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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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6 . Earl of Darby

6. Earl of Mart

7. Earl of Pembrook

8 . Earl of Arundel

9. Earl of Kelly

1 o. Earl of Rutland

11. Earl of Leicefter

12. Earl o/Carlifle

13. Earl of Holland

7. Earl of Montgomery

8. Earl of Somerfet

9. Vifcount Wallingford

10. Duke of Buckingham

11 . Earl of Salisbury '

12. Earl of Dorfet

13. Vifcount Andover M 1

After the Reftauration of King Charles II. to his Crown h ^and Kingdoms, when feveral Kjaights-Companions, both LCi#Strangers and Subjedls, were to be inftalled, a Debate uM'arofe in the Chapter held at White-Hall, the icth of is, MApril, Anno 13 Car. II. about placing their Atchieveijients yldover their Stalls j upon which the following Order wasiflued out. iji'fr/i

CHARLES Rex. _ _

Whereas divers clecl Knights and Companions of our yHaitipiofi Noble Order of the Garter are, by our fpecial Ap-pointment, to be injlalled in the Chapel of cur Cajlle of '[jailiWindfor, upon the i^th Day of this Injlant; and that lovelSfame of them who are Strangers, do not as yet, nor are H'nfe,likely to appear, either in their own Perfons, or by their Trinti]fujficient Proxies at the /aid Infialment, and fo might dmrun the hazard to lofe the Benefit and Advantage of their 1 dtbtPre elcdion, in Point of Bank and Precedency, in re-fpeEi of feme of our Subjed-Knights, who, though [meteleBed, will be firfl injlalled, ' without feme Expedient,taken therein to prevent it. There being no reafon, (nor is itour intention) that thofe noble Perfons (houd fujfer that S T®prejudice, for want of that ujital formality, and for whichthey are not in the fault, but others, who, according to petitethe Statutes and ancient Cuffom, were to give timely ;WfeIii|Advertifement to the /aid Foreign eleded Knights, and ijUswto Summon them by themfeives or Proxies, to ajjijl at S^pthe /aid Infialment: Our Will and Plea/ure is, you pro- Ititjaceed forthwith, to the placing of the Hatchments of all#!(]]the re/pedive Knights and Companions of our /aid Order,whether injlalled or eled, Subjed or Stranger, over the li^ tStalls, which we do in manner as followeth affign, **dappoint them in our afore/aid Chappel. St,

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