The History of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

V. _Item_, If it chaunsed that any of the Knyghtes of the said Order, by Leave or Licens, or otherwise, were in his House, or in any other Place, at his Libertie and Fraunchise,...

But some have been of Opinion, that the Commissioners named to this Employment, ought not to divide the Duty, and part of them to Instal one, and part the other, and by such an...

THAT Mantle prepared for the Founder against the first Feast of this Order, appears to be fine Woollen Cloth, and it is not improbable this Material was chosen, rather than any...

First, (After the Preparations made for the Offering, as aforesaid,) he descends from his Stall with the usual Reverences, and goes to the Steps ascending the Sovereign’s Stall,...

When the Sovereign, or his Lieutenant, do not Sup in St. _George_’s _Hall_ on the Eve of the Feast, on the following Night, the Officers of Arms have formerly had the Liberty to...

Of Excuses which have not been allow’d, the most remarkable is that of the Duke of _Norfolk_, and the Lord _Scales_, _Anno_ 36 _Hen._ VI. who were adjudg’d to the Penalty of the...

AS to what _Polydore_ says, he is not so confident to ascertain the Person whose Garter it was; but cautiously declining that, says, it was either the Queen’s, or the King’s Mis...

§ 5. HAVING finish’d our Discourse concerning the Robes of the Order, we shall speak of the Robes and Hoods assign’d to the Queen, Knights-Companions Wives, and other great Ladi...

IT is remarkable, that _Du Chesne_, a noted _French_ Historian, acknowledges it was by the special Invocation of St. _George_ that King _Edward_ III. gain’d the Battle of _Cress...

And because a single Coat was not conceived to stand fair enough in a Banner of this proportion, the Sovereign hath been pleased to grant a new Coat, to bear in Quarters his Pat...

BESIDES this there is another Book that goes by the Name of the _Black Book_, wherein the Annals of the Order are transcribed in _Latin_, concerning which there pass’d a Decree,...

AT St. _Georges_’s Feast, Celebrated at _Windsor_, 22, 23, and 24 of _April, Anno_ 15 _Car._ II. Sir _Edward Walker_ then Garter, representing by Petition, that the annual Pensi...

BY all which it is manifest what Materials and colour the Prelate’s Robe was of at the institution of the Order, and for a long time after, nor do we find any variation until th...

§ 2. In Case of Sickness, if the absent Knight was only confin’d to his Chamber, the Custom was to prepare a Capital Stall for the Sovereign, in the Chamber where he lay, and an...

Nevertheless, there was a Question moved 12 _Jac._ I. whether the usage of wearing the Hood should not be restored to the left Shoulder, but it seems it was over-ruled; and 23 _...

And as there is, upon admission of an elect Knight, installed by Proxy, the same ground for removal of Stalls, as in personal Installations; so the Sovereign issues out Warrants...

And it appears from some of these Letters, that by reason Sir _Edward Walker_, Garter, was otherwise employ’d in the Service of the Sovereign, when they were transmitted, the So...

§ 16. _Anno_ 27 of _Eliz._ there is a remarkable Occurrence, not to be passed over; for the Earls of _Rutland_ and _Derby_, the morrow after St. _George_’s Day, were desirous to...

HAD its Original from _Philip_ II. Duke of _Burgundy_, Sirnam’d _the Good_, the 10th of _Jan._ 1429. at his Marriage with _Elizabeth_, Daughter of _Portugal_, in the City of _Br...

Those Qualities were chiefly consider’d and esteemed by _Henry_ V. for which Reason, at an Election in the 9th Year of his Reign, he gave the Preference, before others that were...

IT is evident King _Hen._ VIII. designed a Re-establishment of half the ancient Number of Alms-Knights, _viz._ Thirteen; for which purpose he appointed by his Will 600 _l._ _per...

When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has been surrounded by _underscores_. Text printed in blackletter has been surrounded by #pound signs#. Super...

§ 1. Though the Statutes of the _Order_ appoint and prefix a time, wherein the Sovereign’s Letters of notice to an elect Knight ought to be sent, yet as to the sending a solemn...

THERE was a Seal made at the beginning of the Reign of King _Cha._ I. which being esteemed too little for the Grandure and Honour of the Sovereigns Commissions, if was afterward...

DON _Raymond_, last Earl of _Barcelona_, having in the Year 1149. reduced the City of _Tortosa_ from the _Moors_, on the Thirty First following they laid a fresh Siege to it, in...

18 _Edw._ IV. his Feoffees, the Queen, the Arch-Bishop of _York_, and others seised to the Use of the King, demis’d to them the Mannor of _Wykecombe_, call’d _Bassetsbury_, the...

BY the last Article of King _Henry_ VIII’s. Statutes, it was allowed to be enriched at the Pleasure of the Possessor, (as is the great George) which for the most Part hath been...

There was to belong to the Castle or Principal Convent a Church of marvellous Structure; it was design’d Fifty Cubits in breadth, without any Pillars, a Hundred Cubits long, and...

§ 1. By the _Statutes_ of _Institution_, it’s ordain’d, That a solemn Festival should be Annually celebrated on the 23d Day of _April_, or St. _George_’s _Day_, in Honour of the...

The Lord _Hunsdon_. Void. The Lord _Robert Dudley_. The Viscount _Mountague_. The Lord _Loughborow_. The Earl of _Shrewsbury_. The Earl of _Sussex_. The Lord _Howard_ of _Effing...

§ 1. THE Grounds and Causes of founding _Societies_ or _Knightly Orders_, were several and different, tho’ all terminated in one End. Among which, principally were these, _First...

AND it is further manifest, by the Scrutiny there inserted, that both those Princes were named by every of the Knights-Companions then present, according to the Sovereign’s sign...

Lord Chamberlain, and Servants. Groom of the Stool. Bed-Chamber Men. Secretaries of State. Gentlemen-Ushers of the Privy-Chamber. Mr. Vice Chamberlain. Gentlemen of the Bed Cham...

WAS founded _A. D._ 1048. by _Garcius_ VI. King of _Navarre_, in Honour of the blessed Virgin _Mary_, after his Recovery from a languishing Sickness. Others relate, that prevail...

§. 9. BUT whosoever gather’d the Suffrages, the Time when they enter’d upon this Duty (in the Intervals of Feasts, where the Occasion requir’d a peculiar Chapter for an Election...

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THE Great Masters have their chief Seat and Convent at _Brianno_ near _Venice_, and is Hereditary in the Family of _Angelus Flavius Comnenus_. Among the rest of their Prerogativ...

Since the Custom of receiving the _Collar_ in the _Chapter-House_ was laid aside, the Sovereign, (or his Lieutenant,) with the _Knights-Companions_, (so soon as the _Mantle_ is...

And here it is to be remarked, that no Knight Elect ought to be summoned to a Chapter of Election, or are rendered sufficient of giving their Votes therein, until they be comple...

§ 4. Before we come to the particular Ceremonies of the Installation, transacted either by the Sovereign, (or in his absence by his Lieutenant or Commissioners,) we shall premis...

§ 4. THE first Custos was _John de la Chambre_, constituted Nov. 14. 22 _Edw._ III. to whom succeeded _William Mugg_, on the 18th of June following: Which _Mugg_ is the first, i...

First, He premiseth the Sovereign’s Election of him into the Order of the _Garter_, and his receipt of the Habit and Ensigns thereof, then takes notice or the Obligation the _St...

But whether the Feast be held upon St. _George_’s _Day_, or any other, by Prorogation, the Sovereign’s Pleasure was usually known so long before the appointed Time, that these c...

{ 3. THAT the Knights should mark their { Obeisance in the Choir first to the Altar, { and next to the Sovereign, or in his Absence { to his Stall. { { 8. THAT the Deputy should...

Over and above these, there is a Warrant and Scheme prepared for the Sovereign to Sign, wherein is described the Order of the Stalls of _Windsor_, as he wou’d have them stand at...

_Garter_ vested in his rich Coat of his Sovereign’s Arms, also (but at the Investiture of the Duke of _Wirtemberg_, he wore his Robe of Crimson Satten, as did _Clarenceux_, at t...

XXI. _Item_, It is agreed, That if any Knyghte of the said Companye shulde departe, and another is Chosen and Electe, he shall have sone after his Election the Garter, in signyf...

We pass on now from the removal and translation of a _Knight-Subject_, after he had been installed, to the assignment of his Stall, at the Time of the Installation it self; wher...

_Quarterly first and fourth Or, three Pales Gules_, the Arms of the old Counts _de Foix, second and third Argent, two Cows passant, Gules armed and ingrailed, and collered Or, B...

There is nothing on this farther observable, than what relates to the Atchievement it self, which, as they became by this Ceremony part of the Goods of the Chappel, and included...

_Quarterly; first and fourth, a Heart Gules, Crown’d with an Imperial Crown Or, on a chief, Azure, three Mullets Argent; second and third, Azure, a Bend Or, six cross Croslets o...

_Quarterly_ the Augmentation, _viz. Or on a Pile Gules between six Flower Deluces Azure, the Lyons of England; second, Seymour, viz. Gules a pair of Wings conjoyned in pale tips...