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The Royal Crowns: Henry

Plate IV THE CROWN OF QUEEN MARY OF MODENA CONSORT OF JAMES II - THE ROYAL CROWNS worke" crown with little bells, which is there stated to have belonged to King Alfred, who appears to have been the first English king for whom the ceremony of coronation was used; and it is remarkable that on several of the crowns on coins and seals, from the time of Edward the Confessor until Henry I., little tassels or tags are shown, which may indeed represent little bells suspended by a ribbon. THREE POINTS, BEARING EACH A SINGLE PEARL, ON HELMET.