History

Of the moft NOBLE

Order of the Garter.

Wherein is fet forth

An ACCOUNT of the TownCaftle, Chappel, and College of Wind for Jwith their feveral Officers : The Founda-tion of the ORDER by King Edward III.With the Statutes, and Annals at large,as they have been altered and amended.

An ACCOUNT of the Habits , En-figtts , and Officers of the Order. The Cere-monies of Eleftion, Inveftitnre, and Inftal-ment of Knights : The manner of their Feafts,and the Duties and Fees, payable on thefe Oc-cafions. Some Account of the Founders, withanexaft Lift of all that have been initialled fincethe firft Inftitution, and their feveral Coatsof Arms emblazon’d.

To ■which is prefix’d,

A Discourse of Knighthood in General,and the feveral ORDERS extant in Europe.

ColleBrd by ELIAS ASHMOLE, Eff, Wind-for Herald, at the Command of King Charles II. Neva com-pared with the Author s Commons in his Library at Oxford,faithfully digefled, and continued down to the prefent Time.

The Whole illuftrated with proper Sculptures.

LONDON, Printed for A. Bell at the Crofs-Keys andBible in Cornhiil, IV. Taylor at the Ship, and J. Baker atthe Black-Boy in Pater-Nofler-Row, and A. Collins atthe Black-Boy in Fleet-Jheet , 1715.