The History of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
Part 50
_Azure, a Chevron between three Lozenges, a Crescent difference._
492. Louis de Duras, _Earl of_ Feversham.
_Quarterly; first and fourth, Gules a Lyon rampant Argent; second and third, Argent a bend Azure, with a label of three Points difference._
493. Robert Spencer, _Earl of_ Sunderland.
_Quarterly, Argent and Gules, in second a Fret Or, over all a bend Sable, charged with three eschallops of the first._
_Knights elected in the Reign of King_ William _and Queen_ Mary, _and King_ William.
494. James Butler, _Duke of_ Ormond.
_Or, a chief indented Azure._
495. Frederick Schonbergh, _Duke of_ Schonbergh.
_Argent, an Escocheon Sable, over all a Carbuncle of eight Roys Or, a Crescent difference._
496. William Cavendish, _Duke of_ Devonshire, _then Earl of_ Devonshire.
_Sable, three Hearts Heads caboshed, Argent._
497. Charles Sackville, _Earl of_ Dorset _and_ Middlesex.
_Quarterly, Or and Gules a bend Vaire._
498. Frederick III. _Marquiss of_ Brandenburgh, _Prince Elector, and Great Chamberlain of the Holy_ Roman Empire; _after King of_ Prussia.
_Comme_, No. 456.
499. George-William, _Duke of_ Brunswick _and_ Lunenburg-Zell, _Prince of the Holy_ Roman Empire.
500. Charles Talbot, _Duke of_ Shrewsbury.
_Gules a Lyon rampant, within a border ingrailed Or._
501. _Prince_ William, _Duke of_ Gloucester.
The Arms of _England, with a label of three Points Argent_, the middlemost charged with the _Cross of_ St. _George, and an Escocheon_ of his paternal Coat of _Denmark_.
502. John Holles, _Duke of_ Newcastle.
_Ermine, two Piles_, their Points meeting in _base Sable_.
503. William Bentinck, _Earl of_ Portland.
_Azure, a Cross Moline Argent._
504. Thomas Herbert, _Earl of_ Pembroke _and_ Montgomery.
_Comme_, No. 404.
505. Arnoldjoost Van Keppel, _Earl of_ Albermarle.
_Gules, three eschallops Argent._
506. James Dowglass, _Duke of_ Queensbury _and_ Dover.
_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 of the same, all within a double Tressure Counterflory Gules._
507. George-Lewis, _Elector of_ Brunswick-Lunenburgh, _&c. the present Sovereign_.
_Knights elected in the Reign of Queen_ ANNE.
508. Wriothesly Russel, _Duke of_ Bedford.
_Comme_, No. 475.
509. John Churchill, _Duke of_ Marlborough.
_Sable, a Lyon rampant Argent, on a Canton of the second, St._ George_’s Cross._
510. Meinhardt Schonbergh, _Duke of_ Schonbergh.
_Comme_, No. 495.
510. Sidney Godolphin, _Earl of_ Godolphin.
_Gules, an Eagle with two Heads display’d between 3 Fleurs de Lis Argent._
511. George Augustus, _Prince Electoral of_ Hanover, _now Prince of_ Wales.
512. William Cavendish, _Duke of_ Devonshire.
_Comme_, No. 496.
513. John Campbell, _Duke of_ Argyle.
_Girony of eight Pieces, Or and Sable._
514. James Hamilton, _Duke of_ Hamilton _and_ Brandon: _Placed here in his Order of Election, but lived not to be installed._
_Comme_, No. 447.
515. Henry Beaufort, _Duke of_ Somerset.
_Comme_, No. 473.
516. Henry de Grey, _Duke of_ Kent.
_Barry of six Argent and Azure._
517. John Poulett, _Earl_ Poulett.
_Sable, three Swords, their Points in Pile Argent, the Hilts Or._
518. Robert Harley, _Earl of_ Oxford _and Earl_ Mortimer.
_Or, a bend cotised Sable._
519. Thomas Wentworth, _Earl of_ Strafford.
_Sable, a Chevron between three Leopards Heads Or._
520. Charles Mordant, _Earl of_ Peterborough _and_ Monmouth.
_Comme_, No. 490.
_Knights elected by King_ George.
521. Charles Poulet, _Duke of_ Bolton.
_Sable, three Swords, their Points in pile Argent, their Hilts Or, a Crescent difference._
522. John Maners, _Duke of_ Rutland.
_Comme_, No. 412.
523. Lionel-Cranfield Sackvil, _Earl of_ Dorset _and_ Middlesex.
_Comme_, No. 497.
524. Charles Montague, _Earl of_ Halifax.
_Argent three Lozenges in fess Gules, within a border Sable difference._
_A Catalogue of the several Officers of this most Noble Order, to this Time._
_Prelates of the Order._
1. William de Edyngton, _Bishop of_ Winchester, _Lord Treasurer, and after Lord Chancellor of_ England.
2. William de Wykham, _Bishop of_ Winchester, _Priest, Cardinal of St._ Eusebius, _and Lord Chancellor of_ England.
3. Henry Beaufort, _Bishop of_ Winchester, _Priest, Cardinal_, &c. _and Lord Chancellor of_ England.
4. William de Waynfleet, _Bishop of_ Winchester, _and Lord Chancellor of_ England.
5. Peter Courtney, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
6. Thomas Langton, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
7. Richard Fox, _Bishop of_ Winchester, _and Lord Privy-Seal_.
8. Thomas Wolsey, _Bishop of_ Winchester, _Priest, Cardinal_, &c. _and Lord Chancellor of_ England.
9. Stephen Gardiner, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
10. John Poynet, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
11. Stephen Gardiner _restored, and made Lord Chancellor of_ England.
12. John White, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
13. Robert Horne, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
14. John Watson, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
15. Thomas Cooper, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
16. William Wykham, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
17. William Day, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
18. Thomas Bilson, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
19. James Montague, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
20. Lancelot Andrews, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
21. Richard Neyle, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
22. Walter Curle, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
23. Brian Duppa, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
24. George Morley, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
25. Peter Mew, _Bishop of_ Winchester.
26. _Sir_ Jonathan Trelawny, _Bar. now Bishop of_ Winchester.
_Chancellors of the Order._
1. Richard Beauchamp, _Bishop of_ Salisbury, _and Dean of_ Windsor.
2. Lionel Woodevelle, _Bishop of_ Salisbury.
3. Thomas Langton, _Bishop of_ Salisbury.
4. John Blyth, _Bishop of_ Salisbury.
5. Henry Dean, _Bishop of_ Salisbury.
6. Edmond Audley, _Bishop of_ Salisbury.
7. _Sir_ William Cecil, _Kt. Secretary of State_.
8. _Sir_ William Peters, _Kt. Secretary of State_.
9. _Sir_ Thomas Smith, _Kt. Secretary of State_.
10. _Sir_ Francis Walsingham, _Kt. Secretary of State_.
11. _Sir_ Amias Paulet, _Kt. Secretary of State_.
12. _Sir_ John Woolee, _Kt. Secretary for the_ Latin _Tongue_.
13. _Sir_ Edward Dyer, _Kt._
14. _Sir_ John Herbert, _Kt. Secretary of State_.
15. _Sir_ George More, _Kt._
16. _Sir_ Francis Crane, _Kt._
17. _Sir_ Thomas Row, _Kt._
18. _Sir_ James Palmer, _Kt._
19. _Sir_ Henry de Vick, _Bar._
20. Seth Ward, _Bishop of_ Salisbury.
21. Gilbert Burnet, _now Bishop of_ Salisbury.
_Registers of the Order._
1. John Coringham, _Canon of_ Windsor.
2. John Deepden, _Canon of_ Windsor.
3. James Goldwell, _Canon of_ Windsor.
4. Oliver King, _Canon of_ Windsor, _Secretary to Prince Henry, Son of King_ Henry VI. _To King_ Edward IV., V. _and_ Henry VII.
5. Richard Nix, _Canon of_ Windsor.
6. Christopher Urswick, _Dean of_ Windsor.
7. Thomas Wolsey, _the Kings Almoner_.
8. William Atwater, _Canon of_ Windsor, _after Bishop of_ Lincoln.
9. Nicholas West, _Dean of_ Windsor.
10. John Vescy, _Dean of_ Windsor.
11. Richard Sydnor, _Canon of_ Windsor.
12. Robert Aldridge, _Canon of_ Windsor.
13. Owen Oglethorp, _Dean of_ Windsor.
14. John Boxal, _Dean of_ Windsor, _and Secretary of State_.
15. George Carew, _Dean of_ Windsor.
16. William Day, _Dean of_ Windsor.
17. Robert Benet, _Dean of_ Windsor.
18. Giles Thompson, _Dean of_ Windsor, _and Bishop of_ Gloucester.
19. Anthony Maxey, _Dean of_ Windsor.
20. Marc Antonio de Dominis, _Archbishop of_ Spalato, _Dean of_ Windsor.
21. Henry Beaumont, _Dean of_ Windsor.
22. Matthew Wren, _Dean of_ Windsor.
23. Christopher Wren, _Dean of_ Windsor.
24. Brune Ryves, _Dean of_ Windsor.
25. _Dr._ Gregory Heskard, _Dean of_ Windsor.
26. _Dr._ John Robinson, _Dean of_ Windsor, _since Bishop of_ London.
27. _Dr._ George Verney, _Lord_ Willoughby _of_ Brook, _now Dean of_ Windsor.
_Garters King of Arms._
1. _Sir_ William Brugges, _Kt._
2. John Smert.
3. _Sir_ John Writh, _Kt._
4. _Sir_ Thomas Wriothesley, _Kt._
5. _Sir_ Thomas Wall, _Kt._
6. _Sir_ Christopher Barker, _Kt._
7. _Sir_ Gilbert Dethick, _Kt._
8. _Sir_ William Dethick, _Kt._
9. _Sir_ William Segar, _Kt._
10. _Sir_ John Borough, _Kt._
11. _Sir_ Henry St. George, _Kt._
12. _Sir_ Edward Walker, _Kt._
13. _Sir_ William Dugdale.
14. _Sir_ Thomas St. George.
15. _Sir_ Henry St. George.
_Ushers of the Black-Rod._
1. William Whitehorse.
2. John Cray.
3. Thomas Sye.
4. John Athelbrig.
5. William Evington, _and_ Edward Hardgyll.
6. Robert Marleton.
7. Ralph Ashton, _and_ Hugh Dennys.
8. _Sir_ William Compton, _Kt._
9. Henry Norresse, _Esq;_
10. Anthony Knyvet, _Esq;_
11. _Sir_ Philip Hobby, _Kt._
12. John Norres, _and_ William Norres, _Esqs;_
13. Anthony Wingfield, _Esq;_
14. Richard Coningsbye, _Esq;_
15. James Maxwell, _Esq;_
16. Peter Newton, _Esq;_
17. _Sir_ John Ayton, _Kt._
18. _Sir_ Edward Carteret, _Kt._
19. _Sir_ Thomas Duppa.
20. _Sir_ Fleetwood Shepard.
21. _Sir_ David Mitchell.
22. _Sir_ William Oldes.
APPENDIX.
_The Statutes of Institution of the most Noble_ Order _of the_ Garter, _as they were reform’d and explain’d by King_ Henry VIII.
Whereas the moost famous, moost happiest, and victorious Prynce _Edwarde_, the thirde of that Name, his Noble Progenitour sometyme Kyng of _England_ and of _Fraunce_, and Lord of _Irland, &c._ To th’ onnoure of Almighti God, and of the Blessed and Immaculate Virgyn _Marie_, and the Blessed Martir Sainte _George_, Patron of the right Noble Roialme of _England_; and of Saynt _Edwarde_, Kyng and Confessour; To the exaltation of the holy Faith Catholique, ordeyned, established, created, and founded within the Castel of _Wyndesore_, a Company of twenty six Noble and Worthi Knyghtes, for to be of the said moost Noble Ordre of Saynt _George_, named the Gartier, and for the honourable continuance, augmentation, and interteyning of the same.
The seid moost victorious Kyng did devyse and institute divers honorable Estatuts, and laudable Ordinances, for to be observed and kept by the Cobrethren and Confreres, Knyghtes and Compaynons of the said moost Noble Ordre; amonge the which Estatutis been certeyne doubtis and ambiguities, which to be more playnly declared, interpreted and extended, it is thought right necessary and expedient, and that certeyne other new Ordinances and Articles be to the said Statutes added and adjoyned. Wherefore the said moost excellent and victorious Prynce _Henry_ VIII. Kyng of _England_ and of _Fraunce_, Defensor of the Faith, and Lord of _Irland_, and Soverayne of the said moost Noble Order; and for the right singular Love, good Zeal, ardent and intier Affection that his Royall Majestie hath and bearith to the said moost Noble Order, and to the Estate of Chivalrie and Knyghthood, and for the honorable contynuance and encreasing the same. And also at the humble requeste and instante desire of the Knyghts and Companyons of the said Noble Order, and by their Advyse, Councell and Assent, the twenty third Day of _April_, in the Year of Grace MDXXII. and of his moost Noble Reign the eighth Year, made interpretacion and declaracion of the Obscurities, Doubtis, and Ambiguities, of the said Estatutes, Ordinances, Interpretacions, Declaracions, Reformacions, with their additions aforesaid, after the trew intencion of them, shall be from henceforth observed, kept and ensued by the Soverayne, and the Knyghtes Confreres and Companyons of the said Noble Order, in manner and fourme following.
I. Firste, It is ordened and accorded, That the Kyng and his Heires and Successors, Kyngs of _England_, shall be for evermore Soveraynes of the saide moost Noble Order and amiable Companye of Saynt _George_, named the Gartier, to the which Soverayn, and to his Heires and Successours, shall apperteine the Declaracion, Solucion, Determinacion, Interpretacion, Reformacion, and disposition of all Causes, concernyng and towchyng any thing of Obscuritie or Dowbte conteyned in the Statutes of the said moost Noble Order.
II. _Item_, It is accorded, That none shall be elected and chosen for to be Fellow or Companyon of the said moost Noble Order, except that he be a Gentilman of Blood, and that he be a Knyghte, and without reproche. And that the Knyghtes of the said Noble Order, from hensforth, shall not Name any Person in their Election to be Felow or Companyon of the said Noble Order, in whom thei shall thynke or extiem in their Conscience to have Spotte of Reproche. And as towchyng the Declaracion of a Gentilman of Blode, it is declared and determined that he shall be descended of three decentis of Noblesse, that is to say, of Name and of Arms, both of his Father’s side, and also of his Mother’s side. And as towchyng or concernyng any manner of reproche, forasmoche as there be divers and many sundry Poyntis of reproche, there shall be here declared but three Poyntes of them oonly, as it is declared in manner and fourme folowyng.
A List of all the present _Knights-Companions_ of the most Noble Order of the _Garter_; as their Places occur in their _Stalls_ in the Royal Chappel of St. _George_, within the College of _Windsor_: Shewing the respective Times of their Installations.
+-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ | || | | The Sovereign’s Side || The Prince’s Side | | || | +------++---------------------------++--------------------------++------+ | || || || | +------++---------------------------++--------------------------++------+ |3. ||1. _The Sovereign_, George,||2. George-August, _Prince || 4. | | || _King of_ Great-Britain, || of_ Wales, _&c. || | | || France _and_ Ireland; || installed_ December 22d,|| | | || _installed_ March 13. || 1706. 5 _Queen_ Anne. || | | || 1702-3. 2 _Queen_ Anne. || || | +------++---------------------------++--------------------------++------+ |5. Charles Fitzroy, _Duke of_ ||6. John Sheffield, _Duke of_ | | Cleveland _and_ Southampton, _&c.|| Buckingham _and_ Normanby, _&c. | | installed_ April _the first_, || installed_ May _28th_, 1674. | | 1673. 25 Charles II. || 26 Charles II. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |7. Charles Lenox, _Duke of_ ||8. Charles Seymour, _Duke of_ | | Richmond, _&c. installed_ || Somerset, _&c. installed_ April | | April _20th_, 1681. || _8th_, 1684. 36 Charles II. | | 33 Charles II. || | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |9. George Fitzroy, _Duke of_ ||10. James Butler, _Duke of_ | | Northumberland, _&c. installed_ || Ormond, _&c. installed_ | | April _8th_, 1684. 36 Charles II.|| April _5th_, 1689. | | || 1 William _and_ Mary. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |11. Charles Talbot, _Duke of_ ||12. Thomas Herbert, _Earl of_ | | Shrewsbury, _&c. installed_ June || Pembroke _and_ Montgomery, _&c. | | _5th_, 1694. 6 William _and_ || installed_ May _14th_, 1700. | | Mary. || 12 William III. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |13. Arnold Joost Van Keppel, _Earl ||14. John Churchill, _Duke of_ | | of_ Albemarle, _&c. installed_ || Marlborough, _&c. installed_ | | May _14th_, 1700. 12 William III.|| March _13th_, 1702-3. | | || 2 _Queen_ Anne. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |15. Meinhardt Schonbergh, _Duke of_||16. William Cavendish, _Duke of_ | | Schonbergh; _installed_ September|| Devonshire, _&c. installed_ | | _2d_, 1703. 2 _Queen_ Anne. || December _22d_, 1710. | | || 9 _Queen_ Anne. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |17. John Campbel, _Duke of_ Argyle,||18. Henry de Grey, _Duke of_ Kent,| | _&c. installed_ December _22nd_, || _&c. installed_ August _4th_, | | 1710. 9 _Queen_ Anne. || 1713. 12 _Queen_ Anne. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |19. John Poulett, _Earl_ Poulett, ||20. Robert Harley, _Earl of_ | | _&c. installed_ August _4th_, || Oxford, _and Earl_ Mortimer, | | 1713. 12 _Queen_ Anne. || _&c. installed_ August _4th_, | | || 1713. 12 _Queen_ Anne. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |21. Thomas Wentworth, _Earl of_ ||22. Charles Mordant, _Earl of_ | | Strafford, _&c. installed_ August|| Peterborough _and_ Monmouth, | | _4th_, 1713. 12 _Queen_ Anne. || _&c. installed_ August _4th_, | | || 1713. 12 _Queen_ Anne. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |23. Charles Poulet, _Duke of_ ||24. John Maners, _Duke of_ | | Bolton, _&c. installed_ December || Rutland, _&c. installed_ | | _9th_, 1714. 1 _King_ George. || December _9th_, 1714. | | || 1 _King_ George. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ |25. Lionel-Cranfield Sackvil, _Earl||26. Charles Montague, _Earl of_ | | of_ Dorset _and_ Middlesex; || Halifax, _&c. installed_ | | _installed_ December _9th_, 1714.|| December _9th_, 1714. 1 _King_ | | 1 _King_ George. || George. | +-----------------------------------++----------------------------------+
The first Poynt of Reproche ys, That if any Knyght (as God defende) be convaynqued or attaynted of Errour against the Cristen Faith Catholique, or had for any suche Offence suffred any Payne or Punicion publique.
The second Poynt of Reproche is, That if any Knyght (as God defende) had been arrayned, convicted, or attainted of High Treason.
The third Poynt of Reproche is, That if any Knyght departe or flee away from Batayle or Journei, beyng with his Soverayne Lord, his Lieutenant or Deputie, or other Capetayne having the Kyng’s Power Royal and Auctoritie; and whereas Banners Estandatz, or Pennons, have bene displaied, and that thei preceded to Fight, he that then reniously and cowardly flieth or departeth away from thens, ought to be esteemed and judged to have reproche, and never worthi to be elected Knyght of the said Company, (as God forbidde) do commytte any such reproche; that then he shall be departed and disgraded of the said Order, at the next Chaptier ensuyng, if it soo shall please the Soverayne and the Company.
III. _Item_, That every Yere upon the Vigill of Saynt _George_, that is to say, the twenty second Day of the Month of _April_, on what Day soever it fall on, and tho’ no Service of Saynt _George_ be celebrate or done, all the Knyghts of the said Company beyng in any Place or Places of their Liberties, in what Places soever it be, shall be bounde for to were the hole Habit of the said Order; that is to wit, Robe, Mantell, Hudde, and Coller, from the owre of the first Even Songe, at the owre of _Tierce_, that is, at three of the Clocke at Afternone, untill the said Even Songe, and other Devyne Service, Souper, and Voydance, be done and accomplished; and likewyse on the Morrow on Saynt _George_’s _Day_ at Matens, Procession, [1] Mass, and the seconde Even Songe and all the said Day, untyll that Souper and Voydance be done, as ys aforesaid.
Footnote 1:
_Divine Service._
IV. _Item_, That if for any Causes it should please the said Soverayne to proroge the said Feast and Solemnytie of Saint _George_, or that the said Feast shuld be prolonged and proroged to another Day, that all the Knyghtis of the said Order, that shall be within the Realme of _England_, shall gyve their Attendance the Even and the Day of Saynt _George_, on the Parson of the said Soverayne, and shall fynde themselffes in his Company, in what Place soever he be within the said Realme of _England_, and they so gyving their Attendance upon his said Parson the said Even and Day, shall observe and kepe the Servyce of Saynt _George_, if the Ordenance and Commaundement of holye Church doth suffre and permit it, and if the Ordenaunce of the Church doth not permit it, in this behalfe they be bound to tarry with the Soverayne, and heare such Servyce as all be than limited and ordened by the holy Churche to be done and celebrated, the said Even and Day of Saynt _George_, in observyng and kepyng, duryng the said Daies, of all other Ceremonies, aswell in goyng to the Chapter upon the said Even before Even Song at Afternone, and the said Day of Saynt _George_ at Afternone, before the laste Even Songe, and also in weryng their hole Habit; and every Knyght beyng in his own Stall in kepyng the Devine Servyce, from the tyme of the fyrst Even Song of the said Even, Matens and [2] Masse, unto the last Even Song of the said Day, and the Morrow after ensuying before the [3] Masse of _Requiem_, they shall take their Mantells, upon suche Gownes as shall please them, and shall enter into the Chapter, if there be eny Election or other great Affaires, before the said [4] Masse of _Requiem_, in using such Ceremonyes to this accustomed, as though they were present in the said Castell of _Wyndesore_. And in case that the said Soverayne be come, and entred into the said Chapiter, and that some of the seid Felows of the said Order be not entred or come with hym, and shulde tary behynde, in case they that have not gyven and done dew Attendance upon hym, shall abide withoute the Dores of the said Chapiter, without entryng into it, duryng all the tyme that the said Soverayne and other Knyghtes shall be in the said Chapter for that tyme. And if so be that eny of the above-named Knyghtes come to late to the first Even Song of the said Even or Mattens [5] Masse, or laste Even Song, the said Day of Saynt _George_, he shall have for Penance, that during the tyme and space of such Devyne Servyce he shall knele or stande before his Stall in the Place of the Queresters; and if he come not to gyve Attendance upon the Parson of the said Soverayne the sayd Even and Day of Saynt _George_ as is aforesaid, and that he have no Lycence or other reasonable Excuse, and that it be acceptable to the said Soverayne; for his absence in this Case, the said Knyght that soo shall have done, for his Penance, shall not come in his Stall at the next Feast ensuyng, in the presence of the Soverayne, nor in his said Stall in the said College of _Wyndesore_; and farthermore shall Pay ten Pounds, for to be converted and bestowed to the use of the Ornaments of the said College.
Footnote 2:
_Divine Service._
Footnote 3:
_Divine Service._
Footnote 4:
_Divine Service._
Footnote 5:
_Divine Service._