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MODERN YORK. 31 that the coronation took place in the Chapter House, on the 8th September, 1483, and that the crown was placed on the king's head by Archbishop Rotheram.* On the appointed day, the clergy led the state procession in copes richly vested ; and at the most impressive part of the moving pomp, the king appeared with his crown and sceptre, in the fullest majesty which royal apparel could impart. A numerous train of nobility followed, preceding the queen, bearing also her diadem ; and leading in her hand her little son, ten years old, with golden rod and demy crown. The effect was as great as the kingly con triver had anticipated or could desire. The flattered and delighted populace of the rude north, which had never witnessed such a spectacle since the days of the Saxon octarchy, shouted their tumultuous rapture, and extolled him to the skies. f Upon this occasion, Richard made good his promise to the citizens, and relieved York for ever of rent paid to the crown of £23 9*. 2c?., a vast sum, when the difference in the value of money is estimated and the fact considered, that in those days a quarter of wheat might be purchased for two shillings ! After the battle of Bosworth field, where Richard fell, Richmond ascended the throne as Henry VII., which king, by his marriage with Elizabeth of York, united the houses of York and Lancaster ; thus happily putting an end to the fatal feud of the white and red roses. In immitation of his predecessor, Henry made a tour, after his coronation at London, to the north. The new king approaching York was received three miles from the gates by the corporation and citizens on horseback ; near the walls by processions of friars, and within the city by vast multitudes. The cry of " the mervellous great nomber of men, women and children on foote," says Hearne, " was King Henry ! * There is a chair in York Minster, which tradition has for ages declared to have been used at the coronation of this king, in the Cathedral. t Sharon Turner's History of England.
32 ANCIENT AND King Henry ! Our Lord preserve that sweet and well favoured face." The people were rejoiced at the prospect of quiet times, and a peaceable succession. " England had long been mad, and scarred herself; The brother blindly shed the brothers' blood ; The father rashly slaughter'd his own son, The son compell'd, been butcher to the sire : All this divided York and Lancaster, Divided in their dire division." Nineteen years afterwards, Henry's daughter, the princess Margaret, a lovely girl, in her eighteenth year, was received in York with much state in her journey to Scotland, to join herself in marriage to James IV., that gay gallant that afterwards fell On Hodden's fatal field, Where shivered was fair Scotland's spear, And broken was her shield. The princess—afterwards the mother of Mary, queen of Scots—accompanied by five hundred lords and ladies was met at Tadcaster bridge by the sheriffs, and was received at Micklegate Bar by the Lord Mayor, clothed in crimson satin, with his gold chain, and mounted on a horse, with crimson velvet trappings ; and the recorder, aldermen, &c., in their state robes. Margaret remained some days in this city. She was presented with a silver cup, gilt with gold ; and appeared so well pleased with the citizens that she made a courteous speech to the corporation when she reached Clifton on her journey northward, in which she declared, " My love to you and the city shall continue in my heart as long as life itself." The marriage was not a happy one : James was unfaithful to his queen :— And yet the sooth to tell, Nor England's fair, nor France's queen, Were worth one pearl drop, bright and sheen, From Margaret's eye that fell, His own Queen Margaret, who in Lithgow's bower, All lonely sat, and wept the weary hour.* With a view to the promotion of trade, Henry VII. established ten staple towns in England, with peculiar * Scott's Marmion,
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32 ANCIENT AND<br />
King Henry ! Our Lord preserve that sweet <strong>and</strong> well<br />
favoured face." The people were rejoiced at the prospect<br />
of quiet times, <strong>and</strong> a peaceable succession.<br />
" Engl<strong>and</strong> had long been mad, <strong>and</strong> scarred herself;<br />
The brother blindly shed the brothers' blood ;<br />
The father rashly slaughter'd his own son,<br />
The son compell'd, been butcher to the sire :<br />
All this divided <strong>York</strong> <strong>and</strong> Lancaster,<br />
Divided in their dire division."<br />
Nineteen years afterwards, Henry's daughter, the princess<br />
Margaret, a lovely girl, in her eighteenth year, was received<br />
in <strong>York</strong> with much state in her journey to Scotl<strong>and</strong>, to<br />
join herself in marriage to James IV., that gay gallant that<br />
afterwards fell<br />
On Hodden's fatal field,<br />
Where shivered was fair Scotl<strong>and</strong>'s spear,<br />
And broken was her shield.<br />
The princess—afterwards the mother of Mary, queen of<br />
Scots—accompanied by five hundred lords <strong>and</strong> ladies was<br />
met at Tadcaster bridge by the sheriffs, <strong>and</strong> was received<br />
at Micklegate Bar by the Lord Mayor, clothed in crimson<br />
satin, with his gold chain, <strong>and</strong> mounted on a horse, with<br />
crimson velvet trappings ; <strong>and</strong> the recorder, aldermen, &c.,<br />
in their state robes. Margaret remained some days in this<br />
city. She was presented with a silver cup, gilt with gold ;<br />
<strong>and</strong> appeared so well pleased with the citizens that she<br />
made a courteous speech to the corporation when she<br />
reached Clifton on her journey northward, in which she<br />
declared, " My love to you <strong>and</strong> the city shall continue in<br />
my heart as long as life itself." The marriage was not a<br />
happy one : James was unfaithful to his queen :—<br />
And yet the sooth to tell,<br />
Nor Engl<strong>and</strong>'s fair, nor France's queen,<br />
Were worth one pearl drop, bright <strong>and</strong> sheen,<br />
From Margaret's eye that fell,<br />
His own Queen Margaret, who in Lithgow's bower,<br />
All lonely sat, <strong>and</strong> wept the weary hour.*<br />
With a view to the promotion of trade, Henry VII.<br />
established ten staple towns in Engl<strong>and</strong>, with peculiar<br />
* Scott's Marmion,