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AWM.722.006
1-8 Nov 1722:31 (152)
London Aug. 11. On Thursday last, about six in the evening
the Duke of Marlborough was interred in King Henry the 7th's
chappel. The corps being brought to the west door of the
Abbey, was taken out of the chariot and rested on a bier,
and all the officers that carried the trophies entred in the
same order as in the procession. The dean and subdean of
Westminster attending in their copes, and the whole choir
singing up to the said chappel, and a velvet canopy carried
over the body all the time; the Knights of the Garter
supporting the pall, and the chief mourners, supporters and
the assistants following. The body was rested in the
chappel with a canopy over it, and seats all round for the
mourners. A scaffold was also built and put in mourning for
a fine anthem to be sung, consisting of 38 pieces of musick,
and as many singers being appointed. The anthem being over,
the body was interred, and Garter King at Arms proclaimed
the defunct's style as followeth:
Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this
transitory life unto his mercy, the most high, mighty and
noble Prince, John Churchill, Duke and Earl of Marlborough.
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