ANNO 1348.]

ORDER OF THE GARTER.

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which were prepared for the Jousts at Eltham, must have been made for thatnumber of persons, (who, in all probability, were twelve of the first Knights ofthe Order), it is remarkable that no more Garters should have been provided, ifthe Fraternity then consisted of Twenty-Six Companions. It may, however,have happened that only twelve of the Companions were to Joust; and it is acurious fact, that of the first Founders who are named as having received equip-ments from the King for those Tournaments, seven (being all of them except thePrince, and the Earl of Warwick) formed part of the twelve whose Stalls wereon “ the King’s side” in Saint George’s Chapel. The provision of variousnecessaries “ for the person of the King and his,” for the Jousts at Canterburyin 1348, might lead to the inference that all “his” Companions were Membersof the new Fraternity, were it not that two Knights, who seem to have beenincluded among those Companions, do not appear to have been elected into theOrder. If the list of the first Founders can be relied upon, it is extraordinarythat it should contain the names of several Knights, of whom little or nothing isknown, while many of those who were highly conspicuous at those Jousts,

For making two streamers of worsted, namely, one of Arms, quarterly, and the other of Arms,quarterly, with the Image of St. Lawrence at the head, worked, of one white pale, powdered ivithblue Garters.

For making, two short streamers of the King’s Arms, quarterly, and two guydons of the saidKing’s Arms.

For making for the King a bed of blue taffeta, powdered with Garters, containing this Motto,Pjons soft 9 . mal g pntsr.

For making a Mantle, Surcoat, Tunic, and Hood, for the King’s body, of long blue cloth, pow-dered with Garters, furnished with buckles and pendants of silver gilt.

For making a jupoun of blue taffeta for the King’s body, powdered with Garters, and bucklesand pendants of silver gilt.

For making a jupoun of blue satin, powdered with blue Garters, furnished with buckles andpendants of silver gilt.

For making fourteen tunics and as many hoods of short blue cloth, for the Jousts of Bury.

For making a doublet of yellow and blue velvet, for Lionel, the King’s son, against the Joustsof Windsor, and other articles, for the Lords, John of Gaunt, and Edmund of Langeley.

For the King’s plays [ludos] on the feast of the Nativity of our Lord, kept at Guildford, inthe King’s 21st year [1347], wherein were used 84 tunics of buckram of divers colours, 42 vizardsof divers forms, 28 crests, 14 painted cloaks, 14 dragons’ heads, 14 white tunics, 14 peacocks’ headswith wings, 14 tunics painted with peacocks’ eyes, 14 swans’ heads with their wings, 14 tunics ofpainted linen, 14 tunics ornamented with stars of beaten gold and silver, 14 likenesses of women’sfaces, 14 likenesses of men’s faces with beards, 14 likenesses of angels’ heads gilded, 14 crestswith legs reversed and shod, 14 crests with mountains and conies, 14 painted cloaks, 14 dragons’heads, 14 tunics painted white, 14 peacocks’ heads.

For making divers equipments for the King’s body for his Jousts at Bury, in his 21st year; atWindsor, in the said year ; and at Lichfield, in the said year.