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This is the only lnftance we have met with, where a

Letter was fent to an Ele<ft Knight, and he at the ( ametime prefent at Court ; but when an Election is cor,h« m .cd, and the Perfon remote from the Court, then the gene!ral Tenure of the Letter is, both to fignify his Ete&ionand Summon him to his Invefture, with the Garter and*George, as was performed by the Earl of Derby, and SirEdward Strafford, to King Henry of France.

But where the Sovereign is pleafed to mention particu-lar Services, to recommend the Eledion of a Knight, thePreamble of the Letter is worded accordingly ; and asrhts is a Cafe not very frequent, it will not be amifs toexemplify it in the Choice ol Sir John Falftoff, where theLet.er runs thus— confidering the virtuous Fidelity puhave f hown , and the honourable Exploits you have done, in theService of our thrice renowned Father, and that in our Ser .vice alfo, you (as many others) have given Proof of thttHonour, and thofe Deferts, wherewith God hath endowedym,always Suffering, as is the part of a good Subject, the Paintand Toils of War, for the vindicating and maintaining ofour juft Right, Claim, and Title, have Clftfen you one of outCompanions of our Order.

When the Letter barely fignifies Election, that is, whenthe Sovereign does not defign a prelent invefture with theGarter and George, but defers it till he takes Polfellionofhis Stall, the Day of his Inftallation is inferred towards theend of the Letter ; and upon his appearance at Windfor,fo loon as he appears in the Chapter-Houfe, the Garter isfirft buckled about his lefc Leg, then follows his Invefturewith the reft of the Ornaments of the Order, and iaftlyhis Inftallation. And this was the Cafe of Henry Earl ofNorthumberland, Anno 29 Henry VIII. whole Invefture ofthe Garter was deferr’d till his appearance at HSndfor,and then the whole Ceremony was performed a: once.

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