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veiling VPUlidm, Lord Paget, 6 Edvo. VI. was, his not hcCing a Gentleman of Blood, both by Father and Mother'But Felony comes not within the compafs of this Statuteas not being exprefly mentioned among the Reproachesthere Summ’d up ; and fo it was adjudged in a Chapter,14 Jac. I. in the Cafe of I{obert, Earl of Somerfet, thenlately condemned for that Fadf, whereon his Hatchmentswere not removed.

When a Kjnght-Companicn is found Guilty of any ofthe Offences mentioned in King Henry VlII’s Statutes, heis ufually degraded at the next Chapter, of which the So-vereign gives the Knight s-Companiens previous notice jand then commands Garter to attend fuch of them as areappointed ro go to the Convidl Knight, who, in a folemnmanner, firft takes from him the George and Ribband, andthen his Garter. And at the enfuing Feaft of St. George, orfooner, if the Sovereign appoint it, publication of hisCrimes and Degradation is made by Garter.

Nexr, Garter, by Warrant ro that purpofe, takes downhis Atchievcment, on which Service he is vefted in hisCoat of Arms, and the Officers of Arms Handing abouthim, the Blacl^-Rod alfo prefent; Firft Garter reads aloudthe Inftruments of Degradation, after which one of theHeralds, who is placed ready on a Ladder let to the backof the Convidl Knight’s Stall, at the Words expelhd, and■put from among the Arms, takes his Creft, and violentlycalls it down into the Choir, after that his Banner andSword ; and when the Publication is read out, all theOfficers of Arms fpurn the Atchievements out of the Choir,pto the Body of the Church, firft the Sword, then theBanner, and laft of all the Creft, io out orthe Weft Door,thence to the Bridge, and ever into the Ditch ; and thusit was dene at the Degradation of Edward, Duke of Buck-ingham, 13 Hen. VIII. Their Plates are likewife takendown from their Stalls and carried away.

Degradation net being alone thought fuffident, it wasdebated in Chapter, 31 Hen. VIII. whether the Nantesof fuch Kjdghts-Companions as were convidled of Treafonlhonid remain in the Regifiers, or be razed out: Wherethe Sovereign determined ; That wherefoever the Adlionsor Names of fuch Offenders fhould be found, thefe WordsPVahProditiir} tliould be Written in the Margin ; by which

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