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Of the Proceeding to the Chapter-Houfe.

§ 3. Having under the precedent Head, treated atlarge of the Rank and Place of ai! thofe that pafs in theProceeding, wherein all are Bare-headed, except the So.vereign and Knights-Companions : I now ccme to the Place

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whither the Proceeding is directed.

The fivit Solemn Adftion on the Entrance of the GrandFealt, winch the Sovereign and Kjdgbts-Companions areobliged to perform, is to Celebrate a Chapter, to whichend it hath been moft ufuai for them to proceed from thePrefence Chamber, every one in their due Place and Order ;firlt to the Chapter-Houfe, to confult of things cf courfe ;and next into the Choir, to hear Divine Service ; whichhas been the conftant Cuftom from the Reign of KingHenry V. as many Examples, recorded in the Regifters ofthe Older, evidence.

As this Cuftom of holding a Chapter on the Eve of theGrand Feaft, was conftantly obferved when celebrated

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manner held before Vefpers, on the Eve, at luch timeas the Feaft Day of St. George only hath been obferv’d,when (for any caufej the Anniverfary of the Grand Feaftreceiv’d Prorogation : As tor Inftance, Anno 1 Mary, aChapter was held at the Mannor of St. James's, on theVigil of St. George, before the firft Vefpers j whereunto isfixt this Note, ut moris eft ; and the Grand Feaft forthat Year receiv’d Adjournment, until the coming ofPhilip, then Prince (after King) of Spain.

In like manner, though the Celebration of the GrandFeafts were removed from PVindfor, and obferved at otherPlaces, yet this ufuai Cuftom of holding a Chapter on theEve, was always pradfifed ; after which the proceedingto Evening Prayer fucceeded, as is manifeft by feveralTeftimcnies from the Regifters.

The pubiick proceffional way to the Chapter-Houfe atWindfor, ufed Time out of Mind, led from the PrefenceChamber through the Cioifter, and the gieat Gate of theKing’s Lodging, to the tv-rer Ward of rhe Caftle, thencethrough the middle Ward, and parr of the lower, to andthrough the Paflage, between the Eaft End of the Chappel

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