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THE ANCESTOR 153 his formal departure from the church. This was no doubt the usual practice from a much earlier time, and Roger of Howden is careful to note that after the coronation of Richard I. the king was conducted to his chamber, there being then no chapel or shrine of St. Edward in the abbey church, and his royal crown and vestments exchanged for other and higher ones (Jeviores coronam et vestes). The mutilated gilt bronze effigy of Richard II. at West- minster (fig. 1 1), made in 1395, repre- sents the king in a long gown or tunic, a tippet with ample hood, and a mantle. These are apparently the king's robes of estate and not his coronation orna- ments. The effigy has unfortunately lost the crown, the brooch of the mantle, and the hands. The king's bushy hair was evidently en- circled by a fillet, over which was worn the crown. Of the coronation of Henry IV. an ac- count has been pre- served to us by Froissart, whose nar- rative is also appro- Fig. ii. Bust of Richard II. from his priated by John de Effigy at Westminster. Waurin.-^ On the day of his crowning the king is described as having been robed in royal state {en estat royal save that he had no crown nor cap on his head. For the anointing he is said to 1 Jehan de Waurin, Recueil des Chroniques et Anciennes Istories de la Grant Bretaigne, 1 399-1422 (ed. W. J. Hardy, London, 1868), Rolls Series 39, pp. 5, etc.