AKMOMAL DISTINCTIONS.]

ORDER OF THE BATH.

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of Arms for the time being, and his successors, were empowered to grant Sup-porters to all Companions not entitled to them by virtue of their Peerages. 5Upon the appointment of a Knight Companion (or since 1814, of a KnightGrand Cross), Garter has accordingly granted him Supporters. Besides theCollar, Circle, and Motto, the Military Knights Grand Cross surround theirArms with two Branches of Laurel, issuing from a blue Escrol, containing thewords 3]cl) 2D ten, as on their Stars.

The Knights Commanders, like the Military Knights Grand Cross,surround their Arms with the Circle, Motto, Branches of Laurel, and Escrol,to which their appropriate Badge is suspended; but they are not entitled toSupporters.

The Companions merely attach a representation of their Ribband andBadge to the lower part of the Escutcheon of their Arms.

&nmbersarp of tlje tSrtier.

It is provided by the Statutes, that on the 20th of October in every year, unlessit should fall on a Sunday, and in that case, on the next day, there shall be aConvention of all the Knights Companions to celebrate the Anniversary of theSovereign’s Coronation. They are enjoined to meet, without any other summons,in the Chapter Room, wearing their Habits and Ensigns, attended by theOfficers, and their Esquires, and the Prebendaries of Westminster, all in theirproper Robes, and thence to make a Procession to King Henry the Seventh’sChapel, hear Divine Service, make their Offerings, and return to the ChapterRoom. 6 It does not appear how long this Ordinance was in force, and it haslong fallen into desuetude.

5 Vide p. 66, antea.

6 Art. X. p. 56, antea.