On Saturday 30th September 1553, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, Mary I left the Tower of ロンドン to the sound of 銃 firing and church bells ringing. This was her coronation procession and the 次 日 she would be crowned クイーン of England.
The procession leaving the Tower consisted of the Queen’s messengers, trumpeters, esquires of the body, the knights of the bath (including 15 young noblemen who had been knighted that morning), heralds, bannerets, the council, the clergy, the Garter knights, the nobility, foreign ambassadors, merchants, soldiers, knights and then the Queen’s entourage. In Mary’s personal entourage were the Earl of Sussex, 芝居 as Mary’s Chief Server; “two ancient knights with 昔ながら, 昔ながらの hats, powdered on their heads, disguised”, representing the dukes of Normandy and Guienne; Stephen Gardiner and William Paulet carrying the シール and mace; the Lord Mayor of ロンドン carrying the ゴールド sceptre; the Sergeant at Arms and the Earl of Arundel carrying the Queen’s sword.
After this huge procession came the クイーン herself in an open litter pulled によって six 馬 in white trappings. She was “richly apparelled with mantle and 女性用ガウン, キル, kirtle of cloth of gold” with a ゴールド tinsel cloth and jewelled crown on her head. Anna Whitelock writes of how she was dressed as a クイーン consort, but then England had never had a クイーン regnant, had it?
Mary was escorted によって the wives of the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Arundel and Sir William Paulet, as well as the mother of Edward Courtenay, on horseback. Behind her was a carriage bearing her sister, Elizabeth, and Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII’s fourth wife, followed によって noblewomen and then “royal henchmen dressed in the Tudor colours of green and white”. This mile and a half procession must have been quite an exciting spectacle for the people of London!
Anna Whitelock goes on to describe the various pageants and displays on Mary’s route from the Tower to Whitehall:
_ An array of civic pageantry at Temple Bar
_ A triumphal arch decorated with verses praising her accession, created によって the Genoese merchants
_ An image of Judith, the Israelite heroine, at Cornhill, created によって the Florentines
_ The conduits running with wine at Cornhill and Cheap
_ The 歌う of verses in praise of the クイーン at Cornhill and Cheap
_ At St Paul’s, the クイーン was addressed によって the recorder of ロンドン and presented with a 財布 containing a 1000 marks of ゴールド によって the chamberlain. John Heywood, the playwright, then delivered an oration in Latin and English, at the school in St Paul’s Churchyard and then at St Paul’s Gate choristers held burning perfumed tapers.
_ Minstrels played and children sang songs at Ludgate
_ Finally, Mary I reached Whitehall and retired for the 日 to prepare herself for her coronation at Westminster Abbey. What an amazing 日 of triumph and celebration it must have been for her. She had won, she was Queen.
The procession leaving the Tower consisted of the Queen’s messengers, trumpeters, esquires of the body, the knights of the bath (including 15 young noblemen who had been knighted that morning), heralds, bannerets, the council, the clergy, the Garter knights, the nobility, foreign ambassadors, merchants, soldiers, knights and then the Queen’s entourage. In Mary’s personal entourage were the Earl of Sussex, 芝居 as Mary’s Chief Server; “two ancient knights with 昔ながら, 昔ながらの hats, powdered on their heads, disguised”, representing the dukes of Normandy and Guienne; Stephen Gardiner and William Paulet carrying the シール and mace; the Lord Mayor of ロンドン carrying the ゴールド sceptre; the Sergeant at Arms and the Earl of Arundel carrying the Queen’s sword.
After this huge procession came the クイーン herself in an open litter pulled によって six 馬 in white trappings. She was “richly apparelled with mantle and 女性用ガウン, キル, kirtle of cloth of gold” with a ゴールド tinsel cloth and jewelled crown on her head. Anna Whitelock writes of how she was dressed as a クイーン consort, but then England had never had a クイーン regnant, had it?
Mary was escorted によって the wives of the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Arundel and Sir William Paulet, as well as the mother of Edward Courtenay, on horseback. Behind her was a carriage bearing her sister, Elizabeth, and Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII’s fourth wife, followed によって noblewomen and then “royal henchmen dressed in the Tudor colours of green and white”. This mile and a half procession must have been quite an exciting spectacle for the people of London!
Anna Whitelock goes on to describe the various pageants and displays on Mary’s route from the Tower to Whitehall:
_ An array of civic pageantry at Temple Bar
_ A triumphal arch decorated with verses praising her accession, created によって the Genoese merchants
_ An image of Judith, the Israelite heroine, at Cornhill, created によって the Florentines
_ The conduits running with wine at Cornhill and Cheap
_ The 歌う of verses in praise of the クイーン at Cornhill and Cheap
_ At St Paul’s, the クイーン was addressed によって the recorder of ロンドン and presented with a 財布 containing a 1000 marks of ゴールド によって the chamberlain. John Heywood, the playwright, then delivered an oration in Latin and English, at the school in St Paul’s Churchyard and then at St Paul’s Gate choristers held burning perfumed tapers.
_ Minstrels played and children sang songs at Ludgate
_ Finally, Mary I reached Whitehall and retired for the 日 to prepare herself for her coronation at Westminster Abbey. What an amazing 日 of triumph and celebration it must have been for her. She had won, she was Queen.