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 >>

cite as

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

location of experience: St Paul's Church, London

Listeners

Henry Machyn
Provisioner
90's-1563

Listening to

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Dirge

Experience Information

Date/Time 8 September, 1559, in the afternoon
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:59:38 +0100
Approved on Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:01:58 +0000