ROSE G. KINGSLEY

EDWARD THE SIXTH

ILLUSTRATIONS

BOSTON
D. LOTHROP AND COMPANY
FRANKLIN AND HAWLEY STREETS

Copyright, 1886.
by
D. Lothrop & Company.

Dedication
TO MY NEPHEWS
RANULPH AND FRANCIS
KINGSLEY

Tachbrook Mallory
Oct. 16, 1885

CONTENTS.

Page.
I.The Building of the Abbey—Princess Catherine and Prince Henry[7]
II.The Conquest of Wales—Prince Alfonso[31]
III.John of Eltham, the Young Knight[57]
IV.Edward the Fifth, and Richard, Duke of York[79]
V.King Edward the Sixth[105]
VI.Miss Elizabeth Russell, "the Child of Westminster"[130]
VII.The Princesses Sophia and Mary[155]
VIII.Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales[176]
IX.Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (continued)[196]
X.Lord Francis Villiers[222]
XI.Princess Anne, and Henry, Duke of Gloucester[243]
XII.William Henry, Duke of Gloucester[269]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

(From rare old Prints and Photographs.)

Page.
Westminster Abbey.—Front[Frontis].
Westminster Abbey.—North Entrance[12]
Shrine of Edward the Confessor.—At left, Tomb of Henry the Third[25]
Dean Stanley[37]
Chapel of Henry the Fifth[45]
Effigy of John of Eltham[58]
Tomb of John of Eltham, St. Edmund's Chapel[61]
Ancient Canopy of the Tomb of John of Eltham[67]
Tomb of William of Windsor and his Sister Blanche[74]
Edward the Fifth[83]
Memorial Urn in Henry the Seventh's Chapel[101]
Interior of the Chapel of Henry the Seventh[107]
Exterior of the Chapel of Henry the Seventh[113]
Edward the Sixth.—From a Painting by Holbein[119]
Queen Elizabeth.—From Painting in the English National Portrait Gallery[137]
Monument to Miss Elizabeth Russell[147]
The Monument to Queen Elizabeth in the North Aisle[157]
The Cradle Tomb[165]
The Monuments of Princess Sophia and Princess Mary[171]
Entrance to Bramshill House[179]
Bramshill House, from the North[189]
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales[203]
Westminster Abbey, from the North[215]
Tomb of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham[227]
Lord Francis Villiers.—After Vandyck[235]
The Effigies of the Lady Anna[245]
Henry, Duke of Gloucester[253]
Princess Elizabeth in Prison[261]
Westminster Abbey, looking toward the Altar.—From Etching by H. Toussaint[273]
The Old Dormitory at Westminster School[279]
Dining Hall, Westminster School[285]
A Westminster Boy[289]