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Inveiliture, as appears in the Cafe of Henry Stafford, Cre .ated Earl of Wilt fare, Ann. i Hen. 8. And at a Chapterheld 2ad. 1622. That fuch Knights-Companionsatfhould afterwards affift at the Funeral of any Knight-Companion, fhould wear the Collar open at the faidFuneral. And it was fo obferved by the Dukes of Or-mond and Richmond , the Earls of Manchejler and Sandwichat the Obfequies of George Monl^ Duke of Albemarle. ’
Howbeit, the Cuftom is otherwife as to wearing theGarter, the principal Enfign of the Order ; for tho’ itbe injoyned to be wore at the grand Feftivals, ctt. y e tit does not imply that it might be left off: For indeedit ought daily to be worn both by the Sovereign andKnights Companions. And therefore was it decreedeven in its Inftitution, That if any Knight-Companionfhould in publick be found without one buckled abouthis Leg, upon Challenge he fhould be mulct a Noble tothe Dean and College of Windfor. By King Henry VIII.the Fine was raifed a Mark, payable as before to any ofthe five Officers of the Order, or to the Dean 5 befideswhich Fine, the Knight lies liable to a Check. But toalleviate the Stricfnefs, and obviating other Inconveni-encie*,King Henry V. admitted of a Qualification ; and incafe of riding with Boots, ordained, That it mightfuffice if the Knight-Companion wore fome Ribbandor Silk-Lace to reprefent the Garter ; tho’ in this veryArticle there is a Provifo, That no Knight-Companionfhould enter into Chapter, without his Garter buckledabout the Leg.
In fhort, King Henry VIII. ordained, That the Gold-Chain whereat the lefler George ( in that Age ) bung,fhould be worn all other days in the Tear, except thePrincipal and Solepnn Feafts, whereon the great Collarwas ordained to be worn, and except in time of V/ar,Sicknefs, or long Voyage, in any of which Cafes, a Silk-Lace or Ribband, with the Image of St. George thereat,was fufficient 5 and the blue Ribband having fince fuc-ceeded in Place of the Cold Chain, the Injunftion ofthis Statute extends to it in all particulars.
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