My thanks to Rose for notice of an event to be held at Southwark Cathedral on 13th. February: choral evensong to commemorate the marriage of James I of Scotland and Lady Joan Beaufort which took place at Southwark in 1424.
The service is in aid of the restoration of the cathedral's bells which you can read about here and hear here, and for more on James and his queen, see this post.
The image of the royal couple comes from Forman's Armorial, a collection of 267 coats of arms and plates of kings and queens of Scotland compiled (c.1562) by Sir Robert Forman of Luthrie, Lord Lyon King of Arms; (that is an ancient Scottish office, held in recent years by a former tutor of mine, known in this house as 'The Lyon King'!).
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