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| Keywords: CoffinHenryVIIIStGeorgesChapelWindsor.png Coffins of King Henry VIII centre Queen Jane Seymour right King Charles I with a child of Queen Anne left vault under the choir St George's Chapel Windsor Castle marked by a stone slab in the floor 1888 sketch by Alfred Young Nutt Surveyor to the Dean and Canons The vault had been opened previously in 1813 in a search for the coffin of Charles I when several relics were removed but replaced in 1888 under the supervision of the Prince of Wales later King Edward VII Nutt recorded that Henry's coffin was about two metres in length and was in a state of disrepair with some bodily remains visible It is possible that the damage had occurred during the hasty burial of Charles I http //www royalcollection org uk/microsites/henryviii/MicroObject asp item 5 themeid 1074 object 8890327 row 7 detail about 1888 Alfred Young Nutt Surveyor to the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel Windsor Castle Henry VIII of England Charles I of England Jane Seymour St George ™s Chapel Windsor Castle PD-old-100 | ||||
