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Ceremonial of the approaching Coronation.

Edward's Chair, and the Archbishop coming from the altar with the Crown between his hands, assisted by other Bishops and by the Dean of Westminster, puts it upon the King's head upon which the trumpets sound, the drums beat, and the people cry "God save the King!" A signal is also given from the battlements, at which the 21 great guns in St. James's Park are fired, and also the ordnance of the Tower. After which, the Archbishop says an invocation and prayer.

The Dukes of Normandy and Aqui tain now put on their caps of estate, and the Peers and Kings at Arms their coronets.

While an anthem is singing, the King delivers the Orb to the Dean of Westminster, and goes from his chair to the altar, where his sword is ungirt, and offered by his Majesty in the scabbard; but is immediately redeemed (by the King's command ment) for an hundred shillings, and the nobleman who redeems it draws it out, and bears it naked before the King the rest of the solemnity..

The King having returned again to his chair, the Master of the Jewel House delivers the Ring to the Archbishop, by whom it is consecrated. Then the King, drawing off his linen glove, the Archbishop puts it on the fourth finger of his right hand.

The Lord of the Manor of Worksop (the Duke of Norfolk) then presents his Majesty with a rich glove, which the King puts on his right hand; and the Archbishop taking the Sceptre, delivers it into the King's right hand. The Archbishop next

delivers the Rod, or Sceptre with the Dove, into the King's left hand.

The Benediction. The King then kneels, holding both the sceptres in his hands, and the Archbishop blesses him. After which, the King arises, and goes to King Edward's chair, where be kisses the Archbishops and Bishops. The Choirs sing, "We praise

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other Bishops doing the same, takes the Oath of Fealty. He then arises and kisses the King's left cheek: after him the rest of the Bishops present do the like. Then the first Duke, for himself and the other Dukes, kneels down and does homage; the first Marquis for himself and the rest; the premier Earl for the other Earls; the first Viscount for the Viscounts; and the first Baron for the Barons.

During the Homage, the Treasurer of his Majesty's Household, attended by Garter and the Usher of the Black Rod, throws among the people, from the South, West, and North sides of the theatre, medals of gold and silver. In the mean time an anthem is per formed.

The ceremonies at the Communion Service then commence, when the King presents another wedge called the Mark of Gold, weighing eight ounces. The Communion Service then proceeds-the Archbishop first receives himself, and next the Dean of Westminster and the Bishops of Durham and Bath; after which the King communicates.

A Procession to St. Edward's Shrine then commences; when the King, at tended by the Lords carrying the four Swords, &c. proceed to the Confessor's Shrine, where the Regalia are delivered by the King to the Archbishop, King is then disarrayed of his sacred who offers them upon the altar.-The vestments; which are delivered to the Dean, who lays them upon the altar.-The King is afterwards ar rayed in Royal robes of purple vel let furred with ermine; and the Arch. bishop puts on the King's head a Crown of State, which he wears the rest of the day; also in his right hand the Sceptre with the cross, and the Orb in his left.

In the mean while the Procession is arranged to return to Westminster Hall. All being ready, the King, with the four Swords borne before him, proceeds from St. Edward's Chapel, through the theatre and choir, to his canopy; when the whole of this splendid assembly returns to Westminster Hall*.

(Continued in p. 557 et seq.) *For the above particulars we are chiefly indebted to Sandford's authent History of the Coronation of James the Second," and to Mr. Arthur Tay's "Glory of Regality," a valuable work deservedly commended in vol. XC.

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St. Donat's Cathedral Church, Glamorganshire.

Mr. URBAN,

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May 28. HE Castle of St. Donat, in Glamorganshire (see Plate I.) is one of the twelve allotted to the followers of Fitzbamon, who conquered a great part of South Wales in the reign of William Rufus. The building of it commenced about the year 1102. It is situated on the sea-coast. The present remains are very considerable, and in better preservation than any other of the antient castles of this county. The park stood on the West, and the garden lay on the South, between the castle wall and the sea, towards which it descended in terraces. The castle and manor of St. Donat were given by Fitzhamon to Sir William le Esterling (which name was afterwards corrupted to Stradling), who probably built this magnificent structure. The property remained in this family till 1738, when, owing to the failure of male issue, it fell to the Mansels of Margam, into which family the last of the Stradlings had married.

Within the park, on the West of the Castle, stands a picturesque quadrangular tower. It is placed on an elevated site, commanding a view of great extent, particularly of the Brisfol channel. This building is reported, by the tradition of the neigbourhood, to have been designed for a watch-tower, for observing distressed vessels in stormy weather, in order to secure the cargoes for the lord, in the event of their being driven on shore.

The coast near this place consists of bold precipices of calcareous rocks, presenting some deepexcavations, and abounding in various productions. Mr. Donovan found here the fossil fragments of the vertebræ, pieces of the ribs, maxilla bones, and teeth of a large animal of the lizard genus, which he states could, when living, have been scarcely less than 12 or 15 feet in length*,

The Church of St. Donat bears great marks of antiquity, but the date of the building is not ascertained. In the windows are the Arms of Stradling and others in painted glass.

A small Chapel annexed to it serves as the burial-place of the Stradlings, and appears to have been converted

* Descriptive Excursions through South Wales, vol. I. p. 365.

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to that purpose by Sir Edward Stradling, knt. (the fifth of that name), who died in 1609. His monument and picture will be hereafter noticed, Three curious old paintings on pannel remain in good preservation. They each represent a man in armour, and a lady kneeling, with a desk between them, accompanied by their children. The inscriptions on the paintings are as follow:

1. "Here lyeth Thomas Stradlinge, esq. sonne to Harry Stradlinge, kt, and Elizth his wyfe (the daughter of Wm Thomas of Raglan in the countie of Monmouth, kt, who dyed at Cardyffe in the Monastery of Preachinge Fryers, on the 8 day of Sept. in the yere of our Lord 1480, Whose bones (after the disolution of the sayd Mcmastery) Thomas Stradlinge, knight, his nephewe, caused to be taken up and caried to Saint Donatts and buried in the Chauncell of the Church there, by his sonne, the 4 day of June, in the yere of our Lord 1537; and afterwards Edward Stradlinge, knight, his nephew's sonne, the 5th of that name, translated the said bones out of the chauucell into the Chappell ther, in the yere of our Lord 1573; after whose death his wyfe maried with Sir Rees ap Thomas, Knight of the Garter, and dyed at Picton in the countie of Pembroke, the 5 day of February, in the yere of our Lord 1533, and was buryed at Carmarthen, in the Church of the Monastery of Preachinge Friers with the said Sir Rees ap Thomas her husband. (He died before he was 26 yrs of age)."

In the centre of this painting is the following:

"The undernamed Harry Stradlinge, kt, went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and received the order of the Sepulchre there, as his father Edward Stradlinge, kt, the 5th of that name, and grandfather Will Stradlinge, kt, the second of that name, did,-and died in the Isle of Cypress in his coming home, the last of August, in the 16 yere of K. Edwd 4th, and is buried there in the city of Famagusta. This said Harry Stradlinge, from his house in Somersetshire to his house in Wales, was taken prisoner by a Brytaine Pirate named Colin Dolphin, whose redemption and charges stood him in 2200 markes, for the payment whereof be was driven to sell the castle and manor of Bassalleg and Sutton in Monmouthshire, and two manors in Oxfordshire."

He was buried March 30, 1573, by register, which is the earliest date recorded

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2. "Here lyeth Edward Stradlinge, kt, the 4th of that name (sonne to Thomas Stradlinge, Esquier, and Jeuet his wyfe, the daughter of Thomas Mathewe of Ra der, in the county of Glamorgan, esquier), who died in the Castell of St. Donatt, the 8 day of May, in the yere of our Lord 1535, and was buried in the chauncel of the Church ther, whose bones were after

translated by his nephewe Edward Stradlinge, kt, the 5th of that name, into the Chappell ther, in the yere of our Lord 1573; also here lyeth Elizabeth his wife, daughter to Thomas Arundell of Lauh cyron in the county of Cornwall, kt, who died in childbead at Merthermawre, the 20 day of Febry, in the yere of our Lord 1513, and was buryed ther, whos bones Thomas Stradlinge, knight, her sonne, caused to be taken up and caryed to St. Donats, and buryed in the chauncell of the Church ther with her husband, the 8 day of Maye, in the yere of our Lord 1536; and were afterwards, by Edward Stradlinge, knight, the 5th of that name, her nephewe, translated out of the chauncell into the Chappell ther in the yere of our Lord 1573."

3. (The centre Painting). "Thes Pictures do represent Sir Edward Stradlinge, kt, the 5th of that name (and sonne to Sir Thomas Stradlinge, knight, and Katerin his wife, daughter to Sir Thomas Gamage of Corty, kt), and the Lady Agues Stradlinge his wife, daughter to Sir Edward Gage of Sussex, kt, and Elizth his wife, daughter to John Parker of Willington, in the county of Sussex, esquier, which said Sir Edward, nowe, in his life-time, has set forth thes Monuments of thes his auncestors, deceased; and, by God's grace, meaneth both he and his wife, after their decease, to keepe them bodilly company in this sealfe-same place.-Anuo Domini, 1590."

The following Inscriptions remain to the memory of this family:

Against the North wall is a fine old monument composed of alabaster and coloured marbles, with a man in arm our, and a lady kneeling at an altar, with much gilding and ornament, agreeably to the custom of the time. On it are the Arms of Stradling and Gage, with this inscription:

"Edward' Stradling', 5 Maioru : Fil: et Hieres 17' Equestris Ordinis 16'. Hic in D'no obdormiscit, qui Juvenis Gallia, Germania et Italia Peragratis, Redux Patria principi suis semper charus fidelis amantissim' vixit; octogenarius obiit 15 Maii, 1609. Agnetam D'ni Edw. Gage, mil. fil. habuit in uxore' qua' mæstissima' viduam sobole orbam relinquens, Jo. Stradlingum mil. Francisci natum e multis juniorem fil. adopt. Elisabethæ Gage, uxoris nep'ti,

multa sobole mascula fœcundæ junctum integra hæreditate donavit. D'au agneta con viro et Jo: Strad: mil. fil. adopt: Patri. Pietatis officii et amoris ergo ac posteritati sepeliendæ hoc sacrum po 15 Maii, 1610."

On the South side of the Chapel is a white marble monument to four children of Sir Edward Stradling, bart.:

"H. S. E.

"Gullielmus Stradling, Hungerfordus, Rachel, et Edmundus; D'ni Edwardi Stradling de Castro Sancti Donat, in agro Glamorganensi, Equitis et Baronetti, et D'næ Elisabethæ conjugis piissimæ, ex antiqua et nobili Hungerfordorum de Castro Farley Hungerford in agro Somerset. familia oriundæ, liberi nobilissimorum parentum, generosa proles illis vita brevis sed innocens contigit, etenim dum eximium oris pulchritudinem polcherrimis moribus exornareut. Et non vulgarem præberent expectationem, morte immatura prærepti, maguum sui desiderium reliquerent, brevem hanc tabellam liberis suis charissimis parentes posuere.

Anno Dom' M.D.CLXXXIII."

In the centre of the Chapel, is a beautiful marble tomb :

(South side):

"To the sacred memory of Edward Stradling of St. Donat's Castle in Glamorganshire, esq. the eldest son of St Edward Stradling, bart. by Elizabeth, daughter of St Edward Mansel of Margam in the same county, bart. He was born the 30th of March, 1699, and departed this life in the fear of God the 3d day of Oct. 1726, aged 27, to the unspeakable griefe of his parents and all that knew him, being a most accomplished gentleman in all respects."

Arms: Stradling: Barry of 6 Arg. and Az. surmounted of a bend Gul. charged with 3 roses Argent, barbed and seeded proper. Crest: a stag at gaze, Arg. Motto: "Duwn Digon" (God and enough).

On the North side:

"Here lies & Thomas Stradling, the ga Bart. of England, and the last of the name. He was the second son of Sr Edw. Strad. ling, bart. by Elizabeth, daughter of St Edward Mansel of Margam, bart, and younger brother to Edw. Stradling, esq. deposited within this tomb. He died at Monpellier, the 27th of September, 1738, N. S. and was buried here the 19th of March following. By his death the title and family, after its continuance here near 700 years, became extinct. Ætatis suæ 28."

Arms: Party per pale Stradling and Mansel. Stradling, as above. Man

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