The Three Rooms at Sommerset-House were furnished in manner following;

THe First Room was hung with Bays from top to bottom, adorned with Escucheons, and furnished with Sconces, and Wax-Candles unlighted; and Formes placed about it, covered with Bays.

The Second was hung with Cloath, adorned with Escucheons, and furnished with Sconces and Candles, unlighted, the Forms about it co­vered with Cloath; at the upper end, a Haute-pass floored with Bays, a Canopy of Black Velvet, the Vallance Fringed, the Pendant within half a yard of the Ground; a Majesty-Escucheon of Taffata, a Black Velvet Chair with Arms, and a Footstool.

The Third Room was hung with Velvet, floored with Bays, adorned with Escucheons, and Black Sconces, with White Wax Tapers, and at the upper end upon a Haute-pass, a Bed of State of Black Velvet was placed with Black Plumes at the Four corners of the Tester; at the Head a Majesty-Escucheon, and another in the midst of the Tester. Upon the Bed was placed a Coffin covered with a fine Holland sheet of Eight bredths, and Eight ells long, and over that, a Pall of Black Velvet of Eight bredths, and Eight yards long, and thereupon the Effigies of the Duke in a Buff-coat, and over that compleat Azure Armor with Guilt Nails, a Cravat about his Neck; his Ducal Coronet and Cap turned up with Ermine on his Head, Invested in his Ducal Robe of Crimson Velvet, about his Neck a Coller of the Order and George, under the Head a Cushion of Crimson Velvet, with Fringe and Tassels of Gold, his Sword guirt about him, and a great Crimson Tassata-Scarff, fringed with Gold about his Waste, upon his Left Leg a Garter of Blew Velvet, the Buckles and Letters of Gold, and a Guilt Truncheon in his right hand.

About Five foot distant from the Bed, was a Rail covered with Black Velvet, and close to the inside of the Rail, were placed on both sides, the Bannerols, three Banners, and a Guydon, and at the Foot, the Standard, and Great Banner; between these on the sides, were also placed Twelve Black Stands, with as many Silver Candlesticks, with large White Wax Tapers in them.

At the Bed's Feet, was a little Table covered with a Carpet of Black Velvet, and thereupon were placed the Coat of Arms, Sword, Target, Helm, and Crest, Gantlets, and Spurs. Between the Standard and the great Banner, hung a Crystal Branch with Twelve Sockets, and therein as many Tapers of Wax.

In this Room (the prospect of which, I have exhibited to your view in Sculpture, in the Folio following) the Tapers were continually burning when it was exposed to sight, which was every day (except Sunday) during the space of about three weeks. During which time, Forty Gentle­men in short Mourning, all which (except five) had been Officers, gave their attendance alternately, Twenty upon a day; Four of which, waited in the First Room, Six in the Second Room, and Ten. In this third Room where the Effigies lay in State, Five on one side of the Rail of the Bed of State, and Five on the other, with their backs close to the Wall, their Names and Offices were as followeth.

• 1 Sir Thomas Prestwich Baronet.
• 2 Sir John Pawlet Knight.
• 3 Col. Richard Wiltshire.
• 4 Col. Walter Slingsby.
• 5 Col. William Chamberlain.
• 6 Col. William Hawley.
• 7 Col. Henry Crow.
• 8 Col. Cressy Dymmock.
• 9 Col. William Pretty.
• 10 Col. Degory Collins.
• 11 Col. Stephen White.
• 12 Col. Miles Man.
• 13 Lieut. Col. Urian Leigh.
• 14 Major John Cogan.
• 15 Major Adam Roche.
• 16 Capt. Robert Ferrers.
• 17 Capt. Francis Cresset.
• 18 Capt. Thomas Rawson.
• 19 Capt. John Allen.
• 20 Capt. Humphrey Roscarrock.
• 21 Capt. Samuel Acton.
• 22 Capt. George Bag.
• 23 Capt. Edwin Babington.
• 24 Capt. Thomas Fisher.
• 25 Capt. Edward Andrew.
• 26 Capt. John Russel.
• 27 Capt. Richard Barham.
• 28 Capt. Thomas Beck.
• 29 Capt. John Draycot.
• 30 Capt. Henry Mac Arty.
• 31 Capt. Thomas Heap.
• 32 Capt. John Bretton.
• 33 Lieut. Edward Parry.
• 34 Lieut. John Hales.
• 35 Ensign Thomas Lamb.
• 36 Mr. Samuel Scudamore.
• 37 Mr. William Perkinson.
• 38 Mr. Percival Yarrow.
• 39 Mr. Edmond Wood.
• 40 Mr. John Bull.

Three days before the Solemnity of the Funeral, the Rooms afore­said, were shut up; and the Evening before, the Body which had lain [Page] there, in a private Room, in a Coffin, covered with Black Velvet, with Guilt Nails and Hinges of the same, was privately conveyed by Water to Westminster, accompanied by the Earls of Bath and Craven, Sir James Smith, and others of his Kinred, and attended by several of his Graces Domesticks; where it was Interred by the Bishop of Rochester, Dean of Westminster, in a Vault in the North Isle of King Henry the Seventh's Chappel, made there by His Majesties command for that purpose.

Upon the Coffin was fastned a Plate of Copper Guilt, and there­upon Engraven ‘Depositum Illustrissimi Principis GEORGII DƲCIS ALBEMARLIAE Comitis Torringtoniae, Baronis Monck de Potheridge, Beauchamp & Teyes, Carolo 2do Regi Augustissimo à Sanctioribus Consiliis, nec non ab intimis Cubiculis, omnium Regis Exercituum Ducis Supremi, Inclyti Ordinis Aureae Periscelidis Equitis, &c. Obiit Westmonasterii Anno Aetatis 62. Die 3o Januarii Anno reparatae salutis humanae M.DC.LXIX.’

The Proceeding to the Funeral of his Grace GEORGE, late Duke of Albemarle, &c. upon Saturday the 30^th of April, An. 1670.

ABout Eleven of the Clock in the Morning, the Nobility, Gentry, and other Persons who were to officiate at the Funeral, met at Sommerset-house in the Strand; between which place, and the Abbey of Westminster, the Streets were gravelled, and the Red and Blew Regiments of the Trained Bands of Middlesex, commanded by the Earl of Craven, were placed on both sides, who kept the passage free from the crouds of the People. The Officers of the said Regiments being fur­nished with Cypress Scarffs, and their Drums covered with Black Bays, adorned with Escucheons of the Dukes Arms. All things being in a readi­ness, about Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, the Funeral then pro­ceeded in this form following,

First marched His Royal Highness, the Duke of York's Troop of Guards, commanded by the Right Honorable Monsieur Blancfort, the Officers having Mourning Scarffs of Cypress, and their Cornet, Trum­pet-Banners; and Kettle-Drums covered with the same.

Three Led Horses.

The Marshal Richard Llewellin.

The Kettle-Drums.

Four Trumpets.

His Majesties Troop of Guards marched next after them, command­ed by His Grace the Duke of Monmouth, the Officers in Mourning Scarffs, and the Cornet, Trumpet-Banners, and Kettle-Drums covered as be­fore.

Servants to His Grace the Duke of Monmouth, leading spare Horses.

Four Pages on Hors-back in Black, with White Feathers in their Hats.

Master of the Horse to the Duke of Monmouth.

The Kettle-Drums.

Four Trumpets.

The Duke of Monmouth, Captain.

In the next place marched His Majesties Regiment of Foot Guards, commanded by the Right Honorable Colonel John Russel, with their Musquets and Pikes in a Funeral Posture; the several Ensigns furled and wrapped in Cypress, the Officers having Mourning Scarffs of the same, and the Drums being covered with Black Bays, adorned with Escucheons of the defunct.

Lieut. Colonel Edward Grey.

Captain John Downing.

Lieutenant Edmond Harris.

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Then came the Proceeding, represented in Sculpture in the follow­ing Sheets, beginning with the Conductors, and Poor Men in Gowns, viz.

Next after the Horse of Honor, or State, Her Majesties Troop of Guards, commanded by Sir Philip Howard Knight, (Brother to the Right Honorable the Earl of Carlisle) closed the Rear of the Proceeding, which had this place by particular order, as having been his Grace the Defuncts own Troop of Guards, and marched in the Form following, viz.

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Sir Philip Howard Knight, Captain.

IN the Order aforesaid, the Solemnity proceeded to the West Door of Westminster Abbey, where the Conductors and Poor-men in Gowns opened to the Right and Left, and made way for the Proceeding to pass between them; so that the first that entred the Abbey, were Servants to the Gentry and Nobility; who also opening to the Right and Left, made a Guard betwixt the Chore and the West Door of the Abbey; without which, the Effigies was taken out of the Chariot, and placed upon a Beer, which being carried within the Abbey Door by Mr. Mason, Colo­nel Markham, Major Halsall, Colonel Molsworth, Colonel Whitley, and Sir Thomas Player Knight, (who assisted on the Left-hand of the Persons who bore the Standard, Guydon, Three Banners, and Great Banner, in the Proceeding) with the help of some that belonged to the Abbey (by reason of the weight of it) was there received under a Canopy of Black Velvet, with a deep Silk-fringe, and lined with Black Taffata; and thence carried to the Herse, and placed therein.

The Supporters or Bearers of the Canopy, were Sir Stephen Fox Kt, Sir Charles Littleton Kt, Sir Walter Vane Kt, Sir John Griffith Kt, Sir Edward Brett Kt, and Sir John Robinson Knight and Baronet (the other Six Assistants in the Proceeding, on the Right Hands of those that car­ried the aforesaid Standard, Guydon, Three Banners, and Great Banner.)

At the entrance into the Abbey, the Dean and Prebends in their Copes; and the Quire in their Surplices, attended and proceeded be­tween the Great Banner, and the Officers of Arms that carried the Trophies.

When they came to the Herse, none were permitted to enter within the outward Rail, but the Persons following.

• First, Mr. Thomas Segar Blewmantle, Pursivant at Arms.
• Sir Jeremy Smith, with the Standard.
• Mr. Thomas Holford Portcullis, Pursivant.
• Sir Thomas Morgan, with the Guydon.
• Mr. Francis Sandford Rouge-Dragon, Pursivant.
• Sir Peter Killegrew, with the Banner of Teyes.
• Mr. Henry Dethick Rouge-Croix, Pursivant.
• Sir Francis Vincent, with the Banner of Beauchampe.
• Mr. Robert Chaloner Lancaster Herald.
• Sir Gilbert Talbot, with the Banner of Monk, Plantagenet, Grey, and Talbot.
• Mr. Bowman, with the Carpet and Cushion.
• The Defuncts, Four Officers with white Staves.
• Mr. John Wingfield Yorke, Herald.
• Sir James Smith, with the Great Banner.
• Sir Thomas St. George Somerset Herald, bearing the Spurs.
• Mr. Thomas Lee Chester Herald, with the Gantlets.
• Mr. Henry St. George Richmond Herald, with the Helm and Crest.
• Mr. Elias Ashmole Windsor Herald, with the Target.
• Mr. William Dugdale Norroy King of Arms, with the Sword.
• Sir Edward Bysshe Clarenceaux, King of Arms, with the Coat of Arms.
• Sir Edward Carteret, His Majesties Gentleman Usher.

Then follow­ed the Ten Ban­nerols bourn by

• Mr. Modyford.
• Mr. Bruton.
• Mr. Stukley.
• Mr. Fowel.
• Sir Thomas Higgons.
• Mr. Hooper.
• Mr. Pollard.
• Sir Peter Colleton.
• Mr. Prideaux.
• Mr. Clarges.

Sir Edward Walker, Principal King of Arms, and Sir John Ayton, Usher of the Black Rod.

These were all placed within the outward Rail.

Then the Cheif Mourner, the present Duke of Albemarle, entred the inward Rail, and was placed at the Head, in a Great Chair of Black Velvet with Arms.

After him entred his Two Supporters, the Dukes of Richmond and Ormond, and sate on each side of him, upon Stools covered with Black Velvet.

And after them his Ten Assistants, viz. The Lord Chamberlain, the Earls of Suffolk, Bridgwater, Mulgrave, Peterborough, S. Albans, Sandwich, Bath, and Carlisle, and the Lord Arlington, who sate on either side, on the like Stools.

The last that entred, were the Lords Newport, Gerard of Brandon, and Ashley, and Sir Thomas Clifford, Treasurer of His Majesties Houshold, the Four Supporters of the Pall, who were seated at the Corners thereof on Stools covered with Black Velvet, within the Herse where the Effigies was placed.

Being all seated in the order aforesaid, The Dean of Westminster read the Service appointed by the Lyturgy, and that being done, Doctor Ward, Bishop of Salisbury, Preached the Funeral Sermon: After which, the Dean and some of the Prebends (in their Copes) went up to the Altar, and there staid for the Offering.

The Form of the Offerings,

First, Mr. Bowman went up to the Altar, and spred the Carpet, and laid the Cushion at the Foot of the Altar. Which being done, Mr. Garter repaired to the Cheif Mourner, and attended His Grace to the Offering.

The Four Officers with their white Staves went first, then followed Mr. Garter, and a Gentleman Usher; after them, the Cheif Mourner between his Two Supporters, his Train bourn up by Sir Francis Leak, followed by his Ten Assistants, where he offered upon his Knee, and then returned in the same manner.

Then Mr. Bowman rouled up the Carpet, and laid it under the Cushion; Mr. Garter, and the Gentleman Usher did again conduct the Cheif Mourner to the Altar alone, His Train not bourn, where he did offer for Himself; and there stood by the Dean, at the North end of the Altar, to receive the Atchievements, Mr. Garter attending him.

In the next place Mr. Clarenceaux preceded the Dukes of Richmond and Ormond, and delivered them the Coat of Arms; who being come to the Altar, offered it, and it was received by the Dean, who presented it to the Cheif Mourner, and he delivered it to Mr. Garter, who laid it upon the Altar; and then Mr. Clarenceaux returned with them to their Seats.

In the same manner, Mr. Norroy brought up the Lord Chamberlain, and the Earl of Suffolk, who in like form offered the Sword, carrying the Point upward.

Mr. Windsor, the Earls of Bridgwater and Mulgrave, who offered the Target in like manner.

Mr. Richmond, the Earls of Peterborough and S. Albans, who offered the Helm and Crest.

Mr. Chester, the Earls of Sandwich and Bathe, who offered the Gantlets.

Mr. Somerset, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Lord Arlington, who offered the Spurs.

In the next place, the Great Banner half rouled up by Mr. York, was offered by Sir James Smith in like manner.

Mr. Lancaster likewise with Sir Gilbert Talbot, who offered the Banner of Monck, Plantagenet, Grey, and Talbot.

Mr. Rouge-Croix with Sir Francis Vincent, with the Banner of Beauchamp.

Mr. Rouge-Dragon with Sir Peter Killegrew, with the Banner of Teyes.

Mr. Portcullis with Sir Thomas Morgan, with the Guydon.

Mr. Blewmantle with Sir Jeremy Smith, with the Standard.

The Ten Bannerols were offered by Pairs, by those that carried them (beginning with the two next to the Head of the Effigies) a Pursi­vant at Arms going before every two of them.

The Trophies being thus offered, the Cheif Mourner returned to his Chair, attended by Mr. Garter and the Gentleman Usher.

Then Mr. Garter conveyed up to the Altar, the Two Supporters to the Cheif Mourner, who offered for themselves on their Knees, and then returned to their Seats.

Mr. Clarenceaux attended the two first Assistants, who did also offer in like manner for themselves, and so returned.

The two next did the like, attended by Mr. Norroy.

The two next attended by Mr. Windsor.

The two next attended by Mr. Richmond.

And the two next attended by Mr. Chester.

Then Mr. Somerset did go to the Lords, Newport and Gerard, Two Supporters of the Pall, and attended them to the Offering in like manner.

And Mr. York attended the Lord Ashley, and Mr. Treasurer of the Houshold, the other Two Supporters of the Pall.

These being all returned to their Seats, Mr. Garter standing on the uppermost Step, going to the Altar, turned his Face towards the Herse, and proclaimed the Defuncts stile as followeth.

This being Proclaimed, the Chamberlain, Steward, Treasurer, and Comptroller to the Defunct, brake their white Staves at the Head of the Effigies.

And then His Majesties Sergeant-Trumpet giving a sign to the Trumpets, that were placed over the Door going into the Quire, they immediately Sounded, and the Volleys of Shot, both of Horse and Foot, were presently discharged.

A Description of the Herse set up in the Abbey of Westminster.

IN the midst of the Cross of the Abbey (which is betwixt the Quire, and the Steps going up to the Altar) was erected a Ducal-Herse; the prospect of which, with the manner of the Effigies lying in State there, the Position of the Great Banner, the Three lesser Banners, Guy­don, Standard, and the Ten Bannerols, with the several Trophies upon the Table at the Feet of the Effigies, I have exhibited in the next folio.

The length of the Herse was Fourteen Foot, the bredth Eleven Foot, and the Rail Four Foot and a half high, the Hautepass, upon which the Table stood, raising the Floor about Six Inches from the Pavement. The Four great Pillars were Eight square, and near Twenty Foot high, and upon their Capitals were placed the Crests and Supporters of the Duke. These Pillars had two Courses of Rails near the tops, un­to which, both the Valence and the Tester were fastned; and unto this also, by several Costs of Timber, the Cupulo was fixed; the point of which finished in a Ducal Coronet, Two Foot in Diameter, exalted Thirty Foot from the Pavement. The whole Herse was cloathed on the outside with Black Velvet, Garnished with several Compartments Em­bossed of the Dukes Arms, and Embellished with Crests, Coronets, and Scrouls with his two Motto's, viz. ‘Fortiter, Fideliter, Foeliciter,’ And ‘Cunctando Restituit.’

It was double Valanced and Fringed, the Inner Valence and Tester being of Black Taffata, adorned with Escucheons of the same, and a Majesty Escucheon within the Tester. There were placed within the Corners of the Herse, also Four Stools of Black Velvet for the Suppor­ters of the Pall, and it was Floored with Black Cloath.

The Rail next to the Herse, was Twenty three Foot long, Twenty Foot and a half broad, and Three Foot and a half high: This Rail was covered with Black Cloath, and Floored with Bays, and within it sate the Cheif Mourner on a Chair with Arms of Black Velvet, and his Two Supporters and Ten Assistants on Stools of the same; and also to the inside thereof Sockets were fixed, to receive the Staves of the Standard, Guydon, Three Banners, the Great Banner, and the Ten Bannerols.

The outermost Rail was covered with Black Bays, being Thirty Foot long, Twenty seven Foot and a half in bredth, and Three Foot high; within which several Forms were placed, covered also with Bays, and upon them sate all the Carriers of the Trophies, the Officers of Arms, the Defuncts Four Officers with White Staves, and several other persons concerned.

There were Passages also of Four Foot wide, on the East and West side of the Rails, and the Herse; which were opened to lett in the re­spective Persons, and to give them passage to the Offering.