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HISTORY OF THE
[FEES.
Companion of this Order shall, upon every quarter-day in the year (the firstpayment to begin on the twenty-fourth day of June next) pay unto the Gene-alogist three nobles; to the King of Arms, Registrar, Secretary, and Gentleman-Usher, one mark to each of them; and to the Messenger one noble: and,that these Officers may be encouraged to apply their studies with the utmostindustry, we recommend to the said Companions, that in their first Chapterthey would settle some method, that their annual pensions may be effectuallyand regularly discharged, with such other provisions as shall be thought con-venient.” 9
The annual amount directed to be paid by the Knights Companions was,therefore:
£. s. d.'
To the Genealogist. 4 0 0
To the King of Arms. 2 13 4
To the Registrar. 2 13 4
To the Secretary. 2 13 4
To the Usher. 2 13 4
To the Messenger. 1 6 8
By each Knight Companion, per- J
Annum. £16 0 0
X by 37 =
By all the KnightsCompanions, per Ann.
r £.
s.
d.
148
0
0
98
13
4
98
13
4
98
13
4
98
13
4
49
6
8
£592
0
0
It does not appear whether the Sovereign contributed to these Salaries, butif, as is most probable, he did so, ,£4 must be added to the Salary of theGenealogist, £1. 6s. 8 d. to that of the Messenger, and £2. 13s. 4c?. to that ofthe other Officers.
On Election or Nomination, each Knight Companion paid,
£. s. d.
To the Great Master. 1 . 138 0 0
To the Dean. 2 . 22 6 8
To the Genealogist. 22 0 0
To the King of Arms. 22 0 0
To the Registrar. 22 0 0
To the Secretary . 22 0 0
To the Usher. . 22 0 0
To the Messenger. 18 13 4
For his Dispensation from the Ancient Rituals 3 . 26 13 4
For a Copy of the Statutes, and Seal thereto, 10s. 6d. (To the King of Arms.) 7 3 10
For a Notice of his Election. (To the Secretary.). 6 13 4
9 Vide p. 63, antea. 1 There being no Great Master, this Fee is not paid.
2 The Fee to the Dean is, however, shared with the Prebendaries of Westminster. Vide Statutes,Art. XVIII. p. 63, antea.
3 This Fee appears to have belonged to the Great Master, and is not now demanded.