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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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R*nk in King Hen. VIII’s Statutes, in all Scrutinies withBarons.

But tho’ the word in King Hen. VUIth’s late Sta-tutes is Baronettus inftead of Banerettus , yet is this fre-quently obvious in fome ancient Books and Records, aswell as in thofe ancient Writers, long before the Titlaof Baronet was conceived or brought into ufe.

In the laft place he who demands thofe Suffrages) theKnights-Companions prefent) is by the Statutes of In-flation to receive them in writing; for in a Scrutinytaken Anno % Hen. VI. at the Election of John LordTalbot e and Turnival, the Dean of Windfor , and theRegifter of the Order, wrote down the Votes and Nomina-tions of every Jtngtilar Knight prefent at the Day of EleBion.

And at another Scrutiny Anno 4 Hen. VI. to fill upthat which by an Error in the Black Book is fet downSir Henry Fifth ugh, ’tis inlerted, That the Dean and Regi-fer wrote down in Order, (according to their Seniority) theVotes of the Knights-Companions. And after the Scrutiniesbegan to be entred in the Annals, it is evident thegeneral Praftice kept pace with the Injunftion of theStatutes$ only there are two infhnces of an Electionconfirmed without taking a Scrutiny in writing, one inthe cafe of the Princes Henry and Chrifliern IV. King ofDenmark where the Knights-Companions in a Chapterconvened at Whitehall, 14 of July 1 Jac. I. gavein theirVotes viva voce, and immediately the Sovereign admittedthem both into the IUuflrious Society ; the other wasthe Cafe of James Marquis Hamilton, Elected the 2d of10 Jac. I. with the vocal confent of all the Knights-Companions.

It is worthy obfervation, that this Method, andtheomiffion of taking theScrutiny in writing, is not on-ly contrary to the Law of the Order expresfly fet down|or a more {table confignation of the Action, and morefaithful tranfmiffion of it to Pofterity, but exceedingprejudicial to Perlons of Honour, and Diffinftion,wholehames would otherwife furvive with great venerationthe candidates of this Illuftrious Order, and ofWhich Honour many deferving Perfons will be hereaf-l. deprived, if the Injunctions of the Statutes be notler ved in this particular refpe£t.

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