Beside these, the maior of London claimed to serue the quéene with a cup of gold, and a cup of as|saie of the same, and that twelue citizens should at|tend on the cupboord, and the maior to haue the cup and cup of assaie for his labor: which petition was al|lowed. The fiue ports claimed to beare a canopie o|uer the quéens head the daie of the coronation with foure guilt belles, and to haue the same for a reward, which to them was allowed.

The recei|uing, conuei|eng, and coro|nation of queene Anne, wife to the high & migh|ty prince king Henrie the eight.

Edw. Hall. CCxij.

The kings letters to the maior of Lon|don, touching the corona|tion.

¶After that the kings highnesse had addressed his gratious letters to the maior and communaltie of the citie, signifieng to them, that his pleasure was to solemnize and celebrate the coronation of his most deare and welbeloued wife quéene Anne, at Westminster the Whitsundaie next insuing, wil|led them to make preparation, as well to fetch hir grace from Greenwich to the Tower by water, as to sée the citie ordered and garnished with pageants in places accustomed, for the honor of hir grace. When she shuld be conueied from the Tower to Westmin|ster, there was a common councell called, and com|mandement was giuen to the haberdashers (of which craft the maior sir Stephan Pecocke then was) that they should prepare a barge for the bachelors, with a wa [...]ter and a foist, garnished with banners and strea [...]ters likewise, as they vse to doo when the maior is presented at Westminster on the morrow after Simon and Iude. Also all other crafts were commanded to prepare barges, and to garnish them, not alonelie with their banners accustomed,The cities preparation. but also to decke them with targets by the sides of the bar|ges, and to set vp all such séemelie banners and ban|nerets as they had in their halles, or could get meet to furnish their said barges, and euerie barge to haue minstrelsie: according to which commande|ments great preparation was made for all things necessarie for such a noble triumph.

The ninetéenth daie of Maie,Hir com|ming by wa|ter from Gréenewich on thursdaie. the maior and his brethren all in scarlet, and such as were knights had collars of S S, and the remnant hauing good chains, and the counsell of the citie with them, assembled at saint Marie hill, and at one of the clocke descended to the new staire to their barge, which was garnished with manie goodlie banners and streamers, and rich|lie couered. In which barge were shalmes, shagbu|shes, and diuerse other instruments, which continu|allie made goodlie harmonie. After that the maior and his brethren were in their barge, séeing that all the companies to the number of fiftie barges were readie to wait vpon them, they gaue commande|ment to the companies, that no barge should rowe néerer to another than twise the length of the barge vpon a great paine. And to sée the order kept, there were thrée light wheries prepared, and in euerie one of them two officers to call on them to kéepe their or|der, after which commandement giuen, they set foorth in order as hereafter is described.