Henry Machyn in St Paul's Church, London - 8 September, 1559, in the afternoon
from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:
The eighth day of September at afternoon began the obsequy of Henry, the French king, the hearse garnished with great escutcheons of arms embossed with great crowns and, all under their feet, with black and a great pall of cloth of gold and his helmet and mantles of cloth of gold and coat of arms, target, and sword and crest, and hanged all the choir with black and arms. And my lord treasurer, the chief mourner, and next, my lord chamberlain, my Lord of Burgundy, my Lord of Hunsdon, and my Lord Cobham, my Lord Dacres of … 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/1507550377926 accessed: 5 October, 2024
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Date/Time | 8 September, 1559, in the afternoon |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |