continues in that Stall to this Day, and the Emperor _Sigismond_
succeeds Sir _John Dabrichcourt_ in the Prince’s Stall.

Some few Years before King _Henry_ VI. died, he had a Son Born; and
though the Emperor _Frederick_ was elected into the Order, _Anno_ 35
_Henry_ VI. yet was that Stall reserved for the Prince, (though he
never possess’d it) and the Emperor 37 _Henry_ VI. was installed by
Proxy in the Duke of _Somerset_’s Stall, then lately deceased.

In _Edward_ IV’s Reign, the right of this Stall returned again to
_Edward_ his Son, the Prince of _Wales_, and in _Henry_ VII’s, to
Prince _Arthur_, but upon his Death, to _Maximilian_, Son of
_Frederick_ King of the _Romans_, and after Emperor, enjoyed it. So did
the Emperor _Charles_ V. (his Grandchild,) in regard there was no Son
as yet Born to the Sovereign.

But Prince _Edward_ being Born, while the Stall was possessed by
_Charles_ V. it chanc’d likewise that the King of the _Scots_ died,
which caus’d King _Henry_ VIII. to reserve his Stall for that Prince,
although he never had Possession of it, or was elected into the Order,
though we find him once registred in a Scrutiny. King _Henry_ VIII.
dying, Prince _Edward_ became, both by Inheritance and Succession,
Sovereign of this most Noble Order.

From this Time, to the eighth Year of King _James_ I. there was no
Prince of _Wales_, who finding the Prince’s Stall vacant, at his
entrance upon the English Throne, did in a Chapter in the first Year of
his Reign, advance the French King _Henry_ IV. from the second Stall on
the Sovereign’s side, into it; and appointed Prince _Henry_ to be
installed in that King’s void Seat, where he continued till _Anno_ 3
_Jac._ I. that _Christierne_ IV. King of _Denmark_, came to be
installed by Proxy, and the Prince was moved lower to make way for him,
though he was Senior both by Election and Installation. _Anno_ 9 _Jac._
I. upon the Death of the French King, not the Prince, whose Right it
was, since he was created Prince of _Wales_, but the said King of
_Denmark_, was translated to the vacant Stall; and hereupon Prince
_Henry_ was returned again to the second Stall on the Sovereign’s side,
which he enjoyed as long as he survived, and upon his Death, Prince
_Charles_ was removed into it, and there remained all King _James_’s
Reign.

When King _Charles_ II. came to be installed, the Sovereign finding him
prevented from assuming the Prince’s Stall, the King of _Denmark_ being
yet alive, assigned to him the second Stall on the Sovereign’s side,
(wherein himself sat whilst Prince of _Wales_,) and where hitherto his
Plate remains as a fixed Memorial of his Installation therein.

Although it has been made apparent, that the _Knights-Companions_, at
their Election or Installation, succeeded the immediate _defunct
Knight_ in his Stall, yet we may observe, that sometimes after
Installation, as an especial signal of Favour and Indulgence, the
Sovereign hath been pleased, though very rarely, to advance a
_Knight-Companion_ to a higher Stall than that wherein he was first
placed; and though there be no such Permission granted by the Law of
the Order, yet we find _John_ of _Gaunt_, Duke of _Lancaster_, removed
from the seventh Stall on the Prince’s side, to the Prince’s Stall it
self, and it’s said to be done by the Decree of the Sovereign and the
_Knights-Companions_. And no doubt but as this was done by so good
Authority, and so upon no less enducements to the Sovereign, and the
whole Society. We shall here mention a few of these extraordinary
Cases. _William Henalt_, Earl of _Ostervant_, was advanced by King
_Richard_ II. from the eleventh Stall on the Sovereign’s side, to the
Duke of _Britain_’s, being the second on the Prince’s side. _Humphry_
Duke of _Gloucester_, in the Reign of King _Henry_ VI. was removed from
the eleventh Stall on the Sovereign’s side, to the second on the same
side; and _Richard Nevil_, Earl of _Warwick_, by the Consent of the
_Knights-Companions_ in Chapter, _Anno_ 39 _Henry_ VI. was translated
to the Duke of _Buckingham_’s Stall; the Lord _Bonvil_, to the Lord
_Scales_’s Seat; Sir _Thomas Kyriell_, to the Place of the Earl of
_Shrewsbury_; and the Lord _Wenlock_, to the Stall of Viscount
_Beaumont_. But King _Henry_ VIII. thinking it requisite for the
Sovereign of this most Noble Order, to be impowered by a General, how
to Act that at Pleasure, which the former Sovereigns did not, but by
the Power of particular Acts, or Orders, in the Chapter; after he had
confirmed the ancient Law of succeeding in the Stall of the immediate
Predecessor, and not to suffer an alteration without the Sovereign’s
Licence, in the next Article he established this Privilege upon Himself
and Successors: _That if there were any Place or Stall void, the
Sovereign, at his own Pleasure, might Advance and Translate any Knight
of the Society into the void Stall, so that it were higher than that,
wherein he sate before_.

This in Effect did vacat the ancient Law of succeeding in
Stalls, though at the same Time he seem’d to Confirm it to the
_Knights-Subjects_, for afterwards Translations preceeding to
Installations, became so frequent, that the Right an _elect Knight_
had to his Predecessor’s Stall, was seldom enjoyed. However, hereby
he confirmed a Power to gratify such of the _Knights-Companions_,
as he shou’d think fit to advance, without having recourse to a
Chapter; and from hence began the Custom to Issue out Warrants,
under the Sovereign’s _Sign Manual_, for the Translation of
Stalls, and consequently the alteration and removal of such of the
_Knights-Companions Helms_, _Crests_, _Banners_, and _Plates_, who
shou’d receive a higher Exaltation.

Besides the Power established upon the Sovereigns of this most Noble
Order, of translating Stalls, when a vacancy happened, they farther
added this larger Prerogative: That the Sovereign, once in his Life,
might, if it pleased him, make a general Translation of all the Stalls
at his Pleasure, except of Emperors, Kings, Princes, and Dukes, who
shou’d keep their Stalls and Places, unless advanced to a higher Room
and Stall. In which Translation, the long continuance in the Order, and
the Praises, Worthiness, and Merits of the _Knights-Companions_, were
to be considered and remembred.

But this Branch of the Sovereign’s Prerogative, as far as we can find,
was never put in Execution, though the Translation, _Anno_ 27 _Henry_
VIII. border’d something upon it, perhaps lest it might raise too great
Feuds among the _Knights-Subjects_; forasmuch as that of translating
only, (when there happened a vacancy,) begot great Emulations, which at
length introduced a Change, to which we shall pass, after we have taken
notice of a Clause added in the twenty second Article of King _Henry_
VIII’s Statutes, relating to Princes.

It is observable the ancient Law of succeeding in Stalls, in relation
to them, was wholly altered. For King _Henry_ VIII. upon the
Establishment of his Body of Statutes, not only appointed those
Strangers, then present of the Order, to be seated next himself; but
that all Emperors, Kings, and Princes, should hold their Stalls after
their Estates, and the very next unto the Sovereign, tho’
_Knights-Subjects_, upon vacancy, become removable at Pleasure.

For this reason, the Emperor _Maximilian_ II. and after him _Rudolph_
II. his Son, had the Prince’s Stalls assigned them after their Election
into the Order; and several of the Kings of _France_ were placed in the
next below, being the second on the Sovereign’s side. And when there
chanced to be more than one King at a time in the Order, the second
Stall on the Prince’s side was assigned him; for Precedency was
measured now by Dignity and State, and not by the Antiquity of the
Order; As appears from the King of _Bohemia_, _Anno_ 19 _Henry_ VIII.
and the King of _Spain_, _Anno_ 8 _Elizabeth_, Princes Strangers,
according to their regality, and illustrious extraction, had their
Scituation next to Kings, as is manifest from the Dukes of _Savoy_,
_Montmorency_, and _Holstein_, _Anno_ 3 _Elizabeth_, and _Frederick_
Prince _Palatine_, and _Maurice_ Prince of _Orange_, _Anno_ 11 _Jac._ I.

But notwithstanding these Assignments of Stalls to Strangers, they were
nevertheless subject to removal, sometimes to Stalls higher than their
own, upon the Death of a Stranger, who died possessed of a superior
one; and sometimes again to others lower, for the advancing a Knight of
greater Degree and Distinction, where the upper Stalls were already
supplied; else they could not be so ranked, according to their
respective Quality, as the Statutes enjoyn; nor indeed wou’d any
Stranger King have accepted of an Election, unless he was placed in a
distinguishable Stall, suitable to his Dignity. _Ferdinand_, Emperor of
_Germany_, is an instance of Advancement in translation of Stalls; for
after the Death of the Emperor _Charles_ V. his Brother, he was
advanced from the second Stall on the Prince’s side, into the Prince’s
Stall. And _Henry_ IV. of _France_, from the second on the Sovereign’s
side, to the Prince’s Stall, and _Christierne_ IV. King of _Denmark_,
_Anno_ 9 _Jac._ I.

Among Princes Strangers, we find _Emanuel_ Duke of _Savoy_, advanced
from the third on the Prince’s side, to the second on the same side,
_Anno_ 2 _Elizabeth_; and _Frederick_ Prince Palatine, _Anno_ 1
_Charles_ I. was advanced from the second of the Prince’s, to the
second on the side of the Sovereign; likewise _Henry Frederick_, Prince
of _Orange_; was advanced from the third of the Sovereign’s, to the
second of the Prince’s, upon the Death of the King of _Sweden_, _Anno_
10 _Charles_ I.

When the _French_ King _Charles_ IX. was elected, _Anno_ 6 _Elizabeth_,
the superior Stalls were already filled with Strangers, and there was
no Expedient left to give him the Stall the Sovereign design’d him, but
by the removal of some of those _Knights-Strangers_ lower; and upon
this, _Emanuel_ Duke of _Savoy_ was displaced to the third on the
Sovereign’s side.

But the _French_ King was not installed, until the 16th of _January_,
_Anno_ 8 _Elizabeth_, and before that it was concluded to remove the
King of _Spain_ to the Duke of _Savoy_’s Stall, as void before, and to
instal the _French_ King in the King of _Spain_’s, which was
accordingly done; so that upon this occasion, there were four
Strangers, and five _Knights-Subjects_, removed lower, to make way for
the _French_ King.

The 20th of _April_, _Anno_ 2 _Jac._ I. The Duke of _Wirtemberg_ was
installed in the third Stall on the Prince’s side, and the Year
following advanced to a higher.

The 26th of _May_ ensuing, _Ulerick_ Duke _Holst_, had assigned unto
him that Stall from which the Duke of _Wirtemberg_ was advanced: But
against the Installation of _Christierne_, the fourth King of
_Denmark_, the Duke was removed back to his Seat, wherein he was
installed, and the Duke advanced into the vacant one. All which will
appear more conspicuous, from the appointment of Stalls on these
Occasions, which follow.

A remove of _Banners_ and _Plates_, at the Installation of _Frederick_
  Duke of _Wirtemberg_, _Anno Jac._ I. _Reg._ 2.

_JAMES Rex._

           1. _The Sovereign_       1. _The_ French _King_
           2. _The Prince_          2. _Void_
           3. _Earl of_ Nottingham  3. _Duke of_ Wirtemberg
           4. _Earl of_ Ormond      4. _Earl of_ Dorset
           5. _Earl of_ Shrewsbury  5. _Earl of_ Cumberland
           6. _Earl of_ Northumber. 6. _Earl of_ Worcester
           7. _Lord_ Sheffeild      7. _Earl of_ Suffolk
           8. _Earl of_ Devonshire  8. _Sir_ Henry Lea
           9. _Earl of_ Sussex      9. _Lord_ Scroop
           10. _Earl of_ Derby      10. _Lord_ Burleigh
           11. _Duke of_ Lenox      11. _Earl of_ Southampton
           12. _Earl of_ Marr       12. _Earl of_ Pembrook
           13. _Void_               13. _Void_

The Order of Stalls at the Feast of St. _George_, _Anno Jac._ I. _Reg._
  3.

_JAMES Rex._

           1. _The Sovereign_       1. _The_ French _King_
           2. _The Prince_          2. _Void_
           3. _Duke of_ Wirtemberg  3. _Earl of_ Nottingham
           4. _Earl of_ Ormond      4. _Earl of_ Dorset
           5. _Earl of_ Shrewsbury  5. _Earl of_ Cumberland
           6. _Earl of_ Northumber. 6. _Earl of_ Worcester
           7. _Lord_ Sheffeild      7. _Earl of_ Suffolk
           8. _Earl of_ Devonshire  8. _Sir_ Henry Lea
           9. _Earl of_ Sussex      9. _Lord_ Scroop
           10. _Earl of_ Derby      10. _Lord_ Burleigh
           11. _Duke of_ Lenox      11. _Earl of_ Southampton
           12. _Earl of_ Marr       12. _Earl of_ Pembrook
           13. _Void_               13. _Void_

A remove of _Banners_ and _Plates_, at the Installation of _Christian_
  IV. King of _Denmark_, the 8th of _September_, _Anno Jac._ I. _Reg._
  3.

_JAMES Rex._

          1. _The Sovereign_        1. _The_ French _King_
          2. _The King of_ Denmark  2. _The Prince_
          3. _Duke of_ Holst        3. _Duke of_ Wirtemberg
          4. _Earl of_ Nottingham   4. _Earl of_ Ormond
          5. _Earl of_ Dorset       5. _Earl of_ Shrewsbury
          6. _Earl of_ Cumberland   6. _Earl of_ Northumber.
          7. _Earl of_ Worcester    7. _Lord_ Sheffeild
          8. _Earl of_ Suffolk      8. _Earl of_ Devonshire
          9. _Sir_ Henry Lea        9. _Earl of_ Sussex
          10. _Lord_ Scroop         10. _Earl of_ Derby
          11. _Earl of_ Exeter      11. _Duke of_ Lenox
          12. _Earl of_ Southampton 12. _Earl of_ Marr
          13. _Earl of_ Pembrook    13. _Earl of_ Northampton

In this last Scheme, we find Prince _Henry_ removed from the second on
the Sovereign’s, to the second on the Prince’s side, to make room for
the King of _Denmark_. And tho’ the Duke _Chevereux_, _Anno_ 3
_Charles_ I. was advanced from the third Stall on the Sovereign’s side,
to the second on the Prince’s side, that became vacant by the Death of
the Duke of _Brunswick_; yet the Year after, upon the admission of
_Gustavus Adolphus_, King of _Sweden_, he was removed two Stalls lower,
and the Prince Elector Palatine one.

We pass on now from the removal and translation of a _Knight-Subject_,
after he had been installed, to the assignment of his Stall, at the
Time of the Installation it self; where it is worthy of Remark, That on
the 24th of _April_, _Anno_ 6 _Elizabeth_, in lieu of the ancient Law,
which appointed each elect Knight to succeed in the Stall of his
Predecessor, a new one was introduced, being composed, as was
conceived, upon a more just level than the former, and as far as was
possible, to extinguish all danger that might arise from Emulation. The
Words are: _That all Knights, who for the future were admitted into the
Society of the Order, should take and be installed in the lowest Stall,
according to the Course and Seniority of their Election, except only
Stranger Kings and Princes_.

Upon which it chanced, that when a _Knight-Subject_ elect was to be
installed, all the _Knights-Companions_, between him and the vacant
Stall, were removed higher, that the space might be supplied: And if
two or more were to be installed together, they possessed the lowest
Stalls, according to the Seniority of their Election. And though the
manner and order in removals, is become a thing of course, and rendered
familiar and easy; yet it cannot be effected, or the Atchievements,
Banners, or Plates, displaced, unless by a Warrant issued from the
Sovereign, to justify the Garter for such his removals; which will
plainly appear by the insertion of these Schemes.

            The Order of Stalls, as they stood at the Feast
                   of St. _George_, _Anno_ 29 _Eliz._

_ELIZABETH Regina._

         1. _The Sovereign_       1. _Void_
         2. _The_ French _King_   2. _The King of_ Spain
         3. _The King of_ Denmark 3. _Void_
         4. _Duke_ John Casimire  4. _Void_
         5. _Viscount_ Mountague  5. _Earl of_ Leicester
         6. _Earl of_ Shrewsbury  6. _Earl of_ Warwick
         7. _Lord_ Hunsdon        7. _Void_
         8. _Void_                8. _Earl of_ Worcester
         9. _Earl of_ Huntington  9. _Lord_ Burleigh
         10. _Lord Grey_          10. _Earl of_ Derby
         11. _Earl of_ Pembrook   11. _Ld._ How. _of_ Effingh.
         12. _Void_               12. _Lord_ Cobham
         13. _Lord_ Scroop        13. _Void_

             A Translation of Stalls made against the Feast
                   of Installation, _Anno_ 30 _Eliz._

_ELIZABETH Regina._

        1. _The Sovereign_         1. _Void_
        2. _The_ French _King_     2. _The King of_ Spain
        3. _The King of_ Denmark   3. _Void_
        4. _Duke_ John Casimire    4. _Void_
        5. _Viscount_ Mountague    5. _Earl of_ Leicester
        6. _Earl of_ Shrewsbury    6. _Earl of_ Warwick
        7. _Lord_ Hunsdon          7. _Earl of_ Worcester
        8. _Earl of_ Huntington    8. _Lord_ Burleigh
        9. _Lord_ Grey             9. _Earl of_ Derby
        10. _Earl of_ Pembrook     10. _Ld._ How. _of_ Effingh.
        11. _Lord_ Cobham          11. _Lord_ Scroop
        12. _Earl of_ Essex        12. _Earl of_ Ormond
        13. _Sir_ Christop. Hatton 13. _Void_

The first of these Schemes plainly evince, how the Stalls were ranked
on St. _George_’s-_Eve_, _Anno_ 29 _Elizabeth_, and the other how
modelled against the Installation of the Earls of _Essex_ and _Ormond_,
and that of Sir _Christopher Hatton_, the 23d of _May_, _Anno_ 30
_Elizabeth_, which demonstrates those three elect Knights appear to be
installed in the lowermost Stalls, (as the last mentioned Decree
enjoyns,) and by reason the Earl of _Essex_, and Sir _Christopher
Hatton_, were settled on the Sovereign’s side, the vacancy in the
eighth and twelfth Stalls of the same side became filled up; the Earl
of _Huntington_ being advanced into the eighth, the Lord _Grey_ in the
ninth, and the Earl of _Pembrook_ in the tenth Stall, by the advance of
the Earl of _Worcester_ into the seventh on the Prince’s side, the
vacancy is there supplyed, and the other Knights seated below him, by a
like removal, left the twelfth Stall for the Earl of _Ormond_, and the
thirteenth void.

The same Order was observ’d by King _James_, as appears by another
Scheme of the Stalls settled on the 3d of _July_, _Anno_ 1 _Jac._ I. at
the Election of the Duke of _Lenox_, the Earls of _Northampton_,
_Marr_, and _Pembrook_.

           Stalls altered at a Chapter held at _Windsor_, the
                      3 _July_, _Anno_ 1 _Jac._ I.

_JAMES Rex._

          1. _The Sovereign_        1. _The_ French _King_
          2. _The Prince_           2. _Void_
          3. _Earl of_ Nottingham   3. _Void_
          4. _Earl of_ Ormond       4. _Lord_ Buckhurst
          5. _Earl of_ Salop        5. _Earl of_ Cumberland
          6. _Earl of_ Northumberl. 6. _Earl of_ Worcester
          7. _Lord_ Sheffeild       7. _Ld._ How. _of_ Walden
          8. _Lord_ Hunsdon         8. _Lord_ Montjoy
          9. _Sir_ Henry Lea        9. _Earl of_ Sussex
          10. _Lord_ Cobham         10. _Lord_ Scroop
          11. _Earl of_ Derby       11. _Lord_ Burleigh
          12. _Duke of_ Lenox       12. _Earl of_ Southampton
          13. _Earl of_ Marr        13. _Earl of_ Pembrook

From hence it is evident, that these elect Knights were installed
in the lowest Stalls, and so continued throughout the series of his
Reign, and since, except the Prince of _Wales_, and _Charles_ Duke of
_York_, Sons to the said Sovereign: For the Prince was installed on the
second on the Sovereign’s side, and upon that Election of the Duke
of _York_, _Anno Jac._ I. the second Stall on the Prince’s side was
assigned him, and the Morrow after St. _George_’s _Day_, upon which
he was elected, he made a solemn Progression to the Chapel, in order
to take Possession of it. Upon _Whitsunday_ following, at a serious
Debate, it was determined in Chapter, that notwithstanding he was the
Sovereign’s Son, yet he shou’d have no more Preheminence than other
_Knights-Companions_, and that his Atchievements, which had been set
up over the second Stall on the Prince’s side, shou’d be removed to
that Stall next above the Viscount _Rochester_’s, and to be conserted
with the Earl of _Montgomery_, before whom he had the Preference, on
_Whitsun-Munday_, as they proceeded to the Chapter-House, in order
to their Installation. And where it was farther Decreed, _That all
Princes not Absolute, shou’d be installed thenceforth in the Prince’s
Place_. But after this had passed, Endeavours were used to advance
the Duke into the Stall he was first appointed to, and the Kings of
Arms were consulted upon this Point; who certified, that _Richard_
Duke of _York_, second Son to King _Edward_ IV. was installed in the
fourth Stall on the Prince’s side, and had Precedence of the Duke of
_Suffolk_, and the Earls of _Dowglass_ and _Essex_, who were elected
long before him: That _Henry_ Duke of _York_, second Son to King
_Henry_ VII. was installed in the third Stall on the Sovereign’s side,
and had the Preference of the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Earls of
_Oxford_ and _Derby_, his Seniors; and in the last Place, that _Henry
Fitz Roy_, Duke of _Richmond_, base Son of King _Henry_ VIII. had Place
and Precedence before the Dukes of _Norfolk_ and _Suffolk_, and other
_Knights-Companions_. Upon which Grounds it was thought requisite that
the Issue of the Sovereign should enjoy the same Privileges in this
Affair, as those Princes that were Strangers; and therefore at another
Chapter assembled at _White-Hall_, on _Easter-Monday_, being the 13th
of _April_, _Anno_ 10 _Jac._ I. the Order which passed the Year before,
for making the Duke a Puisne, was abrogated, and he was translated to
the second Stall on the Prince’s side, and paired with Prince _Henry_,
as may be seen by the Stalls then settled, and entered into the Blue
Book of the Order.

We need not bring any more corroborating Circumstances of the
Observation of the Chapter Act, made _Anno_ 6 _Elizabeth_, as it
relates to _Knights-Subjects_, which has been punctually performed; but
since Strangers are therein excepted, it will not be amiss to note,
that the Rule and Practice continued as was established by King _Henry_
VIII. _viz._ that they were installed in Seats next to the Sovereign,
according to the illustriousness of their Dignity and Birth.

We shall mention one Instance, of the manner of placing both Strangers
and Knights-Subjects at one and the same Time. At the first coming of
King _Charles_ I. to the Crown, there were of both Conditions to be
installed in one Day, to wit, the Duke of _Brunswick_ a Stranger
Prince, the Earls of _Salisbury_ and _Carlisle_, _Knights-Subjects_,
elected by King _James_ I. in the 22d Year of his Reign, and on the
15th of _May_ following, the Earls of _Dorset_ and _Holland_ were
elected with the Viscount _Andover_, and the Duke of _Chevereux_ the
4th of _July_ after. And when the removal of Stalls was propounded for
the Admission of these seven elect Knights, it was agreed too, that the
Dukes of _Brunswick_ and _Chevereux_ shou’d be installed in the
uppermost Stall among Strangers, as King _Henry_ VIII. had before
ordained, but the _Knights-Subjects_ in the lowermost Stalls, according
to the pristine Practice, as appears from the Decree, _Anno_ 6
_Elizabeth_, and from the settlement of Stalls then made, and thus
intituled. ·

A remove of _Banners_ and _Stalls_, at the Feast of St. _George_, and
  Installation holden at _Windsor_, the 13, 14, 15 Days of _December_,
  _Anno_ 1625. At which time were installed the Dukes of _Brunswick_,
  and _Chevereux_, the Earls of _Salisbury_, _Carlisle_, _Holland_,
  _Dorset_, and the Viscount _Andover_, as follows.

_CHARLES Rex._

          1. _The Sovereign_       1. _The King of_ Denmark
          2. _The Prince Palatine_ 2. _The Duke of_ Brunswick
          3. _Duke_ Chevereux      3. _Earl of_ Northumberl.
          4. _Earl of_ Worcester   4. _Lord_ Sheffeild
          5. _Earl of_ Suffolk     5. _Earl of_ Sussex
          6. _Earl of_ Darby       6. _Earl of_ Marr
          7. _Earl of_ Pembrook    7. _Earl of_ Montgomery
          8. _Earl of_ Arundel     8. _Earl of_ Somerset
          9. _Earl of_ Kelly       9. _Viscount_ Wallingford
          10. _Earl of_ Rutland    10. _Duke of_ Buckingham
          11. _Earl of_ Leicester  11. _Earl of_ Salisbury
          12. _Earl of_ Carlisle   12. _Earl of_ Dorset
          13. _Earl of_ Holland    13. _Viscount_ Andover

After the Restauration of King _Charles_ II. to his Crown and Kingdoms,
when several _Knights-Companions_, both Strangers and Subjects, were to
be installed, a Debate arose in the Chapter held at _White-Hall_, the
10th of _April_, _Anno_ 13 _Car._ II. about placing their Atchievements
over their Stalls; upon which the following Order was issued out.

CHARLES Rex.

_Whereas divers elect Knights and Companions of our most Noble Order of
the Garter are, by our special Appointment, to be installed in the
Chapel of our Castle of_ Windsor, _upon the 15th Day of this Instant;
and that some of them who are Strangers, do not as yet, nor are likely
to appear, either in their own Persons, or by their sufficient Proxies
at the said Instalment, and so might run the hazard to lose the Benefit
and Advantage of their Pre-election, in Point of Rank and Precedency,
in respect of some of our Subject-Knights, who, though since elected,
will be first installed, without some Expedient taken therein to
prevent it. There being no reason, (nor is it our intention) that those
noble Persons shou’d suffer that prejudice, for want of that usual
formality, and for which they are not in the fault, but others, who,
according to the Statutes and ancient Custom, were to give timely
Advertisement to the said Foreign elected Knights, and to Summon them
by themselves or Proxies, to assist at the said Instalment: Our Will
and Pleasure is, you proceed forthwith to the placing of the Hatchments
of all the respective Knights and Companions of our said Order, whether
installed or elect, Subject or Stranger, over the Stalls, which we do
in manner as followeth assign, and appoint them in our aforesaid
Chappel._

        1. _The Sovereign_            1. _Void_
        2. _The Duke of_ York         2. _The Elector Palatine_
        3. _Prince Elector of_ Brand. 3. _Prince of_ Orange
        4. _Prince_ Rupert            4. _Prince_ Edward
        5. _Earl of_ Salisbury        5. _Earl of_ Barkshire
        6. _Earl of_ Northumberl.     6. _Duke of_ Espernon
        7. _Duke of_ Ormond           7. _Duke of_ Buckingham
        8. _Earl of_ Southampton      8. _Marquiss of_ Newcastle
        9. _Earl of_ Bristol          9. _Prince_ Tarente
        10. _Count_ Marshin           10. _Duke of_ Albermarle
        11. _Earl of_ Sandwich        11. _Earl of_ Oxford
        12. _Duke of_ Richmond        12. _Earl of_ Lindsey
        13. _Earl of_ Manchester      13. _Earl of_ Strafford

_And for so doing, this shall be your sufficient Warrant, any Statute,
or Custom, to the contrary notwithstanding: Given under the Signet of
our said Order, at our Court at_ White-Hall, _the_ 10th _of_ April,
1666.

 To our Trusty and Well-beloved
  Servant, Sir _Edward        _By the Sovereign’s Command_
  Walker_, Kt. Garter, and
  Principal King of Arms,                 Hen. de Vic.
  of our most Noble Order
  of the Garter.

By which we find the Stranger Princes are placed in the upper Stall,
nearest the Sovereign, according to their Dignities and Degrees, and
all the _Knights-Subjects_ as to the Time of their Elections. It is to
be observed upon this Settlement, that though the Earl of _Southampton_
did not receive his Garter and George, till the Sovereign, upon his
happy arrival in _England_, conferred it upon him with his own Hand;
yet, according to the Time of the Election, Place and Precedency were
allowed him; which was in _January_, _An. Dom._ 1649. in the Isle of
_Jersey_, some few Days before Duke _Hamilton_ and the Marquiss of
_Newcastle_ were elected.

It was ordered by the Sovereign and _Knights-Companions_, convened in
Chapter on the 10th of _January_, _Anno_ 14 _Car._ II. _That
thenceforward all Princes Strangers, of what Condition soever, shou’d
have Precedence among themselves, according to the Seniority of their
Elections and Installations_. Upon which the Sovereign, under the
Signet of the Order, authorized the Garter, upon the 30th of _March_,
to set up their Atchievements in St. _George_’s _Chapel_, in the Order
here exhibited.

_CHARLES Rex._

        1. _The Sovereign_          1. _Void_
        2. _Duke of_ York           2. _Prince Elector Palatine_
        3. _Prince_ Rupert          3. _Prince of_ Orange
        4. _Elector of_ Brandenbur. 4. _Prince of_ Denmark
        5. _Earl of_ Salisbury      5. _Earl of_ Barkshire
        6. _Earl of_ Northumberl.   6. _Duke of_ Ormond
        7. _Duke of_ Buckingham     7. _Earl of_ Southampton
        8. _Marquiss of_ Newcastle  8. _Earl of_ Bristol
        9. _Prince_ Tarente         9. _Count_ Marshin
        10. _Duke of_ Albermarle    10. _Earl of_ Sandwich
        11. _Earl of_ Oxford        11. _Duke of_ Richmond
        12. _Earl of_ Lindsey       12. _Earl of_ Manchester
        13. _Earl of_ Strafford     13. _Duke of_ Monmouth

But upon mature Consideration of a Law made by _Henry_ VIII. for
placing of Strangers, and for another founded by Queen _Elizabeth_ for
_Knights-Subjects_; the Sovereign, by the consent of the most Noble
Companions present, at a Chapter held the 19th of _November_, 1699. was
pleased to Ordain, first, _That the Prince of_ Wales, _and such
Emperors and Kings that shou’d be of the Order, shou’d be placed in the
nearest Stalls to that of the Sovereign, according to their Elections
and Installations_.

Then, _That all other Sovereign Princes, and Princes of the Blood,
shou’d be placed in their Stalls next_ unto the King’s, _according to
the Seniority, in the Order_. And thirdly, That all other his Majesty’s
Subjects and Strangers, not of the Dignity above-mention’d, shou’d be
installed in the lowest Stalls, according to their Antiquity in the
Order, and the ancient Practice.

And whereas the Stall termed the Prince’s had been long vacant, the
Sovereign King _Charles_ II. by the advice of the most Noble
Companions, at the same Chapter, was pleased to order, _That the
present King of_ Sweden _shou’d, by his Proxy, be placed in that Stall,
and his Atchievements hung up thereon accordingly, in convenient Time_.
Which order was strictly put in Execution, and the Stalls at the Feast
of St. _George_, _Anno_ 23 _Car._ II. were thus ranged.

_CHARLES Rex._

        1. _The Sovereign_           1. _The King of_ Sweden
        2. _King of_ Denmark         2. _The Duke of_ York
        3. _Prince Elector Palatine_ 3. _Prince_ Rupert
        4. _Prince of_ Orange        4. _Elector of_ Brandenbur.
        5. _Pr. Elector of_ Saxony   5. _Duke of_ Ormond
        6. _Duke of_ Buckingham      6. _Duke of_ Newcastle
        7. _Earl of_ Bristol         7. _Prince_ Tarante
        8. _Count_ Marshin           8. _Earl of_ Sandwich
        9. _Earl of_ Oxford          9. _Duke of_ Richmond
        10. _Earl of_ Strafford      10. _Duke of_ Monmouth
        11. _Duke of_ Albermarle     11. _Void_
        12. _Void_                   12. _Void_
        13. _Void_                   13. _Void_

§ 7. Having dispatch’d the ancient Law of Succession into void Stalls,
and of Translation from one to another; we come now to consider what is
farther to be prepared for the Knight elect, against the Day of the
great Solemnity, at his own Expence; the chief of which are;

           1. A Mantle or upper Robe, with its Appurtenance.
           2. A Collar of the Garter and Great George.
           3. A Cap of black Velvet, adorned with Plumes.
           4. A Helmet, Crest, Mantlings, and Sword.
           5. A Banner of his Arms.
           6. A Plate of his Arms and Stile.
           7. A Cushion, to carry his Robes and Collar upon.
           8. Lodging Escutcheons.

Though the Kirtle on the Surcoat was anciently given by the King to the
_Knights-Subjects_, yet we do not find the Mantle of the Order was, nor
indeed of a later Date, unless now and then, as a distinguishing mark
of Favour. But the Sovereign always bestows the Mantle upon Strangers,
as well as the whole Habit, when he has elected them into the Society
of the Order. And upon sending of the whole Habit over by Garter to the
King of _Portugal_, _Anno_ 13 _Hen._ VI. the Mantle, Surcoat, and Hood,
were accompted for in the Great Wardrobe, and is to this Day practised.

However of late the Sovereign hath been pleased, now and then, to
confer the Mantle upon a _Knight-Subject_. Witness King _James_ I.
_Anno_ 21. did to _James_ Marquiss of _Hamilton_; and King _Charles_ I.
_Anno_ 4. to _Theophilus_, Earl of _Suffolk_, and the Year ensuing to
_William_, Earl of _Northampton_: And _Anno_ 14. Sir _James Palmer_, by
his Sovereign’s Direction, paid for the Velvet and Taffety of the Earl
of _Kelly_’s Mantle and Surcoat, to Sir _Peter Richaut_, and put it
upon the Account of the extraordinary Expence of the Order.

King _Charles_ II. as a signal Mark of his Favour, caused seventeen
Mantles (with the usual Liveries of Surcoat and Hood,) to be made ready
against the grand Feast of St. _George_, _Anno_ 13. which he confered
not only among the new elect Knights, but upon the Earls of
_Salisbury_, _Barkshire_, and _Northumberland_, that were three Senior
_Knights-Companions_.

The Collar of the Order, and the great George, the elect Knight is to
provide himself, unless where the Sovereign is pleased to bestow the
Mantle, which is always accompanied with the Collar, and then a like
Warrant issues to the Master of the _Jewel-House_, as was used for
providing the seventeen Collars, _Anno_ 13 _Car._ II.

The black Velvet Cap before-mentioned and described, with the Helm,
Crest, and Mantlings, together with a Sword and Girdle, are to be got
in readiness by the care and direction of the Garter, but at the
Expence of the Knights elect; all which are to be set over his Stall,
as soon as his Installation Fees are paid.

This Honour, that every _Knight-Companion_ shall have his Helm, Crest,
and Sword, affixed over his Stall at the Chappel of St. _George_, is
particularly provided for in all the several Bodies of Statutes; and
are ordained to remain there during the Lives of the Possessors, _In
Memory of him that bears them, and a Testimony of the Defence of the
Church, as the Oaths of Military Orders require_.

The Helms upon this Occasion are composed of Steel, and of a more than
ordinary proportion; those for Sovereign Princes are framed open, with
large Barrs; but those for the _Knights-Subjects_ are made close. About
King _Henry_ VIII’s Reign, the _Knights-Subjects_ Helms were parcel
gilt with fine Gold in Oil, wrought with curious Works, and burnished
with fine Gold. But in the Reign of Queen _Elizabeth_, and since that
Time, it hath been the Custom to gild their Helms all over, and place
the Arms of St. _George_ in the Middle before the Vizors.

The Mantlings that hang down on either side of the Helm, together with
the Wreath, are in some places called Appendixes, and are all of
Tissue, or Cloth of Gold, and formerly lined with Sarcenet; but in the
Reign of Queen _Mary_ they were exchanged for white Satin, for so were
the Mantlings of _Anthony Brown_, Viscount _Montague_, and _William
Howard_, Lord Admiral, lined.

At the bottom of these Mantlings hang a pair of gilt Knobs burnished
with Gold, from which spring out Tossels either of Gold or Silver,
(consentaneous to the Metal in the Knights Court of Armour) mixed with
Silk of the chief Colour in his Arms.

Upon the Helm and Mantlings, is placed a Wreath of corded Silk, of the
Knight’s Colours, which was formerly of Sarcenet, but now of Taffety.

The Crest of the Knight is placed either upon these Wreaths, or Issuant
out of a Crown, or Ducal Cap, turned with Ermin; and of what kind
soever the Crest is, the same is neatly carved in Wood, and either
gilt, or wrought in; Directly before the Helm, an armed Sword hangs
down, the Pomel, Cross, and Chape are gilt; the Scabbard is made of the
same Tissue or Cloth of Gold as the Mantlings are, as is the Girdle
that belongs to it; but the Buckles and Pendants are of Copper Gilt.

The Custom of setting up the Helm, Crest, and Sword, over the Stall of
the Knights, is as ancient as the Institution of the Order; but when
the Banners were first hung up, we have not so clear a Conviction; for
neither the Statutes of Institution, nor those of _Henry_ V. make
mention of them.

The first time they occur to us, we find to be in _Anno_ 2 _Hen._ VI.
in the black Book of the Order, where the Banners of the King of
_Portugal_ is particularly spoke of, among the Atchievements then set
over the Stall. But they are more particularly mentioned in the Body of
King _Henry_ VIII’s Statutes.

The Fashion of the Sovereign’s and all the _Knights-Companions_ Banners
are square; yet it does no where appear what the exact Standard was;
yet we find them in the Reign of Queen _Elizabeth_ to be two Yards and
a Quarter Long, and a Yard and three Quarters Broad, besides the
Fringe, which is composed of Gold, or Silver and Silk, of the Colours
in the Wreath; and on them are wrought, upon Taffety-Sarcenet, double
Sarcenet, or rich Taffety, with fine Gold Colours on both sides, the
Paternal Coat of the _Knights-Companion_, together with his Quartering,
or so many of them as he pleases to use, and the Garter is to take care
they be warrantably Marshalled.

And because a single Coat was not conceived to stand fair enough in a
Banner of this proportion, the Sovereign hath been pleased to grant a
new Coat, to bear in Quarters his Paternal one, if he wanted it; as
King _James_ I. did to _Robert Carr_, Viscount _Rochester_; to whose
Paternal Coat he first added a Lion Passant, Gardant Or, in the dexter
Part, as an especial Gift of his Favour, and then invented a new Coat,
to be born in Quarter therewith, _viz._ Quarterly Or and Gules, a Lyon
Rampant Sable over all, _June_ 8. _Anno_ 9 _Jac._ I.

These Banners of Arms are fixed to the End of long Staves, painted in
Oil, formerly of the Colour of the Wreaths, but now Red; their Ends are
put into Sockets of Iron, well fixed in the Wall, directly over the
_Knights-Companions_ Helms and Crests, and frequently lined with
Fustian to preserve them.

There is moreover to be provided a Copper Plate Gilt, whereupon are
engraved, the Escutcheon of the Knights elect Arms in Colours
Enamilled, with his Quartering, Helm, Crest, and Supporters, and
underneath, his Style and Titles of Honour, encircled with a Garter.
Which Plate the Garter usually takes Care to provide, and is to be
fixed on the back of the Knights Stall, assigned for his Installation.

A Velvet Cushion is likewise to be provided, to carry the Knight’s
elect Mantle, Collar, Hood, and Book of Statutes, before him, in the
Progress into the Choire, in order to his Installation. At the
Installation of the Lord Treasurer _Weston_, and the Earls of _Exeter_
and _Lindsey_, who were installed, _Anno_ 6 _Car._ I. the materials and
garnishing of these Cushions are recited severally, to contain one Yard
and a Half of Crimson Velvet, one Ell of rich Taffety for their Lining,
four Yards of Fringe, and four great Tossels.

Lastly, There have frequently been made ready a convenient Number of
Lodging Escutcheons of the elect Knights Arms, invironed with a Garter,
and his Stile and Titles placed underneath; it having been an ancient
Custom, for the Knights to distribute these Escutcheons at the Inns, in
their Passage to, and at _Windsor_, as a Memorial of their Installation.

What falls under the Care of the Garter to prepare and make ready, the
Expence sometimes has been cast up, and the Account stated and defraid
before-hand; by which means, he was in a better capacity to furnish out
the Ceremony, for so did the Earls of _Shrewsbury_ and _Cumberland_,
_Anno_ 34 _Eliz._

Besides these mentioned to be prepared and provided either by the
Chancellor of the Order, or the Garter, the Knight elect must take care
of other Affairs more particularly relating to himself and his retinue;
such as are Apparel, the Number of his Attendants and Servants, with
their Cloaths and Liveries, his Coach and Saddle Horses, both for
himself and them, with other material Circumstances, to set off his
Cavalcade and Proceeding with greater Pomp and Gallantry. The
Provisions for Dyet at _Windsor_ (if the Feast be kept at the elect
Knight’s Charge and Expence,) are to be considered of, and very often
some Clark of the Sovereign’s Kitchin is to be consulted, in the
management of that Affair.

The Hall or Room where the grand Dinner is to be kept, as well as the
Chapter-House and Chappel, ought chiefly to be decked and adorned with
rich and sumptuous Furniture, against this Solemnity, over and above
what is commonly used. The Hall or Dining-Room is to be set off with
rich Hangings; and if the Sovereign or his Lieutenant hold the Feast,
there must be placed a Cloth of State at the upper End of it. The
Chapter-House is also to be hung, and a rich Carpet spread upon the
Table, set about with Velvet Chairs and Cushions; and because in the
late Times of Rebellion and Plunder, this Place was not exempt, and
nothing was found there upon the Restauration; King _Charles_ II. in a
Chapter convened the 1st of _January_, _Anno_ 14th of his Reign, caused
Directions to be given to the Master of the Wardrobe, to provide Velvet
for Chairs, to furnish the Chapter-House, and Cushions to be used in
the Choir of St. _George_’s _Chappel_, which accordingly were prepared
against the following Feast.

Against the Installation of _Philip_, King of _Castile_ and _Leon_,
_Anno_ 22 _Henry_ VII. The Table in the Chapter-House was covered with
Cloth of Gold, and the Forms with Baudkin; before the Sovereign was
laid a Cushion of Cloth of Gold, whereupon a Crucifix lay, and the
Evangelist turned open to a place of the Cannon, with several Tapers
burning on either Side. At the upper End of the Table, towards the
Right Hand, was set a Chair for the Sovereign, under a golden Canopy,
with Cushions of Cloth of Gold, and on the Left Hand a Stool with like
Embellishments, for the King of _Castile_.

In St. _George_’s _Chappel_, the High Altar is to be richly adorned
with Plate, the Sovereign’s Stall with a Canopy, and other usual
Ornaments, and the Stalls of the _Knights-Companions_ present at the
Ceremony, with Velvet Cushions. As to the Furnishing of other Places in
the Castle of _Windsor_, on so solemn an Occasion, we shall relate the
Account of the Ceremony of the Installation of the King of _Leon_ and
_Castile_, just now mentioned. The Words are these:

#To wit of the gret rich Cobbord, which continually stode in the gret
Hall, which was all guilt Plate, or of the gret and rich Beds of
Estate, Hangings of rich Cloth of Gold, or of the rich and sumptuous
Clothes of Arras, with divers Clothes of Estate, both in the King’s
Loggings, and in the King of# Castile’s #Loggings, so many Chambers,
Haulls, Chappels, Closettes, Galleries, with odir Loggings, so richly
and very well appointed, with divers odir things, that I suffice or
cannot discern, and as I suppose few or none that there were, that ever
saw# Castell #or odir Loggings, in all things so well and richly
appointed, and the great continual fare, open Houshold, so many Noble
Men soo well appareilled and with soo short Warnying, heretofore, as I
think hath not been seen.#

                               CAP. XII.

            _The Personal Installation of a Knight-Subject._

§ 1. Formerly the Knights elect proceeded from _London_ to their
Installation at _Windsor_, in the nature of a Solemn and stately
Cavalcade, which was performed on Horse-back, with the greatest
Grandeur, and exceeding Pomp, whether we refer to the great Number of
their Honourable Friends, who, on gallant Coursers, rode along with
them; or the multitude of their own Attendants well mounted, the
magnificence of whose Apparel, Jewels, Gold Chains, rich Embroideries,
and Plumes of Feathers, of their Lord’s Colours, struck Amazement, and
even dazled the Eyes of the Spectators.

Equivalent to this Pompous Show was the Feast, which contained in it
all manner of Stateliness and Plenty, as well of Provision, as other
Incidents that might increase its Glory, in which the elect Knights,
who kept it at their own Expence, strove not only to out-vie their
Predecessor, but to Excel one another; That all Embassadors and
Strangers esteemed it one of the goodliest and noblest Sights, that was
to be exhibited in Christendom.

But to make the splendor of the Cavalcade no less conspicuous to the
City of _London_, than to the Town and Castle of _Windsor_, the Knights
elect have taken up their Lodgings, sometimes in the _Strand_,
sometimes in _Salisbury-Court_, in _Holborn_, or within the City; and
for intent they chose to pass through some Eminent Streets, that the
People might the better Survey them, and receive the greater
Satisfaction. To illustrate which Matter, we shall descend to some
Particulars.

_Anno_ 34 _Eliz._ _Gilbert_, Earl of _Shrewsbury_, in order to his
Cavalcade, was lodged in Mr. _Gresham_’s House, (now known by the Name
of _Gresham-College_,) whence he Rode through the City, accompanied
with many of his Honourable Friends, and a numerous and gallant Train
of Attendants and Servants, to _Charing-Cross_, where he met _George_,
Earl of _Cumberland_, (his Companion elect) and thence both Rode
together towards _Windsor_; within a Mile or two of which Place, Garter
King of Arms met them, and Marshalled their Attendants in Order; and
then the elect Knights proceeded with their gallant Train through the
Town into the Castle in this Order.

        1. Trumpets, two and two.
        2. Gentlemen in Blue Coats and Gold Chains.
        3. Gentlemen of Note.
        4. Garter.
        5. Gentlemen Ushers.
        6. The two elect Knights, Earl of _Ormond_, and Baron of
           _Effingham_; with their Footmen about them.
        7. Noblemen, Knights, and Gentlemen of Quality.
        8. All their Servants in the Rear.

Custom and Peace contributed to make the Cavalcades more glorious,
during the Reigns of Queen _Elizabeth_, and King _James_ I. and
especially that of _Robert_, Earl of _Salisbury_, and _Thomas_,
Viscount _Bindon_, _May_ 21st, _Anno_ 4 _Jac._ I. who arrived at
_Windsor_ honourably accompanied, with a great appearance of Nobility,
Knights, and Gentlemen of Figure.

But the Fate of this Solemnity, much like that glorious Body of the
Sun, (whose Lustre at such times it strove to outshine) had now and
then its interpositions, and intermitting Clouds, at other times long
Nights, and the Splendor and Glory thereof but struck the Sight now and
then; when the Pleasure of the Sovereign grew auspicious, or the Honour
of the Order became fixed upon more generous Spirits. But to speak
impartially, there may grow an Excess in such Solemnities, even to
Shame and Surfeit; and the best Cure to prescribe for it, is a long
Abstinence. Nor was this Festival at all Times free from this
Distemper, but then a quick Application of the Sovereign’s soon
rectified it by taking away the Cause, and prohibiting Excess in their
Attendants.

For this reason it was that King _James_ I. observing those Excesses
the elect Knights run into upon this Occasion, and willing to cheque
the growing Inconveniencies, at the Installation, of _Francis_, Earl of
_Rutland_, Sir _George Villars_, Kt. (afterwards Duke of _Buckingham_)
and the Viscount _Lisle_, _Anno_ 14 of his Reign, _forbid Livery Coats,
for saving Charge, and avoiding Emulation_; and shortly after, in a
Chapter at _White-Hall_, _Anno_ 16. with the Consent of the
_Knights-Companions_ then assembled, to put some restraint upon the
Number of Attendants, decreed, _That every of the Knights-Companions
should have fifty Persons to attend him unto the Annual Solemnities of
the Order, and no more_.

In the Installation of _William_, Earl of _Northampton_, _Anno_ 5
_Car._ I. we find this stinted Number encreased to fourscore, who began
his Cavalcade to _Windsor_, from _Salisbury_ House in the _Strand_, and
certainly wou’d have exhibited a more glorious Show, had not a
continual Rain for three Days space impeded him. Nevertheless, that
what he designed with so much Splendor and Gallantry might out-live the
accident of foul Weather, the Order of it shall be inserted here.

         _The Order of riding to the Installation of_ William,
             _Earl of_ Northampton, _20th of_ April, 1629.

1. Trumpets, whose Banners were of Damask, and had the Earls Arms, with
  his Crest and Supporters environed with a Garter.

2. The meanest of his Servants; as Grooms and Yeomen, in Blue Coats,
  two and two.

3. His Lordship’s other Servants, in Blue Coats; as Gentlemen,
  Esquires, and Knights, two and two.

4. Two Secretaries; Mr. _Ralph Goodwin_, and Mr. _Francis Merosse_.

5. Steward, Mr. _Cuthbert Ogle_.

6. Comptroller, Mr. _William Goodwyn_.

7. Two Pages.

8. His spare Horse, led by the Gentleman of his Horse.

9. His Chaplain to distribute his Alms.

10. Pursiuvants at Arms, two and two.

11. Gentleman Usher, Mr. _Walter Thomas_, Bareheaded.

12. The Senior Herald covered.

13. The Earls of _Berkshire_, _Northampton_, and _Salisbury_.

14. Noblemen in their Places, two and two.

15. Knights, Esquires, and Gentlemen, which accompanied him.

16. The Commissioners Servants.

17. Other Noblemens, Knights, Esquires, and Gentlemens Servants.

_Henry_ Earl of _Danby_, and _William_ Earl of _Morton_, being to
receive the Honour of Installation, _Anno_ 10 _Car._ I. disposed
themselves for their more commodious Passage, and the Peoples View; one
was at _Warwick House_ in _Holbourn_, and the other at _Dorset House_
in _Salisbury-court_, and made their Progression severally through the
Streets to _Hyde-Park_, each having two Noblemen to support him, with
their Footmen in rich Coats on either side them.

Their Gentlemen Ushers rode Bareheaded, and before them the Officers of
Arms wearing their Coats, and their Servants in blue Coats and
Cognizances, (as was the ancient Mode,) were all led on by Trumpets.
The rest of the Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen followed after each
Knight’s elect Troop, according to their Rank and Quality foremost. The
Proceeding of the Earl of _Morton_, was Marshalled in this manner.

        1. Trumpets, two and two.
        2. Grooms in Coats, two and two.
        3. Yeomen, two and two.
        4. Gentlemen, two and two.
        5. Secretaries.
        6. Stewards.
        7. Gentleman of the Horse.
        8. Pages.
        9. Four Officers of Arms.
        10. Gentleman Usher bare.
        11. _Lancaster_ Herald covered.
        12. Earl _Morton_, supported between two chief Lords.
        13. Foot-men on each side, in rich Coats.
        14. Noblemen and Gentlemen, according to their Degrees.

At _Slough_, (two Miles on this side _Windsor_,) they all made a stand,
and being again placed in Order, they proceeded to _Windsor Castle_,
where, alighting in the lower Court, the Knights elect were conducted
to their several Apartments.

The last Cavalcade this Age has beheld, was exhibited by _Algernoon_,
Earl of _Northumberland_, _May_ 13. _Anno_ 11 _Car._ I. from _Dorset
House_ in _Salisbury-court_, toward _Windsor_; nor was it the least in
Pomp and Glory: Eight and forty Gentlemen preceeded, then came the
Pages, being Earls Sons, _viz._

       1. Mr. _William Herbert_, Mr. _John Herbert_, Mr. _Philip
          Cecil_, Mr. _Algernoon Sidney_.
       2. Heralds at Arms, two and two.
       3. Mr. _Blundeville_, Gentleman Usher, Bareheaded.
       4. _Norroy_ King of Arms.
       5. Marquiss of _Winchester_.
       6. The Earls of _Northumberland_ and _Kent_.

And somewhat behind him, the rest of the Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen
in order; they had Priority according to their Quality, Riding two and
two, and the Coaches closing up the Troop.

There was a publick Cavalcade designed from _Somerset House_ in the
_Strand_, to _Windsor Castle_, when King _Charles_ II. was to have
been installed, which though it proved Abortive, yet ought not to
be omitted, by reason of the Chancellor’s Letter to each
_Knight-Companion_, to make Preparation to attend him thither.

_May it please your Lordship_,

“The King’s Majesty, Sovereign of this most Noble Order of the Garter,
having determined to Create the Prince his Eldest Son Knight, and to
propose him in Election, to be a Companion of his Order; for the better
Conveniency of his Installation, hath prorogued, by a Commission under
the Seal of his Order, given the 25th of _February_, now remaining in
my Custody, the Celebration of the Feast of St. _George_, from the 22,
23, and 24 of _April_ next, whereon it shou’d have been Solemnized,
unto the 21, 22, and 23 of _May_, immediately ensuing; and thereby
given Command to all the _Knights-Companions_, and Officers of this
Order, that they should attend his Royal Person, at his Palace of
_White-Hall_, upon those Days appointed. In discharge of the Duty of my
Place, and by special Order, I do signify unto your Lordship his
Majesty’s Will, and that it is his Pleasure, for the more Honour of the
Prince, and the Noble Feast of his Election and Installation, that your
Lordship shou’d be attended with your Servants and Retinue, according
to solemn Custom, and be prepared to Accompany his Higness, from
_Somerset House_ in the _Strand_, unto the Castle of _Windsor_, upon
the 18th of that Month, and assist at the Ceremony and Feast of his
Installation, upon the Day following: Praying your Lordship that you
would be pleased to take knowlege hereby, both of the Time and Place
designed, and of the Sovereign’s Order, I humbly rest,”

                                                 _In all due Obedience,_

                                                 _and Observance,_

                                                 Thomas Rowe.

 St. _Martin’s-lane_,
   _Feb._ 27. 1637.

When this Letter was issued out, the Sovereign intended to create the
Prince Knight of the _Bath_, which Ceremonies were intended to begin at
the old _Palace-yard_ in _Westminster_, upon the 21st Day of _May_,
_Anno_ 13 _Car._ I. and to Solemnize the Feast of St. _George_, upon
the 23d of the same Month at _White-Hall_, and to take the Scrutiny
that Evening for his Election into this Order: The next Day was
designed to invest him with the Garter and George, and the Day after to
set forward the Cavalcade towards _Windsor_, wherein also the Knights
of the _Bath_, (intended to be created with the Prince,) were to Ride
with their Robes. But this Resolution being altered, stop’d the
Progression of the Cavalcade, and in the room of a Knight of the
_Bath_, he was created a _Knight-Batchellor_ at _Windsor_.

Formerly it was the manner for the Sovereign’s Lieutenant to Ride to
_Windsor_, attended with a gallant and glittering Train, and no small
Number of his own Gentlemen and Yeomen richly attired, and in every
Punctilio fifty set out, as was seen in the Cavalcade of the Duke of
_Norfolk_, Earl Marshal of _England_, and Lieutenant for the Sovereign,
for St. _George_’s Feast, _Anno_ 5 _Eliz._ who had attending him twenty
of his own Gentlemen and Yeomen, at the Time the Earls of
_Northumberland_ and _Warwick_ were to be installed; but this was never
put in Practice, but when the Sovereign appointed the Installation and
the Feast of St. _George_ to be celebrated together.

The Lieutenant, and his Assistants, or sometimes the
_Knights-Commissioners_, (if the Feast of St. _George_ be not then
Solemnized,) being arrived in the Castle, immediately retire to their
Lodgings, which for the most part have been prepared at the _Dean’s
House_, whose Rooms are the fairest in the Castle, and the best fitted
for Accommodation, next to those of the Sovereign’s in the upper Ward;
and for the Knights elect, they were at all Times furnished with
Lodgings in some of the Prebends Houses.

        _The Offering in the Chappel, on the Eve of the Feast._

§ 2. If it so chanced that the Installation was performed by
Commissioners, and the Cavalcade proceeded from _London_, in
the Morning of the Day preceeding the Installation, and arrived
at the Castle of _Windsor_ early that Afternoon; then the
_Knights-Commissioners_ have been accustomed only to put on their
Mantles, and enter St. _George_’s Chappel to offer; but without the
Attendance of Heralds, or any solemn Procession into the Choir, save
one of the Prebends; where having placed themselves in their Stalls
with usual Reverences, and heard an Anthem, they passed up to the
Altar with the Verger and Garter before them, and there made their
Offering, both of Gold and Silver, according to the usual Custom. As
soon as _Vespers_ were finished, after the same manner they descended
from their Stalls, and departed to their Lodgings; and in this case the
_Knights-Commissioners_ did not lay by their Mantles till Supper was
ended.

In this nature was the Ceremony of Offering (on the Eve of the
Installation) performed by the Lord Admiral and Earl of _Ormond_,
Commissioners for the Installation of the Earl of _Shrewsbury_ and
_Cumberland_, _Anno_ 34 _Eliz._ But at the Installation of the Earl of
_Rutland_, and others, _Anno_ 26 _Eliz._ the Lord _Hunsdon_ (one of the
Commissioners for that Solemnity,) refused to make his Offering alone,
though he arrived timely enough, on the Eve of the Feast at _Windsor_
Castle, because he wanted the Company of Viscount _Mountague_, who was
a joynt Commissioner with him, that arrived not till the Morning after.

This Offering of the _Knights-Commissioners_, coming to the Castle
on the Eve of the Installation, is founded upon an Article of
_Edward_ III. which runs to this Effect: _That if any of the_
Knights-Companions, _being upon a Journey, shou’d accidentally pass
by_ Windsor-Castle, _he is to turn in thither, in Honour of the
Place, and prepare himself to enter into the Chappel to Offer;
first putting on his Mantle, without which he must never presume to
enter into it_; but upon Emergencies, and allowable Causes, he is
to be excused.

After the _Knight-Companion_ had entered the Castle, the Canons
Resident were, by the aforesaid Article, appointed to meet and recieve
him, and with due Reverence conduct him into the Choir. If it was at
the Celebration of High Mass, the Knight was obliged to stay and hear
it, in Honour of God and St. _George_; but if he arrived in the
Afternoon, he was to stay till the Canons, and the rest of the Choir,
had sung the Anthem _de Profundis_, which no sooner was ended, but he
proceeded to the High Altar and Offered, and returned to his Stall with
usual Reverences, and then departed.

But if the _Knight-Companion_ passed through the Town of _Windsor_, and
neglected to Offer at the Chappel, as often as he omitted it, he was
bound, upon his Obedience, to walk a Mile on Foot to the Chappel, in
Honour of St. _George_, and upon defailure, to offer a Peny, which by
King _Henry_ VIII’s Statutes is inlarged to a Groat. Upon the
Explication of this Article, there arose a Dispute about the just
Distance intended from the Castle; and that the Knights-Companions
might be sensible of the breach of the Injunction, it was thought
requisite by King _Henry_ VIII. to set down a certain Bound, which in
his Statutes is declared to be two Miles; within which, if any of the
_Knights-Companions_ come, and do not repair to the Chappel and Offer,
he is liable to the Mulct before specified.

Upon Hunting, or other Pastimes the Forest afforded, they used to send
their Offering in Money to the Canons, which being received, the
Knights took it for a Dispensation of the Ceremony enjoined by the
Statutes.

Endeavours were used to have this Article interpreted with greater
Latitude, which so far took Effect, that at a Chapter called at
_Windsor_ the 10th of _October_, _Anno_ 15 _Car._ I. it was ordered,
that some Expedient might be found out, to save the Knights from the
Breach of their Oath, if they came within the limited Distance of the
Place, and passed thence without Offering. But no farther Progress
being made in that Affair, the Law stands as it did.

                        _The Supper of the Eve._

§ 3. The Supper, after their arrival at _Windsor_, is but in the Nature
of a private Meal, and prepared for the Lieutenant (or Commissioners)
or Knights elect, most commonly at the Dean’s House. _Anno_ 26 _Eliz._
on the Eve of the Installation of the Earl of _Rutland_ and Lord
_Cobham_, the Commissioners supped together with such Lords and
Gentlemen of Figure as came along with them; and no Nobleman had above
one Servant to attend him at the Table, and the rest provided for
themselves at their proper Inns. Sometimes they have been permitted to
Sup in some Appartments of the Sovereign’s Lodgings; for so it was at
the Installation of the Lord _Russel_, and other elect Knights, _Anno_
31 _Henry_ VIII. and likewise of the Earl of _Shrewsbury_, and Lord
_Hunsdon_, _Anno_ 3 _Eliz._ the Lieutenant and Knights supped in the
great Chamber there, in the same Regularity that was used at other
Times. And in the 34th of Queen _Elizabeth_, when the Earls of
_Shrewsbury_ and _Cumberland_ were installed, all the Lords and
Gentlemen supped together at one long Table set in the Council Chamber.

            _The Order in proceeding to the Chapter-House._

§ 4. Before we come to the particular Ceremonies of the Installation,
transacted either by the Sovereign, (or in his absence by his
Lieutenant or Commissioners,) we shall premise this general Remark:
That since neither the Statutes of _Institution_, nor those of King
_Henry_ V. afford us a Formulary for the Personal Installation of a
Knight elect; yet those enacted by King _Henry_ VIII. do briefly
exhibit the Order and Method of it. And we must farther observe, that
if the Installation be appointed together with the Feast of St.
_George_, then either the Sovereign, or else his Lieutenant and
Assistants are present; but if at any other Season, then it passeth by
Commissioners only.

After such time therefore as the Sovereign, his Lieutenant, or
Commissioners, have prefixed the Hour wherein to proceed to the Chapter
House, in Order to the Installation, (which has generally been
dispatched in the Evening,) all the _Knights-Companions_, and elect
Knights, the Officers of the Order, and of Arms, the Prebends of the
College, and Alms-Knights, are to give their Attendance, _viz._ the
Knights-Companions, and elect Knights, and Officers, of the Order, on
the Sovereign, in his inward Lodging; the elect Knights, and Officers
of Arms, in the Presence Chamber, the Prebends and Alms-Knights, in the
Great Chamber, where they waited the Sovereign’s coming forth.

The Attendance to be given upon the Sovereign’s Lieutenant, and such of
the Knights-Companions as are appointed for his Assistants, is by the
Officers of the Order and of Arms, the Prebends and Alms-Knights,
either at his Lodgings, or elsewhere he shall deem meet to appoint;
from which the Knights-Companions are exempt. For though the
Knights-Companions have sometimes proceeded to the Chappel before the
Sovereign’s Lieutenant, at an Installation, yet hath it been at such
time only, as they accompanied their Sovereign to _Windsor_, to hold
the Feast of St. _George_; and if the Sovereign, through any
Indisposition, or weighty Affair, cou’d not pass down to the Chappel on
the Eve of the Feast, yet they being obliged by the Statutes to
celebrate _Vespers_, did upon this Occasion proceed thither, though not
upon the Account of Installation; as it fell out at the Installation of
Prince _Henry_, and four other Knights, _Anno_ 1 _Jac._ I. when the
Progression began from the Presence Chamber, and thence passed to the
Chappel in the following Order.

     1. Alms-Knights.
     2. Prebends.
     3. Pursuivants.
     4. Heralds.
     5. _Ulster_ King of Arms.
     6. _Lyon_ King of Arms.
     7. _Clarenceux_ King of Arms.
     8. The four elect Knights.
     9. Knights-Companions.
     10. Garter.
     11. Register.
     12. Black Rod.
     13. Chancellor.
     14. The Sovereign’s Lieutenant leading the Prince in his Hand.

At the Installation of the Duke of _Brunswick_, and five other
elect Knights, the 23d of _November_, _Anno_ 1 _Car._ I. the
Knights-Companions likewise proceeded before the Sovereign’s
Lieutenants, tho’ the Sovereign was at _Windsor_, but not in the
Cavalcade.

Upon the Sovereign’s Commissioners, neither the Knights-Companions, nor
the Prelate, nor Chancellor, do give their Attendance; only at the
Grand Feast of St. _George_, _Anno_ 13 _Car._ II. the Chancellor then
waiting on the Sovereign at _Windsor_, in the Duties of his Place, out
of a singular Regard to his Royal Highness the Duke of _York_,
attending the Commissioners in the proceeding to his Installation, for
at that time he was Comptroller of his Houshould.

The Proceedings on this solemn Occasion have been generally order’d on
Foot; yet upon extraordinary Incidents have been marshalled and
disposed on Horse-back, in manner of a Cavalcade, as was used at the
Installation of _Philip_ King of _Castile_, _Anno_ 22 _Hen._ VII. and
that when the Lord _Russel_ and other elect Knights were installed,
_Anno_ 31 _Hen._ VIII. King _Philip_ (when the Earl of _Sussex_ was
installed, _Anno_ 1 and 2. _Ph._ and _Mar._) honoured him with his
Presence, and riding on Horse-back, with several of the
Knights-Companions, from his Lodgings in the Castle, down to the
Cloister Door, at the East-End of the Chappel, and there alighting,
proceeded directly to the Chapter-House. The Proceeding was on
Horse-back, at the Installation of the Earl of _Shrewsbury_ and the
Lord _Hunsdon_, _Anno_ 3 _Eliz._ and at the Earl of _Northumberland_’s
and Earl of _Warwick_’s, _Anno_ 5. At the Installation of _Francis_,
Duke _Montmorency_, the Viscount _Hereford_, and the Lords _Burleigh_,
_Grey_, and _Shandos_, _Anno_ 14 _Eliz._ The Sovereign’s Lieutenant and
Knights Assistants did Robe themselves in the Sovereign’s Lodging in
the Castle; and meeting in the Presence Chamber, proceeded downwards
towards the outer Hall-door, in the upper Ward of the Castle, when
taking their Horses, adorned with Foot Clothes, they proceeded on
Horse-back to the West Door of the Chappel.

If the Progression was begun on Horse-back at the beginning of the
Feast, so it continued, as often as the Sovereign (his Lieutenant or
Commissioner) went to the Chapter-House, or Chappel, and their returns
were marshalled in the like Order at their setting out.

The Servants and Attendants belonging to the Knights elect, (if they be
taken into the Procession,) pass on first two and two in a Rank,
according to their Quality; and those who are the most inferior, the
foremost: Next the Alms-Knights in their Habits and usual Order.

Then follows the Virger of the College.

After him the Prebends or Canons: But what attendance they have given
heretofore at the Installations, the Memoirs of this illustrious
Society is wholly silent in; for in those Schemes left us of proceeding
to Installations, in the Reigns of King _Henry_ VIII. King _Edward_ VI.
Queen _Mary_, and part of Queen _Elizabeth_, we find them not inserted,
though since they are next to the Prebends of the College, the
Pursuivants, Heralds, and Provincial Kings of Arms, proceed in a Body.

After them the Knights-Subjects elect, unless the Proctor of an
absent Knight-Subject, pass at the same time in this Proceeding, who
take Place after the Provincial Kings: And if it so chance, that the
Proctor to a Stranger-Prince be present at the same time, he is to
proceed between the Knight-Subject’s Proctor, and the Knights-Subject
elect. But Prince _Henry_ at his Installation, _Anno_ 1 _Jac._ I.
moved in a Place Superior to all the Knights-Companions, and was
paired with the Earl of _Nottingham_, the Sovereign’s Lieutenant for
that Occasion. Where two or more elect Knights prepare for their
Installation at the same time, they take Place according to the
Seniority of their Election, going two and two together; and if the
Number be odd, the Junior elect Knight passeth alone. Formerly the
elect Knight passed in his ordinary Apparel, wearing over it in Days
of Yore a short Gown, afterwards a Cloak, and of latter Times a Coat,
as did the Earl of _Northumberland_, _Anno_ 5 _Eliz._ and the Earls
of _Pembrook_ and _Derby_, _Anno_ 16 _Eliz._ and the Annals of the
Order make this remark upon the Earl of _Sussex_, and the Lord
_Buckhurst_, _Anno_ 31 of _Eliz._ of _Charles_ Duke of _York_, _An._
9 _Jac._ I. But this was before any peculiar under Habit, was
appointed to the Knights-Companions, for now there being a Cloth of
Silver Doublet, and Trunk Hose, established to be worn at the Feast
of Installation, and of St. _George_, the elect Knight proceeds in
this Dress, as did the Duke of _Albermarle_, _Anno_ 23 _Car._ II.

In this proceeding to the Chapter-House, he wears only the Garter about
his Leg, and the George and the Ribbond wherewith he was invested,
either about his Neck, or as of late drawn under his right Arm, which
being omitted by Sir _George Villars_, and Viscount _Lisle_, is noted
to be contrary to order.

The Earl of _Rutland_ with his Fellow elect Knights, _Anno_ 14 _Jac._
I. proceeded Bare-headed, as did the Duke of _Lenox_, _Anno_ 9 _Car._
I. as well as the Duke of _Albermarle_, _Anno_ 23 _Car._ II.

The elect Knight does not always make one in this Proceeding, but
sometimes stays at his Lodgings in the Castle, as did the Earls of
_Shrewsbury_ and _Cumberland_, _Anno_ 34 _Eliz._ or else at some other
convenient Station adjoining to the Chapter-House, till he be sent for
in thither, to receive Investiture with the Surcoat, as the Duke of
_Montmorency_ did, and other elect Knights, _Anno_ 14 _Eliz._ who went
privately from the Sovereign’s Lodgings, down to the House of Mr.
_French_, (then one of the Prebends,) and rested in the Parlour, until
they were sent for: Sometimes the Knight elect goes privately into the
East-Isle of the Chappel behind the High Altar, and there remains till
called in, as did the Duke of _Monmouth_, _Anno_ 15 _Car._ II.

If the Sovereign be present at the Installation, the Knights-Companions
proceed next after the Knights elect, according to the order of their
Stalls; but if the Sovereign’s Lieutenant, then his Assistants go in
their Places; as at the Installation of the Earl of _Shrewsbury_ and
Lord _Hunsdon_, _Anno_ 3 _Eliz._ makes plain, the proceeding being
ordered after this manner.

                   1. Vergers.
                   2. Alms-Knights.
                   3. Officers of Arms.
                   4. Elect-Knights.
                   5. Assistants to the Lieutenants.
                   6· Officers of the Order.
                   7. Earl of _Arundel_, Lieutenant.

If the Installation be dispatched by Commissioners, then the three
inferior Officers of the Order immediately follow the Knight elect, and
proceed next before the Commissioners, and they were thus marshalled at
the Installation of the Earl of _Northampton_, _Anno_ 5 _Car._ I.

                   1. The Earls Servants.
                   2. Alms-Knights.
                   3. Prebends.
                   4. Heralds.
                   5. Elect-Knights.
                   6. Officers of the Order.
                   7. The Sovereign’s Commissioners.

Yet _Anno_ 16 _Eliz._ at the Installation of the Earls of _Pembrook_
and _Derby_, we find the Officers did precede the elect Knights, but it
was through inadvertency; at the Installation of the Earl of
_Northampton_, some Question and Debate arose, concerning the
precedency of these three Officers, in this proceeding, where it was at
length concluded, that from the Castle to the Chappel, they shou’d
proceed before the Commissioners; but in returning from the Chappel to
the Castle, they shou’d follow.

We presume the Question, (whatsoever it was) chanced not to be
propounded, till the proceeding was ready to pass on, and then started
on a sudden, because the Heralds (as the Annals note,) did not quickly
discypher the matter, that it proceeded more from surprize, than want
of Ability to resolve.

This determination which took Place, was barely grounded upon
Conjecture, and if seriously considered, will appear disconsonant to
Precedents and Practice, both before and since; where all returns are
marshalled answerable to their setting forth, unless the Condition of
any Person in the mean time suffer a Mutation.

It’s observable, that when Installation pass by Commissioners only,
these three inferior Officers wear their Robes, but bear not the
Ensigns of their Office in the Proceeding. And this seems to be deduced
from particular Injunctions, laid down in the Constitutions belonging
to the Officers of the Order, which appoint Garter and Black-Rod to
bear the Ensigns of their Offices at the Feast of St. _George_, when
the Sovereign or his Deputy shall be present; whence it may be
inferred, that if either chance to be absent, they are under no
obligation to bear them: For at the Installations of _Frederick_, King
of _Denmark_, and _John Casimire_, Count Palatine of the _Rhine_,
_Anno_ 25 _Eliz._ no Ensigns were born by the Officers; and so was it
practised the Year after, at the Installations of the Earl of _Rutland_
and Lord _Cobham_, as the Red-Book of Order plainly sets forth. But if
the Sovereign himself be present, or that he constitute a Lieutenant in
his stead, the Register then carries the Red-Book, and the Garter and
the Black-Rod bear each of them their Rods. It is remarkable, that in
every proceeding to Installation, by Lieutenant, or Commissioners, the
Garter carries the Sovereign’s Commission in his Hand before them to
the Chapter-House. At the Installation of the Earls of _Derby_ and
_Moreton_, the Officers of the Order proceeded before the Knights to
the Chapter-House, not only without the Ensigns of their Office, but
their Heads covered; and the reporter of this Installation gives this
for a reason; because there was then neither the Sovereign, nor his
Lieutenant, representing the King’s Person, present.

The Sovereign sometimes being willing to confer additional Honours to
some elect Knights, hath appointed their Installation at such time as
he personally solemnized the Feast of St. _George_, as he did at the
Installation and Election of _Philip_ King of _Castile_, _Anno_ 22
_Hen._ VII. which for its memorableness, and mixt proceeding on
Horse-back, we shall insert in this Place: He passed from the
Sovereign’s Lodging in the Castle, to the South-Door of St.
_George_’s-_Chappel_, and was thus ordered.

 1. Knights according to their Degrees.
 2. Lords after their Degrees.
 3. Knights-Companions in their whole Habit, bearing Company with some
    of the Knights of the Order of _Joyson d’Or_.
 4. Prelate of the Order.
 5. Archbishop of _Canterbury_.
 6. The _Spanish_ Ambassador.
 7. _Joyson d’Or_, King of Arms, in Coat of Arms.
 8. Garter King of Arms, in his Coat of Arms.
 9. The Sword.
 10. _Philip_ King of _Castile_.
 11. The Prince.
 12. King _Henry_ VII. Sovereign of the Order.

_Anno_ 19 _Jac._ I. was another instance at the Feast of St. _George_,
when the Sovereign, with several Knights-Companions, proceeded also to
the Chapel, at the personal Installation of _Frederick_, Prince
Palatine of the _Rhine_; we might add several other Examples, but shall
only mention that of the personal appearance of King _Charles_ II. at
the grand Feast of St. _George_, held next after his happy Restoration,
whereat twelve elect Knights were installed. At this Solemnity of
Installation, the Sovereign proceeds in full Robes, having the Sword of
State born before him by a Nobleman not of the Order, his
Train-bearers, _&c._ following the Sovereign’s Lieutenant and his
Assistants, as also the Commissioners proceed in full Robes, which is
mention’d, _Anno_ 31 _Henry_ VIII. when the Earl of _Arundel_ and his
Assistants installed the Lord _Russel_ and two other elect Knights, but
the Sovereign’s Lieutenant only hath his Train carried up, which is
usually perform’d by some of his own Gentlemen.

The Processional way (if beginning in the Presence-Chamber,) is from
thence in the upper Ward of the Castle, and through the other Wards in
at the Cloyster Door, and so to the Chapter-House; but if from the
Dean’s House, they go only through the Cloysters, into which there is
an immediate Passage from the Deanry: The proceeding having entred the
East Door of St. _George_’s Chapel, and past by the Chapter-House Door,
makes a stand in the North Isle; while first the Officers of the Order,
next the Knights-Commissioners, or else the Knights-Assistants, and the
Sovereign’s Lieutenant; or lastly the Knights-Companions, and the
Sovereign with the Sword born before him, pass into the Chapter-House,
but the Knight or Knights elect do not enter, but as they come in at
the Chapel-Door, they fall off on the left Hand into the East Isle
behind the high Altar, and there repose themselves, (on Chairs or
Stools, with Cushions purposely prepared,) until they are called into
the Chapter-House. This hath generally been the Custom, of which many
Examples might be produced, but in respect to great Personages they
have been sometimes (though rarely) admitted into the Chapter-House,
with the Sovereign or his Lieutenant, among whom _Philip_ of _Castile_
and _Leon_, _Anno_ 22 _Henry_ VII. and Prince _Henry_, _Anno_ 1 _Jac._
I. the latter was led in by the Sovereign’s Lieutenant, when four other
elect Knights installed with him sat till they receiv’d their Summons
to enter.

Sometime the Sovereign and Knights-Companions wav’d going to the
Chapter-House, and pass’d immediately into the Choir, as did King
_James_ _Anno_ 9. when _Charles_ Duke of _York_ and others were
installed; the like did King _Charles_ I. but then a Chapter was held
in the Privy-Chamber, before the proceeding set forward; and in the
former instance, when the proceeding came as far as the East End of the
Chapel, the Duke of _York_, _&c._ with _Norroy_ before them, went out
of the proceeding into the Chapter-House, and there reposed, while the
Sovereign proceeded on to the South Door of the Chapel, and thence into
the Choir.

            _The Ceremonies perform’d in the Chapter-House._

§ 5. After the Lieutenant’s entrance into the Chapter-House, and
opening the Chapter; Garter, with three Reverences, presents first the
Commissioners of Lieutenancy to hold the Feast, next that of
Installation, to the Lieutenant, (or if the Installation pass’d by
Commissioners, then only the Commission of Installation to the Senior
Commissioner,) which being receiv’d, he delivers it to the Register of
the Order, who forthwith Reads it; for to him this Duty belongs, as is
recorded in the Black-Book of the Order, on occasion of Garter’s
reading the Commission for Installation of Sir _Thomas Brandon_, _Anno_
22 _Henry_ VII. the Register being then absent.

When the Register hath read the Commissions, he returns them to the
Lieutenant, (or Commissioners,) and he again to the Garter, as at the
Installation of the Earls of _Shrewsbury_ and _Cumberland_, _Anno_ 34
_Eliz._ If the Sovereign be present, the Chancellor acquaints him the
Knights elect are without, otherwise the Lieutenant, and Assistants,
(or Commissioners) consult touching the calling in, and receiving them,
and Garter is usually employed in this Service; who, with all due
respect, compliments and conducts him to the Chapter-House Door: But in
the instance of the Earls of _Shrewsbury_ and _Cumberland_ aforesaid,
Garter went to their Lodgings, and having delivered his Message, they
forthwith repaired to the Chapter-House, their Train attending them to
the Door: At the Installation of _Francis_ Duke of _Montmorency_, the
Earl of _Leicester_, then the Sovereign’s Lieutenant, as an evidence of
singular respect, sent from the Chapter two of the four Assistants
assigned him, who taking Garter, and the Officers of Arms before them,
led him thence between them to the Chapter-House.

When there are two or more elect Knights, that wait in the East Isle,
expecting to be called in, Garter first conducts the Senior by Election
to the Chapter-House Door, and so the rest in their several Orders, as
in 14 _Jac._ I. by the Earl of _Rutland_, Sir _George Villars_, and the
Viscount _Lisle_; and so again 13 _Car._ II. As soon as Garter hath
conducted the elect Knight to the Chapter-House Door, two of the
Commissioners, (when the Installation is performed by Commissioners,)
or two of the Knights-Assistants, (when by the Sovereign’s Lieutenant,)
or two of the Senior Knights, (if the Sovereign himself be present,)
receive him without, who is immediately conducted from the
Chapter-House Door, up to the Sovereign, (his Lieutenant, or
Commissioners,) to whom he makes humble Reverence; when the Lieutenant,
(or Senior Commissioners,) in a short Speech, publishes the effect of
his Commission, and declares to him the Sovereign’s bounty and ready
kindness, in a full admittance into this Honourable Society, which the
elect Knight very humbly acknowledges and accepts. When _Philip_ King
of _Castile_ and _Leon_ was installed in Person, _Anno_ 22 _Henry_ VII.
the Sovereign being present rose from his Throne, and gave him
Information of the Statutes and Ceremonies of the Order, and how he was
bound by them; to all which he freely and readily assented.

These Ceremonies of receiving an elect Knight being over, he disrobes
himself of his upper Garment, then the Surcoat and Kirtle is taken from
the Table, with which he is invested; and during this Ceremony, the
following Words of Admonition, entred at the end of King _Hen._ VIII’s
Book of English Statutes, are read or spoken.

_Take this Robe of Purple, to the encrease of your Honour, and in
Token, or Sign, of the most Honourable Order you have receiv’d;
wherewith you being defended, may be bold not only strong to Fight, but
also to offer your self to shed your Blood for Christ’s Faith, the
Liberties of the Church, and the just and necessary defence of them
that are oppressed and needy._

After this, his Sword is close girt about him over his Surcoat, by the
Commissioners, (or the Assistants to the Lieutenant, or some of the
Knights-Companions,) and sometimes in the way of assistance, Garter
hath done this Service; and as soon as the Ceremony is over, the
Sovereign, or his Lieutenant, proceeds into the Choir, leaving the
elect Knights behind them: The Hood was heretofore put on in the
Chapter-House, (for so the Statutes of King _Henry_ VIII. do appoint,)
after the elect Knight hath been invested with his Surcoat, and before
he proceeded to his Installation; but of late, because it must be taken
off again in the Choir, and laid aside, that the Mantle may be put on,
it hath been esteemed a sort of diminution in the Investiture to take
off any part of the Habit before the whole Investiture be compleated;
so that in the beginning of the Reign of King _James_ I. it was judged
more convenient that the Hood should be carried on the Cushion by
Garter into the Choir, together with the Mantle and Collar, and not be
put on till after Investiture with the Mantle; and thus it was observed
at the Feasts of St. _George_, 13, 15, and 23 _Car._ II. And though
antiently it was laid over the left Shoulder, and so worn upon all
Occasions, yet _Anno_ 2 and 3 _Phil._ and _Mar._ the wearing it so
being taken notice of to obscure the Escutcheon of St. _George_,
embroidered on the same Shoulder of the Mantle, it was decreed in a
Chapter held the same Year, 22 of _April_, that for the future the
Knights-Companions should wear their Hoods on their right Shoulders, to
the end that the Escutcheon might be the better seen and appear.

Nevertheless, there was a Question moved 12 _Jac._ I. whether the
usage of wearing the Hood should not be restored to the left
Shoulder, but it seems it was over-ruled; and 23 _Car._ II. some of
the Knights-Companions imagining it most proper to wear their Hoods
on their left Shoulders, ran into that error, but upon better
information the next Morning, altered them to the right. To Foreign
Princes, there is liberty given by King _Hen._ VIII’s Statutes to
receive, if they please, their Habit wholly within the Chapter-House,
before they enter their Stalls; by which it appears that this was the
Custom in times past; an instance whereof we have in _Philip_ King of
_Castile_, _Anno_ 22 _Henry_ VII. who was entirely invested in the
Chapter-House with the Garter, Surcoat, Mantle, Hood, and Collar; the
Sovereign himself putting his Hand to his Investiture with the
Mantle. Hence King _Philip_, Grandson to the aforesaid King of
_Castile_, was invested with the whole Habit of the Order before he
assumed the Stall; in _Philip_ and _Mary_’s proceeding to the Chapel,
he receiv’d his Investiture within the West Door, and there the
Register delivered the Mantle to the Earls of _Derby_ and _Pembrook_,
who kissing it, presented it to the Queen, who, assisted by the said
Earls, personally invested the King therewith: Next Garter gave the
Collar to the Earls of _Arundel_ and _Pembrook_, who likewise
presented it to the Queen, and she thereon put it about King
_Philip_’s Neck; and immediately the Knights-Companions, having robed
themselves within the Chapel Door, proceeded before the King and
Queen, who with joined Hands passed into the Choir, where the Queen
led him to the Sovereign’s Stall, which ascending, they both sat
therein. But as the aforesaid Statute leaves this to the pleasure of
the Stranger Prince, and was permitted only for gaining Time, so
none, who have receiv’d personal Installation at _Windsor_ since,
have been fully invested before they entered the Choir. For instance,
_Francis_, Duke _de Montmorency_, 14 _Eliz._ and _Frederick_, Prince
Palatine of the _Rhine_, 10 _Jac._ I. were both invested with their
Surcoats only in the Chapter-House, but they receiv’d their Mantles,
Hoods, and Collars, in their Stalls, after they had taken their Oaths.

                    _The proceeding into the Choir._

§ 6. The Knight elect, habited as before, proceeds from the
Chapter-House along the North Isle, and enters the West Door of the
Choir in solemn Order; but his Place in this proceeding is changed, for
here he is led between two Knights-Companions. This is noted in the
Black-Book to be the Order wherein _Albra Vasques d’Almadea_, Earl of
_Averence_, and two others, proceeded to their Installations, 24
_Henry_ VI. And notwithstanding the Statutes of Institution, and those
made by King _Henry_ V. are silent in the Order of this Proceeding; yet
for an elect Knight to be led to his Stall between two fellow Knights,
is no modern Ceremony; since we likewise find, that the Viscount
_Bourchier_, 30 _Henry_ VI. past to his Instalment between the Lord
_Hastings_ and Lord _Beauchamp_. But the Order of proceeding is
precisely set down in _Henry_ VIII’s Statutes, _viz._ _That the elect
Knight, attended by his Gentlemen and Servants, shall be led between
two other Knights-Companions, the Officers of the Order going before
them_. And this has been the constant Practice at all Installations
since; the Knight elect proceeding, either between two of the
Knights-Commissioners, when there hath been no Lieutenant, or between
two of the Knights Assistants, where a Lieutenant was constituted; or
lastly between the two Senior Knights-Companions, the Sovereign being
present: But when there hath been three Commissioners named, then the
two Senior Commissioners take the Knight elect between them, and the
Junior Knight-Commissioner proceeds before them; which was observed at
the Instalment of the Earls of _Essex_ and _Ormond_, and Sir
_Christopher Hatton_, 30 _Eliz._

In all cases where the Sovereign is present at an Installation, after
the custom of investing with the Collar in the Chapter-House was left
off, it is generally to be observed, that as soon as the Investiture
with the Surcoat is finished, the Sovereign passes from the
Chapter-House into the Choir, with the whole proceeding before him,
leaving the elect Knight behind; and when he and the Knights-Companions
have taken their Stalls, the two Senior Knights-Companions, by the
Sovereign’s verbal Directions, descend from their Stalls, and stand
under their Banners, whilst the Alms-Knights, but not the Prebends,
Officers of Arms, and the three inferior Officers of the Order, pass
out of the Choir, and proceed before them to the Chapter-House, from
whence they introduce the elect Knight into the Choir to his
Installation; but if there be more than one Knight installed, then the
two next Senior Knights descend, and so the next, till all the elect
Knights are Conducted in: And this course is likewise observed when a
Lieutenant is constituted, and hath been generally so practised since
the Investiture with the Collar was performed in the Choir; and
particularly at the Installations of the Duke of _Lenox_, the Earls of
_Pembrook_, _Marr_, and _Southampton_, 1 _Jac._ I. and of the Duke of
_Holstein_, and the Earl of _Northampton_, 3 _Jac._ I. In this
proceeding to Installation, the Register usually carries a Book of the
New Testament, for the elect Knight to take his Oath on, as likewise
the Oath it self, fairly written on Parchment: Garter bears his Mantle
till he arrives at his Stall; and King _Henry_ VIII’s Statutes place
this Service upon some of the Knights-Companions likewise; but it never
appears that it was ever performed by any of them. ’Tis probable, that
about the time when this Injunction passed, it was the Custom for
Garter to bear the Mantle on his Arm; for so it was at the Installation
of the Lord _Russel_, and others, 31 _Henry_ VIII. but it was not long
after, that the laying it on a Velvet Cushion began. The great Collar
of the Order was likewise laid upon the Cushion, at the Installation of
Sir _Henry Sidney_, 6 _Eliz._ the Earl of _Shrewsbury_, 34 _Eliz._ and
in this manner born before the Knights elect, 13 _Car._ II. before the
Duke of _Monmouth_, 15 _Car._ II. and before the Duke of _Albermarle_,
23 _Car._ II. with these the Hood, heretofore put on in the
Chapter-House, hath of late been laid on the Cushion, and also the Book
of Statutes, and so born by Garter before Prince _Henry_, 1 _Jac._ I.
and _Frederick_, Elector Palatine, 10 _Jac._ I. and before the Knights
Installation, 13 _Car._ II. and since.

And here it is to be observed, that when Garter bears the Ornaments and
Ensigns on the Cushion before an elect Knight, or a Proctor, he is
always placed between the Register and Black-Rod in the proceeding:
Lastly, in this proceeding the Knight elect goeth Bare-headed, holding
his Cap in his Hand; and so did the Duke of _Albermarle_, 23 _Car._ II.
for it hath been thought incongruous to the Order of Investiture, as is
before observed of the Hood, to put on any part of the Habit, or other
Ornaments, that must be taken off again, before the Investiture is
compleated; and the proper Place for putting on the Cap is not till all
the other is finished.

                   _The Ceremonies of Installation._

§ 7. When the proceeding hath entered the Choir, the Alms-Knights, and
Officers of Arms, make their Obeysances toward the High Altar, and the
Sovereign’s Royal Stall, in the manner hereafter described; then they
proceed to the Steps before the Altar, and divide themselves; next the
Officers of the Order make the same Reverence; and lastly, the two
Commissioners, or Knights Assistants, or Knights-Companions, and
Knights-elect, all three together. After this the Officers of the Order
turn aside toward the Stall designed for the elect Knight, and
approaching near it, stand below in the Choir, whilst the
Commissioners, or Assistants, or Knights-Companions, pass into the
lower Row of Stalls, sometimes called the middle Row, directly under
the designed Stall, leading the elect Knight with them, who in this
Place takes his Oath, called in the Annals, the sacred Oath of the
Order of the Garter; during which time he ought to stand between the
two Knights-Companions who brought him thither, as at the Installation
of Prince _Henry_, 1 _Jac._ I. and when the Earl of _Shrewsbury_ was
installed, 34 _Eliz._ ’tis observed, that the Senior Commissioner first
entered the lower row of Stalls; but 31 _Henry_ VIII. at the
Installation of the Lord _Russel_, and others, the Junior Assistant
went up first. The Knight elect being thus placed, the Register of the
Order standing before them, but below in the Choir, reads the Oath; for
it is part of his Duty to administer the same: And in this solemn
Ceremony, the New Testament, whereon the Oath is taken, generally
opened in some Place of the Gospels, is indifferently held by one of
the three inferior Officers of the Order, or sometimes the Register
hath held it, as at the Installation of the Earl of _Derby_, 16 _Eliz._
the Earl of _Rutland_, and Lord _Cobham_, 26 _Eliz._ At other times the
Garter hath held it, as 5 _Eliz._ when the Earl of _Northumberland_
took his Oath; and 10 _Car._ I. at the Installation of the Earl of
_Moreton_: But when the Earl of _Shrewsbury_ was Sworn, 34 _Eliz._ the
Usher of the Black Rod performed this Office.

Whilst the Oath is administring, the elect Knight holds his right Hand
on the Holy Evangelists; and when the Register hath pronounced the
Words, he immediately Responses, _I will, so help me God_, and then
takes off his Hand reverently, kissing the Book; and by this Ceremony
seals his Obligation to the Statutes of this most Noble Order. The
Ceremony used when _Philip_, King of _Castile_ and _Leon_, took the
Oath, which was done in the Chapter-House at _Windsor_, 22 _Henry_ VII.
he laid his Hand on the Canon, under which was placed the Book of
Statutes of the Order by the Prelate, to whom it was delivered by the
Register, and having repeated the Words of the Oath, and reverently
kissed all those things by which he Swore, he took a Pen from the
Prelate’s Hand, and Signed the Oath he had taken, and deliver’d it to
the Sovereign then present.

The Form of the ancient Oath appointed by the Statutes of Institution,
to be taken by a Knight-Subject, was very short, but comprehensive:
_That he should well and faithfully observe, to the utmost of his
Power, all the Statutes of the Order_; and this was all the Oath taken
by the first Founders, and to which they also affixed their Seals; and
so it continued without alteration or addition, till towards the End of
King _Edward_ IV’s Reign; and then, at a Chapter held at the King’s
Wardrobe in _London_, it was decreed, That all the Knights-Companions
then alive, and all such as should afterwards be admitted into the
Order, should be obliged to subjoin the Words following: _That they
wou’d aid, support, and defend, with all their Power_, the Royal
College of St. _George_, within the Castle of _Windsor_, _as well in
its Possessions, as all other things whatsoever_; which being drawn in
form, was enter’d in the Black Book; but has since receiv’d many
alterations: And there is an instance, 1 _Eliz._ when the Oath has been
dispensed with; as by the Duke of _Norfolk_, and others, in regard the
Rites and Ceremonies of Religion were then altered, and no new form of
an Oath settled, so that they only obliged themselves by Promise to
observe such Statutes and Orders as should be decreed in the next
Council of the Order, which was soon after settled, and recorded in the
Red Book of the Order, and is the Oath taken by a Knight-Subject at
this Day.

_You being Chosen to be one of the Honourable Company of this most
Noble Order of the Garter, shall Promise and Swear, by the Holy
Evangelists, by you here touched, that, wittingly or willingly, you
shall not break any Statute of the said Order, or any Articles in them
contained; the same being agreeable, and not repugnant to the Laws of
Almighty God, and the Laws of this Realm, as far forth as to you
belongeth and appertaineth: So help you God, and this Holy Word._

As soon as the Knight elect hath taken the Oath, he is led to his
appointed Stall, through the Entrance next beneath it, and there placed
before it. In the Interim, Garter advancing into the lower row of
Stalls, to the Place where the elect Knight stood when he took the
Oath, presents from thence the Mantle, Collar, and Book of Statutes, to
those who led him, who invest the Knight elect first with the Mantle,
by putting it on his Shoulders. There are some Examples where the elect
Knight hath been invested before he went up to his Stall, as in the
case of the Earl of _Northumberland_, 5 _Eliz._ _Francis_, Duke _de
Montmorency_, and others, 14 _Eliz._ the Earls of _Dunbar_ and
_Montgomery_, 6 _Jac._ I. and the Prince of _Wales_, 14 _Car._ I. among
which may be numbered those installed at the Grand Feast of St.
_George_, 13 _Car._ II. but this happen’d through a vast Concourse of
People in the Chapel, that prevented the due Order.

In the Red Book it is observed, that the Investiture with the Mantle
and Collar, hath been sometimes performed by the Black Rod; as at the
Installation of the Earl of _Northampton_, 5 _Car._ I. the Lord
Treasurer _Weston_, the Earls of _Exeter_ and _Lindsey_, and the
Marquiss of _Hamilton_, 6 _Car._ I. Nevertheless, this is to be
understood as this Officers Assistance to the Knights-Companions, whose
Office it only is, and no otherwise. Whilst the Ceremony of Investiture
with the Mantle is performing, the Words of Admonition proper thereto,
are pronounced as follows.

_Take this Mantle of Heavenly Colours, in Sign and Token of the most
Honourable Order you have receiv’d, and to the increase of your Honour,
signed and marked as you see, with a red Escutcheon of our Lord’s
Cross, to the intent that you, being always defended by the Virtue and
Strength thereof, may pass through your Enemies, and them also overcome
and vanquish, so that at the last, for your worthy and approved Acts,
you may, after this Temporal Chivalry, come to Eternal Triumphant Joys
in Heaven._

But at the Installation of King _Charles_ II. they receiv’d some
alteration, and were put in the following Form.

_Receive this Robe of Heavenly Colour, the Livery of this most
excellent Order, in augmentation of thy Honour, enobled with the Shield
and Red Cross of our Lord, by whose Power thou may’st safely pierce
Troops of thy Enemies, and be over them ever Victorious; and being in
this temporal Warfare Glorious in egregious and heroick Actions, thou
may’st obtain Eternal and Triumphant Joy._

Next, the Commissioners, Assistants, or Knights-Companions, lay the
Hood on the Knight’s right Shoulder over the Mantle, and bringing the
Tippet athwart his Breast, tuck it under the Girdle, at which his Sword
hangs: And lastly tye the Collar about his Shoulder, over his Mantle
and Hood; and at this part of the Investiture, the following Words of
Admonition are likewise pronounced.

_To the encrease of your Honour, and in Token of the Honourable Order
you have receiv’d; take this Collar about your Neck, with the Image of
the Holy Martyr, and Christ’s Knight, St._ George, _by whose aid you
being defended, may pass through the Prosperities and Adversities of
this World, that having here the Victory, as well of your Ghostly as
Bodily Enemies, you may not only receive the Glory and Renown of
Temporal Chivalry, but also at the last, the endless and everlasting
reward of Victory._

This Form of Words receiv’d likewise alteration when King _Charles_ II.
was to be installed, to the Tenor following.

_Wear this Collar about thy Neck, adorn’d with the Image of the Blessed
Martyr and Soldier of Christ, St._ George, _by whose Imitation
provoked, thou may’st so overpass both prosperous and adverse
Encounters, that having stoutly vanquished thy Enemies, both of Body
and Soul, thou may’st not only receive the Praise of this transient
Combat, but be Crowned with the Palm of eternal Victory._

Antiently at the Solemnity of Installation, when the Sovereign, or his
Lieutenant was present, the elect Knight, after he had been invested
with the Mantle in his Stall, was immediately conducted out of the
Choir, back to the Chapter-House, where the Sovereign, or Lieutenant,
used to remain till his return, there to receive the Collar of the
Order from one of them, which done, he is said to have receiv’d the
entire Possession of his Habit. This is contained in King _Henry_
VIII’s Statutes, and appears to have been the Practice about that Time,
as in the case of the Lord _Mountjoy_, and others, 18 _Hen._ VIII. and
several others after, in the 1 and 3 _Edw._ VI. and the 3, 5, and 14
_Eliz._ The Proceeding back to the Chapter-House on this occasion, was
much after the manner of what is before mention’d, except, that here
the new installed Knight took his Place according to the Dignity of his
Stall. But ’tis observable, that when the Sovereign’s Lieutenant
remained in the Chapter-House, while the elect Knight proceeded to his
Installation, the Usher of the Black-Rod stayed behind to attend the
Lieutenant; and as soon as the Investiture with the Collar was over,
the Lieutenant proceeded to the Choir in the Rear, and the new
installed Knight in Place according to his Stall, as in the case of the
Lord _Russel_, and others, 31 _Hen._ VIII. and the Marquiss of
_Dorset_, and others, 1 _Edw._ VI. The Proceeding having entered the
Choir, and the Lieutenant and Knights-Companions taken their Seats,
then the usual Ceremonies, the Service of the Church began.

But when the Installation was performed by Commissioners, the Collar of
the Order was laid on the Cushion with the Mantle, and born before the
elect Knight to his Stall, where, after his Investiture with the Mantle
and Hood, he receiv’d Investiture with the Collar also, of which there
are several Examples in the time of _Phil._ and _Mar._ and Queen
_Eliz._ In like manner, at all Installations since, where the Sovereign
has been present, the ancient custom of returning to the Chapter-House
being laid aside, the Knights-Companions, who led the elect Knights to
their Stalls, did there invest them with their Collars also; as the
Earl of _Rutland_, Sir _George Villars_, and the Viscount _Lisle_, 14
_Jac._ I. and the Earl of _Suffolk_, 4 _Car._ I. and hath been thus
observed at all Installations since, the Sovereign present.

So soon as the Investiture with the Mantle, Hood, and Collar is over,
those appointed deliver the Book of Statutes to the new invested
Knight, which was observed to the Earls of _Shrewsbury_ and
_Cumberland_, 34 _Eliz._ the Earl of _Rutland_, Sir _George Villars_,
and the Viscount _Lisle_, 14 _Jac._ I. and so generally to all elect
Knights since. This Book the Knight is to keep safe in his own Custody,
for his Instruction in the Laws and Ceremonies of this most Noble
Order. They likewise give him the Black Velvet Cap adorned with Plumes
of white Feathers, and this in particular was observed to be the last
Ceremony performed at the Installation of King _Charles_ II.

All things relating to the full Investiture being ended, there remains
only to compleat this great Ceremony, the Installation it self, which
is performed in the manner following. The new invested Knight standing
before his Stall, and turning toward the High Altar, makes humble
Obeysance that way, and then toward the Sovereign, or if absent, toward
his Stall; which done, the Commissioners, Knights-Assistants, or
Knights-Companions, receive and embrace him with great Civility, as
their Fellow and Companion, and set him down in his assigned Stall with
Professions of Esteem, and Wishes for his Honour and Happiness. Of this
Ceremony, there is a notable Instance at the Installation of _Philip_,
King of _Castile_, 22 _Henry_ VII. where the Sovereign personally
introduced him to his Stall, and there placed him, at which time there
was a certain Form of Words pronounced relating to the elect Knight’s
Session, and Act of Installation, no less than at his Investiture, but
the same are not repeated.

          _The Order to be observed when two or more Knights
                       are installed in one Day._

§ 8. In this case it seems to have been the ancient Practice, when the
Ceremony has been perform’d by two Commissioners, or two
Knights-Assistants, that as soon as they had finished all the
Ceremonies due to the Senior of them, they left him possest of his
Stall, and forthwith returned to the Chapter-House in the usual manner,
and thence conducted the next Senior elect Knight, and so of the rest;
So it was at the Installation of _Albro Vasques d’Almadea_, Earl of
_Averenches_, the Lord _Beauchamp_, and Sir _Thomas Hoo_, in the time
of _Henry_ VI. and so of the Earl of _Huntington_, 1 _Edw._ VI. when
the two Assistants, after they had invested and installed the said
Earl, returned to the Chapter-House for the Lord _la War_, and so for
the Lord _Cobham_, and Sir _William Herbert_. In like manner, when the
Commissioners had given the Proctor to _Emanuel_, Duke of _Savoy_,
Possession of his Principal’s Stall, 1 and 2 _Phil._ and _Mar._ they
proceeded back for _William_ Lord _Howard_; so by the Earl of
_Pembrook_, 16 _Eliz._ when they had first installed the Earl of
_Derby_, and by the Earl of _Cumberland_, after the Earl of
_Shrewsbury_ had been installed.

When the Sovereign hath nominated three Commissioners, they have
returned altogether to fetch in the other Knights singly, that were to
be installed, and alternately changed their Places in the proceeding to
the several Installations, one of them always going single before; as
at the Installation of the Earls of _Essex_ and _Ormond_, and Sir
_Christopher Hatton_, 30 _Eliz._ when the Earl of _Worcester_, the
Lords _Hunsdon_ and _Grey_, were Commissioners: And if the Lieutenant
had four Assistants assigned him, which was necessary when many Knights
were to be installed, the order of their Installation hath been as
follows.

First, Two of the Senior Knights-Assistants conducted the Senior elect
Knight to his Installation, and the other two Assistants proceeded with
the second elect Knight; the former then took the third elect Knight,
and so alternately changed till all were installed: As at the
Installation of _Francis_, Duke _de Montmorency_, and others, 14
_Eliz._ And the like manner of alternate change is observed if four
Commissioners be constituted, as at the Installation of _Frederick_,
King of _Denmark_, and _John_, Prince Palatine of the _Rhine_, 25
_Eliz._ where the King’s Proxy was conducted into the Choir between the
Earl of _Leicester_ and the Lord _Hunsdon_, the two Senior
Commissioners; and the Prince, between the Earl of _Huntington_ and the
Lord _Charles Howard_, the two Junior Commissioners.

But some have been of Opinion, that the Commissioners named to this
Employment, ought not to divide the Duty, and part of them to Instal
one, and part the other, and by such an alternative to dispatch the
Ceremony, as in former Cases; but all jointly assist at each
Installation: Of which Opinion there is an Instance at the Installation
of the Earl of _Salisbury_, and the Viscount _Bindon_, 4 _Jac._ I.
where the Earl having been brought into the Choir, invested and
installed by the Earls of _Nottingham_ and _Suffolk_, the two Senior
Commissioners, the other two Commissioners who were left behind in the
Chapter-House, to conduct the Viscount to his Stall, remembring that
all four were joint Commissioners, apprehended that the Earl was not
legally installed, because they, as Co-partners in the Commission, had
not assisted; and this Opinion being debated, prevailed so far, that it
was agreed to be imparted to the Earl of _Salisbury_, who submitted to
descend into the lower Seats before his Stall, and there all four
Commissioners gave him his Oath again, then led him to his Stall, and a
second Time invested and installed him; and so of the Viscount _Bindon_.

But this Method was not only new, but different from former Practice,
as in all the cases before recited; and besides, where the Sovereign
hath authorized his Lieutenant to perform this Ceremony, and appointed
some of the Knights-Companions to assist, they, and not the Lieutenant,
have done the Duty belonging to Installation, that part of it of
investing with the Collar in the Chapter-House, the whole Duty at the
Installation of Prince _Henry_ excepted. And ’tis to be farther
observed, that the foregoing case of the joint Assistance in the
Installation of the Earl of _Salisbury_, was thought so little
Essential, or worthy of becoming a Precedent, that at the very next
Feast, when the Earls of _Dunbar_ and _Montgomery_ were installed, 6
_Jac._ I. and four Commissioners appointed, the two Senior installed
the Earl of _Dunbar_, and the two Junior the Earl of _Montgomery_; and
so again, 10 _Car._ I. by the Earls of _Danby_ and _Moreton_. But
lastly, if the Sovereign be present, and consequently the
Knights-Companions perform this Ceremony, then there is generally so
many of them as can go through the whole, without changing, after the
manner used when done by Commissioners or Assistants; in which case the
two Senior Knights-Companions descend from their Stalls, and passing
thro’ the Choir to the Chapter-House with the Proceeding before them,
conduct to his Installation the eldest elect Knight; and having
performed that whole Ceremony, return and take their Stalls, and so the
rest in due Order; as was practised at the Installation of Prince
_Henry_, and others, 1 _Jac._ I. and of the Earl of _Rutland_, 14
_Jac._ I. and at the grand Feast of St. _George_, 13 _Car._ II. but
here the separate proceeding with each single Knight to and from the
Chapter House, taking too much time, and the Day being far spent in the
Ceremonies of the Dukes of _Ormond_ and _Buckingham_; the Sovereign
ordered, that with the next Proceeding, the rest of the elect Knights,
being eight, besides two Proxies, should all be introduced at once; so
that each of them being placed before his Stall, took the Oath,
receiv’d his Investiture, and was led up to his Stall, and took
Possession of it by solemn Installation.

And in regard so many Knights elect were introduced together, it was
judged necessary, that their Mantles and Collars should be likewise
brought in the proceeding, and each elect Knight appointed one of the
Gentlemen that attended him, to bear the Cushion whereon they were
laid, before him to the Choir Door, where they held them in their Arms,
till Garter in due order fetch’d them into the Choir: And here we may
insert this general Rule, that at all Installations, where some of the
elect Knights are not sent for unto the Chapter-House, to receive
Investiture with the Surcoat, before the Senior elect Knight hath been
conducted to his Stall, but left to repose themselves in the East Isle
of the Chappel, as hath often happened, the Knights Commissioners, or
Assistants, on their return to the Chapter-House, send Garter for the
next Senior elect Knight, whom they receive at the Door thereof, and
having invested him with his Surcoat, and girt his Sword about him,
proceed with him to his Installation in the usual manner. And the same
method is observed if there were more elect Knights to follow; and we
find it 30 _Henry_ VIII. 16, and 34, and 10 _Car._ I.

The Knight, or Knights, having now receiv’d a compleat Installation,
the Knights-Commissioners, Assistants, or Knights-Companions, with
marks of Respect, take their leave of the last installed Knight, and
descending into the Choir, take their own Stalls; but the Senior
Knight-Companion ascends first: But observe, that if the Stalls of the
Knights-Commissioners, Assistants, or Knights-Companions, be on the
same side with the last installed Knight, then they descend not into
the Choir, but pass directly to them along the Stalls, as in the 34
_Eliz._ The Ceremonies of Installation being finished, the Officers of
Arms first, next the Alms-Knights, descend from the Steps of the Altar,
and take their several Stations in the Choir; then one of the Prebends
of the College, or, if the Sovereign be present, the Prelate, with the
Serjeant of the Vestry before him, is conducted to the Altar by the
Verger of the Chappel, and there begins the Service appointed by the
Church, which being ended, the Proceeding passes out of the Choir in
usual Order, either to the Presence-Chamber, or the Lieutenants, or
Commissioners Lodgings, as the Occasion is.

                   _The Offering of Gold and Silver._

§ 9. But if the Installation be solemnized in the Morning, the Service
of the Church having proceeded as far as the Offertory, two of the
Prebends, appointed to recieve the Offering, are conducted to the Altar
by their Verger, and first the Alms-Knights, then the Officers of Arms,
ascend the Steps of the Altar again, and stand in order as before.
After which, Garter Summons down the Knights-Companions to the
Offering, who descend into the Choir under their proper Stalls, as does
the Sovereign’s Lieutenant, who offers first for the Sovereign, he
receiving the Bezant from the Senior Knight, and then returns to his
Stall: And at this instant, was the usual time heretofore for offering
the Defunct Knights Atchievements, which was altered by King _James_ I.
as will be seen hereafter.

The Lieutenant, after a short stay in his Stall, descends again, and
proceeds up to the Altar, to make his own Offering of Gold and Silver,
and then returns, as do the rest of the Knights-Companions, including
those newly installed, in their due order. But when the Installation
passes by Commissioners, there is then no Offering made for the
Sovereign, but the Commissioners offer first, and after them the other
Knights in due order.

The Ceremony of Offering at the Installation of _Philip_, King of
_Castile_, 22 _Henry_ VII. is remarkable. He descended from his Stall
into the Choir, and standing before it, as the other Knights-Companions
did, the Sovereign left his Royal Stall to proceed to the Offering, to
which the King would have followed, but the Sovereign would not permit,
obliging the King to proceed along with him, on his left Hand, though
he desired to perform his Duty as a Brother of the Order, so that they
made their Offerings so near together, where, though the Sovereign had
the Precedence, yet ’twas hardly observable.

               _Of the grand Dinner at the Installation._

§ 10. On the Day of Installation, there hath, from ancient Time, been
appointed a Noble and Sumptuous Feast, and though it was agreed on in a
Chapter, 3 _Edward_ VI. _That the Knights elect might, from
thenceforth, be installed by Commission without a Feast_; yet after his
Reign, we find the old custom of a Feast at this Solemnity restored.

If the Sovereign appoint the Installation to be when the Feast of St.
_George_ is also celebrated, and is himself personally present, the
Feast is then kept at the Sovereign’s Charge; and if in such case he
constitute a Lieutenant, then the Installation Dinner is kept at the
Charge of the Lieutenant; and is usually prepared in some of the
Sovereign’s Lodgings in the Castle, but seldom in St. _George_’s Hall;
as was done by the Earl of _Arundel_, at the Installation of the Earl
of _Shrewsbury_, and the Lord _Hunsdon_, 3 _Eliz._ But when the
Installation is kept at any other time of the Year, than that of St.
_George_’s Feast, then the new installed Knights are at all the
Expence; who generally have had the Dinner prepared in the Dean’s
Lodgings; however, be it where it will, the Sovereign, or his
Lieutenant, Commissioners, or Assistants, together with the new
installed Knights, proceed thither in full Robes; which is observed in
the Installation of 3 _Eliz._ above, to be according to the ancient
Custom. At the Installation, 31 _Henry_ VIII. the Sovereign’s
Lieutenant walked alone, after him his two Assistants, and lastly the
new installed Knights.

The Lieutenant’s Place at the Table is somewhat on the left Hand the
Cloath of State, there sat the Earl of _Arundel_, 3 _Eliz._ but the
other four Knights-Companions, his two Assistants, and the two new
installed Knights, sat toward the Table’s End on both Sides, for that
they could not well sit all on a side. But of late Years, as at the
Installation, 5 _Car._ I. a Question arose, whether the Lieutenant or
Commissioners should sit at Dinner in their Habits, since the Power
given them seemed to expire when the Knights were elected; (though
unanimously allowed the new installed Knights ought to do so,) and
likewise Precedents quoted, as 29 _Henry_ VIII. at the Installation of
the Lord _Cromwell_, where the Knights put off their Habits, and dined
in their ordinary Apparel; and so of the Earl of _Rutland_, and the
Lord _Cobham_, 26 _Eliz._ where the Commissioners did the same, and the
new installed Knights kept on only their Surcoats: But what followed on
this Debate is not mention’d; but the general Practice at other Times
hath been of keeping on the Habit till the Dinner is ended.

At the second Course, called also second Mess, or second Service,
Garter, accompanied with the Officers of Arms, Proclaims the Stiles and
Titles of Honour of the Sovereign (if he be personally, or by his
Lieutenant, present,) in _Latin_, _French_, and _English_, and cries
Largess thrice; next the Stiles of the new installed Knights in
_French_, or _English_ only, with two Largesses, and in that Order they
were installed. And thus it was at the Installation of _Charles_, Duke
of _York_, 9 _Jac._ I. of _Frederick_, Prince Palatine, 10 _Jac._ I.
and the Earl of _Rutland_, and others, 14 _Jac._ I.

_Philip_, King of _Castile_, Dined with the Sovereign in his
Privy-Chamber, 22 _Henry_ VII. whose Stile was Proclaimed by Garter,
not in the same Room, but at the Sovereign’s great Chamber-Door, and in
St. _George_’s _Hall_, after Largess had been thrice cryed. When the
Sovereign constitutes a Lieutenant, then is the Lieutenant’s Stile also
Proclaimed, and to his other Honours is added this of his Lieutenancy,
and afterwards the Stiles of the new installed Knights, as 3 _Eliz._
But the Order of this Ceremony is more particularly observed at the
Installation of the Duke _de Montmorency_, and others, 14 _Eliz._ where
first Garter cried Largess, and next Proclaimed the Sovereign’s Stile,
_&c._ in three Languages, then stepping two Foot back, Proclaims the
Lieutenant’s Stile in _French_ only, with two Largesses; and after
that, he cried one Largess for the Duke; and lastly, for all the other
new installed Knights, only two Largesses, and the Officers of Arms did
the like; and still as Garter had finished his Proclamation, the
Heralds joined with him in crying Largess, and so with Reverence
departed the Hall.

But lastly, it is proper to observe, that when neither the Sovereign,
nor his Lieutenant, are present, then the Sovereign’s Stile is not
Proclaimed, nor those of the Commissioners, but only of the new
installed Knights.

As soon as Dinner is ended, the Knights-Companions rise from Table, and
withdraw to disrobe themselves, and therewith the Solemnity of
Installation ends: And if at any time the Solemnity continues that
Evening, and the following Day, it is only because the Sovereign (or
his Lieutenant,) is present, on account of celebrating St. _George_’s
Feast, and not with reference to the Installation.

              _Of setting up the Knight’s Atchievements._

§ 11. The last thing to be done at this great Solemnity, is setting up
the _Helm_, _Crest_, _Sword_, _Banner_, and _Plate_, of the new
installed Knight, over his Stall in the Chappel of St. _George_; to
which purpose they are to be provided, according to the Directions
before given.

By the Statutes of Institution it is ordained, that the time for
setting up the Atchievements shall be when the elect Knight comes to
_Windsor-Castle_, that is, to his Installation, and not before; and the
reason is there likewise given, lest it should happen, he not coming
for his Installation within the time limitted, and consequently the
vacating his Election ensuing, that a new Election being made, those
military Ensigns might not seem to be disgracefully withdrawn, and an
occasion of Dishonour given, which otherwise could not be avoided, if
they should be suddenly taken down from a Place so high; which
demonstrates, that the intention of this Article extends to the
finishing the Ceremonies of Installation, before the Atchievements
ought to be set up, by so carefully providing against the Dishonour of
taking them down, in case the Election should become void; which must
infallibly happen, if the Knight elect died but an Hour before he were
compleatly installed. Accordingly, in the ancient Deputations both to
Sir _William Philip_, and Sir _John Falstaff_, Power is given their
Proctors first to demand, receive, and obtain their principal Stalls,
and next to tender their Helms, and Swords, to be hung up in the Choir
of _Windsor_, according to Custom: And for clearer Information of the
course of this Ceremony, that the Sovereign impowered his
Commissioners, first to give the Deputy Possession of his Principal’s
Stall, and after to receive the Atchievements, and place them over it:
This is to be considered as a Memorial of the Knights being installed a
Companion of the Order, and ’tis incongruous in the Rules of Honour to
have the Sign or a Memorial of an Action precede the Action it self.

Again, the Statutes expresly provide, that the Knights Atchievements
shall not be hung up, till the Duties and Fees enjoined are first
discharged; and ’tis certain, there are no Fees due, nor can be
claimed, till the Ceremonies on which they become due are entirely
finished. But to clear all Doubts which may arise upon this Point, it
was at a Chapter held at _White-Hall_, the fourth of _February_, 22
_Car._ II. ordained, _That not any of the Atchievements of an elect
Knight’s Stall be set up in the Chappel at_ Windsor, _before he be
installed, and the Fees of Installation paid_.

And though this was the Practice anciently, yet were the Atchievements
always prepared and brought to _Windsor_, and set before the elect
Knight’s Stall; and in case of his not coming to receive Installation,
then, being no otherwise placed, they might be the easier removed
without the Choir, in as decent manner as could be, so that the Honour
of Knighthood might be preserved entire; nevertheless, to be retained
for publick Use, and the Benefit of the College.

Where mention is made in the Annals of any Person employed to set up
the Atchievements of a Knight, it is to be understood that he was his
Proctor, and installed on his behalf: And there appears but one single
Instance where one Person hath hung up a Knight’s Atchievements, when
another was installed for him; and this happen’d 14th of _August_,
_Anno_ 29 _Hen._ VI. where the Lord _Rivers_ having been elected to the
Stall of the Lord _Hungerford_, his Sword and Helm were soon after
(sent) hung up by _William Bobden_, his Esq; and _Guyen Herald_, and he
installed the 30 _October_ following, by Sir _William Crafford_ his
Proctor; but this was contrary to the Law of the Order.

Where the setting up of a Knight’s Atchievements is barely mentioned,
without taking notice of the Installation, it is to be understood, that
such Knight’s Installation was also solemniz’d at that Time: As in the
case of the King of _Portugal_, of whom the Annals only note, that he
had taken care to set over his Stall, Helm, Sword, and Banner, and all
things belonging thereto, at the Feast at _Windsor_, 2 _Henry_ VI. In
what manner these Atchievements are fixed, appears by the Statutes; the
Helm and Crest to be set over each Knight-Companion’s Stall, and the
Sword to hang directly under them; but the Plate to be nailed to the
back of the Knight’s Stall.

                               CAP. XIII.

            _The Installation of a Knight-Subject by Proxy._

                _The Original Cause of making Proxies._

§ 1. There was no liberty given at the Institution of the Order, for a
Knight-Subject to be installed by his Proctor or Deputy; but on the
contrary, in the Founder’s Statutes was inserted this express
Prohibition. _That none of the Knights elect should be permitted to be
installed by_ Proxy, _unless he were a Stranger_. And this Law
continued unaltered till the Reign of _Henry_ V. when _John_ Duke of
_Bedford_, the Sovereign’s Deputy for holding the Feast of St. _George_
at _Windsor_, 7 _Henry_ V. and other the Knights-Companions then
present, took it into Consideration; that where a Knight-Subject,
elected into the Order, was at that Time employed beyond Sea, in the
Service of his Prince, and likely to continue in that Service some
time, it was agreed, that the said Duke should make an Address to the
Sovereign, by Letters under the Seal of the Order, (he being then
employed in the War against _France_,) that in the like cases his
Majesty would Ordain, _That_ Knights-Subjects _might, as well as_
Strangers, _be admitted into the_ Order, _notwithstanding the Clause in
the Statutes_.

It likewise appears from that _Letter_, as well as from the Blue-Book,
that Sir _John Grey_, and the Lord _Bourchier_, had been installed at
the aforesaid Feast, by their several Proxies; which the Sovereign’s
Deputy concurr’d with, out of great Respect to their Persons; lest by a
too rigid Observance of the Statutes, by their absence in the Wars,
where they were then loyally employed, and might meet their Deaths,
they should want the desired Suffrages of those Masses, ordained to be
Sung for a defunct Knight; as had happen’d to several by unsuspected
delays. But to clear this matter, for the future it was Decreed, 9
_Hen._ V. That where any elect Knight was actually in the Sovereign’s
Wars, or otherwise employed Abroad on his Sovereign’s Affairs, he
should possess the Privilege of a Stranger in this particular; which
Decree was added to King _Henry_ Vth’s Statutes. And it was soon after
enjoined the elect Knight, on notice of his Election, to take care
timely to appoint his Proctor, that he might enjoy the Rights and
Privileges of a Founder: Such an Obligation was laid on Sir _John
Falstaff_, who, at the reception of the Garter, was in _France_,
employed in the Sovereign’s Service.

But King _Henry_ VIII. besides his Confirmation of this Decree, for
allowance of a Proxy in the aforesaid two Cases, farther enlarged it,
to such as the Sovereign should either Command, or permit Licence to be
installed by Proxy, which is to be understood of Knights elect within
the Kingdom, as well as those beyond Sea: By Virtue of which Clause,
the elect Knight, the Earl of _Dorset_ being Sick, 1 _Car._ I. obtained
the Sovereign’s Licence to be installed by his Deputy Sir _Richard
Young_.

                       _Letters of Procuration._

§ 2. It is observed before, out of the _Registrum Chartaceum_, that Sir
_John Robesart_, elected into the Order by King _Henry_ V. was
installed by Virtue of his Letter Missive, sent to Sir _Thomas Barr_
his Proxy; but the same Register calls it, in another Place, a
sufficient Procuration under his Seal of Arms, enabling him to perform
the Ceremony of his Installation.

The Copy of this Instrument is not extant; but that Letter Missive Sir
_John Grey_ directed to Sir _John Lisle_, to take Possession of his
Stall, and by Virtue of which he was installed, _tells him he had
Chosen him for his Proxy, and to take his Stall for him in his Name_,