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70; robes issued to Companions in 1426 or 1427,xvi; the Feast of Saint George celebrated in 1428 ;robes issued to Companions in 1428, xvii; elections,and debate as to the right of Cardinal Beaufort toofficiate as Prelate of the Order in 1429, 71 ; robesissued to Companions in 1430, xvii; petition madeby the Dean of the Royal Chapel of Saint George,praying that the Warden for the time being mightbe styled “ the Warden or Dean of the Free Chapelof Saint George,” 72; Chapters held by the Dukeof Gloucester in 1430 and 1431; chasm in the Regis-ter from 1432 to 1435; election of Richard Dukeof York in 1432, and of Edward King of Portugalin 1433, 73; names of the Companions to whomLivery was issued in 1435, 73 n ; deaths and re-elec-tions of Companions between 1435 and 1437, 74 ;robes issued to Companions in 1437, xvii; chasm inthe Register; deaths and elections between 1438 and1443, 75; robes issued to Companions in 1440, xvii;further elections and list of the Knights to whomLivery was issued in 1443, 76 ; a Chapter held bythe Duke of Buckingham on Saint George’s Eve1445; notices of Stalls then vacant, and list ofKnights named in the Register, 77 ; attendance ofForeign Companions excused; communication madeto the Chapter respecting the acceptance of the Orderby the Emperor Frederick the Third; another Chap-ter held in May 1445, being the first of which theScrutinies of Elections are extant, 78; names ofthe Knights elected; regulation made respecting theFees payable by a Marquis or Viscount, on placinghis helmet and sword over his Stall; Chapter heldby the King at the Lion Inn, in Brentford, 11thJuly 1445, when two Kniglits were elected, 79;Chapter held in the King’s Bedchamber at Westmin-ster, 27th November 1447, when Sir Francis Surriennewas elected, and the Fees payable to the officers ofthe Order on the admission of a Companion werefixed; deaths and elections in 1449 and 1450, 80;robes issued to Companions in 1447, xvii; Chapterheld at Windsor, 29th May 1451, when the achieve-ments of the Dukes of Gloucester and Suffolk andSir John Robsart were offered; Chapters held atWindsor in 1452 and 1453, when several Companionswere fined for non-attendance, 81; Chapter held bythe Duke of Buckingham in 1453, attended by twoKnights only, 82; Chapter held in 1455, attended bythe Sovereign, but no election, 83 ; Chapters held in1456, when Robes and Garters were sent to theKings of Arragon and Poland, and to the Duke ofBrunswick; and in 1457, when John second Earl ofShrewsbury was elected and appointed the Sovereign’sdeputy, and other Knights were elected and installed,84 ; Feast of the Order kept by the King in person in1458, when a subscription was entered into for erect-ing an Equestrian Image of Saint George; names ofthe Companions elected in that or before the nextChapter, held 21st April 1459, 85 ; no memorials ofthe Order from September 1459 to August 1460;reasons for doubting whether the Duke of York andthe Earl of Salisbury, who had been attainted of hightreason, were degraded during the interval, 86 ; list ofthe Knights in April 1459, 86 n ; vacancies causedby the Battle of Northampton filled in a Chapter heldat the Bishop of London’s Palace, 8th February 1460,87; names of the other Knights nominated in thescrutiny on that occasion, 88.

Edward the Fourth, 6th Sovereign of the Order,89; and List of the Companions then living, 89 n ;Proceedings in a Chapter held by Viscount Bourchierat Windsor, 17th May 1461, when a regulation wasmade relative to the Achievements of Companions whohad been degraded for Treason, 90; Knights electedbetween 1461 and April 1463; James, Earl of Douglas,the first native of Scotland on whom the Order wasconferred, 91 ; proviso in favour of the Knights of theOrder in a Sumptuary Law, passed in 1464; noticesof the election of Richard Duke of Gloucester, in 1466and Proceedings in a Chapter held at Windsor, 22ndApril 1467, 92; chasm in the Register from 1467 to1471; and an account of the political events which tookplace during the interval, 93; seven Knights of theGarter slain within that period, list of the Companionson Saint George’s day 1472; and proceedings of aChapter then held when the vacancies were filled up,94; further elections in 1474 and 1475,95; number ofCompanions in 1476, ib. n ; proceedings in a Chapterheld on 4th November 1476, Sir Gaillard Duras de-graded, 96; the office of Chancellor of the Ordercreated, ib. ; the Feast of Saint George celebrated27th February 1476-7, ib. ; Chapter held 10th May1477, ambiguity in the Statutes respecting the attend-ance of the Knights at the Feast of the Order ex-plained, 97 ; application to be made by Garter Kingof Arms, to the heirs or executors of deceased Knightsfor their copies of the Statutes, ib.; regulation as tothe mode of procuring the copies belonging to Knightsdying abroad, and certificates of their deaths, ib. ;names of the Companions in February 1477, ib. n ;the image of Saint Mary to be worn by the Knightson her five festivals, and on all Sundays, 98 ; vacan-cies in the Order filled 10th February 1480, 98 ;every Knight before his Installation to be sworn toaid and defend Saint George’s College, 98 ; cere-monial of the presentation to the King of a Swordand Cap of maintenance sent to him by the Pope onSaint George’s day 1482, and celebration on theFeast of the Order, 98 ; Chapter held at the Towerfor the election of John II. King of Portugal; deathof the Sovereign, 99.

Edward the Fifth, 7th Sovereign of the Order, 99 ;the Feast celebrated by deputy 24th May 1483, ib. ;his death, ib.

Richard the Third, 8th Sovereign of the Order,100 ; nine Stalls vacant on Saint George’s day 1483,100; list of Knights elected during his reign, ib.;discrepancy between the statements of Anstis and theWindsor Tables respecting their Stalls, 101 n; theAnnual Feast celebrated by deputy 22nd April 1484,102; list of the Knights shortly before the battle ofBosworth, 102 n; his death, ib.

Henry the Seventh, 9th Sovereign of the Order;not previously a Companion, 102 ; remarks on changesin the Order caused by his accession and its flourish-ing state under his auspices, 102; defective stateof the Records of its proceedings during his reign ;achievements of the adherents of King Richard theThird removed, and six new Knights elected soonafter his accession, 103; Knights attainted by Ed-ward the Fourth and Richard the Third restored totheir Stalls, 104; list of the Knights in April 1486,