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The History Of the most Noble Order of the Garter : Wherein is set forth An Account of the Town Castle, Chapel, and College of Windsor; with their several Officers ; The Foundation 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, Ensigns and Officers of the Order ... To which is prefix'd, A Discourse of Knighthood in General, and the several Orders extant in Europe
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farce! of the Mannor of [Clivore] Clure. This CaftleKing Henry I. rebuilt, and beautified with great Magni-ficence, and, in the Tenth Year of his Reign, held hisWhitfontide there wi th great State and Splendor. Short-ly after, in a Charter of Peace between King Stephenand Duke Henry (King Henry II. afterwards) this CaftleWas called Mala de Wmdefor, the Fortrefs of Wmdefor.Within this Caftle was King Edward III. born (com-monly called Edivard of Wind for ) and was baptized inthe old Chapel 5 and fo great was his Affeflion to thatPlace, that he eonftituted it the Seat of the moft nobleOrder of the Garter 5 and to enibellifh it the more, hefounded the College of the Chapel of St. George , andmuch enlarged and beautified the Caftle.

For this Work he appointed fevhral Surveyors,whomhe affigned to prefs Hewers of Stone, Carpenters, andfuch other Artificers as were thought ufeful and necef-fary, as alio to provide Stone, Timber, and all otherMaterials for them. William de Wyckham (who attainedto be Bifhop of Wincfyfter ) was one of thefe Supervifors,and had that Place conferr’d on him by Letters Patent^OBober 30. Ed. III. And a Grant of the fame Fee waslike wife allowed to Robert de Bernham, viz. One Shillinga Day, while he was at Windfor, Two Shillings whenhe went elfewhere about that Affair, and Three Shillingsper Week to his Clerk 5 afterwards he was chief Cuftosand Surveyor of this Caftle of the Mannors of Old andHew Wind for, and of other Cattles, Mannors, e^c. be-longing to the King to provide Workmen, and lookafter the Repairs, and in thofe Mannors to hold Leetsand other Courts, Pieas of Trefpafsand Mifdemeanors.

About the 34th of Ed. III. is prefumed the moft conifiderable Enlargement of the Caftle was made, feeingthere was then great Store of the ableft Diggers andMafons imprefs’d by virtue of Writs direeled to the fe-veral Sheriffs, with Command under x 00 /. Penalty tofend them to Windfor the Sunday after the Feaft ofSt. George, to work at the King’s Charge, from whencethey were not to depart without Wyckfam's Licenfe, Se-curity having been firft taken by the Sheriffs, and re-turned into Chancery. London found Forty j EJfex, inconjunction with Hertford, Forty j Wilts , Eeicejler, with

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