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.