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315. _Sir_ Anthony St. Leger, _Kt._
_Azure frette Argent a chief Or._
316. Francis Talbot, _Earl of_ Shrewsbury.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 172.
317. Thomas Wriothesley, _Lord_ Wriothesley, _after Earl of_
Southampton.
_Azure a Cross Or between four Falcons Argent._
_Knights elected in the Reign of King_ Edward VI.
318. Henry Grey, _Marquiss of_ Dorset, _after Duke of_ Suffolk.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 241.
319. Edward Stanley, _Earl of_ Derby.
_Comme_, No. 225.
320. Thomas Seymour, _Lord_ Seymour _of_ Sudley.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 307. _with a Crescent or Mullet difference_.
321. _Sir_ William Paget, _Kt. after Lord_ Paget.
_Sable on a Cross ingrailed between four Eagles displaid Argent, five
Lyons passant of the first._
322. Francis Hastings, _Earl of_ Huntingdon.
_Comme_, No. 189.
323. George Brook, _Lord_ Cobham.
_Gules on a Chevron Argent, a Lyon rampant Sable Crowned Or._
324. Thomas West, _Lord_ La Ware.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 269.
325. _Sir_ William Herbert, _Kt. after Lord_ Herbert _of_ Cardiff, _and
Earl of_ Pembroke.
_Perti per pale Azure and Gules, three Lyons rampant Argent, a border
Gobonee Or, and of the second besanted._
326. Henry II. _the_ French _King_.
_France Comme_, No. 292.
327. Edward Clinton, alias Fines, _Lord_ Clinton, _after Earl of_
Lincoln.
_Argent six cross Croslets fitchee Sable on a chief Azure, two
mullets Or pierced Gules._
328. Thomas Darcy, _Lord_ Darcy _of_ Chiche.
_Argent three cinquefoiles Gules._
329. Henry Nevil, _Earl of_ Westmorland.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 288.
330. _Sir_ Andrew Dudley, _Kt._
_Or a Lyon rampant quevee fourchee Vert a Crescent difference._
_Knights elected in the Reign of Queen_ Mary.
331. Philip, _Prince of_ Spain, _after King of_ England, _by that Name
the second_.
_Quarterly Castile and Leon, Comme_, No. 262.
332. Henry Ratcliff, _Earl of_ Sussex.
_Argent a bend ingrailed Sable._
333. Emanuel Philibert, _Duke of_ Savoy.
_Tierce emanche towards the chief the dexter Westphalia or ancient
Saxony, viz. Gules on Horse enraged Argent the same counterturned;
the sinister Saxony modern, viz. barry of eight Or and Sable, over
all a chaplet of rue Vert in bend, ente in base Angria, viz. Argent
three bouteroles Gules._
334. William Howard, _Lord_ Howard _of_ Effingham.
_Gules on a bend between six cross Croslets Argent_, the _Scotch_
Augmentation, _Comme_, No. 307. _a mullet difference_.
335. Anthony Browne, _Viscount_ Montagu.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 305.
336. _Sir_ Edward Hastings, _Kt. after Lord_ Hastings _of_ Loughborough.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 322, _a crescent difference_.
337. Thomas Ratcliff, _Earl of_ Sussex.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 332.
338. William Grey, _Lord_ Grey _of_ Wilton.
_Barry of six Argent and Azure, a label of five Points Gules._
339. _Sir_ Robert Rochester.
_Checquy Argent and Gules on a fess Azure, three escallops Or._
_Knights elected in the Reign of Queen_ Elizabeth.
340. Thomas Howard, _Duke of_ Norfolk.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 308. but without the _label_, _viz. Howard_
with the _Scotch_ Augmentation in the middle of the _bend_.
341. Henry Manners, _Earl of_ Rutland.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 286.
342. _Sir_ Robert Dudley, _Kt. after Earl of_ Leicester.
_Comme son Oncle_, No. 330.
343. Adolphus, _Duke of_ Holstein.
_Norway, viz. Gules a Lyon rampant Argent crowned Or, holding, or
supporting with three of his Feet, a danish Battle Ax, of the last
headed as the second._
344. George Talbot, _Earl of_ Shrewsbury.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 316.
345. Henry Carey, _Lord_ Hunsdon.
_Argent, on a bend Sable three Roses of the Field, a crescent on a
crescent difference._
346. Thomas Percy, _Earl of_ Northumberland.
_Comme_, No. 212. _viz. Percy, Lovain, and Lucy, Quarterly_.
347. Ambrose Dudley, _Earl of_ Warwick.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 342. without the _crescent_ distinction.
348. Charles IX. _the_ French _King_.
_France, Comme_, No. 326.
349. Francis Russel, _Earl of_ Bedford.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 301.
350. _Sir_ Henry Sidney, _Kt._
_Or a Pheon Azure._
351. Maximilian II. _Emperor of_ Germany.
_Or, on the Breast of an imperial Eagle_, i. e. _double headed and
displaid Sable, an Escochion of Hungary and Bohemia, viz. barry of
eight Argent and Gules impailing Gules, a Lyon rampant Argent
crowned Or_.
352. Henry Hastings, _Earl of_ Huntingdon.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 322.
353. William Somerset, _Earl of_ Worcester.
_Or, on a fess France and England, Quarterly and borded gobenee
Argent and Azure._
354. Francis Montmorency, _Duke of_ Montmorency.
_Comme_, No. 295.
355. Walter d’Evereux, _Viscount_ Hereford, _after Earl of_ Essex.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 282.
356. William Cecill, _Lord_ Burghley, _after Lord Treasurer of_ England.
_Barry of ten Argent and Azure on six Escocheons Sable, as many Lyons
rampant of the first._
357. Arthur Grey, _Lord_ Grey _of_ Wilton.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 338.
358. Edmund Bruges, _Lord_ Chandos.
_Argent on a Cross Sable, a Leopard’s Face Or._
359. Henry Stanley, _Earl of_ Derby.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 319.
360. Henry Herbert, _Earl of_ Pembroke.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 325. _omitting the besants_.
361. Henry III. _the_ French _King_.
_France Comme_, No. 348.
362. Charles Howard, _Lord_ Howard _of_ Effingham, _after Earl of_
Nottingham.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 334. _viz. Howard_, with a _mullet difference_.
363. Rodolph, _Emperor of_ Germany.
_Comme_, No. 351.
364. Frederick II. _King of_ Denmark.
_Denmark, Comme_, No. 257. but the _Lyons_ crowned _Or_.
365. John Casimire, _Count Palatine of the_ Rhine.
_Quarterly; first and fourth, the Palatinate, viz. Sable a Lyon
rampant Or, crowned Gules; second and third, losongy bend-wise,
Argent and Azure for Bavaria._
366. Edward Manners, _Earl of_ Rutland.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 341.
367. William Brook, _Lord_ Cobham.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 323.
368. Henry Scrope, _Lord_ Scrope _of_ Bolton.
_Comme_, No. 190.
369. Robert d’Evereux, _Earl of_ Essex.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 355.
370. Thomas Butler, _Earl of_ Ormond _and_ Ossery.
_Or a chief indented Azure._
371. _Sir_ Christopher Hatton, _Kt. after Lord Chancellor of_ England.
_Azure a Chevron between three garbs Or._
372. Henry Ratcliff, _Earl of_ Sussex.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 337.
373. Thomas Sackville, _Lord_ Buckhurst, _after Lord Treasurer of_
England, _and Earl of_ Dorset.
_Quarterly; Or and Gules a bend vaire._
374. Henry IV. _the_ French _King_.
_France, Comme_, No. 361.
375. James VI. _King of_ Scotland, _after King of_ England, France,
_and_ Ireland.
_Scotland, Comme_, No. 297.
376. Gilbert Talbot, _Earl of_ Shrewsbury.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 316.
377. George Clifford, _Earl of_ Cumberland.
_Comme son Beau Pere_, No. 299.
378. Henry Percy, _Earl of_ Northumberland.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 346.
379. Edward Somerset, _Earl of_ Worcester.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 353.
380. Thomas Burogh, _Lord_ Burogh.
_Azure three Flower Deluces Ermine._
381. Edmond Sheffield, _Lord_ Sheffield, _after Earl of_ Mulgrave.
_Argent a Chevron between three garbs Gules._
382. _Sir_ Francis Knolles, _Kt._
_Azure crusily, a Cross moline voided Or._
383. Frederick, _Duke of_ Wirtenbergh.
_Or three Staggs attires placed Bar-ways Sable_, id est,
_Wirtenbergh_.
384. Thomas Howard, _Lord_ Howard _of_ Walden, _after Earl of_ Suffolk,
_and Lord Treasurer of_ England.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 340. with a _Crescent difference_.
385. George Carey, _Lord_ Hunsdon.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 345.
386. Charles Blount, _Lord_ Montjoy, _after Earl of_ Devonshire.
_Comme_, No. 289.
387. _Sir_ Henry Lea, _Kt._
_Argent a fess between three Crescents Sable._
388. Robert Ratcliff, _Earl of_ Sussex.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 372.
389. Henry Brook, _Lord_ Cobham.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 367.
390. Thomas Scrope, _Lord_ Scrope _of_ Bolton.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 368.
391. William Stanley, _Earl of_ Derby.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 359.
392. Thomas Cecil, _Lord_ Burghley, _after Earl of_ Exeter.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 356.
_Knights elected in the Reign of King_ James I.
393. Henry, _Prince of_ Wales.
_Quarterly; first and fourth, France and England quartered; second,
Scotland, viz. Or a Lyon rampant within a double tressure
counterflory Gules; third, Ireland, Azure an Harp or String Argent,
over all a label of three Points Argent._
394. Christian IV. _King of_ Denmark.
_Denmark, Comme_, No. 364.
395. Lodowich Stewart, _Duke of_ Lenox, _and after Duke of_ Richmond.
_Quarterly; first_, the Augmentation, _viz. France within a border
cousu Gules, charged with eight round Buckles Or; second, Or a fess
checquy, Argent and Azure, a border ingrailed Gules, for Stewart,
over all in pretence Lenox, viz. Argent a Saltire ingrailed between
four cinquefoils or roses Gules_.
396. Henry Wriothesley, _Earl of_ Southampton.
_Comme son Beau Pere_, No. 317.
397. John Erskin, _Earl of_ Marr.
_Azure a bend between six cross Croslets fitchee Or_, his Title of
_Marr_, his proper Coat, _Argent a pale Sable_.
398. William Herbert, _Earl of_ Pembroke.
_Parti per Pale, Azure and Gules, three Lyons rampant Argent._
399. Ultrick, _Duke of_ Holstein.
_Norway, Comme_, No. 344. but the _Lyon_ crowned _Or_.
400. Henry Howard, _Earl of_ Northampton.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 341. _a Crescent difference_.
401. Robert Cecil, _Earl of_ Salisbury.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 392. with a _Crescent difference_.
402. Thomas Howard, _Viscount_ Bindon.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 268. _viz. Howard_ with a _Crescent
difference_, and without the _label_.
403. George Hinne, _Earl of_ Dunbarr.
_Vert a Lyon rampant Argent._
404. Philip Herbert, _Earl of_ Montgomery, _after Earl of_ Pembroke.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 398. _a Crescent difference_.
405. Charles Stewart, _Duke of_ York, _after Prince of_ Wales, _and
King of_ England, _of that Name the first_.
_Quarterly; first and fourth, France and England; second, Scotland;
third, Ireland; Comme son Frere_, No. 393. _on a label of three
Points Argent, nine Torteauxes_.
406. Thomas Howard, _Earl of_ Arundel, _after Earl of_ Norfolk.
_Comme son Beau Pere_, No. 340.
407. Robert Carr, _Viscount_ Rochester, _after Earl of_ Somerset.
_Gules on a Chevron Argent, three Mullets Sable in the dexter chief
Point, a Lyon of England_, Augmentation and _difference_.
408. Frederick, _Count Palatine of the_ Rhine, _Prince Elector of the
Empire, and after King of_ Bohemia.
_Quarterly; the Palatinate and Bavaria, Comme_, No. 365. _in
pretence_ the Augmentation, _viz. Gules an Imperial mound or globe
Or_.
409. Maurice Van Nassau, _Prince of_ Orange.
_Azure billettee a Lyon rampant Or_; i. e. _Nassau_.
410. Thomas Ereskine, _Viscount_ Fenton, _after Earl of_ Kelly.
_Quarterly; first_, the Augmentation _Gules, an imperial Crown within
a double Tressure counterflory Or; second_, Erskine, _Comme_, No.
397. with a _Crescent difference_.
411. William Knolles, _Lord_ Knolles, _after Viscount_ Wallingford,
_and Earl of_ Banbury.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 382.
412. Francis Manners, _Earl of_ Rutland.
_Comme son Oncle_, No. 366.
413. _Sir_ George Villiers, _Kt. after Baron of_ Whaddon, _then Earl
and Marquiss of_ Buckingham, _and lastly, Earl of_ Coventry, _and
Duke of_ Buckingham.
_Argent on a Cross Gules five Escallops Or, a martlet difference._
414. Robert Sidney, _Viscount_ Lisle, _after Earl of_ Leicester.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 350.
415. James Hamilton, _Marquiss_ Hamilton, _and Earl of_ Cambridge.
_Gules three cinquefoiles pierced Ermine._
416. Esme Stewart, _Duke of_ Lenox, _and Earl of_ March.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 395.
417. Christian, _Duke of_ Brunswick.
_Gules two Lyons passant gardant in pale Or_, which is _Brunswick_.
418. William Cecill, _Earl of_ Salisbury.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 401.
419. James Hay, _Earl of_ Carlisle.
_Argent three Escocheons Gules._
420. Edward Sackvile, _Earl of_ Dorset.
_Comme son Beau Pere_, No. 373.
421. Henry Rich, _Earl of_ Holland.
_Gules a Chevron between three Crosses bottonee Or._
422. Thomas Howard, _Viscount_ Andover, _after Earl of_ Barkshire.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 384. _viz. Howard_, with a _Crescent_ on a
_Crescent difference_.
_Knights elected in the Reign of King_ Charles I.
423. Claude de Lorrain, _Duke of_ Chevereux.
_Hungary, viz. Barry of eight Argent and Gules_; his proper Arms
being _Lorrain, viz. Or on a bend Gules three Alerions_ [_Doves_,
or as others, _Eaglets_ without _becques_,] _displaid Argent_.
424. Gustavus Adolphus, _King of_ Sweden.
_Sweden, viz. Azure three Crowns Or._
425. Henry Frederick Van Nassau, _Prince of_ Orange.
_Nassau, Comme son Frere_, No. 409.
426. Theophilus Howard, _Earl of_ Suffolk.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 384.
427. William Compton, _Earl of_ Northampton.
_Sable three Helmets Argent with a Lyon of England_ Augmentation in
_fess_ between them.
428. Richard Weston, _Lord_ Weston, _Lord Treasurer of_ England, _and
after Earl of_ Portland.
_Or, an Eagle regardant displaid Sable._
429. Robert Bertie, _Earl of_ Lindsey.
_Argent three battering Rams proper armed and garnished Or._
430. William Cecil, _Earl of_ Exeter.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 392.
431. James Hamilton, _Marquiss of_ Hamilton, _Earl of_ Cambridge _and_
Arran.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 415.
432. Charles Lodowick, _Count Palatine of the_ Rhine, _Prince Elector
of the Empire, and Duke of_ Bavaria.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 408.
433. James Stewart, _Duke of_ Lenox, _and Earl of_ March, _after Duke
of_ Richmond.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 416.
434. Henry Danvers, _Earl of_ Danby.
_Gules a Chevron between three mullets of six Points Or._
435. William Douglas, _Earl of_ Morton.
_Quarterly; first and fourth, Morton Argent on a chief indented
Gules, two mullets of the first; second and third, Douglass,
Comme_, No. 193.
436. Algernon Percy, _Earl of_ Northumberland.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 378.
437. Charles, _Prince of_ Wales, _after King of_ England, _of that Name
the second_.
_Comme son Oncle_, No. 393.
438. Thomas Wentworth, _Earl of_ Strafford.
_Sable a Chevron between three Leopards faces Or._
439. James Stewart, _Duke of_ York, _after King_ James, _of that Name
the second_.
_Comme son Frere_, No. 437. _viz._ the national Arms with a _label
Ermine_.
440. Rupert, _Count Palatine of the_ Rhine, _and Duke of_ Bavaria,
_after Earl of_ Holderness, _and Duke of_ Cumberland, _second Son of
the King of_ Bohemia.
_Comme son Frere aisne_, No. 432. but without the Augmentation, No.
405, _viz. the Palatinate and Bavaria quarterly_.
441. William Van Nassau, _Prince of_ Orange.
_Nassau, Comme son Pere_, No. 425.
442. Bernard de Nogaret de Foix, _Duke_ de Espernon _and_ de Valette.
_Quarterly; Castile and Leon, Comme_, No. 331. _in pretence Nogaret,
viz. Or a Nut-tree eradicated proper impailing Thoulose_, i. e.
_Gules a Cross urdee voided Or, and pomellee as the Points Or, over
both Coats a chief of Valette, viz. Gules a Cross potent Argent_.
_Knights elected in the Reign of King_ Charles II.
443. Maurice, _Count Palatine of the_ Rhine, _and Duke of_ Bavaria,
_third Son of the King of_ Bohemia.
_Comme son Frere aisne_, No. 440.
444. James Butler, _Marquiss of_ Ormond, _after Earl of_ Brecknock,
_and Duke of_ Ormond, _in_ Ireland _and_ England.
_Comme_, No. 370.
445. Edward, _Count Palatine of the_ Rhine, _and Duke of_ Bavaria,
_fifth Son of the King of_ Bohemia.
_Comme son Frere aisne_, No. 443. _viz. the Palatinate and Bavaria
quarterly_.
446. George Villiers, _Duke of_ Buckingham.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 413.
447. William Hamilton-Dowglass, _Duke of_ Hamilton.
_Quarterly; first, Hamilton, Comme_, No. 415. _second, Dowglass,
Comme_, No. 193.
448. Thomas Wriothesley, _Earl of_ Southampton.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 396.
449. William Cavendish, _Marquiss of_ Newcastle, _after Duke of_
Newcastle.
_Sable three Harts heads caboshed Argent, a Crescent difference._
450. James Graham, _Marquiss of_ Montrose.
_Or on a chief Sable, three escallops of the first._
451. James Stanley, _Earl of_ Darby.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 391.
452. George Digby, _Earl of_ Bristol.
_Azure a Flower Deluce Argent, a Crescent difference._
453. Henry Stewart, _Duke of_ Gloucester, _third Son to King_ Charles I.
_Quarterly; first and fourth, France and England, Quarterly; second,
Scotland; third, Ireland, on a label Argent nine Roses of
Lancaster._
454. Henry Charles de la Tremoville, _Prince_ de Tarente.
_Arragon, Sicily, viz. parti per Saltire the chief and base Or, four
pales Gules for Arragon; the second and third, Argent an Eagle
displaid Sable for Sicily in pretence_, his paternal Arms, _viz.
Tremoville, Or a Chevron Gules between three Eagles displaid Azure_.
455. William Van Nassau, _Prince of_ Orange, _after King of_ England,
_of that Name the third_.
_Nassau, Comme son Pere_, No. 441.
456. Frederick William, _Prince Elector of the_ Empire, _Marquiss of_
Brandenburgh.
_Argent an Eagle displaid Gules_, which is _Brandenburgh_.
457. John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin, _Count de_ Gravil.
_Quarterly; first and fourth, Argent a Fish hauriant Gules; second
and third, Or two barrs Sable._
458. _Sir_ George Monk, _Kt. after Duke of_ Albermarle.
_Gules a Chevron between three Lyons Heads erased Argent._
459. _Sir_ Edward Montague, _Kt. after Earl of_ Sandwich.
_Quarterly, Montague and Monthermer_, _viz._ _Argent three Losenges
in fess Gules, a border Sable and Or, an Eagle displaid Vert, over
all a Mullet difference._
460. William Seymour, _Marquiss of_ Hertford, _after Duke of_ Somerset.
_Comme_, No. 306. _a Crescent difference_.
461. Aubrey de Vere, _Earl of_ Oxford.
_Comme_, No. 293.
462. Charles Stewart, _Duke of_ Richmond _and_ Lenox.
_Comme son Oncle_, No. 433.
463. Montague Bertie, _Earl of_ Lindsey.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 429.
464. Edward Montague, _Earl of_ Manchester.
_Comma son Cousin_, but with a _Crescent difference_.
465. William Wentworth, _Earl of_ Strafford.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 438.
466. Christierne, _Prince of_ Denmark, _after King of_ Denmark.
_Denmark, Comme_, No. 394.
467. James Scot, _Duke of_ Monmouth _and_ Bucclugh.
The Imperial Arms of King _Charles_ II. _a baston sinister Argent, In
pretence, Scot of Bucclugh, viz. Or on a bend Azure, a Crescent
between two Mullets_.
468. James Stuart, _Duke of_ Cambridge, _Son of_ James, _Duke of_ York.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 439. _viz._ the national Arms, _with a label of
five Points Ermine_.
469. Charles IX. _King of_ Sweden, Goths _and_ Vandalls.
_Sweden, Comme_, No. 424.
470. John George II. _Duke of_ Saxony, Juliers, Cleves _and_ Monts,
_and Prince Elector of the_ Empire.
_Quarterly; first, Thuringe, viz. a Lyon rampant barry of ten Argent
and Gules._
471. Christopher Monk, _Duke of_ Albermarle.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 458.
472. John Maitland, _Duke of_ Lauderdale.
_Or a Lyon rampant dismembred, Gules within a double tressure
counterflory Azure._
473. Henry Somerset, _Marquiss of_ Worcester, _after Duke of_ Beaufort.
_Quarterly, France and England, a border gobone Argent and Azure._
474. Henry Jermyn, _Earl of_ St. Albans.
_Sable a Crescent between two Mullets in pale Argent._
475. William Russell, _Earl of_ Bedford, _after Duke of_ Bedford.
_Comme_, No. 346.
476. Henry Bennet, _Earl of_ Arlington.
_Gules between three demi Lyons rampant couped Argent, a besant after
changed to an imperial mound_, serving for both difference and
Augmentation.
477. Thomas Butler, _Earl of_ Ossory.
_Comme son Pere_, No. 444.
478. Charles Fitz Roy, _Earl of_ Southampton, _after Duke of_
Southampton, _and now Duke of_ Cleveland.
The Imperial Arms of England, _a Battune Sinister Ermine difference_.
479. John, _Earl of_ Mulgrave, _now Duke of_ Buckingham.
_Arragon a Chevron between three Garbs Gules._
480. William Cavendish, _Duke of_ Newcastle.
_Comme_, No. 447.
481. Thomas Osborn, _Earl of_ Danby, _after Duke of_ Leeds.
_Quarterly, Ermine and Azure a Cross Or._
482. Henry Fitz Roy, _Duke of_ Grafton.
_The Arms of King_ Charles II. _with a Battoon Sinister Gobony Argent
and Azure_.
483. William, _Earl of_ Salisbury.
_Barry of ten Pieces Argent and Azure on six Escocheons Sinister, as
many Lyons rampant; of the first, a Crescent difference._
484. Charles, _Count Palatine of the_ Rhine.
_Comme_, No. 445.
485. Charles, _Duke of_ Richmond.
The Arms of King _Charles_ II. _within a Bordure Gobony Argent and
Gules, the Argent charg’d with Roses as the second_.
486. George, _Prince of_ Denmark.
_Denmark, Comme_, No. 466.
487. Charles Seymour, _Duke of_ Somerset, _&c._
_Quarterly; first_, an Augmentation, _viz. Or on a Pile Gules,
between six Flower Deluces Azure, three Lyons of England; second_,
the paternal Coat of _Seymour, Gules, two Wings conjoined in Lure
Or_.
488. George Fitzroy, _Duke of_ Northumberland.
_Knights elected in the Reign of King_ James II.
489. Henry Howard, _Duke of_ Norfolk.
_Comme_, No. 426.
490. Henry Mordaunt, _Earl of_ Peterborough.
_Argent a Chevron between three Estoils Wavy._
491. Laurence Hyde, _Earl of_ Rochester.
_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._
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, the said Even and Day of Saynt _George_, he shall be bound to cause to be prepared a Capitall Stall in the Church or Chappel in the which he shall heare Devine Service. In the Capitall Stall shall be sett and elevated the Order of Saynt _George_, named the Gartier, beyng within the Gartier; and his propre Arms, within the Gartier also shall be set at a Stall that shall be asmoche in distance, after the proportion and quantity of the said Church or Chappel, from the Stall of the said Soverayn, as is his Stall in the Castle of _Wyndesore_, and shall were his said Habit hole, and shall heare the Devyne Service, suche as by the Holy Church is ordened and limited for the said Day, as well the first Even Song Mattens [6] Masse, as the latter Even Songe. In doyng by him, first Reverence to the Aulter, in the Honor of God, and after to the Stall where is fixed or set up the Armes of the said Order, as well and as often at his comyng in, as at his goyng owte of the said Church or Chappel; and also as often as he shall passe before the said Armes allwey, excepte the Emperours, Kynges, Princes, and Electors. The which may in this case so ordeyne their Seats and Stalles, as that shall seme them beast, and at their Pleasure.
Footnote 6:
_Divine Service._
VI. _Item_, If that were so, that without any Prorogation the said Feast and Solempnyte of Saynt _George_ were kept and celebrated the said Day and Even of Saynt _George_, in the said Castell of _Wyndesore_; and if it were not the Pleasure of the said Soverayne for to be present, or that conveniently he may not be there in Parson the said Day and Feast, at his said Castell of _Wyndesore_; That in this Case, in what Place that his Pleasure shall be, beyng within this his Realme of _England_, his Majestie may appoynte and Commande suche Knyghtes of the seid Order as best shall seme hym, there for to kepe Company and geve Attendance upon the Parson, and to kepe all and lyke Ceremonyes as though they were at the said Castell of _Wyndesore_; and they doyng the thynges abovesaid, shall be excused for their absence of the Feast of Saynt _George_, holden at the said Castell of _Wyndesore_ for that Yere.
VII. _Item_, It is agreed that if the Soverayne cannot be at Saynt _George_’s Feast, that he shall make his Deputy, by his Letters, for to kepe the Chapter upon Saynt _George_’s Even, at the Owre of _Tierce_, the which is at three of the Clocke at Afternone, and on Saynt _George_’s Day, to kepe the said Feast at the Costes of the said Soverayne for the space abovesaid, without any new Ordenance to be made, havyng Power to correcte and redresse all Poynts of the said Chapter as for then shall seme necessary.
VIII. _Item_, That every one on Saynt _George_’s Even, that is to wit, the twenty second Day of _April_, a gatheryng together shall be made of all the Knyghtes of Saynt _George_ within the Castell of _Wyndesore_, that is to wit, of all them that shall be within this Realme of _Englande_ or withoute, that conveniently may come; and there they shall have the Service of Saynt _George_, and also shall were their hole Habit of the said Order, duryng the seid Servyce, being ordinarily in theyre Stalls. And every of them shall have his Banner, Sworde, with his Helme and Creste, above his Stall, the which, duryng his Lyff, shall abyde in the said Chappell for his Honor, and in Signe and Knowledge that he beres them in defence of holy Churche, as the Order of Knyghthod requireth. But in Case that the seid Feast of Saynt _George_ happen to fall within fifteen Days after the Feast of _Easter_, or upon any Fyshe-Daye or Fastyng-Day, then shall it be proroged and prolonged at the Soverayn’s Pleasure, as above is said, if so be that the Day of the seid Feast be not assigned nor ordeyned to be kepte the twenty fourth, twenty fifth, twenty sixth, nor the last Day of _April_, nor upon the fowre first Dayes of _May_, for by cause of the impediment or let of Devyne Servyce ordened by Holy Churche, for the double Feasts of Saynt _Marke_, _Philipp_ and _Jacob_, and the invention of the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesu Chryste, nor at such Dayes as shall fall the Assencion, or the Feast of _Pentecoste_, or any other Feaste of Solempnitie as is ordened in Holy Churche, whereby the fyrst or second Even Songe, by suche Prorogacions, might be letted or distorbed.
IX. _Item_, That all the Knyghtes of the said Order shall come Yerely in the said Place of the said Castell of _Wyndesore_, on Saynt _George_’s Even, at the Owre of _Tierce_, the which is at three of the Clocke at Afternoone, as it is abovesaid; and if thei come not at the tyme assigned, without havyng a juste and reasonable Excuse, that they may be acceptable to the said Soverayne or to his Deputy, or otherwyse pardoned by the said Soverayne, of their absence, by special Letters of Excuse, in the whiche Letters theyr Names and Causes shall be wryten, or otherwyse shall have their Pennance after the Ordenaunce and Agreement of the said Chapter; And the said Ordenaunce is such, that they shall not entre into the Chaptre for that tyme, but shall byde without the Dore, and shall have Voyce in any thynge that is done in the said Chapter at that tyme allonly; and if they come not to Even Songe before the begynnyng of the said Even Songe, they shall not enter into their Stalles, but shall byde belowe affore the said Stallis, in the Queristers Places, duryng the said Even Songe; and like Pennance is ordened for them that come not to the High [7] Masse betyme, and at Even Songe on St. _George_’s Daye. And if there be any that come not to the Feaste, and have not a reasonable Excuse towarde the Soverayne or his Deputye, as is above declared, his Pennance shall bee, that he shall not enter within his Stalle the next Feaste after, but shall byde below, as it is said at the first Even Songe, and shall goo in the Procession before all the [8] three Crosses, and shall sit below as afore is said, all the [9] Masse tyme, untyl the Offering, and he shall Offer laste; and after his Pennance so done, incontinent he shall come before the Soverayn’s Stalle, or his Deputye, and there he shall aske Pardon; and after that, the Soverayne or his Deputye shall Command hym to goo unto his Stalle in his fyrst Estate; and if he come not to the seconde Feaste, and be dwellyng within the Realm, without having any Excusation alowable to the Soverayne or his Deputye, as is abovesaid, he shall not enter into his Stalle from thenceforth, until the tyme that he hath gyven and offered a Jewell unto Saynte _George_’s Aultar, within the said Chappell, of the valew of twenty Markes of Silver of Troye, and fro thensforwarde, he shall double every Yere the Penaltie, unto the tyme he be reconsciled.
Footnote 7:
_Morning Service._
Footnote 8:
_Queristers._
Footnote 9:
_Divine Service._
X. _Item_, It is agreed, That if any Knyghte of the sayd Companye be founde in apperte without his Garter, that he pay anon, after that the Chalenge be made to hym by any of the five Officers of the Order, or of the Warden of the seid College, a Marke of Money, except he be boted for to ryde, that then it shall suffice to were under his bote a blew Ribande of Sylke, in signyfying of the Garter, and also provided that no Knyght of the seid Order from hensforthe, do entre into the Chaptre without his Garter, upon the Payne abovesaid; and whosoever of the said Officers or Warden shall make the fyrst Chalence, shall have the Penaltye for his Labor.
XI. _Item_, It is agreed, That the Knyghts of the Order of St. _George_, alway, and as often as they were theyr Mantels, they shall goo before there Soverayne, every of them with his Felow, that is for aneynst him ordinarily as they be set in their Stalls. And if it should happen that eny of them were not there present, his Felow for aneynst hym shall goe alone, the which Order shall be kepte and observed, as well in goyng in Procession as elliswhere in other Places. But at the Offryng, the Soverayne or his Deputye shall goo before all the Company, and the ordinaire Officers of the said Order shall goo as they have bene accustomed, when any Procession shall be done in the Chapter, Chappell, or elliswhere. And for the Order of the said Knyghtes for to sitt at the Table, for to take their refeccion by it at Dinner, or at Souper, they shall sitt all along on one side after there Stalles, and not after there State, except Children or Bretherne of Kinges, Princes, and Dukes, that be Strangers, the which shall kepe their Places and Romes after their Astate; and at their voiding and going out shall abide and goo in Order, so as thei sat at the Table.
XII. _Item_, It is agreed, That every one of them at the Castell of _Wyndesore_, on the Morrow after the Feast of Saynt _George_, before the departyng of the Company, that the said Knyghtes, upon such Gownes as shall please them, at the Chapter Dore, shall take their Mantels, and shall goo into the said Chapter, and after that shall goo and here a [10] Masse of _Requiem_, the which shall be Solempnely songe for the Souls of all the Felows of the said Order, which be departed and deceassed, and for all Christen Sowlles; and that all the Company be there present, without eny of them be lett bi a reasonable Cause, or have Lysence of the Soverayne or his Deputie before the departyng; and when it happens that for any Cause of the voydyng of eny of the said Felowship, there shall be certayne Banners, Swordes, Helmets, and Crestes, the which ought to be offered up before the offeryng of eny Silver, the said Hachements ought to be offered, fyrst the Banner, by two of the seid Felowship, such as the Soverayne or his Deputye shall appoynte or name, and after that the Sworde shall be offered by two other, and likewise his Helmet and Crest by two other Knyghtes of the seid Order, assigned by the Soverayne or his Deputye; and if any Knyghte of the seid Order shuld decease the Yere afore, then every Knyghte beyng in the said Castell of _Wyndesore_, at the said [11] Masse of _Requiem_, shall offer a Tapre armed with a little Scuchion, of the Arms of the Knyghte departed; and if there were more then one deceassed, that then be made for every of them a Scuchion of Arms, and a grote sett nye to the light of the Tapre, the which Scuchions and Tapers shall be made at the Coste and Charge of the Knyghts of the seid Order.
Footnote 10:
_Divine Service._
Footnote 11:
_Divine Service._
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