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The giltwood throne and footstool of King George IV supplied for the Enthronement and Presentation of the Regalia and the Coronation banquet at Westminster Hall on July 19th 1821.   George IV was known for his extravagance and lavish lifestyle. His coronation in 1821 cost in the region of £240,000 (almost £27 million in today's money). By contrast, his father's coronation in 1761 had cost around £10,000. The throne is covered in its original crimson velvet with metal-thread braid surmounted by the Royal...

An early 18th-century rosewood and parcel-gilt pedestal table on which Queen Victoria signed her Coronation Oath on 28th June, 1838.   73.66 cm wide x 91 cm high   The rectangular top has a brass plaque inscribed 'On this table Queen Victoria signed her Coronation oath, June 28th 1838' and retains its original crimson velvet cover with silver fringe. This table was acquired by the 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, who was Lord Great Chamberlain for the reign of Queen Victoria, as a perquisite of his...

Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (1583-1642), in armour with a blue sash, painted in 1636 by the Dutch portraitist Paulus Moreelse (1571- 1638).   Oil on panel 68.5 x 54.6 cm   Robert was the eldest son of Peregrine, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and his wife Mary de Vere, daughter of the Earl of Oxford. He succeeded his father as 14th Baron Willoughby in 1601 and married Elizabeth Montagu of Boughton in 1604. In 1626, he was created Earl of Lindsey and was made a...

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (1485-1545), in a jewelled plumed velvet cap, a crimson doublet with a white collar and a fur-trimmed black robe, wearing the Badge of the Order of the Garter. Oil on panel 86 x 68.5 cm Brandon, a life-long friend of Henry VIII, bought the wardship of Katherine Willoughby de Eresby, heiress of Grimsthorpe, from the King, intending to marry her to his own son. When Brandon's third wife wife Mary (sister of Henry VIII) died, Brandon married Katherine himself....