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NEWJ.736.008
27 Apr 1736:11,12 (473)
London, January 31. The procession of the Duke of
Buckingham's funeral ceremony.
The corps after having magnificently lain in state the 26,
27, 28 and 29th, at his house in St. James's Park, was
carried up Constitution Hill, tho' part of Piccadilly down
St. James's Street, & thru' Pall Mall, &c. to Westminster
Abbey, as follows,
1. A servant to the office of arms. 2. Six conductors two
and two. 3. One pair of kettle-drums. 4. Three trumpets
a breast. 5. Rouge dragon and rouge croix, pursuivants at
arms, properly habited. . . 7. Sixteen horsemen in
cloaks, two and two. 8. Three trumpets as before. . .
13. Four great officers of the deceas'd's household. 14.
One pair of kittle-drums. 15. Three trumpets. 16.
Arundel herald. . . 33. The procession clos'd by the
coaches of the nobility, according to their rank and
dignity. In the Abbey they were receiv'd by the Dean and
chapter in their copes, the whole choir in their surplices
singing before the corps, to a vault in King Henry the
Seventh's Chapel, with the ensigns of honour born by the
proper officers. The funeral service being read by the Lord
Bishop of Rochester, King at Arms, proclaim'd the stile and
title of the deceas'd over the vault; after which, the
chamberlain, treasurer, and the comptroller of the deceas'd,
broke their staves and threw them into the vault.
His Grace died at Rome, aged about 21. The title of Duke is
extinct, but that of Baron Sheffield descends to a cousin,
and 4000 l. a year to Capt. Herbert a natural son of the
late Duke; 4000 l. a year of allom works reverts to the
crown.
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