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was affigned him, and the Morrow after St. Geode’s Da /jupon which he was eledted, he made a folemn Progreffiori kwto the Chapel, in order to take Poffeflion of it. UponWoitfunday following, at a ferious Debate, it was deter-mined in Chapter, that notwithftanding he was the Sove- ^ jreign's Son, yet he Ihou’d have no more Preheminencethan other Kjiights-Companions, and that his. Atchieve- 1ments, which had been fet up over the fecond Stall on ^ 1the Prince’s fide, Ihou’d be removed to that Stall nextabove the Vifcount lioche/let's, and to be conferted with * ^the Earl of Montgomery, before whom he had the Prefo.rence, on ff ’hitfun-Munday, as they proceeded to the Chap. Cter-Houfe, in order to their Inftallauon. And where it i l ^ uwas farther Decreed, That all Princes not Abfolute, fhcu'd ft ? 0he injlalted thenceforth in the Prince’s Place. But after thishad .affed, Endeavours were ufed to advance the Dukejno the Stall he was firfl: appointed to, and the Kings of 'is® 1Arms were conlufted upon this Point ; who certified, that ail of S T .aJ Richard Duke of Yorl^, lecond Son to King Edward IV.was inftalled in the fourth Stall on the Prince's fide, and !had Precedence of the Duke of Suffolk, ahd. ’the Earls of jwftfcDowglafs znd Ejjex, who were elected long before him: ioreorisThat Henry Duke of To fecond Son to King Henry V II. i,accowas inftalled in the third Stall on the Sovereign’s fide, 1 Deeresand had the Preference of the Duke of Buckingham, and ialls theithe Earls of Oxford and Derby, his Seniors; and in chelaft Place, that Henry b'it^ l^y, Duke of Richmond, bafe aOfeSon of King Henry VIII. had Piace and Precedence j); mbefore the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffol and otherKni hts-Crmpanions. Upon wh ch Grounds it was thought ,,!•requifite, that the Iffue of ihe Sovereign (hould enjoy the 'fame Privileges in this Affair, as thofe Princes that wereStrangers ; and therefore at another Chapter affembled at W|t, JWhite-Hall, on Eafter-Monday, being the 13th of 4pril, kit, isAnno 10 Jac. I. the Order which paffed the Year before,for making the Duke a Puifne, was abrogated, and he ijjjjwas tranfl.ued to the fecond Stall on the Prince’s fide, andpaired with Prince Henry, as maybe feen by the Stalls ^ *then fettled, and entered into the Blue Book of rt, “ "

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