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their Arms, garter’d and cut in Stone over their feve-ral Doors.

To thefe we fhall add the Foundation of the newCommons, erefted over againft the North Door of theBody of St. George’s Chapel, by James Denton one of theCanons, Anno n Hen. VIII. for the Lodging and Diet-ing fuch of the Chantry Priefts, Chorifters and ftipen-diary Priefts, who had before no certain Place where tohold Commons in, which he furnifh’d with all properUtenfils, the Charge amounting to 489 /. 7 s. 1 d. inlieu of which the Chorifters were to lay certain Prayerswhen they enter’d the Chapel, commemorate his Death,and pray for his and the Souls of all the Faithful de-parted.

In this Chapel of St. George there were heretoforefeveral Anni verfaries or Obits held and celebrated,which we pafs over. And as it was ufual for fome ofthe military Profeflion to fpend the Remains of theirLi ves in pious Speculations, for their King and Coun-try, and the Salvation of their own Souls, PermiffionWas allow’d to the well-difpos’d Knights of the Garter ,who retir’d from the Noife and Buftie of the World,to make their Abode there ; yet fo as to maintain them-felves out of their own Revenues. King Henry VIII.ordain’d that the Sovereign ftiould affign them conve-nient Appartments within the Caftle 5 and the like Fa-vour he granted to other Knights, tho’ not of the Or-der ; but the Lodgings to be fuch as the Sovereignand Knights Companions fhould decree: However, wedo not find the Knights Companions made ufe of theBenefit, but only for their better Accommodation atthe grand Feaft of the Order, ere. A Motion wasmade, 14. Car. I. that they might have Lodgings affign’dthem in the great Court, which they offer’d to repair a ttheir own Charge, fince all the Officers had Conveni-ences in the Caftle, hut the Knights Companions none,which the King did not diflent to, provided it bewithout Exclufion of the great Officers of State.

§ 5. Within the Chapel of the Caftle, ereffed byKing Henry I. was founded a College for Eight Canons,to be maintain’d by an annual Penfion out of the Ex-chequer. King Edtv. II. founded here a Chantrv for

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