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length effefted by the free Contributions of the Knightsthemfelves.

For at a Chapter held at PVhite-Hall, i6Jac.1. it was£)ecreed, that every Knight-Comp union fhould give to thetiie of the Altar in the faid. Chappel, a piece of Plate ofthe value of 20/..at the Ieaft. .

This Decree was confirm’d, Anito 6 Car. I. the Dean andCanons of iVindfir being impower’d to demand and re,ceive the Sums of Money, as above, which they were tojoeftow in Plate,for the u(e of the Altar-, and accordinglythey agreed for the quantity of Plate hereafter mentioned,which was deliver’d, Anno 1637. vis{.

Two little Candlefticks chas’d and guilt,Wax Candles

T wo Chalices, with four Pattens .

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But to make fome farther addition to the Glory of thisAltar, King Charles II. at the time of his Installation,offered two large gilt Water-Pots, weighing 387 Ouncesten Peny Weight, amounting, by the excellent Work-manfhip, to 12 s. the Ounce, and,to the, Sum of 231/.10 fome facred Ceremonies were perform’d at the COn-fecration of this Plate, not very mceffary to be fpoke ofhere. But all thele, with the ether Goods and Monu-ments belonging to the King’s.Free Chappel and Treafuryat PVindfor , were rifled and taken away by the ParliamentArmy. King Charles II. therefore, after the Retiauradon,Anno 1667, by the confem of the i\nights-C>mpanions, did.levy and colledt, and by his own B unty furmfhed theChappel again with the following Plate.

A pair of gilt Flaggons, bought with Money coBtftedfromthe Knights-Compar.icns, 1 50 Ounces. ,

A Pair of wrought Flaggons, with great Bellies, havingthe Figure of St. George on HorfebacI^ on the Cover, &C.bought with the Kgiights Moneys 4.1 a Ounces, ..1

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