Citation - Connecticut Gazette-New London: 1768.02.12

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Index Entry Choir, in London, Westminster Abbey, at burial of Duke of York 
Location London 
Citation
CG-NL.768.007
12 Feb 1768:23 (222)
London, November 4.  Last night the body of his Royal
Highness Edward Duke of York and Albany, was privately
interred in the royal vault in King Henry VII, chapel, at
Westminster.
. . . [1 paragraph describes the procession]
Drums and trumpets sounding a solemn march, with banners
attached to them, adorned with naval trophies and drums
covered with black.
. . . [The line of procession]
The Serjeant Trumpeter.
Knight Marshal men.
. . . [Rest of the procession]
At the entrance of Westminster Abbey, within the church, the
dean and prebendaries, attended by the choir, received the
body, falling in to the procession next before Norry King in
Arms, and so proceeded singing, into King Henry VII, chapel;
. . . [9 more lines]


Generic Title Connecticut Gazette-New London 
Date 1768.02.12 
Publisher Green, Timothy 
City, State New London, CT 
Year 1768 
Bibliography B0013782
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