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BNL.761.039
19 Nov 1761:11,12,21 (2994)
An account of the marriage procession of his Majesty and his
Royal Consort to chapel.
Procession of the Princess.
Drums and Trumpets
Serjeant trumpeter
A page. . .
King's Procession.
Drums and Trumpets
Serjeant Trumpeter
Knight Marshal
Pursuivants
Heralds . . .
The King . . .
The Return of Her Majesty,
Drums and trumpets as before . . .
. . . Order of the Procession at the Coronation.
1. The King's herb-woman with her six maids, two and two,
strewing sweet herbs, &c.
2. The Dean's beadle and high constable of Westminster
3. A fife in a livery coat of scarlet richly laced.
4. Four drums cloathed as the fife
5. The drum-major
6. Eight trumpeters, four a-breast, in rich liveries of
crimson velvet
7. Kettle drums, with banners of crimson damask
8. Eight trumpeters as before, four a-breast
9. The serjeant-trumpeter . . .
24. Chief Justice of King's Bench and master of the rolls
25. Children of the choir at Westminster
27. Children of the Chapel Royal
28. Choir of Westminster, two and two
29. Organ blower and groom of the vestry.
30. Three of his Majesty's musicians
. . . [87 in the order in all.]
On Saturday night his Majesty, with the Queen, were at the
opera-house in the Haymarket: Her Royal Highness the
Princess Dowager of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family,
were also there. The numerous audience surpassed the most
extravagant idea of brilliancy and grandeur.
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