s

K,

-'Hi.

Gratt

i/loatj

f B 3 j,'

vorii;

tt«»£

isordaikoftlruitkipKfckttol::®0si tltfe

itTitliijlMfib pfA, b

'•at.il S>‘

fe y®

I ifilM*iSiiff*Oiutcli.

atcd®

.If*«J “j

I 0 '

A*

-K

( 209 )

principalis Heraldic:, £?■ Officiarius inclyti Qrdinis Garterij, Ar-monivnq $ to Anghcorum, but Sir Gilbe rt Deth'tci {_ leavingout Her A ins joyned Principalis Rex, which ftill con-tinues*

In the Conftitutions of his Office he is called Garterus,Rex Armorum Angline, whom the Sovereign and Knights-Companions have decreed to be a Gentleman of Bloodand Arms, of unfpotted Reputation, and Born withinthe Kingdom of England 5 bdides as King Hen.Y. didbefore,. fo doth King Hen. VIII. declare that he fhallbe chief of all the Officers of Arms, dependant uponthe Crown of England.

The fubftance of his Oath adminiftred by the Re-mitter at h is admiffion, whilft he humbly kneeleth at theSovereign’s Feet, in the Chapter Houfe , is,

1. To yield Obedience to the Sovereign, and Knight s-Co'm-panions.

2. To keep Silence, and not difclofe 'the Secrets of theOrder.

5. To snake fgnifcation of the Death of each Knight-Companion.

4. To execute all things faithfully committed to his Care.

5. To enquire diligently after all the noble A8s of theKnights-Companions, and certife them to the Regijhr.

6. To be faithful in the exercife of his Office.

And fuch an Oath Sir Cknjiopher Barker took at aChapter held at Greenwich 28 Hen. VIII. when he wasmade Garter.

As for a particular Habib we do not find any infertedin the Great Wardrobe, whence it is prefumed, hewas at firft diftinguifhed from the reft, of the Officers ofthe Order, by his Coat Embroidred with the Sove-reign’s Arms, like as the Provincial King’s then wore.But after the Conftitutions of the Officers were Efta-bli/hed, there was affigned him a Habit or Mantle in allrefpefts, refembling the Regifter, (faving that theGround whereon the Lyons and flower-de-luces wereEmbroidred, was entirely Red) and this to be woreonly at the publick Solemnities of the Order. QweenMary Commanded it to be made of crimfon Satin, andfo it remained till the Reftoration, when the ColourWas altered to fcarlet.

P 5 This