Earls in their robes of eftate, except fuch as carried any of the regalia; their coronets in their hands. The lord steward of the houshold; being an earl. York, in his coat and collar. Windfor, in his coat and collar. [Heralds] Chefter, in his coat and collar. Ducheffes, in their robes of eftate; their coronets in their hands. Ulfter, with his coat, collar, and badge; his coronet in his hand. Provincial king of arms: Clarencieux, with his coat, collar and badge; his coronet in his hand. Norroy, with his coat, collar and badge; his coronet in his hand. Lord privy feal in his robes of eftate; his Lord prefident in his robes of eftate; his corocoronet in his hand, earl Temple. net in his hand, earl of Granville. Lord chancellor, in his robes of eftate, and coronet in his hand, bearing the purse, lord Henley. Lord archbishop of Canterbury, in his rochet; with his cap in his hand, Dr. Thomas Secker. Two gentlemen of the privy chamber, in crimfon velvet mantles, lined with white farcenet, and faced with minivor powdered with ermin, their hats in their hands, Aquitane, Sir William Breton, reprefenting the dukes of Normandy, Sir Tho. Robinson, Bart. The Queen's vice chamberlain, lord viscount Cantalupe. Lord mayor or London, in his gown, collar, and jewel, bearing the city mace, Sir Matt. Blackifton. Lyon king of arms of Scotland, carrying bell Hooke, Efq; hand, Ste. Mart. Gentleman Uher of the black rod, with his rod, Sir Septimus Robin fon. The lord great chamberlain of England, in his robes of eftate, and coronet and white ftaff in his hands, duke of Ancaster. His royal highness the duke of Cumberland, in his robes of eftate, and coronet in his hand; his train borne by His royal highness the duke of York, in his robes of eftate, and coronet in his hand; Earl marshal, in his robes, with his coronet and earl marthall's ftaff, earl of Effingham. "" his train borne by colonel Brudenell. The fword of Lord high conftable of ftate", borne Huntingdon, England in his robes, with his coronet and ftaff, duke of Bed ford. Edward's crown, The orb, borne A gentleman borne by the lord high fteward in his The bible, car. of by the duke of E carrying the The chalice, by the, Bp. of Durham. In his royal robes (on his Viscount Mandeville, Lord Howard, Lord Beauchamp, Marquis of Hartington, Lord Newnham. ́ Coronet the lord high Gent, Penfioners. Serjeants; fteward. And, at the end of it, the mafter of the robes, Hen. James Brudenell. Exempts. The yeomen of the guard. The clerk of the checque to the yeomen of the guard. N. B. All the Peers in the Procession, were in their robes of Estate; and Leing Knights of the Garter, Thistle, or Bath, wore the Collars of their respective Orders. The King's word of ftate having, by fome mistake, been left behind at St. James's, the lord mayor's fword was carried before the king by the earl of Huntingdon, in its ftead; but when the proceflion came into the abbey, the word of ftate was found placed upon the altar. About 1 Pet. ii. verfes 13, 14, 15, 16; 17. About half an hour after one, their majefties entered the abbey, And the bishop of Litchfield read the gofpel, St. Matthew xxii. verfes 15 to 22 inclufive. and were received by the choir, finging the first anthem, taken out of the cxxiid. Pfalm, I was glad, &c. in the mean time their majefties went to their feats on the east fide of the throneThe archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. SECKER) made the recognition in thefe words, Sirs, I here present unto you King GEORGE the Third, the undoubted King of this realm. Wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage, are you willing to do the same? Whereupon the nobility and people fignified their willingness and joy by loud and repeated acclamations, all with one voice crying out, God save King GEORGE the Third. The fecond anthem was then fung, Pfalm xxi. verfes 1, 2, 5, 6, The king shall rejoice, &c. The firft oblation was then made by the king, being a pall, or altar cloth of gold, and an ingot, or wedge of gold, of one pound weight: the queen alfo offered a pall of gold. After which their majefties took their feats on the fouth fide of the altar. The regalia were feverally prefented to the archbishop at the altar, and the great officers retired to their feats. The litany was fung by Dr. Keene, bishop of Chefter, and Dr. Ashburnham, bishop of Chichester, the choir finging the refponfes to the organ. The archbishop began the communion fervice, and after the commandments, read the prayer for the king, as the collect for that day's folemnity, Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting, &c. The bi hop of Rochefter read the epiftle, VOL. IV. The archbishop began the Nicene creed, which the choir fung. Dr. Drummond, bishop of Salifbury (nominated to the fee of York) then began his fermon and preached from 1 Kings x. ver. 9. Blessed be the LORD thy God which delighteth in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king to do judgment and justice. The fermon was printed. At the beginning of the fermon his majefty put on his cap of crimson velvet, turned up with ermine: Sermon being ended, the archbishop went to the king and read the declaration against tranfubstantiation, and the authority of the church of Rome, which his majefty repeated, and afterwards figned the fame. His majefty then took the coronation oath. The third anthem, or Veni Creator, or Come Holy Ghost, was then fung, after which the archbishop read the anointing prayer; which being ended, the choir fung the well known coronation anthem, Zadoc the priest, compofed by Mr. Handel. After which his majefty removed to St. Edward's chair; and the unction was performed by the archbishop, four knights of the garter holding a pall over his majefty during the anointing, viz. the duke of Devonshire, earl of Northumberland, earl of Hertford, and earl Waldegrave, and then the, archbishop ftanding up, said a bleffing over his majefty. [Q] The The fifth anthem fung, Pfalm Ixxiv. ver. 9. and Pfalm xviii. ver. 51. Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed. Great prosperity givest thou unto thy king, and wilt shew loving kindness to thine anointed for evermore. Hallelujah. The fpurs were then prefented, and his majefty girt with the fword, which was afterwards offered and redeemed. Flis majefty was invefted with the armill, the purple robe and orb, and afterwards the ring was put on the fourth finger of his majefty's right hand by the archbishop, and the orb was returned to the altar. The marquis of Rockingham, deputy to the duke of Norfolk, as lord of the manor of Workfop, prefented a right hand glove to his majefty, who, putting it on, rereived from the archbishop the fcepter with the crofs, and afterwards the fcepter, with the dove, into his left hand; and the marquis afterwards fupported his majefty's right hand, as occafion required. The king fitting in king Edward's chair, the archbishop then fet 'the crown on the king's head, about half an hour after 3 o'clock, at the fight whereof the people, with loud and repeated fhouts, cricd, God save the King, the trumpets founded, and by a fignal given, the gums in the park were fired in an inftant: the peers put on their coronets; the dukes of Normandy and Aquitaine their hats; the bifhops, knights of the Bath, and judges their caps; and the kings of ams their crowns. The fixth anthem fung, Pfalm cxlvii. ver. 12.Ifaiah xxxi. ver. 1.Pfalm xlviii. v. 7.Pfalm xxi. ver 23.-Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem, &c.——Then the archbishop prefented the bible, and pronounced the benediction; and his majefty kiffed the bishops, kneeling before him. Whilft Te Deum was finging, his majefty was enthroned; whereupon the bifhops performed their homage, and then the temporal lords; firft, his royal highness the duke of York, and his royal highnefs the duke of Cumberland, each for himself. Then the duke of Devonshire, lord chamberlain, pronounced the words of the homage for all the dukes; the marquis of Rockingham, for the marquifes; earl Talbot, lord high steward, for the earls; viscount Say and Sele, for the vifcounts; and lord Henley, lord high chancellor, for the barons; every peer likewife taking off his coronet, touching the king's crown, and kiffed his left cheek. During the homage, his majefty delivered the fcepter, with the crois, to the marquis of Rockingham, (officiating as lord of the manor of Workfop) to hold. In the mean time, medals of his majefty and the queen were thrown about by the treasurer of the houfhold. The coronation of his majesty being finished, the queen removed from her feat on the fouth fide the area, to a chair placed before the altar, and was anointed (four ladies holding a pall over her majefty) and afterwards invefted with the ring, and crowned by the archbishop upon which the peerefes put pät on their coronets. The arch bishop then delivered the fcepter into her right hand, and the ivory rod into her left hand. were fcat Whilft the medals tered, and the homage performed, the eighth anthem was fung, as e conclufion of the king's coronation, The Lord is arisen, &c. Pfalm lxxxiv. ver. 11.- -Pfalm xx. ver. 6.- -Pfalm xxi. ver. 7, 8. -Pfalm lxxxv. ver.6.-Pfalm lxxii. ver. 18, 19. and at the end of this anthem, the drums beat, the trumpets founded, and the people fhouted, God save king George the Third. Long live king George. May the king live for ever. Then the choir fung the ninth anthem, from Pfalm xiv. ver. 1. 10, 14, 15, 16.Pfalm xiv. ver. 11, 17-Pfalm cxlvii. ver. 12.-Ifaiah xlix. ver. 23. My heart is inditing, &c. Then the archbishop began the offertory, Let your light so shine, &c. after which the choir fung,-Let my prayer come up into thy presence as incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be as an evening sacrifice. Whilft this was finging, the king made his offerings of bread and wine and a mark of gold; the queen alfo made her offerings. The archbishop then proceeded in the adminiftration of the holy facrament.. The coronation office being performed, the king and queen retired into king Edward's chapel, and ftanding before the altar, took off their crowns, and delivered them with their fceptres to the archbifhop, who laid them before the altar there. The king withdrew himfelf into his traverfe prepared for him upon the western wall of that chapel, the queca in the mean while repofing herfelf in her chair. The king was difrobed in his traverfe of his royal robe of fate, and again arrayed with his robe of purple velvet. When the king came forth, the queen arofe, and they both flood before the altar, and the archbishop fet the crowns of ftate provided for the king and queen to wear during the reft of the folennity upon their heads, giving the feepter with the crofs into the king's right hand, and the orb with the crois into his left; as alfo the fcepter with the * On one fide of the king's filver medals is his buft, and these words, GEORGIVS III. D. G. M. BRIT. FR. ETHIB. REX. F. D. and on the reverse, PATRIAE O VANTI, To his country triumphing, with Britannia, holding a crown over his head, the king fitting, and the infer ption, CORON. XXII SEPT. MDCCLXI. There were four hundred filver medals alfo of the queen thrown into the feaffoldings, and among the populace. On on fide the is reprefented at half length; and in the exergue are thefe words, Charletta D. G. M. Br. Fr. et Fiber. Regina. On the other fide is the device, being her majefty at full length, and over her a teraph defcending with a crown, and going to place it on her head; In the exergue is Quæsitum Meritis, "By merit obtained;" and the infcription, Coron. XXII, Sept. 1761. |