[1831.] Priory of Ewenny, co. Glamorgan. But when the pudding came, good Lord! The cloth was drawn--the wine was quaffed-- Since mammy boil'd the PUDDING in it!” Mr. URBAN, THE little Benedictine priory of Eweneth, Ewenny, or Wenny, in Glamorganshire, took its name from the river Wenny, near which it is situate. It lies about half a mile from the turnpike road from Cowbridge to Pyle, and from the curiosity of the church will well reward the visit of the antiquary who travels through Wales, with a view to observe the remains of ancient architecture. Leland ascribes its foundation to Sir John de Londres, and his authority is quoted by Tanner; and also by the editors of the new edition of Dugdale's Monasticon; who, unfortunately, seem not to have consulted Sir R. C. Hoare's "Giraldus Cambrensis," as Sir Richard in that work, has for a certainty fixed the foundation of the church on Morris de Londres, who was the fourth in descent from William de Londres, who received, in reward of service from Robert Fitz-hamon, the castle and manor of Ogmore. This point was ascertained by the discovery, by Sir R. C. Hoare, of an ancient tomb-stone, which lay neglected in the floor of the chancel. It was engraved in Sir R. C. Hoare's work, and is copied in Pl. II. This Maurice de Londres gave Ewenny in 1141, as a cell to Gloucester Abbey; and it was dedicated to St. Michael. The following description of this church, as it was in 1806, is abridged from Sir R. C. Hoare: : This Norman church is a cathedral in miniature; consisting of a nave, one aile, two transepts, and a choir. The columns which support the arches GENT. MAG. July, 1831. 17 in the nave are round and heavy; the ICI GIST MORICE DE LVNDRES LEFVNDUR In the southern transcript is an ancient altar-tomb, supporting a knight in armour, a shield on his left arm. This Sir Richard Hoare ascertained to be intended to commemorate a friend or follower of Moris de Londres. SIRE ROGER DE REMI. GIST ISCI. There are many monuments of the Carne family, who were possessors of this estate; one of which, more stately than the rest, bears a long inscription in verse. "Here lys Ewenny's hope, Ewenny's pride, The church was in 1806 "in a dilapidated condition; in many places uncovered and exposed to the rude elements, its windows unglazed, the curious stone groined roof of the choir cracked, its tomb-stones thrown about in confusion." May we hope that a pleasing change has since taken place? A great part of the elegant and curious pavement of this church still remains. The old mansion house adjoining the church has been repaired since Sir R. C. Hoare published his work in 1806, and is now the comfortable residence of the present proprietor, R. P. F. Turberville, esq. This estate, at the Dissolution, was granted as part of the possessions of Gloucester Abbey to Edward Carn, in whose family it continued for many years, and has since descended to the family of Turberville. Buck engraved a S.W. view of this Priory in 1741; Grose a N. view in 1775; Moore published a view in his Monastic Remains, taken in 1788; and Sir R. Hoare has engraved an internal view of it in his "Giraldus Cambrensis." Yours, &c. N. R. S. ROYAL PROCESSIONS THROUGH THE CITY OF LONDON. ON an occasion so interesting as the King's visit to the city, which takes place on the opening of the new London Bridge, on Monday the 1st of August, the following brief notices of the most remarkable London Pageants, connected with royal visits and processions, may prove acceptable.† The custom of the King's dining with his citizens at Guildhall was not commenced before the Restoration. The earlier processions and pageantries took place on occasion of coronations, or in celebration of victories, &c. A procession from the Tower to Westminster before a coronation seems to have originated in very early times. Thus we find when King HENRY III. had solemnized his marriage with Eleanor of Provence, in the city of Canterbury, they were, on their way to London, met by the Mayor, Aldermen, and principal citizens, to the number of three hundred and sixty, sumptuously apparelled in silken robes, richly embroidered, riding upon stately horses, and each man carrying a gold or silver cup in his hand, in token of the privilege claimed by the city, of being the chief butler of the kingdom at the king's coronation. At night the city was beautifully illuminated with an infinite number of lamps, cressets, &c. Some of the earliest pageantries recorded in the chronicles of London, are in 1304, on occasion of the great victory King EDWARD I. had obtained over the Scots. On St. Magnus' day, the 6th of September, the citizens (writes Stow) made great and solemn triumph in their city, every one according to his craft; especially the Fishmongers, who, with solemn procession, paraded through the streets, having, among other pageants and shows, four sturgeons gilt, carried on four horses; then four salmon of silver carried on four horses; and after, six and forty knights, armed, riding on horses made like "luces of the sea:" and then St. Magnus, the patron saint of the day, with a thousand horsemen. The following notices are arranged in chronological series : RICHARD II. 1392. In 1392, on the restoration of the City's privileges, which had been forfeited on account of riots, RICHARD II. came to receive its homage in person. He pursued his journey from Richmond to Southwark, where, at St. George's church, he was met by a procession of the Bishop of London, and all the religious of every degree and both sexes, and above five hundred boys in surplices. At London bridge a beautiful white steed, and a milk-white palfrey, both saddled, bridled, and caparisoned in cloth of gold, were presented to the King and Queen. The citizens received them, standing in their liveries on each side of the street, crying, "King Richard, King Richard!" In Cheap a conduit ran with wine, which was handed to the Royal visitants by a little boy apparelled in white like an angel. At the *The Committee appointed by the Corporation of London to make the necessary arrangements for the King's visit to the city, met on the 21st of July, and determined on the regulations to be adopted on the occasion of his Majesty opening the new London Bridge on the 1st of August. A royal tent is to be pitched on the site of Fishmongers'hall, commanding a view of the whole line of road. Three tables are to be laid for twenty, sixty-eight, and seventy persons respectively, for the royal party and their suites. Other tables will be laid for 1,560 persons. An awning over the long table will extend four hundred feet, and be weather-proof, and adorned with flags. The arrangements on the river are to be under the superintendance of the surveyor to the navy, Adm. Sir Byam Martin: and by order of the Lord Mayor, all boats, and other craft, not connected with the procession, are prohibited appearing between London and Westminster bridges. The royal family will take water at Whitehall; the royal barge, the barges of the Trinity-house, the government boards, the commander-in-chief, the Treasury and the Admiralty, will attend. Seats are to be fixed for public accommodation in barges and boats moored along the whole line of the procession. +Selected from an interesting pamphlet, just published, containing "Accounts of Fiftyfive Royal Processions and Entertainments in London; chiefly from contemporary authorities. Accompanied by a Bibliographical List of Lord Mayors' Pageants," [corrected from that which appeared in this Miscellany, in vols. XCIV. and xcv.] and embellished with a view of one of the Triumphal Arches erected in 1603-4. 1831.] Royal Processions through the City of London. Standard a very sumptuous stage was erected, on which were stationed various personages, and an angel that put on the King's head as he passed a rich crown of gold garnished with stones and pearl, and another on the head of the Queen. The King then rode to St. Paul's, and made his offering; after which the Mayor and his company accompanied him to Westminster.* HENRY IV. 1399. On the day of the Coronation of Henry IV. Oct. 13, 1399, the King left the Tower after dinner, on his return to Westminster. The Prince of Wales, six Dukes, six Earls, and eighteen Barons, accompanied him, and there were, of Knights and other nobility, from eight to nine hundred horse. There were seven fountains in Cheap, and other streets he passed through, which perpetually ran with white and red wines. The different Companies of London were led by their Wardens, clothed in their proper livery, and with banners of their trades. The whole cavalcade amounted to six thousand horse. The King was crowned the same day at Westminster.t HENRY V. 1415. On Henry the Fifth's return to England, after the glorious field of Agincourt, in 1415, the Mayor of London and the Aldermen, apparelled in orient grained scarlet, and four hundred commoners clad in beautiful murrey, well mounted and trimly horsed, with rich collars and great chains, met the King at Blackheath; and the clergy of London in solemn procession with rich crosses, sumptuous copes, and massy censers, received him at St. Thomas of Waterings. At the entrance of London Bridge, on the top of the tower, stood a gigantic figure, bearing in his right hand an axe, and in his left the keys of the city hanging to a staff, as if he had been the porter. By his side stood a female of scarcely less stature, intended for his wife. Around them were a band of trumpets and other wind instruments. The towers were adorned with banners of the Royal arms, and in the front of them was inscribed CIVITAS REGIS JUSTICIA (the City of the King of Righteousness). * Knighton and Fabian. 19 At the drawbridge on each side was erected a lofty column, like a little tower, built of wood, and covered with linen; one painted like white marble, and other like green jasper. They were surmounted by figures of the King's beasts; an antelope, having a shield of the royal arms suspended from his neck, and a sceptre in his right foot; and a lion, bearing in his right claw the royal standard unfurled. At the foot of the Bridge next the city was raised a tower, formed and painted like the columns before-mentioned; and, in the middle of whom, under a splendid pavilion, stood a most beautiful image of St. George, armed, excepting his head, which was adorned with a laurel crown, studded with gems and precious stones. Behind him was a crimson tapestry, with his arms (a red cross) glittering on a multitude of shields. On his right hung his triumphal helmet, and on his left a shield of his arms of suitable size. In his right hand he held the hilt of the sword with which he was girt, and in his left a scroll, which, extending along the turret, contained these words, SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA. In a contiguous house were innumerable boys representing the angelic host, arrayed in white, with glittering wings, and their hair set with sprigs of laurel; who, on the King's approach, sang, accompanied by organs, an anthem, sup"Our posed to be that beginning whose burthen is "Deo gratias, Anglia, King went forth to Normandy;" and reddi pro victoria,"-printed in Percy's Reliques. The tower of the Conduit on Cornhill was decked with a tent of crimson cloth, and ornamented with the King's arms, and those of Saints George, Edward, and Edmund. The tower of the Conduit at the west end lions, in each of which was a virgin, of Cheap was surrounded with paviwho from cups in their hands blew forth golden leaves on the King. The tower was covered with a canopy made to resemble the sky and clouds, the four posts of which were supported by angels, and the summit liant gold. Beneath the canopy, on a crowned with an archangel of brilthrone, was a majestic image representing the sun, which glittered above all things, and round it were angels singing, and playing all kinds of musical instruments. After the King 20 Royal Processions through the City of London. had paid his devotion at St. Paul's, he departed to his palace at Westminster. The Conqueror of France made another triumphant entry, with his fair trophy Queen Katherine, in the year 1421.* HENRY VI. On returning from his Coronation in France King Henry the Sixth was met at Blackheath by the Mayor and citizens of London, on the 21st of February 1431-2; the latter being dressed in white, with the cognizances of their mysteries or crafts embroidered on their sleeves; and the Mayor and his brethren in scarlet. When the King was come to London Bridge, there was devised a mighty giant, standing with a sword drawn, and having a poetical speech inscribed by his side. When the King had passed the first gate, and was arrived at the drawbridge, he found a goodly tower, hung with silk and cloth of arras, out of which suddenly appeared three ladies, clad in gold and silk, with coronets upon their head; of which the first was dame Nature, the second dame Grace, and the third dame Fortune. They each addressed the King in verse. On each side of them were ranged seven virgins; the first seven presented the King with the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost; the others, with the seven gifts of Grace. At the conduit near the gate of St. Paul's, was a celestial throne, wherein was placed a personification of the Trinity, with a multitude of angels playing and singing upon all instruments of music, and upon the throne were set some verses presumed to be addressed to the King by God the Father.+ QUEEN ELIZABETH OF YORK, On the Friday before St. Katherine's day, Elizabeth, accompanied by the Countess of Richmond and many lords and ladies, came from Greenwich by water. The Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, with several worshipful commoners, chosen out of every craft, in their liveries, were waiting on the river to receive her. Their barges were freshly furnished with banners and streamers of silk, richly beaten with the arms and badges of their crafts and especially one, called the * Walsingham. + Fabian's Chronicle. [July, Bachelors' barge, was garnished and apparelled beyond all others. In it was a dragon spouting flames of fire into the Thames, and many other gentlemanly pageants, well and curiously devised to give her Highness sport and pleasure. And so, accompanied with trumpets, clarions, and other minstrels, she came and landed at the Tower, and was there welcomed by the King. On the following day she went through London to Westminster, apparelled in white cloth of gold of damask. The streets through which her Grace passed were cleansed, and dressed with cloths of tapestry and arras, and some streets, as Cheap, hanged with rich cloth of gold, velvet, and silk; and along the streets, from the Tower to St. Paul's, stood in order all the crafts of London in their liveries, and in various places were ordained singing children, some arrayed like angels, and others like virgins, to sing as her Grace passed by. Next before the litter rode the Duke of Bedford, the King's uncle, as High Steward of England, and many other noblemen, among whom went the Mayor of London with Garter King of Arms.* HENRY VIII. AND QUEEN KATHERINE, 1509. On the 24th of June, the day before his Coronation, King Henry VIII. with his newly married bride, Queen Katherine, passed in triumph from the Tower to Westminster. The streets were very richly hung with tapestry and cloth of arras, and a great part of the south of Cheap, as well as some part of Cornhill, with cloth of gold. Before the King, rode two gentlemen richly apparelled, and having hats powdered with ermine, who, about their bodies over-thwart, bare two robes, the one for the Duchy of Guienne, and the other for that of Normandy. The Queen sat in a litter borne by two white palfreys, trapped in white cloth of gold. QUEEN ANNE BOLEYN, 1533. In preparation for the Coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn, on Whitsunday 1533, the King sent letters to the Mayor and Commonalty, signifying his wishes that they should fetch her from Greenwich to the Tower, and see the City ordered and garnished with pageants in the accustomed places, to * Ives's Select Papers, 1773, 4to. + Hall's Chronicle. |