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„„ lefs than his own, humbly petitioned King Charles II.f or Redrefs, and obtained his gracious Reference there-upon, to feveral Kjiights of the Order, to examine theMatter, and to give in their Report,what they found, andwhat they thought proper to be effetfled therein ; and up-on whofe Report the Sovereign did him full Right by hisorarious Declaration. For the Dukes of Buckingham andHamilton, and the Marquis of Newcaftle, to whom thisAffair was referr’d, gave in their Report to the King atBreft, May 27. 1650.

We, George, Duke of Buckingham, William, Duke ofHamilton, and William, Marquis of Newcaftle, Kjiightsif the mojl noble Older of the Garter, having read and con-flict'd the within written Petition , do find the allegationstherein mentioned to agree with the Statutes and ancientPraSices of the faid Order j and that Garter King of Arms,mi his Deputies, ought to bear all Letters-Patents apper-taining to the Brethren of the faid Order, and all Eletiionsto the Kjiights elect. And we do therefore make this Reportto pur Majefly, to the end you maybe pleafed to mantainthe Petitioner in his juft fights ; and that no Example late-ly made may be brought in Precedent againft him, or his Suc-cejjors in the faid Office.

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It was formerly the Pradlice, to fend the Book of Sta-Ujtes, under the common Seal of the Order, together withthe Letters (ignifying an Election, and the Enfigns of theOrder, no lefs ro a Knight Subject than to a Stranger,'hat he might perufe and advife thereupon, whether hewould accept of the Ele&ion, or nor; for fo it appears,Anno ^ Ken. VI. by the Letters fent to Sir John Falftoff.

Within a few Days after Prince ftupert was eie&ed into“isOrder, (being then in Holland) a Commifficn of Le-gation was prepared to ,be lent thither, with the Garterand George, by Sir John Btv rough, Kt. to perforin the In-^eftiture with them; but Sir Join d^ ing, prevented theptemony. Some time after the Prince had been in Eng-nn i> the then Sovereign thought fit to lay his CommandsSir J times Palmer, Chancellor of the Order, to attend