Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CHILDREN OF

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

STUDIES IN ENGLISH HISTORY

BY

ROSE G. KINGSLEY

_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._)

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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

THE CHILDREN OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.