Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . aughter, has often been written andmight well be amplified. She was thedaughter of the Yorkist King, EdwardIV: the sister of Edward V, murdered inthe Tower; the niece of Richard III: thewife of Henry VII and the mother ofHenry VIII and Prince Arthur and ofMargaret, Queen of James IV of Scot-land, hence the grandmother of MaryQueen of Scots and great-grandmother ofJames, the first Stuart King and founderof the Stuart dynasty. She was truly a child of Westminster,for she was born in its palace, baptised inthe Abbey, having three Duches
Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments . aughter, has often been written andmight well be amplified. She was thedaughter of the Yorkist King, EdwardIV: the sister of Edward V, murdered inthe Tower; the niece of Richard III: thewife of Henry VII and the mother ofHenry VIII and Prince Arthur and ofMargaret, Queen of James IV of Scot-land, hence the grandmother of MaryQueen of Scots and great-grandmother ofJames, the first Stuart King and founderof the Stuart dynasty. She was truly a child of Westminster,for she was born in its palace, baptised inthe Abbey, having three Duchesses andan Earl for god-parents. In Westmin-ster Abbey the Lady Bessy married theKing, and here was she buried. TheKing her father is said to have had apresentiment that she would be the repre-sentative of his line, though sons wereborn to him later, and one, Edward V,bore the name of King for a few shortmonths: and so it proved, since her youngbrothers, who would have succeeded tothe throne, Edward V and Richard, Dukeof York, were murdered in the Tower 492. ElIZABJ 111 ul \0KK, QULLN OF HeNRV VllIrom Vertucs engraving. Tomb of Henry VII and His Queen and no son of Edward IV ever sat on theEnglish throne. She had a troubled and care-burdenedgirlhood, for when but a child of five, herfather having been forced to flee fromthe country, her mother sought refuge inthe Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey, thefamily being in great poverty and in dan-ger of their lives. The child learned wis-dom and forethought beyond her yearsin thus sharing her mothers sorrows,and all the chroniclers of her historymention the devotion of the young prin-cess and her great kindness and care forher young brothers and sisters. Herspirits were naturally gay and it was saidthat she played as happily in the Abbotsgardens at Westminster as she did in theflowery meadows of the palace of grief for the murder of her brothers,the little princes of the Tower, was over-whelming, and their memory dear to herso
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