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PG-P.743.048
30 Jun 1743:11,12 (759)
London, April 9.
Yesterday the corpse of her Grace the late Dutchess of
Buckingham, was carried from her Grace's late dwelling house
in St. James's Park, and interr'd with great funeral pomp in
Henry the Seventh's Chappel in Westminster-Abby. The
procession began about two o'clock, and the corpse was
interr'd between five and six; the procession was as
follows, viz. Constables and Beadles of Westminster two and
two. The High-Constables of Westminster on Horseback in a
mourning cloak. Four trumpets. Fifty horsemen, two and
two. More trumpets. Heralds at arms. . . [effigy in wax in
coach, 39 additional coaches each drawn by six horses].
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