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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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At Slough, (two Miles on this fide PKindfor,) they allmade a ftand, and being again placed in Order, theyproceeded to Pfindfor Caftle, where, alighting in the lowerCourt, che Knights eletft were conduded to their feveralApartments.

The laft Cavalcade this Age has beheld, was exhibitedby Algemoon, Earl of Northumberland, May 13. Anno 11£tr. I. hom Dorfet tioufe in Salisbury-court, toward Wind?far; not was it the leaft in Pomp and Glory: Eight andforty Gentlemen preceeded, then came the Pages, beingEarls Sons, vi$.

1. Mr. iVillltim Herbert, Mr. John Herbert, Mr. PhilipCecil, Mr. Algemoon Sidney .

l. Heralds at Arms, two and two.

3. Mr. Blundeville, Gentleman Ufher, Bareheaded.

4. Norroy King of Arms.

5. Marquifs ol PVinchefter.

6. The Earls of Northumberland and Kent,

And fomewhat behind him, the reft of the Lords,;Knights, and Gentlemen in order; they had Priority ac-cording to their Quality, Riding two and two, and theCoaches clofing up the Troop.

There was a publick Cavalcade defigned from Somersettioufe in the Strand, to PVindfor Cajile, when KingCharles II. was to have been inftalled, which though itproved Abortive, yet ought not to be omitted, by reafonof the Chancellors Letter to each Knight-Companion, towake Preparation to attend him thither.

May it plea/e your Lordfhtp,

J T H E Kings Majefty, Sovereign of this moft Noble

* Order of the Garter, having determined to Creates the Prince his Eldeft Son Knight, and to propofe him in Election, to be a Companion of his Order ; for the" better Conveniency of his Inftallation, hath prorogued," by a Commiflion under the Seal of his Order, given* t the 15th of February, now remaining in my Cuftody,'* the Celebration of the Feaft of St. George, from the 21,and 24 of April next, whereon it fhoud have been

Solemnized, unto the 21, 22, and 23 of May, imme-,i diately enfuing j and thereby given Command to all

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