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PG-P.768.003
21 Jan 1768:23 (2039)
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. . . . [4 lines]
Drums, and trumpets, sounding a solemn march, with banners
attached to them, adorned with naval trophies, the drums
covered with black.
The Sergeant Trumpeter. . . [44 lines of procession]
At the entrance of Westminster Abbey, within the church, the
Dean and Prevandaries, 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 . . . [15 lines but some too dark to read.]
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