The Painted Chamber

Having done a quick google it confirms that Parliament met there and the State Opening of Parliament took place there.
I'm fascinated where this bed might be Eileen? I just have this vision of the King retreating from his throne to recline whilst they read out the endless lists of attainder reversals and the need to repave Canterbury.

And having the odd nap!

Hilary....apologies...you are correct....I was led up the garden path by the State Bed being in that room...As you say...why a bed...making some sort of statement I suppose...Our forefathers were a strange lot at times. Mind boggling overtime here....I suppose it might prove handy for anyone being taken ill or very sleepy...only joking..:0) Eileen

--- In , "hjnatdat" <hjnatdat@...> wrote:
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> Having done a quick google it confirms that Parliament met there and the State Opening of Parliament took place there.
> I'm fascinated where this bed might be Eileen? I just have this vision of the King retreating from his throne to recline whilst they read out the endless lists of attainder reversals and the need to repave Canterbury.
>
> And having the odd nap!
>

From: EileenB
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: The Painted Chamber


> Hilary....apologies...you are correct....I was led up the garden path by
> the State Bed being in that room...As you say...why a bed...making some
> sort of statement I suppose...Our forefathers were a strange lot at times.
> Mind boggling overtime here....I suppose it might prove handy for anyone
> being taken ill or very sleepy...only joking..:0) Eileen

If there was a council chamber with a bed in the corner it does make More's
scenario of Edward, on his death bed, still having long complicated meetings
with his staff and making political speeches seem more plausible, even
though Baker dismissed it as invented dialogue because it sounded too
long-winded for a dying man. Perhaps the bed was there for that very
reason - so that a monarch who was dying, or bed-ridden with age and
arthritis, could still participate in meetings.

Perhaps it was merely a copy of the French tradition - lit de justice - where the king literally sat on a bed to deliver his justice.


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From: EileenB
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: The Painted Chamber

> Hilary....apologies...you are correct....I was led up the garden path by
> the State Bed being in that room...As you say...why a bed...making some
> sort of statement I suppose...Our forefathers were a strange lot at times.
> Mind boggling overtime here....I suppose it might prove handy for anyone
> being taken ill or very sleepy...only joking..:0) Eileen

If there was a council chamber with a bed in the corner it does make More's
scenario of Edward, on his death bed, still having long complicated meetings
with his staff and making political speeches seem more plausible, even
though Baker dismissed it as invented dialogue because it sounded too
long-winded for a dying man. Perhaps the bed was there for that very
reason - so that a monarch who was dying, or bed-ridden with age and
arthritis, could still participate in meetings.

Don't apologise, we need a laugh. Like Carol I'm fed up with the PC moralising which didn't apply in the 15th century. Now I recall our George tore a strip off a mayor who fell asleep at one of their joint hearings. Would love to have heard it!


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From: EileenB <cherryripe.eileenb@...>
To:
Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 13:44
Subject: Re: The Painted Chamber


 

Hilary....apologies...you are correct....I was led up the garden path by the State Bed being in that room...As you say...why a bed...making some sort of statement I suppose...Our forefathers were a strange lot at times. Mind boggling overtime here....I suppose it might prove handy for anyone being taken ill or very sleepy...only joking..:0) Eileen

--- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "hjnatdat" <hjnatdat@...> wrote:
>
> Having done a quick google it confirms that Parliament met there and the State Opening of Parliament took place there.
> I'm fascinated where this bed might be Eileen? I just have this vision of the King retreating from his throne to recline whilst they read out the endless lists of attainder reversals and the need to repave Canterbury.
>
> And having the odd nap!
>