Twenty-four volumes of heralds’ orders of funeral processions of Lord Mayors and aldermen, etc., of London; 1605–1673. Partly drafts. Each document records the names and order of the mourners; several (Add MS 71131 H, J, M–P, S, U) incorporate notes of heralds present, with their fees, etc.; one...
ff. 1r–v: Order of the funeral procession of Sir James Deane, merchant, on 2 June 1608. The expenses of his funeral are recorded in Add MS 26705, ff. 133r–134v. Ingram Frizar, Christopher Marlowe's assassin, is mentioned in the procession.
Order of Sir William Cockayne's funeral procession
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ff. 1r–2v: Order of the funeral procession of Sir William Cockayne, Lord Mayor 1619–1620, on 12 December 1626. The poet, and Dean of St Paul's John Donne, is mentioned in the funeral procession.
ff. 1r–2v: Order of the funeral procession of Sir Thomas Bennet(t), Lord Mayor of London 1603–1604, on 22 March 1627. Written in the hand of Sir Henry St George the Elder, Garter King of Arms (d. 1644).
ff. 1r–2v: Order of the funeral procession of Sir John Leman, Lord Mayor 1616–1617, on 3 May 1632. The poet and dramatist Ben Jonson is mentioned in the procession.
ff. 1r–v, 2v: Order of the funeral procession of Thomas Garrard, citizen and salter, on 13 December 1632. In the hand of Sir Henry St George the Elder, Garter King of Arms (d. 1644).
ff. 1r–4r: Order of the funeral procession of Sir Thomas Coteele, on 16 April 1633. Written in the hand of Sir Henry St George the Elder, Garter King of Arms (d. 1644).
