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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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fit t Hugh and Roos, fix Ells apiece 5 the Earls of Dorfet>with fix Barons and five Knights Batchelors, but fiveElls apiece. Afterwards, when the Number of Ells ofCloth,Garters and Furrs came to be afcertained for eachDegree, all the Knights-Companions (even the Princeof (Vales') were not to exceed five Ells : But fince Vel-vet came in Plea, the Allowance for Surcoat.and Hoodhath been eighteen Yards, when the Surcoat reacheddown to the Feet 5 but now it being the Fafhion towear it fhorter, the Allowance is {tinted to Ten. TheLength of King Charles II’s Surcoat was one Yard andan half and of the Sleeve one Yard wanting a Nail.

The Ornamental Trimrnings of thefe Garments arenext worthy of Note, efpecially at the Time of Infti-tuting this Order, for they were then, and a long timeafter, powdered all over with little Garters, embroi-dered with Silk and Gold-Plate, in each of which wasneatly wrought the Motto, Honi foit, esr. Befides, theBuckles and Pendants to thofe fmall Garters, wereSilver gilt 5 of thefe Garters there were no lefs than160 upon the firft Surcoat and Hood made for theFounder.

In King Richard IPs Reign, the little Garters that a-domed the Surcoats of the Sovereign, and the otherKnights were wrought in Embroidery upon blue Taffa-ty with Cyprus, and Soldat Gold and Silk of diversColours, and the Letters Gold. And as the Sovereignwas not limited in the Proportion of Cloth or Velvetfor his Surcoat, no more was he confined to the Num-ber of Garters, wherewith to adorn it 5 nor do I findthat any of the Knights-Companions were, until thePrecedent of the Livery of the Garter was fettled, forAnno 1 Henry V. the Dukes of Holland and Clarence , theEarl of Arundel , the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucefier hadeach of their Surcoats adorned with iao Garters, butthe Duke of York and the reft wore but 100. TheSettlement in the Precedent of the Livery was, in re-lation to Degrees of Honour, a greater or lefs Numberof Garters : Thu s,

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