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Achievements of deceased Knights, viz. Banners,Crests, Helmets, and Swords, after being solemnlyoffered, to be hung up at the west end of WestminsterAbbey, 65; of Companions, not to be set up in theChapel of King Henry the Seventh, until the duepayment of all fees, 66; none have been set up since1812,210.

Admonition, to be delivered by the Dean after the cere-mony of offering the Sword, 55; by the King’s Mas-ter Cook after Installation, 55.

Anniversary of the Order fixed by the Statutes of 1725to the 20th October, 56; its observance has longfallen into desuetude, 219.

Appointments or Elections, remarks on, 199.

Armorial Distinctions of the Knights of the Bath, 218.

Arms, of the Order, 35.

Arms, College of, considered its privileges invaded by thepowers given to the Officers of the Order, 138; de-nied the power of the Officers to call upon the Knightsfor their pedigrees and arms, 139, 238.

Badoe, early notices of the, 35; uncertain origin andimport of the three Crowns on the, 38; representa-tions of, as worn in the reigns of King James theFirst and King Charles the Second, 36—38 ; firstnotice of its being worn round the neck, 36; ordi-nance of King Charles the First, commanding it tobe so worn, 37 ; sometimes worn under the arm, 38;description of the, 194.

Badge and Star of the Order, to be constantly worn byCompanions after Installation, 57.

Badges and Collars directed to be returned to the Ge-nealogist by the Statute of 1812, 115. See GeneralRemarks.

Banner of the Arms of every Knight to be placed overhis Stall, 58 ; size of the, as prescribed by the Sta-tutes of 1725, 65; of the Sovereign, to be embroi-dered on velvet, its size, 65. See Installation.

Barber of the Royal Household, grant to the, of feesat the creation of Knights, 16.

Bath, general history of the Order of the, 1—276 ; an-tiquity of the Order as connected with the ceremonyof Bathing, 3; dissimilarity of the Knighthood ofthe, from the present Order, the Institution dividedinto three periods, 3; Knights made according tothe ancient forms at the coronation of King Charlesthe Second, 3; reorganization of the Order of the,in 1815, ib. ; origin and nature of the Institution,as described and illustrated by Anstis, Selden, Cam-den, S'egar, Mennenius, Favine, and others, 4; the

Order -first called into existence during the lasthundred and fifteen years, 4; ranks among the high-est Military Orders of Europe,4.; “ceremonies andcircumstances” at the creation of a Knight, 4, 5,6; earliest mention since the Conquest of the cere-mony of Bathing, 5; creation of Knights temp. Henrythe Third, Edward the First, and subsequent mo-narchs, 7 ; payments made between 1204 and 1305,for robes and other necessaries for Knights, 7, 8 ;Knights made in 1306, 8 ; and ceremonies used onthat occasion, 8, 9 ; Knighthood conferred upon, andlivery of the Order granted to various persons betweenthe years 1316 and 1360, 10, 11 ; Knighthood ofKing Edward the Third with the ceremonies of theBath, 11; other creations, including the Earls ofMarch and Stafford, and Alphonso, son of the Countof Denia, in Arragon, between 1383 and 1390, 12;the Order conferred on four Irish Kings, 13; Knightsof the Order made previously to the coronation of KingHenry the Fourth, 13 ; and livery given to Thomas,John, and Humphrey, the King’s sons, the Earl ofArundel, and others, 13,14; description of the creationof three Knights of the Order, by Elmham, a contem-porary writer, 14, 15; Knights made by King Henrythe Fifth at Rouen, in 1418,15; King James the Firstof Scotland and the Earl of Stafford Knighted in 1421,15; the title of Knights of the Bath used about thisperiod, 16 ; Knights made on the Knighthood in 1426,and the Coronation of King Henry the Sixth, in 1429,16; remarkable allusion to Knights of the, ib. ;Knights made on the Coronation of King Edward theFourth in 1461, and of his Queen in 1464, 17;Statute of Liveries passed in 1468, did not extendto the Knights of the Order of the, 17; creationsmade in 1475, the ceremonial of the Bath attendedby the King in person, 17,18; the creation of Knightsattended with Bathing, 18; earliest description nowextant of the ceremony of creating a Knight of theOrder, 19—26 ; mention made of the Order by Upton,in the 15th century, 27; creations in 1477,1487,1489,1494, 1501, and 1504, 27; Knights of the Ordercreated by King Henry the Eighth, 27, 28 ; crea-tions at the coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn, in May1533, ib. ; the ancient ceremonies omitted on thecreation, by nomination, of forty Knights at the coro-nation of King Edward the Sixth, 28; the ordinancethen made, remarkable from shewing the importanceattached to Knighthood being conferred when the Kingwore the crown during the performance ofthe ceremony,29; new form observed in making Knights at the coro-