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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><br><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Knights/coronacion.htm"><i><font color="#800080" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Middle English version available</font></i></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <br>
© 1996 </font><a href="mailto:brion@chronique.com"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Brian R. Price </font></a><br><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hastings Mss. [f.16] <br><b><i>Archeologia</i></b>, v. 57 pt 1 <br>
</font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Knights/Archeologia-chivalry.htm"><i><font color="#800080" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Miscellaneous Mss on chivalry from the 15th century</font></i></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <br>
</font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Knights/Archeologia-chivalrynotes.htm"><font color="#800080" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Notes available</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p>
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<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">First the prince who is to be crowned, the day before his coronation, shall be appareled and clothed with the most noble and fairest of clothing. And so he shall ride from the </font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-AA/arms_t.htm#Tower of London"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Tower of London</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> to his palace at </font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_w.htm#Westminster"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Westminster</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, thoughout the city of London, riding with him the temporal lords and the common folk of the same city, [accompanied] by other very noble people. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The King’s See: </b>Also it has been ordained that on the day of the King’s coronation in the great hall of Westminster, that the King’s see [shall] be royally ordained and dressed with cloths, cushions and tapestries of gold and silk. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Pulpit: </b>Also in Westminster church [there] must be a pulpit with {grees?} on every side. These must be fair and arrayed with cushions and cloths of silk and gold about the ground of both. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The King’s Throne: </b>Also in that pulpit shall be a royal throne and a royal see {?} in which the king shall sit. [This] shall also be royally arrayed with cushions and cloths of gold and silk. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Abbot of Westminster shall inform the King: </b>Also it is to wit that the Abbot of Westminster shall for two days before the </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_c.htm#coronation"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">coronation </font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">inform the king and queen of diverse observances that they shall do, warning them also to shrive and to cleanse their consciences before the holy annoiting. And if the abbot is dead or away in a foreign country ‘or leefully lette’ then shall another monk of the church be chosen by the convent [of monks] who shall fulfill and be in the abbot’s stead during the coronation. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Shirt and the Coat: </b>Also the same day of the coronation where the prince shall be crowned in the royal hall. But first he shall be bathed and after the bath there shall be ordained a new shirt and a coat of silk opened to the breast and between the shoulders, also to the middle of the armes. Above the coat he hall be clothed with other noble vestments. And he shall wear hose with [oute shone] shoes?. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Solemn Procession: </b>Also there shall be a solemn procession ordained by the </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_a.htm#abbot"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">abbot </font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and the convent [of monks] of Westminster in solemn [copis?] going from the Church of Westminster unto the King’s see. In the great hall in which the prince shall be sit abiding the procession. Archbishops and Prelates shall be in the procession. And then shall the prince descend and follow the procession to the church and he shall go upon new red [?] clothe laid under his feet o n the ground from the forsaid see to the pulpit in the forsaid church. There shall be song in the receiving of kings and of queens. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Crosse. </b>Also the cross the [patene?] the scepter and the king’s rod, which being things of royalty, shall be borne in the procession of the Abbot. The Prior and the eldest monks of Westminster they shall take these things to the great lords who will bear them before then prince from the palace to the church. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Barons of the Cinque Ports: </b>Also the Barons of the </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_c.htm#cinq ports"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cinque Ports</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> shall bear the four spears painted with silver bells and overgilt with silver cloths, banners, of the same cloth worn upon the heads of the king and queen in the procession. And they too shall go from the king’s hall to the pulpit in Westminster. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Abbot of Westminster: </b>The Abbot of Westminster or one of his monks in his stead shall always be ready by the king’s side and by the queens’ to inform them and to tell them what is to come. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Archbishops shall ask the Will of the People: </b>When the prince has rested himself in his chair or other throne ordained in the aforesaid pulpit, the Archbishop of Canterbury at the four costs of the pulpit, with a high voice, shall inquire the will of the people touching on the king’s coronation. While this is done he king shall stand in his throne, facing the corners to which the Archbishop speaks. After the question, an anthem will be sung: <i>Ffirmenteur manus tua.</i> </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Offering of the King: </b>When the anthem has been sung and ended the king shall come down from the pulpit unto the high altar between the bishops who shall lead him. On this altar he shall offer a cloth of gold fulfilling the precept that says "<i>look that ye appear neither void nor empty in the presence and sight of the lord God. </i>" </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Laying of the King Before the Altar: </b>When the king has offered he shall lay down flat on the pavement before the altar upon cushions and cloths of silk and gold, thus arrayed until the Archbishop or some other who shall crown him has said the </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_o.htm#orison"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">orison</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> over him. <i>Deus fidelium. </i>Then shall be made a sermon to the people. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>And the Oath that the King Shall Make: </b>When the sermon is done the king shall come to the altar to make his oath which he shall confirm with the sacrament of the altar. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Laying down again of the King before the Altar: </b>Then shall the hymn begin: <i>Veni creator spiritus. </i>It shall be sung solemnly—when it is begun the king shall lay down before the altar as he did before until the litany and the preface are sung throughout. When they have been sung then shall the king arise and site in his chair for a little while. </font></font><a name="anoint"></a></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Anointing of the King in five places: </b>Afterwards the king shall arise out of his chair and go to the altar and remove his clothes save for his shirt and his coat. (barefoot) that he may receive the </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_a.htm#anoint"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">anointing</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. The choir shall then begin the anthem. <i>Enxerunt salamone. </i>The orison follows. Then shall he be anointed in five places; that is to say the hands, within the breast, between the shoulders, and in the break of the arm (the elbow) and on the head in the manner of a cross with the holy oil and afterwards making a cross on the forehead, again with the holy oil. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Abbot of Westminster: </b>After the anointing and wiping with linen cloth that should be done at the places of the anointings in the openings of his coat and shirt should then be closed after the anointing by the abbot or one in his stead. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Abbot of Westminster Shall do the King’s [Pelion]: </b>When the king is thus anointed on his head the king’s head shall be held with a linen cloth and so it shall be until the 7 days after his anointing. On this day the Abbot of Westminster or a monk in his stead shall come to the king and do of that [pylion] and wash the kings head and make it clean. The Abbot of Westminster or one of him after his anointing shall cloth the king with royal garments and his mantle of state and his hose and sandles for his feet and spurs ready made—then shall the blessings of the kings ornaments and apparel should be said at Westminster. When all these blessings are done the king shall be thus clothed with a long tunic by the Abbot of Westminster, woven with [greet]; images in gold on the front and back on the mantle of state. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Blessings of the Sword: </b>After this the king’s sword shall be blessed and the king shall take the same sword from the bishops and gird himself with it. After that he shall be clothed with a kingly and stately cloth upon which is woven four square golden eagles. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Putting of the Crown on the King’s Head: </b>When the king is appareled with all these things then shall the crown be blessed and put on his head by the archbishop. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Taking of the Rod and the Scepter: </b>After all this the king shall don a pair of gloves, taking the scepter with the cross in the right hand and the rod in the left. When the blessing is done he shall kiss the bishop and also the other worthy lords, after which he should be led to his royal see. The choir sings <i>Te deum laudam. </i></font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Prelates and Other Men Shall do Homage: </b>Then the other great lords and other great men make their fealty and homage to their liege lord the king. The mass shall then begin. While this is done let <i>Gloria in excelsis </i>be sung and the deacon shall wave incense. At the <i>Crede</i> he shall kiss the book. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Offering of Bread and Wine: </b>While the offertory is being sung the king shall make his offering of bread and wine. Afterwards he shall offer a mark of gold, bowing down his head a little while the Archbishop blesses him with two orisones. When this blessing is done the king shall be brought again into his throne and see. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Receiving of the Sacrament by the King: </b>When the </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_p.htm#pax"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Pax </font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">is done after the <i>Agnus dei</i> and the king shall descend his see once again, meekly going to the altar. There shall he receive the Holy Sacrament of both flesh and blood. After the Abbot shall minister to hi the wine in a stone chalice of the regalia. After this he shall go again to his see. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Taking of the Crown from the King’s Head: </b>When the mass is done the king shall come down from his see, going once more before the altar. There the archbishops, bishops and other great men going before him he shall go before Saint Edward’s shrine. There the archbishops shall take the Crown of Saint Edward and place it upon the king’s head, placing these things back upon Saint Edward’s altar. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The King Shall do of his Regalia: </b>Then shall the chief Chamberlain of England, that is to say the Earl of Oxford, places the royal clothes aforementioned in a little closet near Saint Edward’s shrine, all of which shall be delivered to the Abbot of Westminster, who will replace it in the altar. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Crowning of the King with Another Crown: </b>After this the king shall be clothed again with other clothes and shall worshipfully go to the altar of Saint Edward’s shrine. There the Archbishop shall place another crown upon the king’s head, reverently, which he shall wear to his palace. The king shall then go again to his palace, thus crowned and bearing the scepter in his hand from the altar of Saint Edward’s shrine. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Delivering of the Scepter: </b>When they have eaten and the king is gone to his chamber the scepter shall be delivered to the Abbot of Westminster or one who occupies his stead by the king’s own hands to be kept in the forsaid church of Westminster among the other regalia. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Offering of the Sword: </b>As soon as the Archbishop has put the crown on the king’s head, then shall the king offer his sword to God on the altar. The worthiest earl that there is shall bear it up again and carry it naked before the king to the altar of the church. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Crowning of the Queen: </b>The coronation of the queen shall be made also with a procession. And if she is to be crowned with the king then shall she be anointed only on the top of her head with the cream in the manner of the cross. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The King on the Day of the Coronation: </b>The Archbishop of Canterbury shall oppose and ask the king the same day if he will hold and guarantee and keep the laws and the customs granted to his people of old by devout and rightwise kings beforehand. Also if he will swear it, in particular the laws and customs and the liberties of the glorious king Edward to the people and the clergy. And the kings shall behold that he will keep all these forsaid things. Then shall the Archbishop show and declare certain articles to which the king shall swear: </font></font></li>
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<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><i>The second point:</i></b> "Thou shall keep in all these domains rightful and every rightwiseness and discretion with mercy and truth." And the king shall swear, "<i>I shall do. </i>" </font></font></li>
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<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Annunciation of the Bishops to the King that shall be Read: </b>"<i>Sir king we ask that it be granted and [given] to us [collectively] and individually and all our clergies that you will keep and grant the privilege of Holy Church and due law and rightwiseness and defend them as a king oath, that he should in his realm to every bishop and abbot and to their clergies. </i>" <br>
<br>And the king shall answer in this way: "<i>With glad will and devout soul I give and behold to you and to each of you and to your clergies the privileges of canon law and of Holy Church and I shall keep due law and rightwiseness, defending it in as much as I may. With God’s help as a king to do in his realm to every bishop and abbot and to their clergies by right and reason. </i>" </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The King’s Oath in French: </b>"<i>Sir, wilt thou keep and by your oath confirm to the people of England the laws and customs granted to them by ancient kings of England, rightfully mine and devout to God; namely the laws, customs and franchises granted to the clergy and to the people by the glorious king Edward to your power. </i>" <br>
<br>The king shall answer, "<i>I shall keep them. </i>" <br><br>"<i>Sir, shall you keep to God and to Holy Church and to the clergy to the people peace and accord Holy after your power? Sir, shall you do an cause to be kept in all your domains and judgments true and right in mercy and truth? </i>" <br>
<br>The king shall answer, "<i>I shall do. </i>" <br><br>"<i>Sir, we you grant to hold and fulfill and defend rightful laws and customs which the commons of your realm shall choose, to strengthen and maintain them to the worship of God after all your power? </i>" <br>
<br>The king shall answer, "<i>I shall grant and behold it. </i>" </font></font><a name="homage"></a></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Oath and the Form of </font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_h.htm#homage"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Homage </font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">: </font></b><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"<i>I become your liege man of life and limb and truth and earthly honors, bearing to you against all men that love, move or die, so help me God and the Holy Dame. </i>" The same shall be said in French. <br>
<br>Then the Archbishop of Canterbury shall first do his homage to the king and his fealty at his coronation. Afterwards, after the other prelates and worthy estates of the real each in his degree. The king shall make his oath in his coronation up on the sacrament of the altar laid up on the high altar of the church before the people. It is also to know that the Archbishop of Canterbury shall anoint the king and queen and shall put the crowns on their heads, to whom by right belongs the crown. And the anointing of the kings and queens in England or else the sovereign bishop of the church of Canterbury to whom the same Archbishop or in his absence at the time of such coronation shall commit his office by his letters patent, or else if the see of Canterbury is void then shall the chaplain of the church of Canterbury commit said office to be done. <br>
<br>And if the same Archbishop on the day of the coronation, standing in the pulpit shall ask openly of the people if they will call this worshipful prince the right heir of the realm to have him as their king and become subjects unto him and submit themselves to obey his commandments. Then shall the clergy and the people that stand about hold up their arms and hands on [brode] and loudly answer, "<i>We will it and we grant it. Be it so! Be it so! Amen. </i>" </font><a name="Almoner"></a></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Principal Officers on the Day of the Coronation Answer: </b>First the office of </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_c.htm#Chief Almoner"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">chief almoner</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> belongs to <i>Sir Nicholl Beauchamp of Bedford</i>, who shall ordain and spread the cloth under the king’s feet when he goes on procession from Westminster Hall to the church and as much of the cloth as is spread outside the doors of the church, later to spread the cloth to poor men. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Bishops of Durham and Bath: </b>Also the Bishop of Durham and the Bishop of Bath shall support the king in his coronation being pontifically and royally arrayed. </font></font><a name="Chancellor"></a></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Bearing of Saint Edward’s Chalice: </b>Also the </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_c.htm#Chancellor of England"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Chancellor of England</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> if he is a bishop in pontifical array shall bear before the king in his procession Saint Edward’s chalice in great regality and solemnity. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Bearing of the Patents</b> The Treasurer of England if he is a bishop in pontifical array shall bear the patent before the king in procession and he shall go before the chancellor. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Scepter and the Golden Rod: </b>Two dukes or earls, the most worthy in the realm who are closest to the king in blood shall bear the king’s scepter with the cross and the rod of gold with the [olver] before the king in procession. </font></font><a name="Curtana"></a></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Bearing of the Swords: </b>The Earl of Chester shall bear in procession before the king the sword that is called </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_c.htm#Curtana"><i><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Curtana</font></i></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. On his right side the Earl of Huntington shall bear another. The Earl of Warwick on the left side shall bear the third sword. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Bearing of the Spears: </b>The most noble lords and worthiest of the realm shall bear a great pair of gilt spears in the procession. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Bought Sword: </b>The chief and greatest earl in the realm shall bear the sword that is girt about the king in his coronation before the king in his palace. This same earl shall bear it again after it is offered on the high altar. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Steward: </b>The Earl of Leicester shall serve the king the day of his coronation in the office if </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_s.htm#steward"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">steward</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Bearing of the Crowns: </b>The Duke of York and his earls shall bear the crowns of the king and queen on their coronation. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Marshal: </b>The Earl of Norfolk shall serve that day in the office of </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_m.htm#marshal"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Marshal</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Bottler (Butler): </b>The Earl of Arundel shall that day be boteler. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_c.htm#constable"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Constable</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">: </font></b><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Earl of Herford shall serve that day in the Constabulary. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Chamberlain: </b>The Earl of Oxford shall that day serve as </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_c.htm#chamberlain"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Chamberlain </font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Ewer: </b>Sir Nicholas Hastings shall serve that day as the King of the Napery. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Pantry: </b>Sir Nicholas Beauchamp of Dunlee shall serve the king on that day of salt cellars and knives. </font></font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Ffurnivall: </b>Sir Nicholas Ffurnivall shall support and bear the king’s armies and the queens at their coronation. </font></font><a name="lady"></a></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>A Lady Being About the Queen: </b>One of the most noble </font></font><a href="http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_l.htm#ladyinwaiting"><font color="#330099" size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ladies of the realm</font></a><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> shall be nigh the queen in her coronation to minister and diligently await upon her. </font></li>
<li style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Office of the Earl of Oxford:</b> The Earl of Oxford, who is chosen as Chief Chamberlain the day of the king’s coronation shall clothe the king in the morning with his shirt and his cote, appareled from the king’s anointage on his body in diverse places thereof, and afterwards of other clothes. The same chamberlain shall do on the king’s legs a pair of hose tied together above the laces without shoes. And he shall bear with him the coif and gloves of linen cloth for the king’s anointing both to his head and to his hands. He shall bring the sword with the scabbard* the king offers on the altar with him to church. He shall also bring the king’s offerings; that is, cloth of gold* and a mark of gold. He shall bring a royal robe and a crown for the king to wear after mass, bring also hose of the royal array and other gear for the occasion. He shall do of the king’s clothes, save for the cote and shirt, when he shall be clothed with regalia by the Abbot of Westminster. After mass, he and the Abbot of Westminster shall take the king’s regalia to Westminster. He shall always be nigh the king until the service of coronation be ended and fulfilled. </font></font></li>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p><br clear="all"><br><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">-- <br>He has told you, O mortal, what is good; <br>
and what does the LORD require of you <br>but to do justice, and to love kindness, <br>and to walk humbly with your God?<br>--Micah 6:8<br></font>