ISSUED TO MEMBERS FOR THE YEAR 1900,

AND
PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY

BY

HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE,

PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY.

THREE CORONATION ORDERS

EDITED BY

J. WICKHAM LEGG,

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Society of Antiquaries of

London.

London.

1900.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE

Preface ... ...

.. . ... ... ... ... vii

Comparative Table of some later English Coronation Orders ... xii-xiii

I. Introduction to the Coronation Order of King William and Queen

Mary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XV

II. Introduction to the Anglo-French Version of the English Corona-

tion Order

III. Introduction to the Consecration of the Anglo-Saxon King xxxviii

"...

...

... xxxi

CORONATION OF KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY... ... ... 3

ANGLO-FRENCH VERSION OF THE ENGLISH CORONATION ORDER... 39

CONSECRATION OF THE ANGLO-SAXON KING ... ... ... ... 53

APPENDICES.

:::

I. Coronation Oath of James II. ... ... ... ...

II. Extracts from William III.'s Council Register
III. Sancroft's commission to consecrate bishops

... ... ... 73

IV. Extract from Parliament Rolls of William and Mary

V. Lord Chamberlain's Warrants for the Coronation of William and

Mary ...

VI. Extract from Lord Chamberlain's Accounts, William and Mary 78

VII. Extracts from Declared Accounts from Queen Anne to George III. 88

VIII. Ceremonial of the Coronation of King William and Queen Mary 91

IX. Procession before the Coronation of King William and Queen

Mary ... ... ... ... ... ...

X. Coronation of the Queen Consort ... ...

XI. Anglo-French document on the Coronation

... 112

... J17

... 121

NOTES.

Notes on the Coronation Order of King William and Queen Mary ... 129

Notes on the Anglo-French Version of the English Coronation Order ... 160

Notes on the Consecration of the Anglo-Saxon King ... ... 1 ... 163