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xxx—lxix.; Great Masters and Officers of the Order, thereon, 212; of Sir Eyre Coote, in 1816, 146,212;

lxx—Ixxii. ; Additional Officers appointed at or since general remarks orj, 212—215.

the Extension of the Order, lxxih. Vide General Dispensation of all or any of the usual ceremonies may

Remarks.

Bath King of Arms, his duties defined, his habit andbadge, 61, 241, 242; his emoluments, 230; wearshis crown at Coronations, 242.

Bed, a, anciently presented to newly elected Knights, 7.

Cap, description of the, 198.

Ceremonials, ancient, upon the creation of a Knight,bathing, &c. 4—27; on creating a Knight of theBath, earliest description of the, 19; remarks uponthe, 18 n. ; at the creation of Knights, symbolical im-port of, 22 n. ; at the coronation of Queen Eliza-beth of York, in 1487, 27, lxxiii; of creating aKnight of the Bath, described by Lord Herbert ofChirbury, 31; to be observed on the election of aKnight, as prescribed by the Statutes of 1725, 49-52;of the Installation of the Knights appointed at therevival of the Order, 67—70 ; of the Installation on1st June 1812, lxxx—lxxxiii. Vide Investiture.

Chapel of King Henry the Seventh, appointed for theperformance of Religious ceremonies relating to theOrder, 51.

Chapter of the Order, how to be holden, 59. SeeBath passim.

Chapter Room of the Order, the, is the Prince’s Cham-ber in the Palace of Westminster, 199.

Charles the First, King, names Commissioners formaking Knights of the Bath, 33; issues an ordinancerespecting the ensign and precedency of Knights ofthe Bath, 37.

Collar of the Order, to be provided by the Master ofthe Jewel-House, its weight and fashion prescribedby Additional Statutes of 1st and 2nd June 1725,65 ; when to be worn, ib. ; not to be alienated, ib.; tobe returned after the decease of a Companion, ib. ; or-dinance of November 1725, respecting the make ofthe, 71 ; the principal and most important ensign,193; remarks upon the, 194.

Collars and Badges directed to be returned to the Ge-nealogist on the decease of Companions, by the Sta-tute of 1812, 115.

Companions appointed on the Extension of the Order in1815, 129; to wear the Badge pendant to the buttonhole, 130; list of, from the Extension of the Orderin 1815 to 1840, lxx; list of those doubly created, ci.

Cook, the King’s Master, to address the Companions,severally, on leaving the Chapel after installation, 55.

Correspondence between General Tarleton and EarlBathurst respecting the Extension of the Order in1815, xcvi, xcvii.

Cowardice, a disqualification by the Statutes of 1725,47.

Dean of the Order, the Dean of Westminster for thetime being, to be, 41 ; his duties defined, his habitand badge, 60, 236, 237 ; general remarks upon hisoffice, 235—237 ; authorized to bear his own coatof arms, empaling those of the church of Westmin-ster, surrounded with the circle and motto of theOrder, 236; letter of Anstis upon the manner inwhich the arms of Dr. Samuel Bradford, Bishop ofRochester and Dean of Westminster, should beplaced on his monument, 236 n ; his fees shared withthe prebendaries of Westminster, 226 m.

Degradation of Lord Cochrane, 123, 140; remarks

be granted by the Sovereign or Grand Master, 53;forms of warrants of, lxxxvii—xc.

Election to be void, unless the conditions required areperformed within six months, 56.

Elizabeth, Queen, deputes the Earl of Arundel to createKnights at her coronation, 30.

Ensigns of the Order, description of the, 193—196.

Escutcheon of the arms of every Knight to be affixed tothe back of his Stall before installation, 57.

Esquires Governors, and Young Esquires, their coat-armour to be affixed to the back of their seats, 59,252; to enjoy the same rights, &c. as Esquires of theBody or Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, 59, 252;

. their eldest sons to use the title of Esquire, 59, 252,254; Statutes respecting them, 101; are not exemptedfrom serving the office of Sheriff, 253; their habit,254; Certificates and Stall plates of, xciv, xcv.

Extension of the Order, in January 1815, 124; corre-spondence between General Tarleton and Earl Ba-thurst on the, xcvi, xcvii. Vide Bath and GeneralRemarks.

Extra Knights, first instance of, 89 ; appointed by theStatute of 1812, 113.

Expenses, ancient, at the creation of Knights, 7. VideFees.

Fees established in the Statutes to be of the same forceand effect as if set forth in the Letters Patent, 41;the payment of, made obligatory by the AdditionalStatutes of June 1725; the Achievements of Com-panions not to be set up in the Chapel of Henry theSeventh until the payment of all the usual, 66; pay-able on the nomination of a Knight-Commander, 138 ;proposed abolition of, in 1834, and ParliamentaryDebate thereon, 168—181; Mr. Secretary Stanley’sspeech, 168—170; Admiral Sir Edward Codrington’sobservations upon the Bill of Fees, presented to himon being made a Knight Grand Cross of the Orderof the Bath, 174-5; Sir Robert Peel expressed hisopinion that the Honour ought to be conferred en-tirely without expense to the individuals so distin-guished, 177; abandonment of further proceedingsin this matter, 181; general remarks upon the feespayable by the respective Classes of the Order, 223—231 ; for at least sixty years the government hasbeen accustomed to pay the fees of officers appointedto the Order for very eminent services, 223; earliestinstance of this practice that of Sir G. B. Rodney, inMay 1789, 223 n.; pronounced by Mr. SecretaryStanley to be “ a National grievance, and a Nationaldishonour,” 224; origin of the present fees, 224;the Officers of the Order have a legal title to the feesguaranteed by their Letters Patent, 225; tables offees payable under the Statutes of 1725, 226, 227;fees payable by Knights and their Esquires under theStatute of 1804 ; Statute of the 13th July 1820, de-claring the liability of Knights Grand Crosses to thepayment of all fees, 228, 229; a distinction betweengratuities to the Officers for nominal services, andthose demanded for Stall Plates, Banners, &c.,230;as a general principle, there ought not to be anycompulsory expense whatever on receiving an honourfrom, the Grown, 230; no fee as a gratuity to theOfficers is paid by the Knights Commanders or Com-