edwardslovelyelizabeth:On this day in history, 11th of May 1509, Henry VII of England was laid to re

edwardslovelyelizabeth:On this day in history, 11th of May 1509, Henry VII of England was laid to rest beside his queen, Elizabeth of York, in Westminster. From a contemporary account: “After the body had been embalmed, &c., it was brought out of the privy chamber to the great chamber and rested there three days, on each day three masses and dirges being sung by a mitred prelate; then carried to the hall for three days with like services; then to the chapel for three days. On Wednesday, 9 May, the corse was brought in a chariot drawn by five great coursers (trappings and attendance briefly described) from Richmond to St. George’s in the Field (met there by clergy), London Bridge (met there by the mayor, &c.) and St. Paul’s, where it was placed in the choir under a goodly hearse, and there was mass and a sermon by the bp. of Rochester, “during which time the King’s household, with the mourners, reposed them in the bishop’s palace.” Next day the corse was removed to Westminster, Sir Edward Howard, on a courser trapped with the arms of the defunct, bearing the King’s banner. There it was set under “a curious hearse made of 9 principalles full of lights which were all lighted.” Next day, after three masses and the offerings, the choir sang Libera me, the body was put in the earth.his is the manner of bringing of King Henry’s corpse the 7th, from Richmonde, where he departed to God the 21th day of April the 24th year of his reign, unto St. Pawles Churche in London; and also of his conveyance from thence to the abbey of Westminster, where he, a prince most royal, was solemnly interred, which was the tenth day of May the first year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth”Pictured: Lady’s Chapel, final resting place of Henry VII, King of England, and his wife, Elizabeth of York, Queen of England. -- source link

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