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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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Oath to the French Ambaflfador, and not the Archbifhopof Canterbury, tho’ he Was then prefent.

The Dean and Chapter are to weigh well and debateat their yearly Chapters all things fit to be difpatchedinreference to the College Affairs, and whatfoever Deter-mination they come to, not repugnant to their Statutes,all Perfons are firmly obliged to obferve.

The Deans have no Inlditution from any Bifhcp, buthis Inlditution, Invefliture, and Inflallation into theCuftos-lhip, Canonfhip, and Prebendfihip, is conferredfrom fuch of the Canons Refident, to whom the Ring(who collates) doth recommend him. Other Marks ofExemption appear in the conftant proving of Wills be-fore him, or in his Abfencc before his Lieutenant. Inufing the Power of Excommunication within their Ju-rifdiition (the Precinfls of the College) granting a Dif-penfation for eating Flefh in Lent, a farther Mark oftheir Privilege appears, that the Ordination for theChantry Prieils were confirmed by the Dean and Chap-ter, and not the Bifhop of the Diocefs, as were theStatutes of the new Commons. The Dean is exemptfrom paying all Synodals, or Procurations, nor can anyof the King’s Chaplains preach in the Chapel ofSt. George, unlefs he be a Canon there, or have Licenfefrom the King, or from the Dean and Canons. Theyfend no Delegates to the Synod, and when the Pointwas debated, 1640. it was carried in the Negative, asbeing againft their Liberties, and might intitle them tothe Payment of Subsidies ; nor are they intitled to anyShare in the Government of the Church, more than theColleges in the Univerfities, where there are many no-minal Deans. In fhort, when by the Act of Uniformity,14 Car. II. every Clergyman was bound to fubfcribe be-fore the Archbifhop or his Ordinary, the Canons fub-fcribed before the Dean 5 and tho’ fome of them fub-Icribed before the Bifhop, yet was it with a Salvo,faving the Rights and Privileges of this Free Chapel.

Their Temporal Immunities andPrivileges are thefe,as granted than by Charter, 6 Mar. 27 Edtv. III. andconfirmed by fijveral of his Succefiors.

The Cuidos and Car ons were free from paying Aidupon making th« King's elded Son a Knight, and marry-ing

 
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