Coronation Chair with the Stone of Scone - stock illustration

The ancient Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey, London, containing the Stone of Scone. The Chair was made for King Edward I to hold the Stone of Scone which he brought from Scotland in 1296. In 1996 the Stone was returned to Scotland. Every English Monarch since Edward II in 1308 has been crowned in the Chair, apart from Edward V and Edward VIII who were never crowned. From “Old & New London” by Walter Thornbury and Edward Walford, published in parts by Cassell & Co, London from 1873-1888. These illustrations are from parts 30-35 inclusive.