Citation - Maryland Gazette-Annapolis (Green): 1768.01.28

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Index Entry Choir, in London, Westminster Abbey, at burial of Duke of York 
Location London 
Citation
MG-A(G.768.006
28 Jan 1768:22 (1168)
London. . . Nov. 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 the Seventh's
Chapel at Westminster, the body having been conveyed to the
Prince's chamber the night before. 
  . . . [6 lines, procession]
Drums, and trumpets, sounding a solemn march, with banners
attached to them, adorned with naval trophies, the drums
covered with black.
The Sergeant Trumpeter.
. . . [48 lines of procession]
   At the entrance of Westminster Abbey, within the church,
the Dean and Prebendaries, attended by the choir, received
the body, falling into the procession next before Norroy
King of Arms, and so proceeded, singing, into King Henry the
Seventh's Chapel . . . 


Generic Title Maryland Gazette-Annapolis (Green) 
Date 1768.01.28 
Publisher Green, Anne Catharine and William 
City, State Annapolis, MD 
Year 1768 
Bibliography B0019653
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