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Plates to which they are added ; the one of John Beatfffort, the firft Duke of Somerfet of that Name, ele&ed 10Hen ; VI. the other of Anthony H'idvile, Earl l\ivers, He-fted 5 Edw. IV. and befides rhefe, till the Reign ot’ KingHenry VIII. there is not another Example: But then itgrew into common ufage, as alfo the ingraving their pecu-liar Motto’s, or Devices upon the Plates.

The Offering of Atchievements .

§ 3. A third Honour paid to the defund: Knight, isa moft folemn Offering up his Atchievements at the HighAltar ; namely, the Banner of his Arms, his Sword, Hel-met, and Creft, with its Mantlings ; all which had beenfet up over his Stall at his Inftallation. The Ceremonyof Offering thefe Enfigns does not appear to have beenregulated at the Inftitution of the Order, but rather addedas an additional Honour, by King Henry V. and themanner thereof fet down in the fourteenth Article of hisBody of Statutes.

This Solemnity is local to the Chappel of St. George,within the Caftle of Windfar, and not to be performed tillthe Sovereign has notice of the Kjnight-Cempanion s Death.

In 1 Edtv. VI. at the Feaft then Held at H 7 indfor, therearofe a Queftion, whether the Atchievements of KingHenry VIII. which yet hung over the Sovereign’s Stall,lhould be taken down and offered at the Mats ot Requiementiling, or not ? in regard his Banner, Sword, Helm,and Creft, with Mantles, had been offered up before, athis Interment within that Chappel. In conclufion ofwhich it was determined, That the faid Atchievementsfhoud not again be offered, but remain aver the SovereignsStall, for his Son King Edward VI. But when the So-vereigns of this moft Noble Order are not interred atWindfir, then their Atchievements are offered up the nexteniuing Feaft ; as were thofe of Queen Elizabeth, whichthe B'ue-Bock. notes to be done at Morning Prayer.

As to the time for performing-this Cmmony, it wasordained to be on the Morrow after the Feaft, when theMafs was Sung for the Souls of the Knight s-Compar.ions,( 3 c, and fo was duly obferved till the time of the Refor-mation, when the Mafs of Requiem being abolifhed, it wasneverthelefs at the Morning Service, on the Morrow im-mediately