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Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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THE PREPAR.\TIONS FOR IHK CORONATION OK JAMKS H. AND HIS (JUKEN, IN 1685. (Fro/ti Sand/onVs History published 1687.) the archbishop, who instantly put it on his head,and so completed all the ceremonies of the corona-tion. Which act, says old Speed, with a cold-bloodedness less excusable than his superstition, was accidentally hanselled and auspicated by the\jlood of many Jews (though utterly against the special destroyer of the enemies of our Church.We abridge the following account from HuntersHistory of London:—Among the vast con-course which the coronation had attracted to themetropolis, many wealthy Jews had flocked fromevery part of the kingdom, to consult witli their Westminster Abbey.) CORONATIONS IN THE ABBEY. 403
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404 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Westminster Abbe)-. friends in liio City about presenting a liberal free-will offering to the king on his at-cession. Richardhad issued a proclamation prohibiting all personsof that nation to enter the Abbey or WestminsterHall on the day that ceremony was performed.Some of them were, however, detected pressingamong the crowd into the Hall. This broughtupon them, at first, a torrent of abuse of language,which soon changed into the more formidableassault, and brickbats and bludgeons. Perceivingtoo late their imprudence, and the danger in whichit had involved them, the poor Jews endeavouredto make good their retreat into the City, pursuedand pelted by a furious multitude. In this state offermentation it was easy to give out, and as easilybelieved, that the king had issued orders to destroyall Jews. Never were real orders more promptlyand more ferociously executed. Many of thoseunhappy creatures were inhumanly massacred inthe streets; such as were able to escape t

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