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Anno 11 Richard II. there were ordered againfl St.George’s Feafl T wenty three Surcoats of white Cloth forthe Sovereign, and Twenty two Knights-Companions jand the 12 and 19 Year of the fame King, the Sove-reign bellowed on the fame Perfons Surcoats of longblue Cloth, after the Original Model. The Twentytwo Surcoats made up for the Feafl of St, George, Anno1 Henry V. Were of white Cloth 5 Anno — Henry VI.the Sovereigns Gown or Surcoat was of Scarlet, as wasthat fent to the King of Portugal in the 13 th Year of thefame King. Anno — Henry VI. the Sovereign had whiteCloth ; and fo were the Surcoats given to TwentyKnights-Companions more in the— Year of his Reign.Afterwards the beforementioned Four Colours began tobe difufed, for the Surcoat prefented to Julian de Medi-cis, temp. Edward IV. was purple Velvet, and towardsthe latter end of the Reign of King Henry VIII. andfince, it is upon Record, the Surcoats of the Sovereignand all the Knights-Companions were Crimfon Velvet,nor did the Colour fuffer a Mutation in the Surcoat,tho’ King Charles I. reftored the Mantle to its firft pri-mitive Colour, Anno 12 Regni fui.

There has been fome difproportion in the Quan-tity of the Cloth allowed in the Provifion againfl oneand the fame Feafl, for Anno 34 Edward III. the Earlsof Stafford, Warwick and Suffolk, as alfo Sir ThomasUghtred had then for each of their Surcoats fix Ells ofCloth (perhaps the tallnefs of their Stature required it)when the other Fifteen Knights were allowed but fiveElls, being the fame Quantity the Sovereign’s Surcoathad contained in it at the fame time.

The Dukes of Holland and Clarence, Anno 1 Henryk.with the Earls of Arundel, were allowed Eight Ells a-piece, the Dukes of Bedford, Gloucejler and York, theEarls of Wejlmorland and Warwick > the Lords Grey ,

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