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one Yard and a Half of Crimfon Velvet, one Ell of richTaffety for their Lining, four Yards of Fringe, andfour great Toflels.

Laftly, There have frequently been made ready a con-'renient Number of Lodging Efcutcheons of the eledfcKnights Arms, invironed with a Garter, and his Stile andTitles placed underneath ; it having been an ancient Cu-ftom, for the Knights to diftribute thefe Efcutcheons«the Inns, in their Paflage to, and at Windfor, as a Me-morial of their Inftallation.

What falls under the Care of the Garter to prepare andmake ready, the Expence fometimes has been call up,and the Account ftated and defraid before-hand; by whichmeans, he was in a better capacity to furnifh out the Ce-remony, for fo did the Earls of Shrewsbury and Cumber-land, Anno 34 Eli%.

Befides thefe mentioned to be prepared and providedeither by the Chancellor of the Order, or the Garter,

. the Knight eledt muft take care of other Affairs more par-ticularly relating to himfelf and his retinue; fuch as areApparel, the Number of his Attendants and Servants,with their Cloaths and Liveries, his Coach and SaddleHorfes, both for himfelf and them, with other materialCircumftances, to fee off his Cavalcade and Proceedingwith greater Pomp and Gallantry. The Provifions forDyet at Wmdfor (if the Feafl be kept at the eledt Knight’sCharge and Expence,) are to be confidered of, and veryoften fome Clark of the Sovereign’s Kitchin is to be con-hiked, in the management of that Affair.

The Hall or Room where the grand Dinner is to be kept,as well as the Chapter-Houfe and Chappel, ought chieflyto be decked and adorned with rich and fumpruous Fur-niture, againft this Solemnity, over and above what iscommonly ufed. The Hall or Dining-Room is to be feeoff with rich Hangings; and if the Sovereign or his Lieu-tenant hold the Feaft, there muft be placed a Cloth ofState at the upper End of it. The Chapter-Houfe is alfoto be hung, and a rich Carpet fpread upon the Table,fet about with Velver Chairs and Cufbions ; and becaufein the late Times of Rebellion and Plunder, this Placewas not exempt, and nothing was found there upon theReftauration ; King Charles II. in a Chapter convened them of January, Anno 14th of his Reign, caufed Diretftions

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