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the double-arched crown, with, crosses, fleurs-de- 

 lis, and small rays between, with pearls on the 

 points. 



King Charles Il.'a coronation medal has the 

 triple-arched crown, with crosses, fleurs-de-lis, and 

 small pearls upon low points between, but upon 

 others only crosses and fleurs-de-lis, and the same 

 upon his money ; the like double-arched crown, 

 with crosses and fleurs-de-lis, appear upon both 

 his great seals, as tlie same has been since con- 

 tinued without any variation. 



Bbsidbs the royal or imperial crown, there was 

 an ancient crown called St. Edward's crown, that 

 is, the crown of King Edward the Confessor, with 

 which our kings were crowned ; but whether it 

 was really the Confessor's crown, aiid constantly 

 used from that time at their coronations, has been 

 questioned. 



The coronation of King Richard I. is related by 

 Hoveden and Diceto, and mention made of the 

 royal cap, the gold spurs, the royal sceptre, the 

 golden rod with a dove at tlie top, and the crown, 

 which it is said was taken from beside the altar, 

 but not called St. Edward's or King Edward's 

 crown ; though, the regalia being, the same as was 

 afterwards called St. Edward's, and attended with 

 the same ceremonies, and in the custody of the 

 church of Westminster, they were probably the 

 same. 



King Henry III. was crowned at Gloucester by 

 reason of the war then subsisting with the barons,, 

 and his father King John's crown having been lost 

 in crossing the Well stream from Lynn into Lin- 

 colnshire, they were forced to use a plain circle or 

 chaplet of gold, because they had neither the time 

 nor means to make a better ; the reason therefore 

 why he was not crowned with King Edward's- 

 crown is obvious, because he was not crowned at 

 Westminster, where the royal regalia was de- 

 posited.* 



The first mention of St. Edward's crown is at 

 the coronation of King Edward IL ; that Gaveston 

 carrying the crown of St. Edward with which the 

 king was to be crowned, an honour that by ancient 

 custom belonged to the princes of the blood (Wal- 

 singham in Rymer^ vol. iii. p. 63.),. which implies 

 it was esteemed an ancient crown at that time. 



In the ceremonial of the coronation of King 

 Richard II. (Cerem. No. 1. in Off. Arm.), there is 

 no mention of St. Edward's crown ; but in that 

 of King Henry VI. it is said(W. Y. in Off. Arm.), 

 they set on his head St. Edward's crown, and. after 

 that another, which King Richard had made for 

 himself, which shows it was usual to crown our 

 kings with two crowns, — St. Edward's, and the 

 royal or imperial crown. 



King Richard III. and King Henry VIII. are 

 mentioned to have been crowned with St. Ed- 



* Matt. Paris, T. Wikes, Rapin. 



ward's crown * (Cerem. No. I.) ; Queen Anne 

 Biillen was crowned with St. Edward's crown 

 (W. Y. fo. 72.) ; King Edward VI. was crowned 

 with three crowns, viz. King Edward's crown, the 

 imperial crown of the realm of England, and the 

 third very rich, which was purposely made for 

 him. St. Edward's staff is likewise mentioned. 

 Queen Mary had likewise three crowns, St. Ed- 

 ward's, the imperial, and a third made for herself. 

 She had likewise St. Edward's staff, and the paten 

 of St. Edward's chalice, which is likewise men- 

 tioned under Henrys VI. and VIII., and Ed- 

 ward VI., and was a holy relic of great antiquity 

 (probably as old as the Confessor) and of great 

 value, for in the account of the coronation of 

 Queen Elinor, wife of King Henry III., a.d. 1236 

 (W. Y.), it is called a jewel of the king's trea- 

 sury of great antiquity ; and in that of King 

 Henry VL, where it is called St. Edward's chalice, 

 is added, which chalice by St. Edward's days was 

 prized at thirty thousand marks, a prodigious sum 

 in those days.f 



Bradshaw, Windsor Herald, in his account of 

 the coronation of King Charles I., amongst the 

 ancient ornaments and ensigns of honour, mentions 

 the robes and the sceptre of St. Edward, but 

 nothing of the crown ; but Kennet says he had the 

 crown of King Edward the Confessor put on his 

 head at his coronation, Leake. 



(^To he continued.y 



POPE PIUS v. AND THE BOOK OF COMMON PEATEH. 



It has frequently been stated, that Pius V. of- 

 fered to confirm the use of the English Liturgy, 

 provided Queen Elizabeth would recognise his 

 supremacy : yet no proof has ever been adduced 

 on the subject. Two writers are usually quoted 

 in support of this erroneous statement, namely, 

 Camden and Ware. The former mentions the 

 rumour of such a thing, but he does not express 

 his belief in its truth. Yet Camden is quoted as 

 an authority for the statement that such axi offieu 

 was made. Ware merely says, that such a rumour 

 was circulated by the seminary priests for the 

 purpose of producing dissensions. The passage 

 occurs in his Hunting of the Romish Fox, p. 149, 



* King Henry IV. was crowned with King Edward's 

 crown, A.D. 1399. — Segar's Honor, lib. iii. cap. 45. 



f We have no account of the coronation of Queen 

 Elizabeth, but on her proceeding to parliament in the 

 twentj'^-seventh year of her reign, she performed her devo- 

 tions at Westminster Abbey, and received the golden 

 sceptre of St Edward, or, as expressed in another place, 

 dedicated to St. Edward with great solemnity, and re- 

 turned it again to the dean at the church door goinff 

 out. (Milles' Cat. Honour, pp. 66, 67.) King James T. 

 was invested with the robes, and crowned with the crown, 

 of King Edward the Confessor put on his head at his 

 coronation. 



