 Walter the painter, for a step to ihe foot of the New Chair, in which the Stone of Scotland was placed, near the altar, before the shrine of St Edward, in Westminster Abbey, and to the carpenters and painters painting the said step ; and the gold and...  Life of Sir William Wallace of Elderslie - Page 122by John Donald Carrick - 1830 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Kennedy (of Glasgow.) - Poetry - 1810 - 450 pages
...new chair with a step ; and, having painted and adorned it, at the expence of £1 19 7*, placed it, near the altar, before the shrine of St. Edward, in Westminster Abbey. By the treaty of Northampton, in 1328, which was confirmed by the English parliament, it was agreed... | |
 | Charles O'Conor - Great Britain - 1818 - 534 pages
...account of 28th Edward I. one of the items is a payment to Walter, the painter, for a »tep to the foot of the new Chair in which the Stone of Scotland was placed near the altar, before the shrine of S. Edward, in Westminster Abbey. This is the famous Lia-Fail mentioned in the Irish poems of Eochoid,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 626 pages
...there is the following entry of a payment to " Walter the painter, for a step to the foot of the Kern Chair, in which the Stone of Scotland was placed,...with ; and making a case to cover the said chair, LI : 19 : 7. " ~— Remarks on the Wardrobe Account, page xli. Walsingham says, that the use Edward put... | |
 | John Stoughton - Windsor (Berkshire, England) History - 1844 - 266 pages
...in the wardrobe book of Edward I., an entry of £1 19s. 7d. to Walter the painter, for a step to the foot of the new chair, in which the stone of Scotland...placed, near the altar, before the shrine of St. Edward, at Westminster; and to the carpenters and painters, for painting the said step, and for gold and colours... | |
 | John Stoughton - Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England) - 1862 - 266 pages
...in the wardrobe book of Edward I., an entry of £1 19*. Td. to Walter the painter, for a step to the foot of the new chair, in which the stone of Scotland...placed, near the altar, before the shrine of St. Edward at Westminster ; and to the carpenters and painters, for painting the said step, and for gold aud colours... | |
 | Samuel Fergusson - English poetry - 1869 - 448 pages
...of Edward for March 1299, there is an entry of a payment to " Walter the painter, for a step to the foot of the NEW CHAIR, in which the stone of Scotland...it with, and making a case to cover the said chair, £1, 19s. 7d." In the treaty of peace between King Robert Bruce and Edward III., dated 13th June, 1328,... | |
 | 1874 - 576 pages
...removed the stone to his own capital in 1296, and must have thought a great deal of it, for he placed it "near the altar, before the shrine of St. Edward, in Westminster Abbey," where it remains, and is used as part of the chair in which the British sovereigns are crowned. On... | |
 | George Chalmers - Scotland - 1887 - 486 pages
...coronation-stone to be placed in a new chair, to which was added a step, when the whole was settled near the altar before the shrine of St. Edward in Westminster Abbey (a). By the treaty of Northampton in 1328, which was confirmed by Parliament, it was agreed that this... | |
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