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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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Gtarge of the Lord Treaiurer Wefton being fent back'were prefented to the Sovereign ; and after delivered to*the Dean and Chapter of tVindfor, to be preferved : Andin the fame Chapter it was ordered, that the Earl of -felly’sRobes and Ornaments of the Order, fhculd be fent for bythe Chancellor.

Tbefe former Decrees were yet thought needful to beconfirm’d by King Charles II. to that in a Chapter held1669. ac White-Hall, it was Decreed, T hat the Mantleof each Knight Companion, -with the Bocfaf Statutes, (houldbe lent to Windfor, immediately after their Deaths j andthat the Chancellor of the Order jhould be obliged, by Let-ters to their Heirs and Executors, to put them in mind offending them thither. But it is to be underftocd, thatwhere the Mantle has been provided at the Knight’s ownCharge, there is no obligation for returning them.

Thus I have run through all the Particulars, relating tothe Inftitutions, Laws, and Ceremonies, of this moft No-ble Order ; I Hull in the laft Place proceed to give a Liltof all thofe who have enjoyed this lingular Mark of Ho-nour from its full Foundation. The Motives which ex-cited the Royal Founder to let on Foot the Laid Order,are already particularly treated of; who having efta-blilhed Buies and Statutes for the Government, and regu-lation thereof, he next refolved to eledt, from among theFlower of his own Wars, twenty five of the moft cele-brated Knights, who, together with himfelf, Ihould makenp the Number of Twenty fix ; for of fo many does theOrder by his Appointment cordift : And indeed that Ageplentifully furnifhed him with Men ot the moft brave andcelebrated Charadlers, and of fignal Reputation in Arms,raifed by the eminent Wars of thole times, and juftlydiftinguithed by their own heroick Adtions.

The firft that he eledted into this Noble Order, wasEdward, his eldeft Son, who already in part deferred,and afterwards juftly obtained the Title of a Brave andMartial Prince, of whom our Hiftories fpeak lb largely.The reft ot his accompli lived Collegues, were thefe thatfollow, and arc thus placed in their Stalls.

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