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Knighthood, xvii, xviii.; numerous cases exist ofgrants of pensions from the Crown for the support ofthe dignity, xix.; a striking feature in the constitutionof the Order of the Garter, is, that a provision for lifewas perpetually established for a similar number ofpoor and decayed Knights, xix.; instances of thegreat consideration which has always been shewn forKnights and Esquires by the legislature, xix—xxiv.;the distinctive and peculiar appellation of Knight-hood, “ Sir,” ought always to be prefixed to the nameof a Knight of whatever rank, xxiv.; the custom ofapplying it to Princes and Peers, though sanctionedby both law and ancient usage, has nearly fallen intodesuetude; the only modern instances of it were theproclamation of the style of Peers, as Knights of St.Patrick, at their installation in August 1821, xxiv.;the usage revived in the lists of Knights of the variousOrders in this work, xxv. Regulation —a Knightcould only lose his honours by degradation; resem-blance in this respect between the Order of Knight-hood and the Order of the Priesthood, xxv.; Sel-den’s observations on the degradation of a Knight,xxvi.; the earliest instance in our annals of thedegradation of a Knight is that of Sir Andrew Harcla,Earl of Carlisle, in the reign of King Edward theSecond, for high treason ; form of his sentence, xxvii.;degradation of Sir Ralph Grey, in 1468, for hightreason, xxvii.; of Sir Francis Mitchell, in the reignof King James the First, xxviii.; the only recent in-stances of degradation are those of Lord Cochrane, in1814, and of Sir Eyre Coote, in 1816, from the Orderof the Bath ; but they were not thereby deprived of thedignity of Knights Bachelors, xxix.; Registry opKnights —King James the First, by an ordinance,in May 1622, commanded that all persons who hadbeen Knighted since the 15th of May, in that year,and all future Knights, should be registered in a Rollto be kept in the Office of Arms, xxix, xxx.; sincethat time, (except during the Commonwealth,) a Re-gister has been kept, but it now contains only thenames of such Knights as have paid their fees, whichamount to £108, xxx.; remarks thereon, xxx, xxxi.;ancient lists of Knights Bachelors, xxx. n.\ definitionof the rank of Knight Banneret, xxxi, xxxii.; pro-bability that Bannerets formed part of the Englisharmy, if not towards the close of the reign of KingHenry the Third, at all events early in that of KingEdward the First, xxxiii.; the dignity established inFrance about the time of Philip Augustus, xxxiii.;the degree of Banneret recognised as an establishedorder of society in this country in the thirteenth cen-tury; persons sometimes considered to possess thatrank before they were either Knighted or actuallycreated Bannerets, xxxiii.; instances thereof, xxxiv.;a Banneret could only be created when the King’sbanner was displayed, xxxiv.; descriptions fromFroissart of the ceremony of creating a Banneret,xxxiv—xxxvi.; Ashmole’s observations on the crea-tion of a Banneret, xxxvi.; the formulary of theircreation given by Segar, xxxvi—xxxviii.; the ban-ner of a Banneret, xxxvii. n. ; instances of grantsmade by the Crown to Bannerets created in rewardof their services, for the support of their dignity,xxxviii.; in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuriesBannerets were classed with Barons, xxxviii.; Baronswere occasionally described as Bannerets, as well inthe records of Parliament as elsewhere, xxxix.; theStatutes of the Garter ordained by King Henry the

Fifth, provided, that of the nine Knights who, onevery vacancy, were to be proposed for election intothat Order, three should be Bannerets, xxxix.; thewages of a Banneret when retained to serve in war,xxxix, xl.; Bannerets had generally two or moreKnights, and several Esquires, in their retinue in war;they did not serve under Barons, a proof the equal-ity, in a military point of view, of those dignities,xl.; Bannerets have been divided by modern autho-rities into two classes, viz., those created under theroyal banner, in a royal army, in open war, the Kinghimself being present, and those made under anyother circumstances, xli.; this distinction seems tohave been unknown in the fourteenth century, xli.;the dignity gradually lost its importance, and nowexists only in name; Bannerets formed part of theEnglish army in the reign of King Henry the Eighth,xli.; the extinction of the Order arose from thechange in the manner of raising the English army,xlii.; the last time when a Knight Banneret wasmade in England has not been precisely ascertained ;reference to the supposed creation of Sir John Smithat the battle of Edgehill, in 1642, xlii.; result of thepreceding enquiry; at the accession of King Edwardthe Third there was a Knighthood of two kinds, viz.,Knight Bachelor and Knight Banneret, or Ban-neret : those who were Knighted with the peculiarceremonies, of which Bathing was one, did not then,nor till long after, form a distinct class, under theappellation of “Knights of the Bath;” neither theBanneret nor the Knight Bachelor wore any ensign,or bore any badge on his person, xliii.; Institutionof the Order of the Garter by King Edward theThird, about the year 1348, when, for the first timein England, (except in religious institutions,) an en-sign or badge was worn, xliii.; Collars, Cognizan-ces, and Badges established in the reigns of KingRichard the Second and King Henry the Fourth;description of various “ Collars of the King’s Livery,”xliv.; they were granted by the Sovereign to personsof both sexes, and of various ranks, not as ensigns ofa Knightly Fraternity, but as tokens of the Royalfavour, xlv.; difference between Badges and Crests,the former being the mark of servants and retainers;anciently none but individuals of high military rankwere permitted to place a Crest on their helmets, xlv.;Collars of the King’s Livery continued to be bestoweduntil the time of King Henry the Seventh; on theCollar of S.S., xlv. xlv. n the Order of the Baththe next instance of badges being worn as ensigns ofan Order of Knighthood in England ; a badge did notform part of the ornaments of the Knights of the Bathuntil the reign of King James, and was regularlyestablished by King Charles the First, xlvi.; after theOrder of the Bath felt into desuetude, on the deathof King Charles the Second, the Knights of theGarter were the only Knights in Great Britain dis-tinguished by insignia, until the revival of the Orderof the Thistle, xlvi.; reasons which induced KingJames the First, in 1611, to create a new dignitycalled Baronets, xlvi.; unworthy motive for cre-ating, and anomalous constitution of the Order;conditions upon which the dignity was originallyconferred; the Order was limited to two hundredmembers, but this limitation has never been observed,xlvii.; privileges and precedence which Baronetswere to enjoy, xlvii.; the rights, privileges, and dis-tinctions of Baronets were settled in the most complete