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WHEN Victoria was crowned Queen of Great Britain arid Ireland on June 28, 1838, John Nott, the plumber of Honolulu, wan a sm^U boy and watched the coronationprocession In the City of Bristol, Eng* land. His father walked In the procession as a member of the trailers* craft of tradesmen, and Mr. Nott’s re-* membrance of the great occasion has much to do with the preparations of ' his parent to participate in the same. Mr, Nott had the misfortune to injure , his left lee last week and is unable td leave his house at present, and he fears ■ that on this day, the coronation of. King Edward VII, be will be unable.to] take part in’ the celebration of the! British subjects residing in Honolulu.* Mr. Nott’s remembrance of the Victorian coronation procession, as told to an Advertiser reporter yesterday, is^sfollows; ' !Well I remember the coronation dayj of Queen Victoria, which occurred on: June 23, 1£38, sixty-four years ago, 1 lacking but two days of the exact num-1 ber of years to that of King Edward.' If seems strange to believe that X should be alive on two occasions of such moment to the British nation, bridged by such a long span of years. King Edward’s coronation day this 26th of June recalls to my, mind with start? ling vividness the . Incidents whicn i beheld on Victoria’s coronation day, when I was a lad of aboat seven years.“I was bora in' Bristol and my father was also born there, where he followed the trade of a brazier. He became a Freeman of. the City of Bristol In August of the same year and I am protid to be the owner of this valuable document which was given into my keeping several years ago. . I learned my trade as a brazier under him, and It is due to the fa£t that he was one of the vast army of English tradee-men, that I remember the procession in Bristol.“I was a member of the Sunday school of Reckliffe church, and I remember that \*e gathered at the church under our teachers and marched to one of .the principal streets, where we were given a place in the line from which we cauld see every part of the procession. It was a great day for us little ones, for it meant not only a Sight of the procession bu* a visit to the zoological gardens and a feast afterwards.My father, as I have said, was S brazier, and all his craft made- a fine appearance on that day. * The bosses gave to the men copper from which each fashioned a helmet. On each side was the name ■'Victoria'* in white letters.. On the front side was a brazen star wUh the letters ,‘*V-R” on either side. I hen they made brazed shields, which they carried on the left arm, and this was also emblazoned with V, R.” They carried in their right hands a sort of mace, made also of copper,“The helmet which my father wore on that occasion was kept by him up to the time of his death in New York,a little more than, a year ago, but mu-JOHN NOTT.fortunately a relative sold it for old copper. I would giv hundreds of dollars if I bad that helmet to exhibit in Honolulu for King Edward’s coronation.”The document making John Nott, Sr., a Freeman of the City of Bristol 1b an interesting document in many respects. It was granted during the Victorian coronation year, the spelling Is unique and old fashioned, while the printed words are in the crude type prevalent In the early part of the last century. It says In part:CITY OF BRISTOL.OatH of a Burgess. ~. You shall be good and true unto her Majesty, Queen Victoria, and to the heirs and successors of the said Queen and. to the Lieutenant Master Mayor of the City of Bristol, and the Ministers of the same, and in all causes reasonable you shall be obedient and assist mt.You shall know none unlawful assemblies, riots or routs proposed to be made against the Queen’s laws or peace.You shall not take any apprentice that i3 bond of blood and none other except he be born under the Queen's obeysance, and for no less term than seven years, and that he be bouhd by the indentures to be made by the Town Clerk.’You shall not take or wear the livery or cloathing of any Lord, Gentle* man, or other person, but only your own or your crafts, or of Master May-or, or of the Lord High Steward of the said City, or of the Sheriffs of the same, so long as you shall be dwelling within this city.John Nott, Brazier, is admitted Into the liberty of this City, the 6th day of August, 1838. (Signed) John Karle Habei-field, Esquire, Mayor, and for that he was apprentice to Thomas Biinrr.er, a Freeman of the same,”tViKR4slt;aJa:atwalt;rlliUVfoittI*t*iH«■Plt; K■I• Uitoife1C€WwnlTPlt;piOaC£Plt;fi*cc(
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Hawaiian Gazette
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Fri, Jun 27, 1902
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