Henry Machyn in From St Margaret in Lothbury to St Dunstan in West, London - 30 April, 1563
from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:
The thirtieth day of April was carried to burying from St. Margaret in Lothbury unto St. Dunstan in West Mr. Cholmeley, the recorder. […] And so they went through Cheapside and so to Newgate and so up Fleet Street to St. Dunstan's. First, two porters in black, and then the poor men and then certain mourners and one bearing his banner of arms and then two heralds of arms—and one his coat bearing. And then came the corpse with a pall of black velvet and with arms. And then came two mourners bearing two pennon … more >>
Henry Machyn, and Colette Moore, Marilyn Miller and Richard W. Bailey (ed.), A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1507543535765 accessed: 9 December, 2024
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Date/Time | 30 April, 1563 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |