THE MESSENGER.]

ORDER OF THE BATH.

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who attend within our Royal Palace for the service of this Order, shall con-tinually remain under the protection of the Sovereign, and are hereby declaredto be Servants of the Sovereign’s Household, and shall enjoy all privileges andexemptions belonging, by right or custom, to the Esquires of the Sovereign, orto the Gentlemen of his Privy-chamber: and we hereby direct, that their Robesand Ensigns shall be prepared at the charge of the Sovereign, and be issuedupon the Warrants of the Great Master .” 4

The Salaries and Fees of all the Officers of the Order have been alreadydescribed. Though the Statutes state that the Badges of the Officers shall beworn to gold Chains, it has long been customary to wear them, on ordinaryoccasions, to a Red Ribband. The Precedency of the Officers among them-selves, as shewn by the Ceremonial of the Procession to King Henry theSeventh’s Chapel, in the Statutes , 5 is as follows:

Menial Servants of the Sovereign’s Household,who claim Fees on the creation of Knights of the Bath, two and two, according to their regular Precedencies.

Messenger of the Order.

Young Esquires, two and two, the Juniors first.

Esquires Governors, four abreast.

Prebendaries of Westminster, two and two, the Juniors first.

Pursuivants, Heralds, and Provincial Kings of Arms.

KNIGHTS COMPANIONS.

The Gentleman Usher of the The Registrar of the The Secretary of the

Order. Order. Order.

Bath King of Arms. Garter. The Genealogist of the Order.

The Dean.

THE GREAT MASTER.

PRINCES OF THE BLOOD, IF KNIGHTS COMPANIONS.

THE SOVEREIGN. 4

In the eighteenth Article of the Statutes, the Officers are named in the followingOrder: the Dean, Genealogist, King of Arms, Registrar, Secretary, GentlemanUsher, and Messenger.

For many years some of the Officers have performed their duties by Deputy ;but it has not been discovered in what manner the Deputies are appointed.It is, however, obvious, that the express approbation of the Sovereign mustfirst be obtained through the Secretary of State, to render such Deputationlegal.

4 Statutes, Art. XVIII. p. 62, antea.

5 Art. VIII. p. 53, antea.