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INDEX TO THE
ber 1625, 225; order of, in April 1661, 251 ; reportmade by Garter in 1661, as to the ancient mode ofsuccession to, 255, and resolutions made thereupon,256; the Princes Stall had not (temp. Car. II.)been occupied by a Prince of Wales since the reignof Henry the Seventh, 258 n ; scheme of those nearestthe Sovereign’s between 1600 and 1670, xlviii;scheme of, as they stood on 5th June 1694, 269 n;warrant issued in December 1704, for the transpo-sition of, 273 n ; Statute made in 1805, for regulating,300; again in 1840, 337*; vide Installation.
Stall Plates, institution, and description of the, atvarious periods, 420-422; regulation for makingand setting up of, 151 ; observations relative to, andspecimens of the styles at different periods, xii-xv;references to those now or lately existing in SaintGeorge’s Chapel, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42, 51, 52,63, 71, 75, 76, 79, 81, 84, 91, 92, 94, 96, 98,101, 104, 107, 112, 114, 115, 117, 118, 121, 122,
132, 157, 158, 162, 165, 167, 170, 172, 176, 182,
185, 189, 190, 194, 196, 198, 200, 203, 208, 211,
213, 215, 216, 221, 222, 224, 226, 228, 240, 242,
245, 246, 249, 254, 258, 264, 266; account of thoseexisting in 1563, li*.
Standards of the King’s Arms, materials issued for themaking of, in 1348, 12 n.
Stanton Harcourt, in Oxfordshire, monumental effigy ofAlice, Duchess of Suffolk at, 499.
Star, the, 360-362, decree made in 1626, respectingthe Ensigns of the Order, from which the Star hasbeen derived, 224; its institution and origin, 360;when and how worn, 361, 362, vide Ensigns.
Statutes, the, of King Edward the Third, have Jongsince perished; but reliance may be placed on thoseattributed to Henry the Fifth, 2; so much of them asprohibited Knights Elect, except foreigners, from beinginstalled by proxy, dispensed with in 1419, 62, 64;alterations made in, respecting the ceremonials, fillingof vacancies in the Order by election, and the solem-nization of the Feast of Saint George, 63 ; wearingthe Garter in public, offering the swords of deceasedCompanions, Installation of Knights Elect by proxy,making a Privy Signet of the Order for the King’s use,and the admission of persons to be prayed for by theDean and Canons, 64; the copy belonging to eachKnight to be verified by that in the College at Wind-sor, 67 ; to be returned on the death of a Knight, 98 ;made in 1480, in favour of the Chapel of Saint George,98 ; regulation made respecting ambiguity, in March1519, relative to the times when the robes of theOrder should be worn, 124; reformation of, and ad-ditions made to, at that period, ib ; it is certain thatadditions were made to them, previous to the year1508, 129; enacted in May 1519, 129-133; as re-formed in 1522 ; and which now govern the Order,135-156; the copies of, delivered to the Companionsto be collated by the Registrar, and sealed with theCommon Seal, 153 ; those of deceased Knights to bereturned by his Executors, ib ; requiring the presenceof six Knights at an election dispensed with in 1535,164; the article, requiring the qualification of gen-tility of birth dispensed with, in favour of LordCromwell, 166; a new one made in 1540, respectingthe Fees to be paid on the death of a Companion,168 ; alterations made in, by Edward the Sixth, forthe purpose of adapting them to the change whichhad taken place in the religion of the country, abro-
gated by Queen Mary, 170; abstract of the new codeof, agreed upon in 1553, 178-182 ; decree made 27thSeptember 1553, for their abrogation, 182; and inAugust 1554, for tbe abolition of such as were repug-nant to the ancient Orders and Statutes, and res-pecting the admonition, 184; of 9th October 1554,respecting the Badge of the Chancellor, 185 ; of 22ndApril 1556, respecting the hood, 185;' of 1st June1558, respecting the Mantle of the Officers, 186; of12th January 1559, that gentlemen attainted shouldon being pardoned and restored in blood be eligiblefor election, 187 ; of 1562, for wearing the Collar,189; of 29th April 1563, respecting the Stalls, 192 ;of 24th April 1566, respecting the Badges of theOfficers, 192; of 23rd April 1567, respecting the ce-lebration of the Feast, 193; of 24th April 1571, forthe Precedency of the Knights of the Order, 194;no alteration or addition made to, temp. Jac. I., ex-cept the Statute of 19th May 1622, fixing thecolour of the Ribband, 221; of 22d May 1622, thatall things concerning the Order should pass under theSeal of the Order only, 221 ; of 27th April 1626,respecting the Star; of 19th April 1637, on variousmatters, 226, 227; of 14th January 1661, thatForeigners might be installed by their proxies, 248 ;of 1st April 1661, respecting the Under Habit, 252;of 19th November 1669, for the regulation of theStalls, 256 ; of 4th February 1670, for enforcing thepayment of Fees, 257 ; of 17th December 1672,respecting the Arms of the Chancellor, 260; of 30thJuly 1681, for wearing the Ribband over the leftshoulder, 263; of 18th June 1685, respecting theBadges of the Prelate and Register, 265; of 30thJune 1749, for altering the form of the Oath takenby the Companions, 283; of 31st May 1786, ordainingthat the Order should consist of the Sovereign andTwenty-five Knights, together with such sons of theSovereign as had been, or should be elected; withremarks on the impolicy of that measure, 292; of10th January 1805, declaring that the Order shouldthenceforth consist of the Sovereign and twenty-five Knights Companions, together with such linealdescendants of King George the Second who shouldhave been or might thereafter be elected, except thePrince of Wales, who is stated to be a constituent partof the institution, 297; of 2nd February 1805, forregulating the Stalls, 300; of 27th July 1813, forthe Election of Alexander, Emperor of Russia, 304;of the 21st April 1814, for the Election of KingLouis the Eighteenth by declaration, 305 ; of the9th June 1814, for the Election of the Emperorof Austria, and the King of Prussia, 308 ; and ofthe Earl of Liverpool and Viscount Castlereagh, 310 ;of the 9th June 1814, for preventing the consti-tuted number of Twenty-five Companions being againexceeded, 310; of the 10th August 1814, for theElection of Ferdinand the Seventh, King of Spain,311; of 23rd May 1816, for the election of PrinceLeopold ; of the 13th February 1822, for the Electionof Frederick the Sixth, King of Denmark, and Johnthe Sixth, King of Portugal, 317 ; of 9th March1825, for the Election of Charles the Tenth, King ofFrance, 319; of 16th March 1827, for the electionof Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, 320; of 26th July1830, for the Election of Bernard, Duke of SaxeMeiningen, 323; of 27th May 1831, for the electionof Charles Earl Grey, 325; of 27th May 1831, for