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London in the Time of the Tudors

Chapter 37: APPENDIX IV THE ORDER OF PROCESSIONS
By Walter Besant
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A comprehensive survey of the city during the Tudor era, tracing political and religious change through sketches of successive sovereigns and accounts of the Dissolution, Reformation, and martyrdoms. The narrative reconstructs Elizabethan streets, institutions, and civic life using contemporary evidence and maps, and examines municipal government, trade, and notable literary and artistic figures. Detailed chapters describe everyday practices — manners, food, dress, apprenticeships, inns, theatres, soldiers, poverty, crime, and punishment — while appendices and illustrations supply documentary and topographical support to evoke the city’s social and cultural fabric.

APPENDIX IV
THE ORDER OF PROCESSIONS

  • “Messengers of the Court.
  • Gentlemen of lesse note.
  • Esquiers.
  • Esquiers of the Body.
  • Clarkes of the Chancery.
  • Clarkes of the Signet.
  • Clarkes of the Privy Seale.
  • Clarkes of the Counsell.
  • Masters of the Chancery.
  • Knights Batchlers.
  • Knights Banneretts.
  • Trumpets soundinge.
  • Serjeants at Law.
  • Queenes Serjeants.
  • The Queen’s Attorney and the Queen’s Solicitor together.
  • The Baron of the Exchequer.
  • The Judges of the Common Pleas.
  • The Judges of the King’s Bench.
  • The Lorde Chiefe Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chiefe Justice of the Exchequer.
  • The Lord Chief Justice of England, and the Master of the Rolls.
  • The Younger Sonnes of Nobility.
  • Knight of the Privy Counsell.
  • Knights of the Garter.
  • The Principall Secretary.
  • The Treasurer of the Queen’s House, and Controller of the Queen’s House.
  • The Queen’s Clarke and Hat-bearer.
  • Two Heralds.
  • The Barons two and two.
  • Two Heralds.
  • The Bishops.
  • The Vicounts.
  • Two Heralds.
  • The Earls.
  • An Herald or King of Armes.
  • The Marques, etc.
  • Places for Dukes.
  • The Lord Chancellor of England.
  • The Lord Treasurer of England.
  • The Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Clarenciaux King of Armes.
  • The Sergeants at Armes with Staves.
  • Bearer of the Capp Royal, and the Carrier of the Marshall Rod of England.
  • The Sword bearer on either side him.
  • The Great Chamberleine of England.
  • The Steward of the Queenes House on the left side.
  • Then the Queene in her Chariotte.
  • The Four Querryes of the Stable come next, with the Queen’s footmen: and without them all in a rancke wayted the Pentioners with their Partisans.
  • Then the Master of the Horse.
  • Then the Chamberleine of the Queenes House.
  • Then the Vice-chamberleine with many Noblewomen, Ladyes and others.

In this order passing to St. Peter’s Church, in Westminster: was there met with the Queen’s Almoner, the Dean of Westminster with the Prebends and all the Quier in their Copes.”