Henry Machyn in Whitehall - 8 June, 1556
from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:
The eighth day of June was a goodly procession at Whitehall by the Spaniards. The hall hanged with rich cloth, and at the screen in the hall was an altar made and hanged richly with a canopy and with great basins cleanly gilt and candlesticks. And in the court at four corners was made four goodly altars hanged with cloth of gold and every altar with canopies embroidered. And there was in the court made a procession way with a hundred young oaks in the ground and of every side set hard to the wall with green boughs. And … 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/1507211013456 accessed: 9 November, 2024
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Date/Time | 8 June, 1556 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, outdoors, in public |