Show BURIAL PLACE OF KING JOHN writer declares interment of famous english monarch took place at worcester in the american law review there appeared an article in which the writer made an allusion to king john of england and said he went to his unla unlamented M anted rest at st Wol stana now Is this correct king john was burled buried at worcester and in the cathedral there and his hl cosy wy has slept in that spot until abow ow unless like a streak of morning cloud it has melted into the infinite azure of the past in 1797 for the purpose of identifying the resting place of 0 the king and his bis remains a committee of citizens W was as appointed to investigate this matter the body was identified and all that remained of it placed in a now new mausoleum where it stands today as one of the objects of inte interest in worcester cathedral shakespeare in hla his king john puts in the mouth of prince henry the following worda word a at worcester must his body be interred for so BO ho he willed it thus we see king john wa burled buried in worcester cathedral and it Is therefore inaccurate to say eay he was buried at st wol stans the memory of king john Is not cherished with the feeling that has followed the lives and deaths of some of En glands sovereigns and he will be remembered only as the monarch from whom was extorted the great charter of english liberty from which this country has received a large part of its ita valued inheritance letter to st louis post dispatch |