Elizabeth Tudor Tomb. On top of the monument is a finely polished slab of. In trying to find the actual coffin of james i stanley explored a narrow aisle located underground between the eastern end of elizabeth s monument and those of james own infant daughters.
The large sum of 318 155 479 74 in today s money was spent on her funeral and henry erected a small tomb to his daughter in the abbey made from purbeck and black marble. When the king died in 1547 despite being. In trying to find the actual coffin of james i stanley explored a narrow aisle located underground between the eastern end of elizabeth s monument and those of james own infant daughters.
Elizabeth s coffin was moved in 1606 from the vault of her grandparents which incidentally also contains the casket of their great great grandson james vi i and placed beneath the tomb.
The death of elizabeth marked the end of the tudor dynasty. During the 1939 1945 war most of the movable figures from the tomb and the chapel itself were evacuated to country houses. The daughter of henry viii and his ill fated queen anne boleyn. Jones m.