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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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Warwick,, 5 Eli%. proceeded immediately before the ele&Knights ; which is the only inftance of that kind.

Laftiy, the Proctor, as in the cafe of an elect Knightpafles into the Eaft-Ifle, behind the High-Altar, as foonas he comes within St. Georges Chappel, while the Sove-reign, Lieutenant, or Commiffioners, proceed into theChapter-Houfe, and there repofeth himfelf till he is fentfor in ; as in the cafe of the Marquifs of Nevocajlle andEarl of Brijlol above : But if the Proxy pafs not in theProceeding, he then goes privately to his Place, beforethe Proceeding fets forward.

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§ 6 . After the Chapter is opened, the firft thing donejis for Garter to prefent the Commiffion or Commil-fions, which he carried in the Proceeding thither, as wellthat for the Lieutenancy, fif a Lieutenant held the Feaft,)as of Inftallation, for admitting a Proxy, the Order ofwhich is obferved before.

The Letters of Procuration, or Deputation, are nextread, afeer which the Proxy is fent for into the Chapter-Houfe by Garter, who conducts him to the Door, andthere the Commiffioners, or Alfiftants, or Knights-Com-panions, receive him. But 5 FJi%. Sir Henry Sidney ex-hibited his Deputation, after he was called in : Or fome-times the Proxy produces his Deputation before theProceeding to the Chapter-Houfe, as Sir George Howard,Deputy to the Earl of Bedford, did, 6 Eli%. And in fuchcale there is no need of admitting the Proxy into theChapter-Houfe, but that be may ftay without, till theSovereign, his Lieutenant, or Commiffioners, are paftinto the Choir, and he fent for thither; at which timethe Mantle was wont to be laid on his right Arm at theChapter-Honfe Door, by the Knights-Companions ap-pointed to introduce him.

Anciently, as loon as the Proxy was admitted into theChapter-Houfe, and the Letters of Procuration were read,the Mantle of his Principal was ufualiy laid on his rightArm by the Sovereign’s Lieutenant, or Commiffioners,and part of it fpread on the Proxies Shoulder', the Efcut-cheon of St. George lying nppermoft, and the Cordons

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