| Citation |
PGCJ.768.007
23 Jan 1768:21 (211)
Nov. 4. Last night the body of his royal highness Edward,
Duke of York and Albany, was privately interred . . .
Between nine and ten the procession began to move, passing
through the old palace yard, to the south-east door of
Westminster Abbey, upon a floor railed in, and covered with
black cloth, and lined on each side with a party of the
foot-guards, in the following order:
Drums and trumpets, sounding a solemn march, with banners
attached to them, adorned with naval trophies; the drums
covered with black.
The serjeant trumpeter.
Knight marshal's men.
. . .
At the entrance of Westminster Abbey, within the church,
the Dean and prebendaries, attended by the choir, received
the body . . .
|