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ef the Alms-Deeds, there appointed perpetually to be dene'.To the end, T hat every one entring into this MilitaryOrder, might thereby more worthily obtain the Name, Title,and Privilege, of one of the Founders of the Order; it be-ingfuppofed a worthy andjull thing, that whofoever obtainedthis Privilege, fhould add fome /mail increment to thisFoundation.

Not long after eftablilhing the Statutes, the Tides of"Marquifs and Vifcount becoming fpecial Dignities, it wasDecreed, Anno 22 Hen. VI. that a Marquifs tliould contri-bute 8 l. 6 s. 8 d. and a Vifcount 5 /. 16 s. 8 d. whichwas confirmed by King Henry Vlllth’s Statutes.

And though in ail the Bodies of the Statutes, the So-vereign of the Order is charg’d with Payment of Fees tothe College, yet is it to be underftood only of thofe Sove-reigns, who were not (before the afl’umption of their Stall,)eleded into this Order.

Upon a Decree, Anno 22 Car. II. the InfaHatier; Feeto all the Officers of the Order were fettled : Thofe madepayable to the Dean and Canons are,

Thefe Fees ought to be paid at the time of the Knight’sInftallaticn, by the Hands of fome one of their Servants,fo loon as the Ceremonies are ended; the Statutes exprels-ly prohibiting the fetting up of their Atchievements tillPayment be made.

The Alms-lfnights, by Queen Elizabeth's Eftablilhmenr,receiv’d Infiallation Fees apart from thofe paid to the Col-lege, which by the aforefaid Eftablilhment of Fees, Anno12 Car. II. are made equal to thofe payable to the Deanand Canons’-, and by the laid Decree, the Choir of XVind-fir, under which not only the Vicars, but the Vergers, Cho-

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