Coronation of the British monarch on Christmas Day, possibly in imitation of the Byzantine emperors, and John's was on Ascension Day. Elizabeth I consulted her astrologer, John Dee, before deciding on an auspicious date. The coronations of Charles II in 1661 and Anne in 1702 were on St George's Day, the feast of the patron saint of England. Under the Hanoverian monarchs in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was deemed appropriate to extend the waiting period to several months, following a period of mourning for the previous monarch and to allow time for preparation of the ceremony. In the case of every monarch
John Seymour (died 1464) in some sources given as William Mac William or Williams of Gloucestershire, and had two children: As his son predeceased him, Seymour was succeeded in his estates by his grandson, another John Seymour. After her husband's death in 1464, Isabel took vows of chastity. John Seymour (died 1464) Sir John Seymour (c. 1395, c. 1400 or 1402 – 20 December 1464) of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset, was an English knight and member of parliament. He was the son of Roger Seymour (born Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset, c. 1367-1370, died 1420) by his marriage to Maud