On Saturday 30th September 1553, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, Mary I left the Tower of 伦敦 to the sound of 枪 firing and church bells ringing. This was her coronation procession and the 下一个 日 she would be crowned 皇后乐队 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, 表演 as Mary’s Chief Server; “two ancient knights with 老式 hats, powdered on their heads, disguised”, representing the dukes of Normandy and Guienne; Stephen Gardiner and William Paulet carrying the 密封 and mace; the Lord Mayor of 伦敦 carrying the 金牌 sceptre; the Sergeant at Arms and the Earl of Arundel carrying the Queen’s sword.
After this huge procession came the 皇后乐队 herself in an open litter pulled 由 six 马 in white trappings. She was “richly apparelled with mantle and kirtle, 长裙 of cloth of gold” with a 金牌 tinsel cloth and jewelled crown on her head. Anna Whitelock writes of how she was dressed as a 皇后乐队 consort, but then England had never had a 皇后乐队 regnant, had it?
Mary was escorted 由 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 由 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 由 the Genoese merchants
_ An image of Judith, the Israelite heroine, at Cornhill, created 由 the Florentines
_ The conduits running with wine at Cornhill and Cheap
_ The 唱歌 of verses in praise of the 皇后乐队 at Cornhill and Cheap
_ At St Paul’s, the 皇后乐队 was addressed 由 the recorder of 伦敦 and presented with a 钱包 containing a 1000 marks of 金牌 由 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, 表演 as Mary’s Chief Server; “two ancient knights with 老式 hats, powdered on their heads, disguised”, representing the dukes of Normandy and Guienne; Stephen Gardiner and William Paulet carrying the 密封 and mace; the Lord Mayor of 伦敦 carrying the 金牌 sceptre; the Sergeant at Arms and the Earl of Arundel carrying the Queen’s sword.
After this huge procession came the 皇后乐队 herself in an open litter pulled 由 six 马 in white trappings. She was “richly apparelled with mantle and kirtle, 长裙 of cloth of gold” with a 金牌 tinsel cloth and jewelled crown on her head. Anna Whitelock writes of how she was dressed as a 皇后乐队 consort, but then England had never had a 皇后乐队 regnant, had it?
Mary was escorted 由 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 由 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 由 the Genoese merchants
_ An image of Judith, the Israelite heroine, at Cornhill, created 由 the Florentines
_ The conduits running with wine at Cornhill and Cheap
_ The 唱歌 of verses in praise of the 皇后乐队 at Cornhill and Cheap
_ At St Paul’s, the 皇后乐队 was addressed 由 the recorder of 伦敦 and presented with a 钱包 containing a 1000 marks of 金牌 由 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.