. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. Sword and Shield of Edxoard III. The long iron rusty sword of Edward III. and the wooden part of^iis shield, broken and patched, rest on the above tomb. The di-iuensions of the sword are as follows :— Ft. Id, LengUi of blade 5 3 Breadth of ditto, at hilt 0 31 point ;//.*.* 0 1^ Length of cross bar 2 0 hilt ;;;;*;.? i n — poiel 0 3^ This sword and shield were carried before £dward in Coronation 2 68 HISTORY OF LONDON. The most ancient of the coronation chairs was brought with theregaha from Sco
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. Sword and Shield of Edxoard III. The long iron rusty sword of Edward III. and the wooden part of^iis shield, broken and patched, rest on the above tomb. The di-iuensions of the sword are as follows :— Ft. Id, LengUi of blade 5 3 Breadth of ditto, at hilt 0 31 point ;//.*.* 0 1^ Length of cross bar 2 0 hilt ;;;;*;.? i n — poiel 0 3^ This sword and shield were carried before £dward in Coronation 2 68 HISTORY OF LONDON. The most ancient of the coronation chairs was brought with theregaha from Scotland by Edward I. in the year 1297, and offered atthe shrine of St. Edward. An oblong rough stone, brought fromScone in Scotland, is placed underneath the chair, and is said, andby many believed, to have been Jacobs pillow. Another old wooden chair on the left of this was made for thecoronation of queen Mary II. These chairs, which are of clumsyornamented oak, stand behind the shrine, and with their faces tothe beautiful screen already described as containing the fourteenlegendary tales of the works and miracles of St. Edward the Con-fessor. At the coronation of our kings and queens, one or both, ascircumstances may require, are richly covered with gold tissue, andare brought before the altar. Near these chairs, and a little to the west against the altar,stands a large oblong wooden case of wainscot, at one time coveredwith nails, or, perhaps, with some kind of meta
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