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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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Monarch, yet the Grand Feaft began to decline, by a re-moval of the obfervation ot St. George’s Day from Wind. '}?' (for, and a prorogatory Celebration of the Grand Feaft toother times.

The Article of the Statutes, caufing this great alteration ^from the original defign of the full Inftitution, gives the 'ffi'Sovereign Power to prorogue the Grand Feaft at his Plea, A is'fure; but then *tis evident from the lame Statute, that St.George’s Day was neverthelefs ordained to be duly obfer-ved by it felf, in what Place foever the Sovereign (if with- « l

in the Realm) Ihouid then rclide ; Windfor hereby beingnot excluded.

It farther implies, the facred Hites and Offices to be per- 1formed, with other Matters concerning the Order-, for be- 1(ides the particulars therein enumerated, this generalClaufe is obfcrvable : That what other urgent Affair fo-fi ver, relating to the Order, faould offer it felf to be per-formed, the fame might be treated of, and receive dis-patches, in the Chapter held where the Sovereign then

fhculd be, as fully as if he were at Windfor Cajile,

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So that henceforward, all things began to be ordered, !1,

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both on the Eve the Day of St. George, and the Morrowafter, with as great State ; all Affairs as legally difpatched,and all Ceremonies as magnificently performed, except 11 ’7?that of offering up of Archie', ements, which is peculiarto the Chappel of St. George at Wind for only, as couldbe obferved at the Grand Fejlival it felf.

And how, by Virtue of this Article, and with whatCeremonies St. George’s Day was held, when the GrandJfo^ft was prorogued, is evident from a full and amplePre»cedent, 22 Hen. VIII. now remaining in the office or Arms,

For though the Sovereign with 13 Knights-Companmswere at tPindfor that Year, upon the 22, 23 and 24 ofApril, yet at that time they obierved only the Feaft Day ofSt. George, with the Eve and Morrow after, but defer-red, by Order in Chapter, the Celebration of the GrandFeaft, to the 8th of May enluing.

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The Grand Feaft neglected by King Edward VL

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§ 6 . From the Acceffion of this Prince, the Sovereigntypf this Order became more neglcdtcd, fo that during bis

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