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The History Of the most Noble Order of the Garter : Wherein is set forth An Account of the Town Castle, Chapel, and College of Windsor; with their several Officers ; The Foundation of the Order by King Edward III. ; With the Statutes, and Annals at large, as they have been altered and amended ; An Account of the Habits, Ensigns and Officers of the Order ... To which is prefix'd, A Discourse of Knighthood in General, and the several Orders extant in Europe
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the Banner of the Lord Brook, was offered : But after-wards the direction for Offering their Enfign and Bannerwas taken into King Henry VIIPs Body of Statutes. Andfince the fame were introduced, according to the fore-going Precedent, it was to be offered firft, and fo hathbeen generally obferved.

By the appointment of the Statutes of Henry V. the So-vereign is to nominate and aflign the Kjiights Companions,who are feverally to perform this Ceremony j and i'o is thedirection in Henry VIII’s Statutes : But fince the begin-ning of Queen Elizabeth's Reign, the Knights have gene-rally proceeded to this Offering, according to their Se-niority ; and when the Courfe ended, then the Seniorsbegan again. There are likewife many Examples where theSovereign’s Lieutenant has joined in the Ceremony to af-fift the other Knights: Nor is a Proxy, or Deputy, to beadmitted to perform any part of the Ceremony, though i nthe Offering of Money he ought.

We fhall next proceed to the Duties of the Prelate ofthe Order , the Prebends, and Officers of Arms, as theirServices feverally, or jointly i relate to the performance ofthis Ceremony. Firit then, the Prelate, and two Pre-bends, ought to proceed up to the Altar , immediately be-fore Garter fummons down the Klnights-Cotopanions tothe Offering ; and there ftand ready to receive the At-chievements, as they are feverally offered up.

It is next the Duty of the Provincial Kings, and Heralds,to condudt the Knights-Companions , when they proceed upto the Altar, bearing any part of the defundt Knight's At-chievements. The whole Ceremony is briefly thus.

Firft Garter rifes from his Sear, and proceeds into themiddle of the Choir, where, after his ufual Obeyfances, hefummons the K.night s -Cornpanions to defcend, who comedown and place themfelves before their Stalls: Where-upon Clarenccux and Norroy (or in the abfence of either,the Senior Herald, or of both, of the two eldeft Heralds,}pafs down from the Steps of the Altar into the Body ofthe Choir ■ in the interim Garter takes the Banner of theeldeft defumfb Knight, and prefents it, half rolled up, tothe two Senior Kiiigkts-Conlpanions ; the two ProvincialKings by this time approaching them, make their doubleReverences, and after to the other Kjtights-Companions,and then itand a little afide ; while the two Senior Knights,

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