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Twelve hundred years ago, in the reign of King Sebert the Saxon, a poor fisherman called Edric, was casting his nets one Sunday night into the Thames. He lived on the Isle of Thorns, a dry spot in the marshes, some three miles up the river from the Roman fortress of London. The silvery Thames washed against the island's gravelly shores. It was covered with tangled thickets of thorns. And not so long before, the red deer, and elk and fierce wild ox had strayed into its shades from the neighboring forests.[1] Upon the island a little church had just been built, which was to. | Children of Westminster Abbey by Rose G. Kingsley 1 Children of Westminster Abbey by Rose G. Kingsley Project Gutenberg s The Children of Westminster Abbey by Rose G. Kingsley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History Author Rose G. Kingsley Release Date June 23 2010 EBook 32955 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHILDREN OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY Children of Westminster Abbey by Rose G. Kingsley 2 Produced by D Alexander Juliet Sutherland Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Illustration WESTMINSTER . THE CHILDREN OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY STUDIES IN ENGLISH HISTORY BY ROSE G. KINGSLEY Illustration EDWARD THE SIXTH 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 Children of Westminster Abbey by Rose G. Kingsley 3 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. PAGE. Westminster Frontis. Westminster Entrance 12 Shrine of Edward the left Tomb of Henry the .