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
Lord Edward Seymour (died 1593) the Honorable Lord Edward Seymour, knight, sonne unto the Right Honorable Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, who died the second daye of Maye, 1593; also of Edward Seymour his sonne, Baronet, who died the 10 daye of Aprell, 1613; the Lady Elizabeth his wife dawghter of Sir Arthwre Champernowne, who had isshew 11 childeren by him the sayed Edward Seymour, Baronet"". Lord Edward Seymour (died 1593) Lord Edward Seymour (c. 1528 - 2 May 1593), knight, of Berry Pomeroy, Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1583 and was knighted by his father the Duke of Somerset on the battlefield of