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INDEX TO THE

10th May 1507, for the renewal of the, 120; called“ the Black Book,” compiled by Doctor Aldridgeabout 1534,2, 121, iii. lx*; two copies of, to be made,one in Latin to remain with the Registrar at Windsor,and the other in English to be kept at Whitehall,and called “ Registrum Aulicum,” 251 ; defacedby Queen Mary, by the erasure of every insertionwhich was not in accordance with the Roman Ca-tholic faith, 170; no proceedings in the year 1548noticed in the, 171; no account in the, of the altera-tion made in the Statutes in 1553, 178 ; nothing tobe entered therein unless previously perused and con-sidered by Commissioners appointed for that purpose,220; the, called “Liber Carolinus,” described, iv;the, called “ Liber Ceruleus,” described, 182, iv;the, called “ Registrum Ordinis Chartaceum,” des-cribed, iii, vide Book, Garter, Registrar, and Liber.

Registrar, 450-454; 120, 121, 146, 181; his neces-sary qualifications, 451; his duties, 153,168,366, 223,451 ; his habit, 452; his salary, 454; and fees, 80,389 n, 391 ; a Badge assigned to the, in 1685, 264,265; description of his Mantle as now worn, 454;description and representation of his Badge, 454.

Remarks General, 505-515; the accuracy of state-ments respecting the Foundation of the Order, or theElection of the Knights before the reign of King Henrythe Eighth not to be implicitly'relied on, 504, 511 ;number of females who have been Sovereigns of theOrder, ib ; number of the Knights since the firstFoundation of the Order, and their relative ranks, 506;Nobility of this Country whose families have given morethan five Knights to the Order, 507; enumeration ofthe Foreign Princes elected, 507 ; no Crowned Headelected into the Order from the time of the election ofthe King of Sweden in 1688, until the last Regency,508; the Earl of Douglas and Kings James the Fifthand Sixth the only Scotsmen who received the Orderuntil the latter became Sovereign, 508 ; Irishmen se-lected for the Order, ib ; suggestion relative to therevival of the custom of admitting Ladies into theOrder, and enumeration of those who have been for-merly admitted, 509; reasons assigned for the Orderhaving ceased to be the reward of Military services,509 ; Commoners to whom the Order has been givensince the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 509; proportionof Knights to Peers on whom the Order was ancientlybestowed, 510; observations on the rank of thoseupon whom in actual practice the Order is now con-ferred, 510 ; table shewing the various degrees of theKnights admitted into the Order at various periods,511 ,lviii; few celebrated men of recent times admittedinto the Order, and no Naval Commander whatever,512; the great extension of the Peerage attributedto the departure from the plan of the Founder of theOrder, in bestowing it as a reward of Military andNaval services, 512; intention of King George theFirst that eminent services should be recompensedwith the Order of the Bath, and future services bypromotion to the Garter, 512; unfitness of the Statutesenacted by King Henry the Eighth for the presentstate of society, and suggestions for their improval,513.

Reproach, points of, as regulated by the Statutes of 1519,

130; no one to be elected into the Order unless a gen-tleman of blood, a Knight, and without, 137; points of,as stated in the Statutes of 1522, 137, vide Attainder,Cowardice, Heresy, Prodigality, and Treason.

Requiem, Masses of, to be said for deceased Knights,105, 131, 139, 143, 171.

Revenues of the Institution, decree made in 1637 rela-tive to the, 232 ; general account of the, 468.

Rhe, invasion of the Isle of, 227.

Ribband, The, 356-360; decree made in 1622, respect-ing the colour of, 220; decree made in 1682, relativeto the mode of wearing, 263; as worn by QueenAnne, 271 ; change in the colour of, from light orsky blue to dark, supposed to have taken place aboutthe year 1745, 281,342 ; vide Garter and George.

Richmond, Chapters held at, in April 1518, 130 n; andin March 1519, 124.

Rings made in the form, and having the Motto of theGarter, supposed to have been worn on the thumb ofthe Knights, and to have been presented by them totheir friends at the time of their Election, 338.

Robes, of the Order, when to be worn, 138 ; of deceasedCompanions to be restored to the College, 193, 327,328; decree made relative to, in 1626, 225, 226;provided for the Feast in 1661, 248 ; worn by theSovereign and Knights in the Park, in 1667, andPepys’ remarks on the circumstance, 253, 254 ; pro-vided for Ladies of the Fraternity of Saint George,484 et seg. vide Mantle and Ladies.

Rochelle, rebels in, 227.

Romances, a volume of, presented to Queen Margaretby John, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 82 n.

Rose of England, the, granted by Edward the Fourth,in addition to the arms of Paola Battista Spinola,93 n.

Roses, the, in the Collar of the Order as described inthe Statutes of 1522, 155, 352, vide Collar.

Rouen, Chapter held at, during the siege of 1418, 61 ;King Henry the Fourth of France invested in theChurch of St. Owen at, 201.

Roundael, in Flanders, Prince William Frederick, sonof the Duke of Gloucester, invested at the camp of,295.

Round Table, the, at Windsor, founded by King Arthur,3; timber purchased for the building of, 9 n.

Round Tables held at Kenilworth, Bedford, and inWales, 7.

Rouveraye, the Battle of, in February 1429, 364«.

Sables, enactment relative to the wearing of, 1462, 92.

St. Albans, the first Battle of, 83; second Battle of,17th February 1461, 86, 88 ; Chronicle of, called“ Fructus Temporum,” extract from, relative to theFoundation of the Order of the Garter, 8 n.

St. Aubins, in Brittany, Battle of, 27th July 1488,

112 .

Saint Esprit, the Order of, conferred on the Prince Re-gent by King Louis the Eighteenth, 305; and on theDuke of Clarence, 306 : conferred on no other Sove-reign or Prince of the Blood Royal of England sinceKing Edward the Sixth, 306, vide Orders of Knight-hood.

Saint George, his day, appointed for the celebra-tion of the Feast of the Order, 3; is described asthe Guardian, Protector, &c. of England, 22 n ;his Legend, 23; reference to works wherein hishistory has been investigated, 23 n; his Arms al-ways borne in the field in or before the reign ofEdward the First with those of the Sovereign, SaintEdmund, and Saint Edward, ib; the impolicy ofblending his banner with those of Saint Andrew of