a Great Seal for the Order, to be in the custody ofthe Chancellor, or other Officer, 21, 22; ordainthat before any one can be admitted to the Order hemust be a Knight-Bachelor; the form of the oath tobe taken by the Knights-Elect, 22 ; the Royal Signetin the custody of the Secretaries of State for Scot-land to serve in lieu of a Great Seal, for any war-rants, &c. relating to the Order, 23; the RoyalChapel of the Palace of Holyrood House to be theChapel of the Order, and the Sub-Prior, or Dean, orPrior there, to be reader of the Royal Orders, 23;prescribe that the Sovereign and Knights shall weartheir Collars on the Feast of St. Andrew, and on allCollar days, 23 ; the colour and watering of the rib-band, 23, 24 ; Statutes ordained by Queen Anne, arevery similar to those of King James the Seventh, andstill govern the Order, 28—31 ; Additional, issued byKing George the First, 17th February, 1714-15, inpursuance of a memorial of the Knights, authoriz-ing certain alterations in the Insignia and mode ofwearing them, and confirming the Statutes made byQueen Anne, 35; 17th July, 1717, regulating themanner of holding Chapters of Election, authorizingthe Officers to wear their Badges attached to a greenribband, except in the ceremonials of the Order, andsettling the Fees payable by Knights on their admis-sion, 36—38 ; 14th February, 1720-1, respecting theFees, 38, 39 ; 17th July, 1821, appointing four ExtraKnights, in contemplation of the Coronation of KingGeorge the Fourth, 54; 8th May, 1827, permanentlyextending the Order from twelve to sixteen Knights,56; 14th August, 1833, regulating the ceremonial ofChapters of Election, 58, 59.

Surcoat and Hood, description of the, 65.

Thistle, general history of the Order of the : its originattributed by John Lesley, Bishop of Ross, to KingAchaius, in consequence of a victory obtained by himover Athelstan, King of the West Saxons, 4 ; the in-stitution of the Collar and Motto of the Order alsoascribed to him; inquiry into the subject, and its re-sult, 4, 5, (vide Notes in Appendix, Nos, a, b, c, d, e);analysis of the information afforded by the coins,seals, and wardrobe accounts of the Kings of Scot-land, as to the adoption of the Thistle as the RoyalBadge, 5-14; no evidence that either the Collar orthe Badge was worn by any Sovereign after KingJames the Fifth, except King James the Sixth, untilthe revival of the Order by King James the Seventhin 1687 ; inquiry into the question whether the Orderdid exist as a brotherhood or fraternity, having aSovereign, with a succession of Knights governed byestablished rules, and wearing certain ensigns, likethe other Orders of Knighthood in Europe, before theyear 1687, 14-17 ; the Order fell into desuetude afterthe Reformation, 17 ; placed upon a regular founda-tion by King James the Seventh of Scotland and Se-cond of England, 18; copy of the Warrant issued 29thMay 1687 for that purpose, 18, 19 ; the Statutes or-dained for the governance of the Order, 20-24 ; War-rant issued for the appointment of a Secretary, 24;list of eight Scottish noblemen nominated in Junefollowing, 25; commission issued to the Duke ofHamilton to represent the King as Sovereign of theOrder, 25 n. ; copy of the Warrants issued to each ofthe Knights, 26 n. ; the Order fell into desuetudeafter the abdication of King James, and remained inabeyance during the reigns of King William and

Queen Mary, 26 ; copy of the Patent whereby it wasrevived 31st December 1703, by Queen Anne, 27;Statutes then ordained which still govern the Order,28-31; state of the Order at the death of QueenAnne, 31«. ; nominations, investitures, resignations,and deaths, from February 1704 to May 1710, 32;election in January 1712 ; death of Queen Anne, andaccession of King George the First, 23 ; a memorialpresented to him by the Knights relative to the wear-ing of the Insignia of the Order on St. Andrew’s day,the appointment of an Usher, and the confirmationof the Statutes of Queen Anne, 33, 34; AdditionalStatute issued for that purpose, 17th February 1715,34, 35; appointments in 1716 and 1717; the Earlof Cadogan the first English Peer that received theOrder, 35; Statute made in 1717 for regulating themanner of holding Chapters of Election, for authoriz-ing the Officers to wear their Badges attached to agreen Ribbon, except in the ceremonials of the Order,and for settling the Fees to be demanded from theKnights on their admission, 36-38; another Statutemade respecting the Fees, 14th February 1720-21,38 ; deaths and elections between February 1722 andSeptember 1726, 39 ; ceremonial of the investiture ofthe Duke of Hamilton by the Earl of Findlater, 40,41; death of King George the First, and successionof King George the Second; a Chapter summonedto consider what was necessary to be done respectingthe affairs of the Order; state of the Order on theKing’s accession, 41 n. ; copy of a Memorial to theSovereign relative to wearing the Insignia, and tothe Usher of the Thistle or Green Rod, 42 ; proceed-ings relative to the precedency of the Knights at theCoronation, 43-45; deaths and elections betweenMay 1730 and January 1737, 45, 46; ceremonial ofan Investiture at Holyrood House, 15th August 1738,46; elections, resignations, deaths, and investituresfrom June 1739 to April 1755, 47; state of theOrder in 1748, 47 «. ; death of King George theSecond, and succession of King George the Third ;State of the Order at that time ; elections in 1763 ; aDean of the Order first appointed ; elections, deaths,and investitures between August 1765 and February1768, 48; ceremonial of the investiture of the Earlof Carlisle by the King of Sardinia, 49-51 ; deaths,elections, and investitures between March 1770 andMarch 1808, 51-53. The Regency. State of theOrder in May 1812; elections in 1812, 1814, ofLord Erskine, in 1815, being the only modern in-stance of an Order of British Knighthood (exceptthat of Knight Bachelor) being conferred upon anyperson who had filled a high judicial office, 53 ;death of King George the Third, and accession ofKing George the Fourth; Statute prepared in July1821 for the enlargement of the Order by the nomi-nation of four Extra Knights, 54; elections made inconsequence, 55 ; the then state of the Order, 55«. ;Ordinance made in May 1827 for the permanent ex-tension of the Order from twelve to sixteen Knights ;two other Knights therefore elected, 56; death ofKing George the Fourth, and accession of KingWilliam the Fourth ; state of the Order in June 1830 ;the Dukes of Sussex and Buccleuch elected in 1830 ;the Collar of the Thistle worn by the Sovereignat the funeral of George the Fourth, and at his ownCoronation; the form of Election by Suffrage doesnot appear to have ever been acted upon, letters ofDispensation being issued previous to each investiture,