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accordingly put in Execution, as an Equivalent forEf~' Fees and Salaries relating to the Order of the Garter,
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accordingly put in Execution, as an Equivalent for all
or caufe to be effected all Tranfa&ions whatfoever, the' L Sovereign! or Prelate, or Chancellor /hall enjoyn him,in relation to this Moil Noble Order.
<J. 5. The fifth and laft Officer is the Blacf-Rod.f'r This Officer was inftituted by the Founder, King Ed. III.
:but whether at the firft Eredtion of the Order doth notW " <: ; appear. Howbeit, within a few Years after, 3 5 E. III.the King conferr’d to William Whitehorfe, Efq; for Life,Ojfcium Hofliani Capelhe Regis infra Caflrum de Windefore,with a Fee of 1 ad. a Day out of his Exchequer.
Anno 3 Hen. IV. this Office is called Offtcium VirgarijMuaif: comitiva de la Garter infra Caflrum Regis de Windefore 3 andtonefs under that Denomination was confirmed to Thomas Sye,itirproj* with the Fees and Emoluments thereunto expreffed. In[topiyli the Patent to his Succeflor, John Atbilbrigg y Ann. 1 H. 5.
it is Ailed, Ofjicium Virgarij Jive Ofiiarij, &c. AfterwardsMlilp it hath the Title, Ofjicium Virgie-bajuli coram Rcge adfejlum«*, s Sanch Georgii infra Caflrum Regis de Windefore. And ever8,tfc Cnee it runs in the Patents by the Appellation of Virgte-i:So!K Bajulus, Virgarius, or Nigri-vergifer. But in the Conftitu-dSfiLvions of his Office, he hath the Title of Hofliarms 3 andmM 1 " under the re/lridlion of thefe Qualifications, that he bemitti" a Gentleman of Elood and Arms, born within the So-,ration vereigns Dominions 3 and if he be not a Knight at hisits-Coiif admiffion into the Office, he ought then to be Knighted-As Garter was Entituled the Principal Officer of Arms,rioki® fowasth e Blacf-Rod, for the Honour of the Order, ap-laitoii pointed the Chief Uiher in the Kingdom. And as hejfuicrj,' isfo, and frequently called Gentleman-U/her of theuu of %j c k-R°d, fo we /hall wave, as we did in Garter, alljitlisOt things appertaining to his Employments, other wife than• s jjj what diredlly is included inthisMoft Noble Order.
a Chapter held at Whitehall, the 13 th of February,Lkfli ^ K was decreed, That the Office of the Black-Rod
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The Duty of this Officer in general is, to perform,
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& 05 > become void {James Maxwell, EfiltWV annexed to fome one of the Gentle,OiJtr vihom the Sovereign fhottld appoint.
become void (James Maxwell, E/q3 then enjoying it) beannexed to fome one of the Gentlemen-UJbers, Daily-waiters,Vthm the Sovereign Jhotild appoint.
c orth fuccejjively, as foon as the fame JhoHid