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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 386, August 22, 1829

Note (return) — ST. PETER'S CHURCH, PIMLICO.

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The funeral rites were solemnized according to the forms of the Catholic faith. The original letter 18 from Richard Gresham to the Lord Privy Seal, dated "Thurssdaye the viiith day of Novbr." is still preserved, proposing that a solemn dirge, and masses should be said for the soul of the late Queen Jane, in St. Paul's, in presence of the Mayor, Alderman, and Commoners, which were accordingly performed, as appears from the following passage in Holinshed:—"There was a solemne hearse made for her in Paule's Church, and funerall exequies celebrated, as well as in all other churches within the Citie of London." 19

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