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whom was John Coninghdm , (and the firft found calledfo) as the Fragments of a Glafs Infcription in CkrtChurchnear Windfor, where he wasReffor, attefts. Thefir 11 Dear! of* Windfor, Conftituted Regifter of the Or-der was John Hefty , Anno 8. Hen. VIII. many of whofeSuccefiors in this Deanry, have fince been admitted-neverthelefs, as they were Canons not Deans of Wind-for , and tis not improbable the Deans were Elefted tothis Office, as being enabled to fupport the Reputationof the Regifter/hip, with the Revenue of his Deanry,better than any of the Canons, with the addition of thePenfion. But at a Chapter held at i ’Whitehall, thea2dof April, ii Car. I. The Sovereign thought it conveni-ent that the Office of Dean and Regifter fhould concen-ter in one and the fame Perfon, as formerly, and there-fore commanded this his Pleafuer to be Enrolled amongthe Annals of the Order, that fo it might pafs in thefuture Times, from Example into Rule.

By the Conftitutions of the Office, a fecular Perfonis made capable of it, no lefs than an Ecclefiaftick,how be it, He is to be a Man of fvigular integrity , eminentquality, a Knight, and fignalized for Experience andLearning but if an Ecciefiaftick, then muft he be aPer-lon of confummate Erudition, a profejfor of Divinity orLaw, either Canon, or Civi 1 , and a Dignitarian in fomeCathedral Church, or elfe a Canon at Windfor.

The fubftance of his Oath in the Statute of theInftitutions was, That he fhould enter Upon the Regiftry, viithail Fidelity, the Scrutinies, EteBions, Penalties, Reconciliations,and all other ABs relating to the Order, to which Was ad-ded, that he Ihall faithfully Dilcharge his Duty in allthings. But in King Hen. VUIth Days, the Oath en-joyned him, differs nothing from that of the Prelatesand Chancellors.

At his Admiffion, he takes this Oath Kneeling,while the Prelate ufed to pronounce the Words as AnnoI Mar. 5. and 6. Ph. and Mar. but in his abfence, a sAnno3 Eliz. the Chancellor adminiftred it. Anro 4.. Car. I.the Prelate, Chancellor, and Regifter, took their Oathsat onetime, and then it was thus Ordered firft theRegifter took itKneeling between the Sovereign’s Knees,the Black Rod holding the Evangelifts, and the Garter

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