying up the
first Course,
to the
King's Table.
Sir
George Barker,
Sir
William Bowman,
Clerks Comptrollers. Mr.
Stephen Fox,
Sir
Henry Wood,
Clerks of the Green Cloth. All four in black Velvet Gowns, trimmed with black Silk, and Gold Lace, with Velvet Caps, raised in the Head.
William Ashburnham,
Esq. Cofferer, six Serjeants at Arms, two and two.
The Earl Marshal on the left Hand.
The Lord High Steward.
The Lord High Constable
The Office of High Constable was the first in the Kingdom, inasmuch as in Time of War he commanded all the Forces, and in Time of Peace he decided in all Pleas relating to Arms not determinable by the Courts of Common Law. This Office was at first Hereditary; but, upon the Attainder of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, Richard II. granted it to Edward Plantagenet, Duke of Albemarle for Life. Subsequent Princes following his Example, granted it either during Life or during Pleasure. At Length, upon the Attainder of the Duke of Buckingham in the Reign of Henry VIII. it was suppressed, and has ever since been only occasionally revived at the Ceremony of the Coronation. It was at this Time executed by Algernon Percy Earl of Northumberland, and Knight of the Garter.
on the right Hand.
 
All these mounted on Horseback, in their Robes, and with their Coronets on their Heads, having their Horses richly caparisoned.
 
 
Six Serjeants at Arms, two and two.
 
Comptroller of the Household.
 
Treasurer of the Household,
 
With their White Staves.
 
 
Earl of
Dorset,
Server.
 
 
Earl of
Chesterfield,
his Assistant.
 
 
The Knights of the
Bath.
 
Who carried up the Service, two and two, to a Dish; which was set upon the Table, by the Earl of
Lincoln,
Carver; assisted by the Earl Sewers.
In the Rear, came up three Clerks of the Kitchen, all dressed in black figured Satin Gowns, and Velvet Caps, like those worn by the Clerks Comptrollers.
Dinner being set upon the Table, the KING came forth from the Inner Court of Wards, in his
Royal Robes,
with the
Crown
on his Head, and
Scepter
in his Hand, having the three Swords borne naked before him, and went directly to his
Chair,
at the
Table,
wherein he sat down to Dinner, the Bishop of
London
saying
Grace.
The
Bason
and
Ewer
were brought up, and presented by the Earl of
Pembroke
and
Montgomery,
assisted by the Lord
Paget,
and the Serjeant of the
Ewery.
On the
King's right Hand,
the Noblemen that carried the three Swords, stood holding them naked and erected, all the Dinner; at his
left Hand
stood the Lord High Chamberlain, to whom the KING had given the
Scepter
to hold. And at the
Table End,
on the
King's left Hand,
sat the
Duke
of YORK in his
Robes
and
Coronet.
Soon after Dinner was begun, the Lord
Allington
carried to the KING, his first Draught of Drink, in a Silver Gilt Cup, being assisted by the Earl of
Pembroke
and
Montgomery,
Viscount
Montague,
and the Lord
Paget,
his Assistants.
The Office of Cup-bearer, as also the Fee, having been, by the Court of Claims, adjudged to him, as being seized of the Manor of
Wymondley,
in the County of
Hertford,
and when the KING had drank, the said Lord
Allington
received the Cup for his Fee.
Next,
Thomas Leigh,
Esq. was brought up to the Table, with a Mess of Pottage called
Dillegrout,
this Service being adjudged unto him, by the aforesaid Court of Claims, in right of the Manor of
Addington,
in
Surrey;
whereupon the Lord High Chamberlain presented him to the KING, who accepted the Service, but did not eat thereof.
Afterwards, a little before the second
Course
was ready, Sir
Edward Dymock,
to whom the Court of Claims had adjudged the Office of the
King's Champion,
as being seized of the Manor of
Scrivelsby
The Manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, is held by the Service of grand Serjeanty, by performing the Office of the King's Champion at the King's Coronation. It was thus held by the ancient Family of Marmions, and at the Coronation of Richard II. was claimed by Baldwin Frevile, but adjudged to Sir John Dymock his Competitor, in whose Family it remains to this Day.
, in the County of
Lincoln,
entered the Hall on a goodly
white
Courser, and armed at all Points, in
rich Armour,
having a
Plume
of
blue Feathers
in his
Helmet,
he there made a Stand for some Time, and then advanced in Manner following, Way being made for him, by the
Knight Marshal.
First, Two Trumpets, the Serjeant Trumpeter, the Serjeant at Arms, an Esquire carr
ing a
Target,
having the Champion's
Arms
depicted thereon, an Esquire carrying the Champion's
Lance
upright,
York Herald,
the Earl Marshal on his left Hand, the
Champion,
the Lord High Constable on his right Hand, both likewise on Horseback.
At the lower End of the Hall,
York Herald proclaimed
the
Challenge
in these Words:
If any Person of what Degree soever, high or low, shall deny or gainsay, our
Sovereign Lord King CHARLES the Second, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender
of the
Faith,
Son and Heir to our Sovereign Lord
Charles
the First, the last King deceased, to be
right Heir
to the
Imperial Crown
of this
Realm
of
England,
or that he ought not to enjoy the same: Here is his
Champion,
who saith that he lyeth, and is a false Traitor, being ready in Person to combat with him, and in this Quarrel will adventure his Life, against him, on what Day soever he shall be appointed.
Thereupon the
Champion
threw down his
Gantlet,
which, lying some small Time, and nobody taking it up, it was delivered unto him again, by
York Herald.
Then all advanced forward, until the
Champion
came to the Middle of the
Hall,
when
York Herald
made the like
Proclamation,
and the
Gantlet
was again thrown down, taken up, and returned to the
Champion,
who advanced to the
Foot
of the ascending
Steps
to the
State,
and at the
Top
of the said
Steps,
the said
Herald proclaimed
the said
Challenge
the third Time, whereupon the
Champion
threw down his
Gantlet
again, which nobody taking up, it was delivered unto him.
This being done, the Earl of
Pembroke
and
Montgomery,
assisted as before, presented on the Knee to the KING, a
gilt Cup
with a
Cover,
full of
Wine,
who drank to his
Champion,
and by the said Earl, sent him the
Cup,
and he, after three Reverences, drank it all off, went a little backward, and so departed out of the
Hall,
taking the said
Cup
for his
Fee,
according as had been adjudged him, by the said Court of Claims.
When this
Solemnity
was finished, the
King's Heralds
and
Pursuivants
descended from their
Gallery,
and went into the
Hall,
to the lower End of the Noblemen's Table, and there altogether made their Reverence; thence they proceeded a little further, and then made a second Reverence; and the like Reverence at the
Steps
ascending to the
State.
Where all standing still,
Garter
Principal
King
at
Arms,
cried LARGESS
thrice,
and
proclaimed
the
King's
Style, in
Latin, French,
and
English,
making
Reverence
between every
Style.
At the Conclusion of which, they all retired backward, into the midst of the
Hall,
and there, after crying LARGESS
again thrice,
he
proclaimed
the
King's Style
as before. Lastly, they went yet backwards to the End of the Noblemens Table, and did
the same again,
and from thence to Dinner.
Immediately after this, the second Course was brought up by the Gentlemen Pensioners, with the former Solemnity.
And the last Dish being carried by
Erasmus Smith,
Esq. he, having delivered the same to the Table, presented the KING with three
M
Cups,
on the behalf of the Lord of the Manor of
Nether Bilsington,
in
Kent.
Lastly, The
Lord Mayor
of
London
presented the KING with
Wine
in a
Gold Cup
having a
Cover,
of which, the King, having drank, the
Lord Mayor
received the
Cup
for his
Fee.
By this Time, the Day being pretty far spent, the KING having
Water
brought him by the Earl of
Pembroke
and his Assistants,
washed
and rose from
Dinner,
before the
third Course
was brought in, and retiring into the Inner
Court
of
Wards,
and, being
disrobed,
went privately to his
Barge,
and so to
Whitehall,
where he landed.
The Evening was distinguished by Bonfires, Ringing of Bells, Royal Healths, and other Marks of Festivity, Duty, Loyalty, and Affection, in the Cities of
London
and
Westminster.
THE CEREMONY OF THE CORONATION, &c.
The Anointing, Crowning, and Inthroning of QUEEN MARY
This Princess was Mary-Beatrice-Eleonora d'Este, Daughter of Alphonso Duke of Modena, and born in that City, September 25, 1658, married to James the Second, then Duke of York, in November 1673, by Dr. Nathaniel Crew, Bishop of Oxford, afterwards of Durham. She was crowned with that Monarch, April 23, 1685, and deceased at the Palace of St. Germain en Laye, in France, April 26, 1718.
, Consort of KING JAMES the
Second,
with the Prayers at length, which are not to be found in
Sandford
's large History.
THE
Anthem
being ended, the Archbishop of
Canterbury
went to the Altar; and being there, the QUEEN arose from her
Chair,
on the
South
Side of the
Area,
where she had reposed herself, during the Time that the KING was Anointed, Crowned, and Inthronized; and being supported by the two Bishops
Dr. Peter Mew, Bishop of Winchester, and Dr. Henry Compton, Bishop of London.
, went towards the Altar, attended by the Duchess of
Norfolk,
and the four Ladies Assistants, who constantly bore her
Majesty's Train,
together with the Ladies of the Bedchamber, and
Kneeled
down at the
Steps
of the
Altar,
the
Carpets
and
Cushions
being spread and laid there for
Her,
in like manner as they had been before for the KING.
Then the Archbishop, being at the
North
Side of the
Altar,
said this Prayer:
Almighty and everlasting GOD, the Fountain of all Goodness, give Ear we beseech Thee, to our Prayers, and multiply thy Blessings upon this thy Servant, whom in thy Name, with all humble Devotion, we consecrate OUR QUEEN. Defend her always with thy mighty Hand, protect her on every Side, that she may be able to overcome all her Enemies; and that with SARAH, and REBECCA, LEAH,
and
RACHEL,
and other Blessed and Honourable Women,
she may multiply and rejoice, in the Fruit of her Womb, to the Honour of the Kingdom, and the good Government of thy Church, through CHRIST our LORD,
who vouchsafed to be born of a Virgin, that he might redeem the World,
who liveth and reigneth with thee, in UNITY of the HOLY GHOST; World without End.
This done the QUEEN arose, and went to the
Faldstool,
at which she was to be Anointed and Crowned, placed between King
Edward
's Chair, and the Steps of the
Altar;
where the Countess of
Peterborough,
Groom of the Stole to her
Majesty,
with the two Ladies of the Bedchamber, assisted by the Queen's Women, took off her Rich
Circle
or
Coronet.
Then the QUEEN kneeled down, and the Archbishop poured the
Holy Oil,
on the Crown of her Head, in form of a
Cross,
using these Words.
In the Name of the FATHER, the SON, and the HOLY GHOST, let the anointing of this Oil, increase thine Honour, and establish thee for ever and ever.
After which, the same Lady assisted as before, opened her Apparel, for the anointing her
Majesty
on the
Breast;
which the Archbishop also performed, pouring on the Holy Oil, in form of a
Cross,
and using the same Words,
viz.
In the Name of the FATHER, &c.
After this the Archbishop said this
Prayer.
Almighty and everlasting GOD, we beseech Thee of thy abundant Goodness, pour out the Spirit of thy Grace and Blessing upon this thy Servant QUEEN MARY; that as by the Imposition of our Hands, she is this Day crowned QUEEN, so she may, by thy Sanctification, continue always thy chosen Servant, through CHRIST our LORD.
Then the said great Lady, with her Assistants, having first dried the Place anointed, with fine Cotton Wool, closed the QUEEN'S Robes at the Breast, and after put a Linen Coif, upon her Head, because of the Anointing.
Which done, the Archbishop put the RING
Her Majesty's Ring for this Occasion was of Gold, with a large Table Ruby set therein, and sixteen small Rubies set round the Hoop, those next the Collet were the largest, the rest diminishing proportionably.
, which he received from the Master of the
Jewel House,
on the fourth Finger of the
Queen's
Right Hand, saying,
Receive this Ring, the
Seal
of a
sincere Faith,
that you may avoid all infection of Heresy, and by the Power of GOD, compel barbarous Nations, and bring them to the Knowledge of the Truth.
Then the Archbishop took the CROWN
The Crown made use of at this Solemnity was of Gold, set with Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, and Pearls of great Value. It was composed of Crosses and Fleurs de Lis, with Arches, and a Mound and Cross on the Top, after the Manner of the Imperial Crown wore by the King. The Cap was of Purple Velvet, lined with white Taffetee, and turned up with Ermine.
in his Hands, from off the Altar, and reverently set it upon the
Queen's
Head, saying,
Receive the Crown of Glory, Honour, and Joy; and GOD the
Crown
of the
Faithful,
who by our
Episcopal
Hands, though most unworthy, hath this Day set a
Crown
of
pure Gold
upon thy Head; Enrich you with Wisdom and Virtue, that after this Life, you may meet the everlasting
Bridegroom
our LORD JESUS CHRIST, who with the FATHER and the HOLY GHOST, liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. AMEN.
The
Queen
being
crowned,
all the
Peeresses,
immediately put on their
Coronets.
This done, the Archbishop put the SCEPTRE
The Sceptre is of Gold, adorned with Diamonds and other precious Stones, in length two Feet ten Inches, with a Mound and Cross at the Top, issuing out of a Fleur de Lis.
with the
Cross,
into her Majesty's Right Hand; and the IVORY ROD
This Ivory Rod or Sceptre, is in length three Feet one Inch and half; the Pomel is Gold, as is also the Mound and Cross, the Dove at the Top of the Cross is enamelled white; the Circumference at Bottom is about two Inches, and the other End about an Inch and half.
with the
Dove,
into her Left Hand; and said the following Prayer.
O LORD the Fountain of all good Things, and the Giver of all Perfection, grant unto this thy Servant, MARY our QUEEN, that she may order aright, the high Dignity she hath obtained, and with good Works, establish the Glory thou hast given her, through CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.
The
Queen,
being thus
Anointed
and
Crowned,
and having received all the
Royal Ornaments,
the
Choirs
sang the following ANTHEM, performed by the whole Concert of Voices and Instruments.
Psalm xlv. ver. 1.
My Heart is inditing of a good Matter, I speak of the Things, which I have made unto the KING.
Ver. 10.
At his Right Hand, shall stand the QUEEN.
Ver. 14.
All glorious within, Her Clothing is of wrought Gold.
Ver. 15.
She shall be brought unto the KING, in
Raiment
of
Needlework.
The
Virgins,
that follow Her, shall bear her Company.
Ver. 16.
With Joy and Gladness, shall they be brought, and shall enter into the
King's Palace.
Ver. 11.
Hearken, O
Daughter!
and consider, incline thine Ear, forget also thine
own People,
and thy
Father's House. Ver. 17.
Instead of thy
Father's,
thou shalt have
Children,
whom thou mayst make
Princes
in all
Lands.
Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 12.
Praise the LORD, O JERUSALEM: Praise thy GOD, O SION!
Isaiah xlix. Ver. 23.
For
Kings
shall be thy
Nursing Fathers,
and their
Queens
thy
Nursing Mothers.
AMEN. ALLELUJA.
As soon as this
Anthem
began, the
Queen
arose from her
Faldstool,
and being supported by the two Bishops, and her Train borne and attended as before, went up to the
Theatre,
and as she approached towards the
King,
bowed herself reverently to his Majesty, sitting upon his
Throne,
on the Left Hand of the
King,
where she reposed herself 'till the
Anthem
was ended.
After the
Anthem,
there being no Communion, the
King
and
Queen
descended, and kneeled at their
Faldstools,
upon the
Theatre,
at the Foot of their
Thrones,
whilst the Archbishop said the final Prayers.
Assist us mercifully, O LORD, in these our Supplications and Prayers, and dispose the Way of thy Servants, towards the Attainment of everlasting Salvation, that among all the Changes and Chances of this mortal Life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready Help, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.
O LORD our GOD! who upholdest and governest all Things in Heaven and in Earth, receive our humble Prayers, with our Thanksgivings, for our Sovereign Lord JAMES, set over us by thy Grace and Providence to be our KING, and so together with Him, bless his Royal Consort, our gracious Queen MARY, KATHERINE the Queen
Dowager;
their Royal Highnesses, MARY, the Princess of ORANGE, and the Princess ANNE of DENMARK, and the whole Royal Family. Endue them with thy HOLY SPIRIT, enrich them with thy heavenly Grace, prosper them with all Happiness, and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.
And grant, O LORD, we beseech Thee, That the Course of this World, may be so ordered, by thy gracious Providence, that thy Servants putting their Trust in Thee, may in all their Actions, evermore glorify thy Holy Name, and by thy Mercy obtain everlasting Life, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. AMEN.
After which, the Archbishop pronounced the BENEDICTION,
viz.
The Peace of GOD, which passeth all Understanding, keep your Hearts and Minds, in the Knowledge and Love of GOD, and of his Son JESUS CHRIST our LORD; and the Blessing of GOD ALMIGHTY, the FATHER, the SON, and the HOLY GHOST, be amongst you, and remain with you always. AMEN.
APPENDIX.
No. I. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S Coronation Prayer.
THE unsettled Times, in which this
Princess
lived, obliged her to be very circumspect in her Behaviour; and she certainly shewed great Wisdom, in the several Methods she took to ingratiate herself with, and to fix the Affections of her
People.
She ascended the Throne,
November
the 17th, 1558. On Sunday
January
the first, she directed the
English
Litany to be restored, and publickly read in all Churches, and this made way for the Ceremony of her
Coronation.
On
Thursday
the 12th of
January,
the Queen went by Water from the Palace at
Westminster,
to the TOWER
The Possession of the Tower was anciently accounted a Mark of Sovereignty, and therefore our Monarchs repaired thither, previous to, and in order that Preparations might be there made for their Coronations. This was practiced by Henry VIII. Edward VI. Mary, who was accompanied from thence to Westminster by the Lady Elizabeth and the Lady Anne Dowager of Cleves. Here also the Knights of the Bath were made with great Ceremony
, in great Splendor, accompanied by the Lord Mayor and the City Corporations, in their
Barges,
and this was the
Water Triumph.
On
Saturday
the 14th the Queen went in solemn Procession, from the
Tower
to
Westminster;
which took up many Hours, several triumphal
Arches
being erected with
Pageants,
and other stately Ornaments, according to the Manner of those Days, and received variety of Congratulations as she passed
The Citizens of London had a peculiar Affection for this Queen, and for a very particular Reason. Sir Geoffry Bullen, Lord Mayor, A. D. 1457, was Great Grandfather to Queen Anne, this Queen's Mother. This singular Regard shewed itself manifestly in the Cavalcade from the Tower to Westminster at her Coronation, May 19, 1553. This no doubt influenced them in their Conduct on Elizabeth's Coronation, which however was far less splendid and costly.
; at
Cheapside
Conduir, she was presented with a BIBLE
At this Conduit, was a Cave, out of which came a Person with grey Hairs, bald behind, with his Glass and Scythe representing TIME, followed by a Woman who was arrayed all in white as Painters depict TRUTH, to her the old Man delivered a Book, which from her was presented to the Queen by one of her Attendants. This was richly bound, and on the Cover was embroidered VERBUM VERITATIS. At this Time also Ranulph Cholemly, then Recorder, presented one thousand Marks in Gold in a Crimson Velvet Purse, (the same Sum which had been given to Queen Anne her Mother) as a Token of the City's Goodwill, which she most graciously received, and returned them Thanks and Assurances of her Protection in the kindest Manner.
, from the City, which she graciously received, kissed, pressed it to her Heart, and promised to read it. This was stiled the
City Triumph,
and was very costly and magnificent. Her
Prayer
was made, before she ascended her
Chariot
in the
Tower,
after the Example of King SOLOMON, and was conceived in the following Terms.
The
QUEEN'S PRAYER.
O LORD Almighty and everlasting GOD! I give thee most hearty Thanks, that thou hast been so merciful unto ME, as to spare ME to behold this
Joyful Day.
And I acknowledge, that thou hast dealt as wonderfully and as mercifully with ME, as thou didst with thy true and faithful Servant DANIEL, thy
Prophet,
whom thou deliveredst out of the
Den,
from the Cruelty of the greedy and raging
Lions,
even so was
I
overwhelmed, and only by THEE delivered. To THEE therefore only be Thanks, Honour and Praise, for ever, AMEN.
The next Day, being
Sunday,
the 15th, her Majesty, with the usual State and Solemnity, was crowned in the Collegiate Church of
St.
PETER'S
Westminster
The Queen shewed great Steadiness, Sagacity, and Address in the Conduct of this Affair, which though a Point of Ceremony with her Predecessors, was matter of great Importance to herself. She was determined to restore the Protestant Religion, but to restore it by Authority of Parliament. The Parliament were to meet after her Coronation, and there was only one of the Bishops who could be prevailed upon to crown her. The directing the Litany, the Epistles and Gospels to be read in English, was to shew her Inclinations. The retaining the Popish Ceremonies at her Coronation, and sending for Bonner's Vestments, in which the Bishop of Carlisle officiated, and the making the Earl of Arundel High Constable for the Day, who had been so at the Coronation of her Sister, was to quiet, or at least to keep in a State of Incertainty, the Papists.
, by Dr.
Owen Oglethorpe,
Bishop of
Carlisle,
the See of
Canterbury
being then vacant, and Dr.
Nicholas Heath,
Archbishop of
York,
who at the Demise of Queen MARY was also Lord High
Chancellor
of
England,
declining to officiate because of the Change in Religion. At this
Coronation,
Sir
Edward Dymock
performed the Service of
Champion
The first Mention of a Champion, as we have before observed, was at the Coronation of Richard the Second. But that there were Champions before is apparent from that very Dispute, as also that the Marmions were in Possession of that Office. The Estates of that Family were very great, and dispersed through several different Counties. The Castle of Tanfield was in the Fitz Hughs. The Castle of Tamworth belonged to Baldwin Frevile, and the Manor of Scrivelsby, which Leland spells, as it is pronounced Skreelsby, came to the Dymocks. The Dispute therefore was, which of these Manors was held by the Service of performing the Office of Champion at the Coronation, and the Court of Claims determined that it was not the Castle of Tamworth, but the Manor of Scrivelsby, as appears by the Record.
, to whom the Queen drank in a Cup of Gold, which he received for his
Fee.
Sir
Thomas Leigh,
Mercer,
Lord Mayor,
presented the Queen with
Ipocras,
or Spiced Wine, in a Gold Cup
The same Office had been claimed and executed at the Ceremony of her Mothers Coronation, by Sir Stephen Pecock, then Lord Mayor of London.
, of which kneeling before her, he made the Assay, and the Queen having drank of it, returned it to his Lordship, who had the Cup and Cover, weighing 16 Ounces, for his Fee
At the Coronation of her Mother, the Lord Mayor had the Gold Cup and Saucer, in which he made the Assay, and which he carried out of the Hall in his Hand to his Barge. It appears from hence, that the Lord Mayor claims his Office at the Coronation of a Queen Consort, as well as of a King or Queen in their own Right.
.
No. II. A succinct Account of the Coronation of CHARLES the First.
THE King on the 2d of
February
1625, went from
Westminster-Hall
to the Abbey Church, attended by the Aldermen of
London,
eighty Knights of the Bath in their Robes, the Kings Serjeants at Law, Sollicitor and Attorney General, the Judges, Barons, Bishops, Viscounts, and such of the Earls, who bore no particular Office that Day, in their Parliament Robes, going two and two before the King, all uncovered; and after them followed his Officers of State, being eight Earls and one Marquis, those Persons according to their respective Places and Offices, carried the Swords, the Globe, the Scepter, the Crown; and the Lord Mayor of
London
The then Mayor was Sir John Goare, and there is no doubt that he executed the same Office, and had the same Fees as his Predecessors.
, carried the short Scepter, two Bishops carried the one the Golden Cup
This Gold Cup is no longer in being, as will appear from the next Article.
, and the other the Plate for the Communion. Next before his Majesty went the Earl of
Arundel,
as Earl MARSHAL of
England,
and the Duke of
Buckingham,
as Lord HIGH CONSTABLE of
England
for that Day. The King being cloathed in white Sattin, went under a rich Canopy, supported by the Barons of the
Cinque Ports;
the King having on each Hand a Bishop, and his Train of Purple Velvet, was carried up by the Master of the Robes, and the Master of the Wardrobe. At the entering into the Church, Bishop
Laud
Dr. Williams, Bishop of Lincoln and Dean of Westminster, being at this Juncture under his Majesty's, or rather under the Duke of Buckingham's Displeasure, Dr. William Laud, at this Time Bishop of St. Davids, afterwards successively of Bath and Wells, London, and at length, Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated in his Stead, as Dean of Westminster, which Intrusion into another's Province, was no small Cause of his subsequent Misfortunes.
delivered into the King's Hands, the
Staff
of King
Edward
the
Confessor,
with which the King walked up to the Throne, then the Archbishop of
Canterbury
Dr. George Abbot, who deceased August 4, 1633.
presented his Majesty to the Lords and Commons, there present, East, West, North, and South, who gave their Consent to his Coronation, as their lawful Sovereign. After Sermon was done, the King went to the Altar, to take the CORONATION OATH
This Oath, together with all the other Ceremonies, had been first settled by a Commission to the Bishops, then by a Committee of the Privy Council, and lastly, administered to the King by the Archbishop, than whom, no Man had greater Regard to the Liberty of the Subject, or stood fairer in the Opinion of the People; notwithstanding which, it was surmised that this Oath was altered or interpolated, which, however, was not charged upon the Archbishop, but upon his Successor, Archbishop Land.
, which was performed in this Manner.
ARCHBISHOP. Sir, Will you grant and keep, and by your Oath confirm to the
People
of
England,
the
Laws
and
Customs
to them granted, by the
Kings
of
England,
your lawful and Religious
Predecessors,
and namely, the
Laws, Customs,
and
Franchises
granted to the
Clergy,
by the glorious King
St. Edward,
your
Predecessor,
according to the
Laws
of GOD, the true Profession of the
Gospel
established in this
Kingdom,
agreeable to the
Prerogative for the Kings thereof
This was surmised to be an Interpolation, and if so, to have been made by Dr. Laud. The Charge against him was offered under Colour of Evidence, on the Seventh Article of his Impeachment. The Archbishop, in Defence of himself, justified the Words of the Oath, though at the same Time he denied the Interpolation, and appealed to the old Forms, several of which he said were in his Study, when his Books were seized. None of these however could be found, except the Coronation of King James the First, which, with much Difficulty, he got to be compared by the Lords, when both Oaths appeared to be exactly the same. The Archbishop also appealed to the Votes of the House of Commons, in which, upon examining those Oaths, they had themselves resolved that they were exactly the same.
, and the ancient
Customs
of the
Realm.
KING. I Grant and Promise to keep them.
ARCHBISHOP. Sir, will you keep Peace, and Godly Agreement (according to your Power) both to GOD, the Holy Church, the Clergy, and the People?
KING. I will keep it.
ARCHBISHOP. Sir, will you to your Power, cause
Law, Justice,
and
Discretion,
in
Mercy and Truth,
to be executed to your
Judgment?
KING. I will.
ARCHBISHOP. Sir, will you grant to hold and keep, the
Laws
and
Rightful Customs,
which the
Commonalty
of this your
Kingdom
have, and will you defend and uphold them to the
Honour
of GOD, so much as in you lieth?
KING. I grant and promise so to do
It was supposed that the Answer should have been,
I will;
the Reader will judge, if the Answer had been so, whether it had been stronger or weaker.
.
Then one of the Bishops read this Passage to the King.
Our
Lord
and
King,
we beseech you to
pardon,
and to grant and to preserve unto us, and to the
Churches
committed to your Charge, all Canonical Privileges, and due Law and Justice, and that you would
protect
and
defend
us, as every good King, in his Kingdom, ought to be Protector and Defender of the Bishops and the
Churches
under their Government.
The KING answered,
With a willing and devout Heart, I promise and grant my Pardon, and that I will preserve and maintain to you, and the
Churches
committed to your Charge, all Canonical Privileges and due
Law
and
Justice,
and that I will be your
Protector
and
Defender
to my Power, by the
Assistance
of GOD, as every good King in his Kingdom, in right ought to protect and defend, the
Bishops
and
Churches
under their Government.
Then the KING arose, and was led to the Communion Table, where he took a SOLEMN OATH, in sight of all the People, to observe all the
Premisses,
and laying his Hand upon the BIBLE said,
The things which I have here
promised,
I shall
perform
and
keep.
So help me GOD, and the Contents of this Book.
After the OATH, the KING was placed in the Chair of Coronation, and was
anointed
by the
Archbishop,
and the ancient Robes of King
Edward
the
Confessor,
was put upon him, and the
Crown
of that Prince put upon his Head, and his
Sword
girt about him, and he
offered
the same, and
two
Swords more, together with
Gold
and
Silver,
at the
Communion
Table. He was afterwards conducted by the
Nobility
to the
Throne,
where this Passage was read to his
Majesty.
Stand and hold fast from henceforth, the
Place
to which you have been
Heir,
by the Succession of your Forefathers, being now delivered to you, by the Authority of ALMIGHTY GOD, and by the Hands of us and all the
Bishops
and
Servants
of GOD, and as you see the
Clergy
to come nearer the
Altar,
than others, so remember that in all Places convenient, you give them greater Honour, that the MEDIATOR of GOD and Man, may establish you in the Kingly
Throne,
to be a
Mediator
betwixt the
Clergy
and the
Laity,
and that you may Reign for ever, with JESUS CHRIST, the KING of KINGS, and LORD of LORDS.
Afterwards the
Nobility
were sworn to be Homagers to the King, and some other Ceremonies were performed, which being done, the Lord
Keeper
Sir Thomas Coventry, to whom the Custody of the Great Seal was given, November 1. 1625.
, by the KING'S Command, read a Writing unto them, which declared the King's FREE PARDON to all, his Subjects who would take the same under the
Great Seal.
The
Ceremonies
of the
Coronation
being ended, the
Regalia
were
offered
at the
Altar,
by Bishop
Laud
This Offering of the Regalia, though the constant Practice in all Reigns, Protestant as well as Popish, was offered in Evidence against the Archbishop at his Trial.
, in the
King
's Name, and then
repofited.
No. III. An Account of the ancient REGALIA, which were
destroyed
and
dissipated,
in the Time of the
Common-wealth.
AFTER the
Restoration
of King
Charles
the
Second,
Commissioners were appointed
It is remarkable, that the House of Lords, while the King was yet at the Hagne, appointed a Committee for this Purpose of recovering the late King's Goods, who appointed Mr. Kynnersley, afterwards one of the Officers of the Wardrobe to King Charles the Second, to seize and secure such Effects wherever they could be found.
to enquire after, and recover such of the Crown Jewels and Furniture, belonging to the King's Palaces, as had been
embezzled,
from the Time of the breaking out of the
civil
War. These Commissioners called before them Mr.
Thomas Beauthamp,
who had been
Secretary
to the
Committee
for disposing of King
Charles
the
First's
Goods and Effects; and he, to exculpate himself, laid before them the Books and Papers that were in his Custody, from whence the following Account was extracted, which is equalty circumstantial and curious, shewing how these
Insignia
of
Royalty,
which had escaped through so many
Changes
and
Revolutions,
were at length irrecoverably dispersed, in Hopes that
Monarchy
would never have revived.
The IMPERIAL CROWN, weighing
seven
Pounds six Ounces, enriched with
nineteen
Saphires, (three of which were exceeding large)
two hundred thirty two
Pearls,
fifty eight
Rubies,
twenty eight
Diamonds, and
two
Emeralds.
The QUEEN'S CROWN, weighing
three
Pounds
ten
Ounces and
one half;
enriched with
twenty
Saphires,
twenty two
Rubies, and
eighty three
Pearls.
An
ancient Crown
This appears to have been the Crown of Edward the Confessor, in Imitation of which that was made, which has been since used in the Ceremony of the Coronation of our Kings. This Monarch died on the Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany, Ann. Dom. 1066, and by his Charter endowed the Monastery of Westminster, which was of his own Foundation, with all the Ensigns of Royalty which himself had used; and likewise those that had descended to him from his Ancestors.
, weighing
two
Pounds
one
Ounce; enriched with
one
fair Diamond, (valued by the Trustees; who rated such Things far beneath their worth, at
two hundred
Pounds)
thirteen
other Diamonds,
ten
Rubies,
one
Emerald,
one
Saphire, (valued by them at
sixty
Pounds) and
seventy
Pearls, which Stones and Pearls, weighed
three
Ounces.
The GLOBE or ORB, weighing
one
Pound,
five
Ounces, and one quarter.
Two
Coronation Bracelets,
adorned with
three
Rubies
Ballas,
and
twelve
Pearls, weighing an Ounce, in all
seven
Ounces
one
quarter.
Two
Scepters,
weighing
eighteen
Ounces,
one
quarter.
A
long Rod,
Silver gilt, weighing
one
Pound,
five
Ounces.
One
Gold Porringer
and
Cover,
weighing
fifteen
Ounces, and
one
half.
One
Chalice,
adorned with
two
Saphires, and
two
Ballas Rubies, weighing
fifteen
Ounces, and
one
half.
Two
Patenas
Patena, in the Romish Church, is the Cover or Lid of the Chalice, made of the same Metal therewith, serving to hold the Particles of the Host, and given the People to kiss when they make an offering.
, enamelled, weighing
twenty five
Ounces, and one half.
Two
Spoons
with
flat
Heads, weighing
five
Ounces,
one
quarter.
One
Taster,
enamelled, with a
Phaenix,
weighing
five
Ounces,
one
half.
Two
Offering Pieces,
and a Sey (Assay) of Gold, weighing
ten
Ounces,
one
quarter.
QUEEN EDITHS
This Queen Edith was the Daughter of Earl Godwin, and the Comfort of King Edward, with whom, by mutual Consent, she lived in continual Chastity.
Crown,
(formerly thought to be of massy Gold, but upon Trial, found Silver gilt, enriched with Garnets, Pearls, Saphires, and other Stones, weighing
fifty
Ounces.
KING ALFRED'S
It is much to be regretted, that we have no Description whatever of this Crown: King Alfred received rich Presents from Pope Marinus and the Emperor Charlemagne, and possibly this Crown and some others of these rich Utchsils might be amongst them.
Crown,
of
Gold Wire-work,
set with Stones, and two little
Bells,
weighing
seventy nine
Ounces, and
one
half.
A
Patena,
enamelled, set with Stones, weighing
twenty three
Ounces, and
one
half.
The AMPULLA, set with Stones and Pearls, weighing
eight
Ounces,
one half.
A
large Staff,
with a
Dove
on the
Top,
the upper part Gold, the lower Part Silver gilt, weighing
twenty seven
Ounces.
A
small Staff,
with a
Flower de lis
on the
Top,
being Iron within, and Silver gilt without.
Two
Scepters,
one set with Pearls and Stones, the upper end Gold, weighing
twenty three
Ounces; the lower End, Silver gilt. The other Scepter, Silver gilt, having a Dove, weighing
seven
Ounces,
three
quarters.
The
Gold
of the
Tassels,
of a liver coloured
Robe,
(adorned with Pearl) weighing
four
Ounces; also the Gold of the Neck Button of the Coat, weighing
one
Ounce.
A Pair of
Silver gilt Spurs,
set with
twelve
Stones, having Straps of Crimson Silk, weighing
six
Ounces,
three
quarters.
Besides these, there were other Parts of the REGALIA fetched from
Westminster Abbey,
and sold by these Trustees, namely:
One large
Chalice
of Glass, wrought in Figures, and set in Gold, with Stones and Pearls, weighing
sixty eight
Ounces,
one
half.
A
Staff
of
black
and
white Ivory,
having a
Dove
on the Top, the Binding and Feet Gold.
A
Silver Spoon
gilt, weighing
three
Ounces.
One
Crimson Taffaty Robe.
One
Robe,
trimmed with Gold Lace.
One Liver coloured
Silk Robe.
One
Robe,
of crimson Taffaty Sarsenet.
One Pair of
Buskins
As for the Form of the Buskin and Sandal, they may be seen in the Frontispiece, marked D. and E. but how they came to be used is a Question to which none of our learned Heralds have supplied us with any competent Answer. It appears, however, from our ancient Historians, that the Kings and Queens, even to the Time of Richard the Third and his Consort, were accustomed to come barefooted to St. Edward's Shrine, and this being the Case, Buskins and Sandals were very convenient to put upon the Legs and Feet, as it might be done sooner, and with greater Ease than Stockings and Shoes.
,
Cloth of Silver.
One Pair of
Shoes,
Cloth of Gold.
One Pair of embroidered
Gloves.
Three
Swords,
with
Scabbards,
Cloth of Gold.
One
Horn Comb.
King
Charles
the
First,
to do Honour to himself, the Nation, and the
most noble
Order of the
Garter,
when he sent it to that great
Protestant
Hero, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, King of SWEDEN
The usual Weight of the Collar, according to the Statutes of the Order, is no more than thirty Ounces, but the King thought proper to exceed it, in Honour of so great a Prince. The Ensigns of the Order were sent by Mr. Peter Young, Gentleman Usher, and Mr. Henry St. George, Richmond Herald, as Deputies to Sir William Segar, Garter King at Arms, with which Ensigns that Monarch was invested in his Tent, being then before the Town of Darshaw, in Pruffia, the 23d of September, 1627. At this Time, his Swedish Majesty created the said Mr. St. George, a Knight, by Letters Patents, and as a farther Mark of Honour, granted him permission to bear his own Arms on a Canton.
, caused the Gold COLLAR of
thirty four
Ounces and a
quarter,
to be most exquisitely wrought, and in his GEORGE, which weighed
seven
Ounces, there were
eighty seven
Diamonds, some of them very large and fine, and the MOTTO on the
Garter,
was composed of
four hundred
and
eleven
Diamonds. This being restored, upon that Monarch's Death
This victorious Prince, the Protector of the reformed Religion, and of the Liberties of Germany, died gloriously in the Field November 16, 1632.
, was sent to
Windsor,
and committed to the Custody of the
Dean
and
Chapter,
who, at the Beginning of the
civil
War,
buried
it in St.
George
's Chapel, where being discovered by
Cornelius Holland,
the
Trustees
for the Sale of the King's Goods, sent
John Hunt,
their
Treasurer,
to fetch it, and by them, together with the
Collar
and
George,
it was sold to their Servant
Thomas Beauchamp.
The
Collar
of the
Order,
worn by King CHARLES the
First,
which weighed
thirty-five
Ounces, falling into the Hands of Major General
Harrison,
was by him delivered into the Hands of the
Trustees
for the Sale of the King's Effects, and was, by their Order, sent to the
Mint,
out of which the first Pieces were coined which bore the Arms of what was then stiled, the
Common-wealth
These Pieces of Gold were of the Value of twenty Shillings, ten Shillings, and five Shillings, having on one Side a St.
George
's Cross, stamped with these Words, circumscribed,
The Commonwealth of England;
and on the other Side, the
Cross
and
Harp,
with this Motto,
God with us.
.
The
Garter
worn by the
King
upon his left Leg, at the Time of his
Death,
had the Letters composed of Diamonds, to the Number of
four hundred
and
twelve,
of different Sizes, and was esteemed the most rich and elegant Ornament of the Kind, that till then had been made
This is said, on the Authority of Mr. Ashmole, a consummate Judge of such Things. It may not be amiss to remark, that it appears upon the Journal of the House of Commons, the very Day after the King's Death; upon the Report of Commissary Ireton, in Relation to this, some other Things, and particularly a Couple of Seals, which were found in his Majesty's Pockets, that they should be sent to his Son Charles Stuart; but the Question being put severally, upon each of them, it was carried in the Negative, upon them all.
. This Princely Ensign came into the Hands of Captain
Preston,
who commanded a Troop of
Cromwell
's Horse, by whom it was delivered to the
Trustees,
who sold it to Alderman
John Ireton,
who executed, A. D. 1659, the Office of
Mayer
of
London,
for the Sum of
two hundred
and
five
Pounds
This Alderman Ireton was a very active Man in those Days. He had been a Member for the City of London in that Parliament in which they had Six Representatives. He was knighted by Oliver, and, upon the Restoration, was one of the twenty Persons excepted out of the Act of Oblivion, and disabled from holding any Office.
. This Mr.
Ireton,
being summoned before the King's Commissioners, after the Restoration, and the Matter of Fact stated to him, he did not deny that the
Garter
had been
fold
to him, and sold for that
Price.
But being offered a
Composition,
which was their Method in all Cases of that Nature, he absolutely
refused
it, upon which the King's
Attorney General
Sir Jeoffry Palmer, Knight and Baronet.
was directed to bring an Action against him, of
Trover
and
Conversion;
which he accordingly did in the
King's-Bench,
where it was tried in
Trinity-Term,
the
Sixteenth
of
Charles
the
Second,
where, upon a full Hearing, a
Verdict
was given for the
King,
against the said
John Ireton,
for the Sum of
two hundred
and
five
Pounds, with
ten
Pounds
Costs
of
Suit.
These Particulars in Relation to the
Loss
of the ancient
Regalia,
and other
Jewels
of the
Crown,
being equally curious and authentic
The Matters of Fact, are taken from Mr. Ashmole, who transcribed them from the Inventory of the King's Effects, and from the Minutes of the Commissioners Proceedings.
, cannot fail of being satisfactory to the judicious Reader.
No. IV.
THE paffing through the CITY in grand
Cavalcade,
from the
Tower
to
Westminster,
the Day preceding the
Coronation,
was a
Spectacle
so grateful to the
People,
that it was not omitted anciently, except for very cogent Reasons. At the Coronation of King
James
the
First,
and
Anne
his
Queen,
the
Plague
raged in
London
The like Misfortune of a Plague raging, happened in the Eighteenth of Henry the Sixth, when the Commons sent up a Bill to ordain, and grant by the Authority of this present Parliament, that every of your Lieges in the doing of their Homage, may omit the kissing of you; and be excused thereof, and have their Letters of doing their Homage, the kissing of you
itted notwithstanding. This had the Concurrence of the Lords, and the Royal Assent, being stiled an Act for the Preservation of the King's Person.
, and therefore the
Citizens
were forbid, by
Proclamation,
except the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen,
and
twelve
grave respectable
Assistants,
to come to that Solemnity. What the Reason was of its Omission at the Coronation of
Charles
the
First,
we cannot now discover. But
Charles
the
Second,
on his
Restoration,
very wisely restored it, and a most magnificent Ceremony it was. But being now out of Use, we thought it more proper to be inserted in the
Appendix,
and that too with all the
Brevity
possible
If the Reader is inclined to see it at large, he may have Recourse to Mr.
Ogilby
's Account of this City Triumph, most magnificently printed by the King's Command, and adorned with Sculptures.
.
His Majesty, on the 22d of
April,
early in the Morning, passed from
Whitehall
to the
Tower,
by Water, in order to go from thence to
Westminster.
There he found the
Knights
of the
Bath,
ready to attend him, who had been made some Nights before, with great Solemnity, and according to all the
ancient Forms
This Ceremony was performed in
Henry
the Seventh's Chapel; they dined afterwards together in the
Painted Chamber,
and proceeded with the Heralds before them from thence, in great Solemnity, to
Whitehall,
and at their Return were informed that they were to attend his Majesty in his Procession from the
Tower.
. The CITY, upon this Occasion, were at a very
great Expence,
to which, as it was understood, they were obliged by their
Charter,
and all
Ranks
and Degrees of
People,
vied with each other in the Magnificence of their Dress, that the
Foreign Ministers,
who were present upon this Occasion
The Readers may see the Names of all these foreign Ministers in the Account of the Coronation of King
Charles
the Second.
, might return home with high Ideas of the Opulence of this Nation, which the Writers of those Times say, had its Effects, and constrained them to confess, that never any of them had seen a Procession approaching it in Splendor.
Preparatory thereto, the
four
following stately, and triumphal
Arches,
were erected.
The
first
in
Leadenhall-Street,
near
Lime-Street,
after the
Doric
Order, represented the King's
happy Arrival
in
England.
The
second,
being a
Naval Representation,
was near the
Royal Exchange, Cornhill.
The
third,
consisting of the
Corinthian
and
Composite
Order, and representing the TEMPLE of CONCORD, was placed in
Cheapside,
near
Woodstreet.
The
fourth,
consisting of the
Doric
and
Ionic
Orders, representing the
Garden
of
Plenty,
stood in
Fleet-Street,
near
White-Friars.
The
Procession
moved in the following
Order.
The Duke of
York
's Horse Guard.
Messengers of the
Chamber.
Esquires to the
Knights
of the
Bath.
Knight
Harbinger,
Serjeant
Porter.
Sewers of the
Chamber.
Quarter
Waiters.
The six
Clerks
of the
Chancery.
Clerks of the
Signet.
Privy Seal.
Council.
Parliament.
Crown.
Chaplains having
Dignities,
ten.
The King's
Advocate
and
Remembrancer.
The King's
learned Council
at
Law.
Masters in
Chancery.
King's
Puisne
Serjeants.
King's
Attorney
and
Sollicitor.
King's
eldest
Serjeants.
Secretaries of the
French
and
Latin
Tongues.
Gentlemen
Ushers
daily
Waiters.
Sewers, Carvers, and Cupbearers in
Ordinary.
Esquires of the
Body.
Masters of
Standing Offices,
being no Counsellors,
viz.
of the
Tents, Jewels, Ceremonies, Armory, Wardrobe, Ordnance.
Masters of the
Requests.
Chamberlains of the
Exchequer.
Barons of the
Exchequer,
and Judges, according to their Dignities.
Lord Chief
Baron.
Lord Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas.
Master of the
Rolls.
Lord Chief Justice of the
King's Bench.
Trumpets.
Gentlemen of the
Privy Chamber.
Knights of the
Bath.
Knight Marshal.
Treasurer of the
Chamber.
Master of the
Jewel House.
Barons
younger Sons.
Viscounts
younger Sons.
Knights of the
Privy Council.
Barons
eldest Sons.
Earls
youngest Sons.
Viscounts
eldest Sons.
The Trumpets, and Serjeant Trumpet.
Two Pursuivants at Arms.
Barons.
Marquisses
younger Sons.
Earls
eldest Sons.
Viscounts.
Dukes
younger Sons.
Marquisses
eldest Sons.
Two Heralds.
Earls.
Earl MARSHAL.
Lord
Chamberlain
of the
Houshold.
Dukes
eldest Sons.
Two Heralds.
Marquisses.
Dukes.
Clarencieux
and
Norroy,
Kings at Arms.
Lord TREASURER.
Lord CHANCELLOR.
Lord HIGH STEWARD.
Two Persons representing the Dukes of NORMANDY and AQUITAIN.
Gentleman Usher. Garter. Lord Mayor.
The Duke of YORK
alone.
The Lord HIGH CONSTABLE of
England.
The Lord GREAT CHAMBERLAIN of
England.
The
Sword
borne by the Duke of
Richmond.
 
THE KING.
Equerries, and Footmen,
next
his
Majesty.
Gentlemen, and Pensioners, without them.
The
Master
of the
Horse,
leading a spare Horse.
The Vice
Chamberlain.
Captain of the
Gentlemen Pensioners.
Captain of the
Guard.
The Guard.
The King's Horse Guard.
The General's Horse Guard.
No. V. The LAWS relative to the CORONATION.
THE
Scots,
so early as the
first
Seffion of the
first
Parliament, of King
James
the
Sixth,
framed an
Act
for establishing an
Oath
to be taken by their
Kings
at their
Coronation,
for the Maintenance and Preservation of the
Protestant Religion.
After the Revolution, by an
Act
in the
first
Year of the Reign of King
William
and Queen
Mary,
the
Coronation Oath
was fixed and settled as it was to be taken by their then
Majesties,
and their Successors. By another
Act,
in the
Second
Seffion of the same Parliament, for declaring the
Rights
and
Liberties
of the
Subject,
and settling the
Succession
of the
Crown,
a farther Provision is made, by appointing the
Declaration
mentioned in the
Statute
of the
thirtieth
Year of
Charles
the
Second,
to be made and taken by the
King
or
Queen.
By an
Act
passed in the
fifth
Year of her late Majesty Queen
Anne,
Provision is made for the Support and Maintenance of the
Church
of
England,
and by an
Act
in the same Reign, passed in
Scotland,
previous and preparatory to the UNION, the like Care is taken for the Preservation of the
Protestant
Religion, and
Presbyterian
Church Government in that Kingdom. By these several
Laws,
the Directions of which have been ever since punctually complied with, the civil and religious
Rights
of the
Subject
have been effectually settled and secured; and all Causes of Jealousy, in respect to the
Power
of the
Crown,
have been entirely and happily
removed
FINIS.