of his chapel at the Abbey) made by 'Hanche Doucheman.' Over the king's head was a canopy of cloth of gold, the gilded staves of which were carried by relays of knights, changed at frequent intervals that many might partake of the honourable but arduous duty, and in attendance on him were the 'henxmen,' dressed in crimson satin (costing 16_s._ the yard) and white cloth of gold embroidered with the royal arms from designs by Christian Poynter, who also executed twelve 'cotes of armes for herauldes, beten and wrought in oyle colours with fyne gold,' and twelve similar trumpet banners. The henchmen led the spare charger which for some reason always formed part of the royal procession. It was, possibly, for this state charger that the 'trappours of St. George' were made, of white cloth of gold, but the 'trappour of blue velvet with 102 red roses worked with Venice gold and dragons of red velvet,' and the other 'trappour' with the arms of Cadwallader, clearly belonged to the queen's portion of the procession. She was clad in white damask cloth of gold, reclining on cushions of the same material in a litter drawn by two horses with white harness and trappings, under a canopy of white damask with silver staves. Five henchmen in crimson and blue led her palfrey of estate; then came three 'cheires,' or carriages, each containing four ladies and draped in crimson, and then seven ladies in blue velvet 'purfelled' with crimson satin, riding on palfreys all of one colour with harness of crimson cloth of gold, her suite displaying a splendour of colour which formed an excellent foil to her own silvery radiance. [Illustration: _A 'herauld.'_]