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ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH, DOUGLAS. 6^7
One crest. One crest.
One Trumpet, flag displayed. One Trumpet, flag displayed.
Large Standard.
Great Gumphion.
A groom. A groom.
Large Standard of the Duke's entire atchievement.
Little gumphion. Sand-glass and wings.
First led horse, decked with arms, crests, etc., led by two lacqueys.
One crest. One crest.
Gauntlet and spurs.
Helmet and crest.
Shield and coronet.
Surcoat.
One man with a baton. One man with a baton.
One baton man. One baton man.
Duke's horse, richly caparisoned and decked, led by two grooms.
One man with a baton. One man with a baton.
One trumpet, flag displayed. One trumpet, flag displayed.
Sword of State carried by a gentleman.
One banner of silk with arms. One banner of silk with arms.
Another. Another.
Another. Another.
The crown, on a crimson-velvet cushion, richly ornamented.
One silk banner with family arms. One silk banner with family arms.
The hearse, richly adorned, drawn by six horses, ornamented with arms, crests, etc.
The Duke's coach in mourning.
Three grooms on horseback.
Eight mourning coaches, each drawn by six horses.
Twelve coaches belonging to noblemen and gentlemen.
The cortege reached Hamilton that night, and at Mr. Murray's there the corpse
lay in state all night. Next morning, the gentlemen of Clydesdale and of the county
of Renfrew, who had arrived in response to burial letters signed by Mr. Archibald
Douglas, the Duke's nephew and heir, convoyed the body to Douglas, and were joined
near Lesmahagow by the late Duke's tenantry. The procession then extended about a
mile in length. 1 On its arrival in Douglas, the remains of the Duke were deposited in
1 The Scots Magazine, vol. xxiii., 1761, pp. 391, 392.