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English: Lead coffin plate from the coffin of Edward VI

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Edwardus Sextus Dei gratia Angliæ Fran-
ciæ et Hiberniæ Rex Fidei Defensor et in ∞
terra sub Christo Ecclesiaæ Anglicannæ et
Hibernicæ Sumpremum caput migravit ex hac
vita sexto die Julii vesperi ad horam
octavam anno domini MDLIII et ∞
regni sui septimo ætatis suæ decimo
sexto.

Edward the sixth, by the grace of God King of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, and on Earth, under Christ, supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland, departed this life, sixth of July, in the evening at the hour of eight, in the year of our Lord 1553, and his reign of seven (years) his age sixteen.

Illustration and transcription from Dean Stanley's Memorials, Appendix "The Royal Vaults"
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Source Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey (3rd or later eds)
Author Arthur Stanley

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