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eheons of the Knights-Companions Arms fet up there, butonly the Plates ; and without all doubt, had it been theufage to fix Efcui/heons in the Choir of that Cfcappel, asat other Places, they would not at that time efpecialiyhave been omitted ; becayfe then the S overeign appearedupon an extraordinary Occafion, and where many thingswere added to heighten the Glory of that Grand Feaft'by reafon the Peace between England and France was to'be proclaimed at this Feltival, in the prefence of the FrenchAmbaflador ; and was accordingly done with great So-lemnity on St. George's Day in the Morning, at the Eaft-Entrance in the lower Ward of the Caftle, at the top oflihe Hill towards Sr. George’s Chappel ; and to whichPlace the Sovereign, in her whole Habir of the Order , (thefrench Ambaflador being near her,) with the five Officersof the Order, and Knights-Companions before her, and be-fore them the Officers of Arms and Trumpets, proceedingin a ftately and well ordered Cavalcade ; and after Cla-renceux, King of Arms, had ended the Proclamation, theycontinued the Proceeding thence to the Chappel, in thefame State and Order.

As to the Practice and ccnftant ufage of fettingup Ef-curcheons of Arms, fince Anno 3 Edw. VI. and at fuchtime as St. George’s Day was held e'fewhere than at Win d-for, we have been variety of Tefiimonies.

The care of ordering and providing of which belongedto Garter, but the Sovereign of the Order was at theCharge, (notwithftanding the faid Order, Anno 3 Edto. VI.)which heretofore we fee was paid out of the Treafury inthe Exchequer ; and fince rhe Eftablifhment 'of noo Z.per Annum, (fettled by the late Sovereign King Charles I.to diicharge the ordinary and extraordinary Expcnces ofthe Order,) the A'lowsnce iflued thence, and was paid bythe Chancellor of the Order ; but now the Charge is placedupon Garter, he having an Allowance therefore includedin the Augmentation of his Pennon, Anno 1 5 Car. II.r We find Privy Seals ro have iflued as high as the fif-teenth of Queen Elizabeth, for the Annua! Allowance cf7 /. for EtcutcheonS imploved for the ufe aforefaid, andthat the Price fome time before was about that rate, forthe three and twenty Efcutcheons, provided againft St.George's Feaft, Anno 1 and 2 Phil, and Mar. came to 6 l.and 8 d. and thofe five and twenty fet up the fol-lowing

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