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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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This was carried upon the Petition of the Gentlemen-Ufhers, Daily-waiters, feconded by the Lord Cham-berlain, the Earl-Marfhal, and others, Kmghts-Com-panions ; as is evident from another Petition of theirsto the Sovereign in Chapter, aflembled at Oxford, the17 th of January, 20 Car. I. But fome Years after this,1642.. the Lord Lanriif, Secretary for Scotland, had onMr. Maxwell's behalf, obtained the Sovereign’s Warrantfor Letters-Patent under the Great-Seal, for two Lives,Maxwell’s and Mr. Alexander Thayn, the longeft Liver ofthem ; whereby the faid Decree was fruftrate to theGentlemen-Ufhers ; of which making Complaint in thela ft mentioned Chapter, the Sovereign and Knights-Companions (in regard this latter Grant was not onlyrepugnant to the preceding Decree, and the Great-Sealfurreptitioully gained, but ought likewife to have paf-fed the Seals of the Order) order’d Peter Newton, Eft;to be prefently fworn into this Office. Nevertheless,after the Reftoration, A. D. 1 660. Newton being thendead, the Gentlemen-Ufhers, Daily-waiters, Petition’dagain, and Thayne was demanded to put in his Anfwer 5and the refult of the whole was, after mature Delibe-ration in a Chapter held at Whitehall, the 20th of Febru-ary, 13 Car II. the Decree which fix’d this Office to oneof the Gentlemen-Ufhers Daily-waiters, was confirmed,and John Aytnn, one of the Petitioners, was fwornGentleman-Ufher of the Black-Rod, which was per-formed by the Regifter in the Prefence of the Sovereign,the Chapter fitting.

The Form of the Oath given to this Officer, temp.Men. VIII. was, Truly and Faithfully to obferve and keep allthe Points of the Statutes of the Order as to him belonged andappertained.

He hath the like Habit with the Regifter and Garterbefore defcribed, but his Enfign and Badge is fomewhatdifferent from Garter’s ; for firft, it was ordained, Thathe or his Deputy fhould carry a Black-Rod (whence he hathhis Title) before the Sovereign, or his Deputy, at the Feafi >JSt. George, within the Caflle of Windfor, and at other So-lemnities and Chapters of the Order. On the Top of whit"there ought to be fet a Lyon of England. This R°“ferves iniftead of a Mace, and has the fame Authority to

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