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MG-A(G.761.042
10 Dec 1761:11,12 (866)
London, September 22. . . 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 H. 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-brest, in rich liveries of
crimson velvet.
7 Kettle drums, with banners of crimson damask.
8 Eight trumpeters as before, four a-brest.
9 The Sergeant-Trumpeter.
. . . [17 lines listing dignitaries and servants]
25 Children of the Choir at Westminster.
. . . [2 lines]
28 Choir of Westminster, two and two.
29 Organ Blower and Groom of the Vestry.
30 Three of his Majesty's musicians.
. . . [in all 87 divisions.]
. . . [1 column, various notes on surrounding panoply.]
In the course of the coronation office, the litany was
chanted by the Bishops of Chester and Chichester; and the
responses sung to the organ by the gentlemen of the Chapel
Royal and Choir of Westminster. . .
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