Produced by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: WESTMINSTER ABBEY.--FRONT.] THE CHILDREN OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY STUDIES IN ENGLISH HISTORY BY ROSE G. KINGSLEY [Illustration: EDWARD THE SIXTH] _ILLUSTRATIONS_ BOSTON D. LOTHROP AND COMPANY FRANKLIN AND HAWLEY STREETS Copyright, 1886. by D. LOTHROP & COMPANY. Dedication TO MY NEPHEWS RANULPH AND FRANCIS KINGSLEY _Tachbrook Mallory_ Oct. 16, 1885 CONTENTS. PAGE. I. The Building of the Abbey--Princess Catherine and Prince Henry 7 II. The Conquest of Wales--Prince Alfonso 31 III. John of Eltham, the Young Knight 57 IV. Edward the Fifth, and Richard, Duke of York 79 V. King Edward the Sixth 105 VI. Miss Elizabeth Russell, "the Child of Westminster" 130 VII. The Princesses Sophia and Mary 155 VIII. Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales 176 IX. Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (_continued_) 196 X. Lord Francis Villiers 222 XI. Princess Anne, and Henry, Duke of Gloucester 243 XII. William Henry, Duke of Gloucester 269 ILLUSTRATIONS. (_From rare old Prints and Photographs._) PAGE. Westminster Abbey.--Front Frontis. Westminster Abbey.--North Entrance 12 Shrine of Edward the Confessor.--At left, Tomb of Henry the Third 25 Dean Stanley 37 Chapel of Henry the Fifth 45 Effigy of John of Eltham 58 Tomb of John of Eltham, St. Edmund's Chapel 61 Ancient Canopy of the Tomb of John of Eltham 67 Tomb of William of Windsor and his Sister Blanche 74 Edward the Fifth 83 Memorial Urn in Henry the Seventh's Chapel 101 Interior of the Chapel of Henry the Seventh 107 Exterior of the Chapel of Henry the Seventh 113 Edward the Sixth.--_From a Painting by Holbein_ 119 Queen Elizabeth.--_From Painting in the English National Portrait Gallery_ 137