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ORDER OF THE BATH.

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To these Fees must be added, ,£16. 17s. 6d. to the Secretary of State’sOffice, and £148. 16s. 6d. to the Officers of the Royal Household, of which themost ridiculous, though not the most improper, is £6, to the King’s Barber!As, however, no Fee is now paid to the Great Master, the whole sum demandedupon appointment to the Order (according to the statement in the House ofCommons in 1834 4 ), is £386. 7s. 2d. which is thus distributed:

£. s. d.

The Secretary of State’s Office. 16 17 6

The seven Officers of the Order. 164 17 2

The King’s Household. 122 2 0

The Lord Chamberlain’s Office. 26 14 6

Garter King of Arms for Supporters (optional). 55 16 0 4

Total. £386 7 2

On Installation, or on that Ceremony being Dispensed with:

£. s. d.

For Summons for his Installation. (To the Registrar.). 6 13 4

For Certificate of his Installation 5 . 6 13 4

For his Escutcheon in his Stall. (To the King of Arms). 13 6 8

For the Escutcheons of his Three Esquires. (To the King of Arms.). 13 6 8 6

For his Banner. (To the King of Arms.). 10 0 0

For his Helmet, Crest, Sword, and Mantlings. (To the King of Arms.). 4 13 4

At the Installation in 1803, other Charges were made to each Knight, for War-rants to remove Banners, &c. including 13s. 4 d. to the Cook for Admoni-tion, and 10s. 6d. to the Almsmen, amounting to 7 . 15 12 4

Offering at the Altar 7 . 5 10 0

For Redemption of the Sword 8 . 1 1 0

It is ordained by the Additional Statute of the 1st of June 1725, “ thatover and above the Fees determined by these Our Statutes, every person elected,or to be elected into this Most Honourable Order, shall also regularly pay allsuch other Fees, as have been settled by Our Royal Predecessors, by grantsunder the Great Seal, upon the reception of the Knighthood of the Bath; anduntil all Fees are fully and actually discharged, no Banner, Helmet, Sword, orPlate, of any Companion of this Order shall be set up, or permitted to remain,in the Chapel of King Henry the Seventh.” 9

By the Statute of the 8th of May 1804, all the Knights Companions whohad been Invested since the 15th of June 1792, and their Esquires, were com-

4 Vide p. 176, antea. In one of the items there is, however, a slight mistake, the Fee to Garter for agrant of Supporters, being £52. 10s., and not £55. 16s-, so that the sum total would be £383. Is. 2d.

5 This Fee seems to have belonged to the Great Master, and does not now appear to be demanded.

6 Parliamentary Return, No. 437, but according to the Statutes (pp. 63,64, antea), £13. 6s. 8 d. may

be charged for the Escutcheon of each Esquire. 7 Parliamentary Return, No. 437, 1st July 1834.

8 Though received by the Dean and Chapter, those sums were applied to charitable purposes.

9 Vide p. 66, antea.