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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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thereto all ufnal Ceremonies. 6 . Laftly, an Injunction toail the Knights to permit all the Solemnity punctually to beperformed: An ancient Precedent of this is found 5 Hen.V.in the cafe of Sir John Faljlajf: Alfo 2 Edw. IV. at theInftaliation of the Earl of H'orcejler, and other electKnights, by their Proxies.

Of later Times, the Commiffions granted on Inch Oc-cafions differ from thofe made for the Perfonal Inftalla-tion of the Knights themfelves, only by premifing theCaufe of their Principals Abfence, and Service he is thenemployed on ; authorizing the Commiffioners to admicthe Proxy into his Stall: Likewife where the Inftaliation isperformed by two or more Commiffioners, the Sovereigndirects Letters to each of them, giving notice cf the intend-ed Solemnity, and requiring them to attend at a Dayprefixt, to the end the Proxy may be put into Pclfeffionof his Principals Stall.

And as there is, upon admiffion of an elect Knight, in-ftalled by Proxy, the fame ground for removal of Stalls,as in perfonal Inftallations ; fo the Sovereign iffues outWarrants to Garter, fome time before the Solemnity, toremove the Atchievements and Plates, as ufual, andplace them in the Order fuch 'Warrants direct. Ancientlythe Stall for an elect Knight, was affigned in the Com-miffion iffued for Inftaliation, as in the cafe of Sir HenryInghnifc, Proctor to Sir John Faljlajf , 5 Henry V.

The reft of the Particulars to be provided againft theDay of Inftaliation, are at the Knight's own Charge, andare agreeable with thofe in Perfonal Inftallations.

Proceeding to the Chajter-Houfe.

5 5. The next thing to be confiderd, is the ProxiesPlace in proceeding to the Chapter-Houfe, and this isimmediately after the Provincial KJng of Arms, becaufe asyet he hath not taken Polfeffion of his Principals Stall jwhich done, it gives him a Place in his return according toits Dignity. In this Order the Proctors of the Marquifs ofNevpcaftle, and the Earl of Brijlol, proceeded (Bare-headed,)Car. II.

And though this be the Proctors ufual Place in thisProceeding, yet Sir Henry Sidney, Proctor to the Earl ofA a a hVar-