Richard the Lionheart
Berengaria of Navarre After Richard's death, his widow Berengaria experienced great difficulties in acquiring the pension owed to her as Queen Dowager from Richard's successor, John. One of his first actions as king was to order the release of his much loved mother, Queen Eleanor, from the captivity she had endured for the last ten years
BBC - Olympic Torch Relay - Camden to Westminster
"The stadiums are ready, the transport infrastructure is ready and our Team GB athletes are ready - they are going to win more gold, silver and bronze medals than you would need to bail out Spain and Greece together! "Can we put on the greatest Olympic Games that has ever been seen?" 1924: Brian MacElwee on our BBC London 2012 Facebook page says: " That was a great celebration and great words of encouragement from the Mayor of London. 1532: We have switched pictures to live now as we see Antoine de Navacelle, the great grand-nephew of Baron Pierre de Courbetin, the father of the modern-day Olympics, pass the flame to Sir Bruce Forsyth
We have invited LB Southwark Leader Peter John to chair the meeting, which will be attended by new Tunnel CEO Andy Mitchell and by the contractors who expect to be appointed for the eastern tunnel (a joint venture of Costain, Vinci, and Bachy). Save Your Riverside, has re-stated its objections to a major construction site in Southwark, questioned again the proposed tunnelling drive proposals and the internal process by which they have selected Chambers Wharf as a major site
Monastery Library front end
The documents not only illuminate the story of the monasteries, but also show how Rome can provide a unique service of patience, understanding and support. The Archives of the Abbey are in principle the pivate record of the Community's life and administration, but they do include some material on Catholic and monastic history since the sixteenth century, and some records of the school since its arrival in 1803
BBC - History - Mary, Queen of Scots, and her lover
Her ill-fated rule began in August 1561, she was just 18 and already widowed, a petted princess of the French court who knew nothing of her native country. Moray and some of the Protestant lords rebelled in protest, but were eventually driven into England by royal troops led by the Earls of Lennox and Bothwell, the latter having been recalled from France for the occasion
Free Tintern Abbey Essays and Papers
The poem that he 'Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye', gave him a chance to reflect upon his quick paced life by taking a moment to slow down and absorb the beauty of nature that allows one to 'see into the life of things'; (line 49). Yet, what could be more poetic than the end of a curse, the greatest comeback in sports history, and the end of an 86 year drought without a championship
Westminster Bridge - WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE
Notice the year given as 1738-9? I have found an explanation as follows - Much confusion has arisen over dates from January 1 to March 24, inclusive, prior to 1753, because to and including the year 1752, the first day of the new year was March 25 instead of January 1. The bridge was opened for carriages seven years, nine months, and sixteen days after the laying of the first stone, and was completely finished, says the architect, in eleven years, nine months, and twenty- one days ; he likewise informs us that the whole expence did not exceed two hundred and eighteen thousand eight hundred pounds
Royal wedding: the Order of Service in full - Telegraph
The Fanfare Team from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force is directed by Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs, Principal Director of Music, Royal Air Force. THE MARRIAGE The Archbishop says to Prince William: WILLIAM Arthur Philip Louis, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together according to God's law in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour and keep her, in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live? He answers: I will
When the nearby 28-storey Hilton Hotel was built in 1963, there were concerns from the Queen that hotel guests could see into the rooms of Buckingham Palace. As part of the VE Day celebrations on 8th May 1945, the King, Queen, Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth (before she was Elizabeth II) appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Then shall the Dean of Westminster lay the Ampulla and Spoon upon the Altar; and the Queen kneeling down at the faldstool, the Archbishop shall say this Blessing over her: Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who by his Father was anointed with the Oil of gladness above his fellows, by his holy Anointing pour down upon your Head and Heart the blessing of the Holy Ghost, and prosper the works of your Hands: that by the assistance of his heavenly grace you may govern and preserve the Peoples committed to your charge in wealth, peace, and godliness; and after a long and glorious course of ruling a temporal kingdom wisely, justly, and religiously, you may at last be made partaker of an eternal kingdom, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Almighty and everliving God, who by thy holy Apostle hast taught us to make prayers, and supplications, and to give thanks for all men: we humbly beseech thee most mercifully to accept these oblations, and to receive these our prayers which we offer unto thy Divine Majesty; beseeching thee to inspire continually the universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord: And grant, that all they that do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word, and live in unity and godly love
Westminster Abbey - Coronations Crypt Effigies and Royal Weddings - Historic Gothic Norman Church in London
Westminster Abbey is not known for its scale, far outdone by the great early Gothic and Norman cathedrals of York (see York Minster), Durham (see Durham Cathedral) and Salisbury, though it can boast the highest of naves of its brethren in England. The most recent royal wedding to be held at Westminster Abbey of Prince William and the Duchess Catherine, now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, was nearly as lavish as Charles and Diana, but with some modern touches
There is also an Archbishop buried here, as appears by a very antique figure in a mass habit, engraven on a brass plate, and placed on a flat stone in the pavement, over the remains of Robert de Waldeby, who, as appears by the inscription, was first an Augustine monk, and attended Edward the Black Prince into France, where, being young, he prosecuted his studies, and made a surprising progress in natural and moral philosophy, physic, the languages, and in the canon law; and, being likewise an elegant preacher and sound divine, was made Divinity Professor in the University of Toulouse, where he continued till called by Richard II. Goodman, Dean of Westminster, by whose recommendation, in 1575, he was made second master of Westminster School, and began the glorious work of his Antiquities, encouraged thereto and assisted by his patron, Dr
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Westminster Abbey, by Mrs. A. Murray Smith
The Confessor's, with the familiar five birds, and Henry the Third's arms with three lions are easily identified in this aisle, and the learned in such matters point out many others, chiefly the coats of Henry's relations, such as his father-in-law, Raymond de Beranger, Count of Provence, and his brother Richard, King of the Romans, one of the royal princes selected to carry St. We tread now upon the tombstone of Dean Ireland; with him rests the companion of his youth and the friend of his maturity, William Gifford, editor of the Quarterly Review at the time when its biting reviews cut many a rising poet, including Keats, to the heart
It later became a royal treasury in which was kept the "pyx", a chest containing the trial-plates of gold and silver used in the annual test of the coinage. Outstanding among the many tombs in the Chapel of St Edmund is that of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke and half-brother of Henry III, killed in battle at Bayonne in 1296 (the effigy is covered with gilded copper plates and decorated with Limoges enamel)
October saw the release of a Deutsche Grammophon record of carols old and new, and in the following month the boys sang at the opening of the Wightman Cup in the Royal Albert Hall. Westminster Abbey Choir School has the distinction of being the only choir school left to take singing boys only and which has not become part of a larger establishment
They are sometimes said to have been designed by Sir Christopher Wren, but they were actually built by Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James and completed about 1745. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind: Encyclopaedia Britannica articles are written in a neutral, objective tone for a general audience
The purpose-built school, set in the heart of the Abbey precincts, offers a complete preparatory school boarding education but tailored precisely to the needs of choristers
The numbers of monks at Westminster varied through the centuries from about 30 to 60, although only 24 were left when Henry VIII dissolved the monastery in 1540. Images Reconstruction drawing of the Norman Abbey, with the Palace of Westminster, by Terry Ball.Monks singing from the 14th century Litlyngton Missal.Photos can be purchased from Westminster Abbey Library
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