Liberal Judaism Vice President Baroness Gillian Merron, and her history-making role as the first representative of the Jewish faith involved in a British Monarch’s Coronation, are featured as part of King Charles III’s Coronation Roll.

Stretching for 21 metres, the hand-stitched manuscript and illustrated record was written by calligrapher Stephanie von Werthern-Gill and presented to the King last week.

It records: “The Robe Royal, imbued with symbolism of the British Isles, was then brought from the Shrine to The King by The Baroness Merron, a Peer from the Jewish faith.

“Concurrently the Stole, made for this Coronation by the Worshipful Company of Girdlers, was brought from the Shrine by the Groom of the Robes. The King stood, stepped down onto the Cosmati Pavement and was vested with the Stole by The Prince of Wales. The Robe was handed to the Bishops of Durham and Bath and Wells, who vested The King, assisted by the Prince of Wales who fastened the Robe’s clasp.

“The King returned to sit in The Coronation Chair. The Archbishop then declared: ‘Receive this Robe. May the Lord clothe you with the robe of righteousness, and with the garments of salvation.”

Baroness Gillian Merron (pictured) is a former Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and a member of Lincolnshire Jewish Community and The South London Liberal Synagogue.

She made history last year when – along with Muslim, Hindu and Sikh Peers – she became one of the first ever non-Christian figures to be involved in the crowning of a British King or Queen.

In a video interview for BBC, ITV and Sky – to mark the presentation of the Coronation Role to King Charles – she said: “This was a real moment in history when four Peers, including myself, were each representing one of the non-Christian faiths.

“It is a major change to what’s gone before and I am sure it is driven by the wishes of His Majesty to want to show, in his Coronation, that we are a community of communities.”

More information on the Coronation Roll, which has been presented to Monarchs for the last 700 years, can be found at www.coronationroll.gov.uk.