Stallation, shall cause to be made a Scouchon of his Armes and
Hachementis in a Plate of Metall, suche as shall please hym, and that
it be suerly sett upon the back of his Stall; and the other that shall
come after, shall have their Scochons and Hachements in like manner;
but their Plates of Metall nor there Hachements shall not be soo large
nor soo greatte as they of the first Founders were; excepte Strangers,
which may use their Plates and Fashions at their Pleasure.
XXVI. _Item_, It ys agreed, That no Knyght chosen and electe for to be
Felow of the said Noble Ordre, shall not be stalled by Procurement or
Attornay, excepte he be a Straunger, and may not well come hyther in
his propre Parson for to be stalled, or other that is busied withoute
the Realme for the Affaires of the Soverayne, or by his Commandement
and Lycence, as it ys above declared.
XXVII. _Item_, That every Knyght entryng in the said Ordre, shall
Promes and Swere faithfully to observe and kepe the Poyntis and
Articles that here followeth; that is to witt, that to his trew Powre
he shall helpe, duryng his Lyffe, and duryng the tyme that he shall be
Felow of the said Ordre, for to kepe, defende and sustayne the Honor,
Quarrelles, Rightes and Lordshippes of the Soverayne of the said Ordre.
_Item_, That with all his Powre he shall enforce hymselffe and take
payne honorably to entertayne and augment the said Ordre; and if it
happen hym for to know any thynge that were imagyned or procured to the
contrarye, of the defence and resistence of this, with all his trew
Powre he shall put hymself in more gretter endevorment.
_Item_, That well and trewly he shall accomplisshe and entertayne all
the Statutis, Poyntis and Ordynances of the said Ordre; and of all this
shall make a generall Othe, all and so as though it were redde unto hym
fro Poynt to Poynt, and Article to Article, and shall make the said
Othe to the Soverayne of the said Ordre, or his Deputie, in sweryng and
promisyng upon the Holye Gospellis, for to kepe them and entertayne
them withoute any fraude or delacion. And upon this he shall touche the
Boke, and kysse the Crosse.
_Item_, This done, the said Knyght soo Chosen, with due Reverence,
shall receyve the Garter; the whiche the, Soverayne or his Deputye
shall put it aboute his left Leg, in saying these Words: “Sir, The
lovyng Companye of the Ordre of the Garter hath receyved you theyr
Brother, Lover, and Felow; and in token and knowlege of this, they gyve
you and present you this present Garter; the whiche God wyll that you
receyve and were from hensforth to his Praise and Pleasure, and to the
Exaltacion and Honor of the said Noble Order, and of your self.”
XXVIII. _Item_, It is agreed, That in case that the Soverayne be out of
the Contrey, to the whiche he cannot in propre Parson do that shall
appertayne to the Stallation; he may gyve Powre and Auctorite, by his
Letters of Commission, to two of the Felows, or to dyverse, for to
exercise it in his Name.
XXIX. _Item_, It is agreed, That a common Seal, a Signet of the Arms of
the Ordre be made, the which shall rest in the custodi and kepyng of
the Chanceler of the Ordre, or of such a Knyghte and Felow of the said
Ordre as shall please the Soverayne to name and assigne; and if he that
shall have the Seales in kepyng or custodi, shulde departe or goo forth
for any cause twenty Miles farre from the Soverayne, then he shall
deliver the said Seals to the Soverayne, or to such Knyghte of the
Ordre, or to any other Parson that it shall please the said Soverayne
for to ordeyne and appoynte; to the entent that at no tyme the said
Seals be out of the presence of the seid Soverayne, he beyng within his
Realme; and if he be owte of his Realme, the Signet shall suffice for
to Seal all suche Actes and Wrytynges touchyng the said Ordre, that
there may be concluded and made.
XXX. _Item_, It is agreed, That every Felow of the said Ordre, from
hensforth, shall have the Statutis of the said Ordre first collected
and oversene by the Register, and after that sealed with the common
Seal aforesaid: And if the Knyght will have any Armes devysed, or
cognysance made within the Boke of the said Statutes, then the said
Boke shall be delyvered to the Kynge at Armes of the Ordre, for trewly
to ordayne of it as it shall appertayne; and the original to be
likewyse signed and sealed, the whiche shall abyde in the Treasory of
the said College for evermore.
XXXI. _Item_, It is agreed, That after the Death of eny of the Knyghtes
of the said Companye, his Executours shall be bounde for to sende
agayne, and to delyver, the Statutes of the said Ordre within three
Monethes after, if so be that the Statutes hath been delivered unto hym
by the Soverayne, or to his charge; the which Statutes shall be
delivered agayn to the Warden or Register of the said College, or to
one of the principal Officers for the tyme beyng.
XXXII. _Item_, It is agreed, That none of the Knyghtes of Saynt
_George_, of the said Companye of the Garter, shall not goo oute of the
Contrey nor Dominion of the Soverayne, without havyng Leave and Lisence
of the Soverayne; and therefore it is agreed, That if eny Viage be
made, or any other notable Acte, appertaynyng to the Honor of
Knyghthod; the said Soverayne, of his Grace, for the great Love, Favor
and Confidence that he beares towarde the Knyghtes of the said Ordre,
will prefarre, advance and present the said Felowes and Knyghtes of the
Order of Saynt _George_ before all other.
XXXIII. _Item_, That none of the Knyghtes of the said Ordre shall not
Arme themselves the one against the other, but in the Warres of his
Soverayne Lorde, in his right and juste Quarell; and if it shulde
happen that any of the said Ordre were retayned with any Lorde, and
holdyng his Partie and Quarell, and the adversari Partie desireth alsoo
to have another Felowe of the said Ordre with hym; In this case such a
Knyght and Felowe shall not be retayned, but may excuse hym from all
suche thynges, because his Felowe is armed against hym on the other
syde, and was retayned before hym; and every Knyght of the said Ordre
shall be bounde to excepte when he shall be retayned, that he may be
holely dischargyd from his Servyce of Warre, if any of the Felowshipp
before hym retayned or holdyng the contrary and adversari Partye; and
if he that is second retayned, know that any of his Felowes be retayned
before hym, and armed with his adversari Partye; Then he that is
seconde retayned, at the fyrste knowledge that he shall have thereof,
shall be bounde to excuse hym toward his Maister, and leave that
Quarell.
XXXIV. _Item_, That all the Lycencis gyven to the Knyghtes of the said
Ordre that goo oute of the Realme, for to seke and obtayne Honor; and
all Certifications or sendynge Letters and Writynges concernyng the
said Ordre, from hensforth shall be Sealed with one of the Seales of
the said Ordre.
XXXV. _Item_, It is agreed, That if eny Knyght of the said Ordre, for
his Devocion, wyll dwell within the said Castell contynually; there
shall be ordeny’d for hym a dwellyng Place convenient, by the
Assignment of the Soverayne, and he of his propre Goods, and at his
Costes and Charges, shall provyde for hys Lyveyng.
XXXVI. _Item_, If any other Knyght, not beyng of the said Ordre, hathe
any wyll to dwelle there for his Devocion; there shall be ordened for
hym a dwellyng Place, after the Wyll and Pleasure of the said
Soverayne, and with the Consentement of the said Company.
XXXVII. _Item_, It is ordened, That yf any Knyght, or other Parson,
wylle gyve any Landes, Heritage, or Rentes, for to be participant of
all the good Oraysons and Prayers that shall be said in the sayde
Place, also his Name shall be registred, and the Canons and pore
Knyghts shall Pray perpetually unto God for hym; and also the said
Deane, Warden, and Canons of the said College, from hensforth, shall
not take any maner of Charge upon the said College, withoute the Advyse
and Consentement of the sayd Soverayne, or his Deputye, and the
Felowship of the sayd Order, in Presence, and by them concented and
agreed in playne Chapter.
XXXVIII. _Item_, For to have better knowledge of the Knyghtes that
shall be of the said Order, the Soverayne of it willyth and ordeneth,
by the Willes and Consentement of all the hole Company, that from
hensforth, that every Knyght of the said Ordre shall have and were
apertly and openly, a Coller of Golde about his Necke, waying thirty
Ounces of Troy Weyght, and not above, the whiche Coller shall be made
by Pieces in Fashion of Garters, in the myddes of which Garters shall
be a double Rose, the one Rose of Rede, and the other within White, and
the other Rose White, and the other Rose within Rede, and at the ende
of the said Coller shall be put and fastned the Ymage of Saynt
_George_. The whiche Coller, the said Soverayne, his Successours, and
amiable Companye of the said Ordre, shall be bounde to were, and in
especiall in principall and solempne Feasts of the Yere, and in other
Dayes of the Yere shall be holden to were a small Chayne of Gold, with
the Ymage of Saynt _George_ dependyng at the ende of the said Chayne,
excepte in tyme of Warre, Sickeness, long Viage; then it shall suffice
hym to were alonely a Lase of Sylke, with the said Image of St.
_George_; and if the said Coller have any need of reparacion, it might
be put into the Handes of the Goldesmyth and Workeman, unto the tyme
that it be repared; the whiche Coller allso may not be made more richer
with Stones or other thynges, reserving the said Ymage, the which may
be garnished and enryched at the Pleasure of the saide Knyghte: Also
the said Coller may not be solde, engaged, aliened, nor gyven, for any
nede, cause, or necessity whatsoever it be.
---------------------------------------------------------
_FINIS._
THE CONTENTS.
CHAP. I.
_Of Knighthood in general, and the several Orders in_ England, &c. page
1.
CHAP. II.
_Of the Religious Orders of Knighthood in Christendom_, &c. page 19.
CHAP. III.
_An Account of the Orders of Knighthood absolutely Military._ page 53.
CHAP. IV.
_Of the Castle, Chappel, and College of_ Windsor. page 79.
CHAP. V.
_The Institution of the most_ Noble Order _of the_ Garter. page 119.
CHAP. VI.
_The Statutes and Annals of the Order._ p. 133.
CHAP. VII.
_Of the Habits and Ensigns of the most_ Noble Order _of the_ Garter.
page 156.
CHAP. VIII.
_The Officers appointed for the Service of the Order._ page 189.
CHAP. IX.
_The Election of a Knight into the Order._ page 225.
CHAP. X.
_The Investiture of a Knight Subject, with the Garter and George._ page
272.
CHAP. XI.
_Of Preparations for the personal Installation of a Knight._ page 286.
CHAP. XII.
_The personal Installation of a Knight-Subject._ page 315.
CHAP. XIII.
_The Installation of a Knight-Subject by Proxy._ page 352.
CHAP. XIV.
_The Signification of Elections to Strangers._ page 360.
CHAP. XV.
_The Investitures of Strangers with the Habit and Ensigns of the
Order._ page 367.
CHAP. XVI.
_The Installation of a Stranger by Proxy._ p. 384.
CHAP. XVII.
_The Duties and Fees payable by the Knights-Companions at their
Installations._ page 404.
CHAP. XVIII.
_Of the Grand Feast of the Order._ page 410.
CHAP. XIX.
_Of Preparations for the Grand Feast of the Order._ page 420.
CHAP. XX.
_The Order of the Ceremonies on the Eve of the Grand Feast._ page 433.
CHAP. XXI.
_The Order of the Ceremonies on the Feast Day._ page 465.
CHAP. XXII.
_The Ceremonies observed on the last Day of the Feast._ page 484.
CHAP. XXIII.
_The Observation of the Grand Feast by absent Knights._ page 486.
CHAP. XXIV.
_The Degradation of a Knight-Companion._ p. 489.
CHAP. XXV.
_Honours paid to deceased Knights-Companions._ page 491.
CHAP. XXVI.
_A List of the Founders, and Catalogue of their Successors, to the
present time._ page 501.
Transcriber’s Note
This book often uses inconsistent spelling and formatting (decorative
small capitals, italics, etc.). This was left as printed unless noted
below.
Opening quote marks in the printed book were often included at the
beginning of a quote and at the start of each subsequent line of the
paragraph. Closing quote marks were often omitted. In this
representation of the book, the opening quotes following the first were
omitted and a closing quote was added to aid readability.
Some presumed printer’s errors have been corrected, including
normalizing punctuation. Further corrections are listed below.
p. 6 Patenr -> Patent
p. 13 ortns -> ortus
p. 15 _Brune_, in in _Lincolnshire_ -> _Brune_, in _Lincolnshire_
p. 15 a, -> at
p. 27 Hospitellers -> Hospitallers
p. 32 Cisterian -> Cistercian
p. 39 Beast -> Breast
p. 61 Portaiture -> Portraiture
p. 112 4 _l._ 2 _d._ 8 _d._ -> 4 _l._ 2 _s._ 8 _d._
p. 113 _l._ 12. 9 _d._ -> _l._ 12 _s._ 9 _d._
p. 173 among the the Romans -> among the Romans
p. 188 Cold Chain -> Gold Chain
p. 189 obious -> obvious
p. 201 exhibied -> exhibited
p. 218 37 _l._ 13 _s._ 10 _s._ -> 37 _l._ 13 _s._ 10 _d._
p. 244 Execuing -> Executing
p. 247 mannner -> manner
p. 248 Fengo -> Fengs (one instance)
p. 250 _Eliz._ IV. -> _Edw._ IV.
p. 273 Year of of our Reign -> Year of our Reign
p. 393 Christan -> Christian
p. 419 annna -> annua
p. 429 Flanders, Flanders -> Flanders
p. 475 there moving -> the removing
p. 478 twenty fith -> twenty fifth
p. 501 Chapter heading added according to the Table of Contents
p. 516 mngland -> England
p. 546 hmuble -> humble
p. 548 Even Soog -> Even Song
p. 548 Saynt _Geooge_ -> Saynt _George_
p. 555 for they they should -> for they
p. 562 gvye -> gyve