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Mr. Sand fard in his Geneal. Hift. p. 415, and Dugd. 2 Voi. Baron.p. i 6 z, quote a.Mf fometime in Cuftody of Mr. Stowe, that mentionsthis Decree to be made on St. Georges Day by the King, being then atSt. Johns, accompanied with other Knights of the Garter, but both thefe Au-thors mifdate it under the 7 th Year, which was before the Birth of this Dukeof York. T liefe Arms are upon the Plate of this Duke at Windfor, in the

fourth Stall on the Prince’s Side. Though he had been eleóted into thisOrder in the 1 5 th Year, yet the Collector hath not been enabled to de-termine the certain Time when he received his Inflallation, but is as yetinduced to believe, that it was not till the 2.0 th Year, for the WardrobeAccount will fhew us that Mantles were then prepared for this Duke, andfor the Duke of Ferrara, and this Regi her informs us, that the latter wasinftalled on 2 6 OB.

P. 20 z. in the Notes about Hora tertia : The Statutes of the Toifon d'Orare generally believed to be founded on thole of the Garter, wherein byArt. 24 the Companions are obliged to attend on the Eve of the Feaft de-vant I’ eure de vefpres, which fame Injunction is in the Art. 3 2 of St. Mi-chael &€.

P. 208. 20 E. 4. Mr. John Murray, who hath great Judgement inBooks, as well as a curious Collection of them, which he communi-cates to his Friends with a generous Freedom, was pleafod out of hisown Motion, to impart to the Editor the Original Wardrobe Accountof this Year, which contains the following Particulars relating to thisOrder.

<c Parcelles of the accomptes of Piers Courteys alfigned to kepe the grete<c Warderobefrom 23 of Apr. in the 20 Year of Edward the Fourth untoCf Michaelmas next enfoing, by Vertue of a Privy Seal directed to the“ Bifliop of Ely^ John Wbde undertreforer of Englond and others, The“ tenour of which writ follows—— and alfo of the ly veres of the noble<f ordre and ryght worfchipfull fraternité, and Brotherhode of Saynt<c George, and of the Garter, as well for oure owne Perfon, as oure molt<c enterely beloved wyffe the Queue, our deleft fon the Prynce, our ryght“ dere and welbeloved Chyldren oure fon the duke of Torke, and the la-“ dies Elyzaheth, Cecile and Mary oure doughters, as to all the Lords, La-“ dies, and Knyghts of the fame fraternité and Brotherhode of Saynti( George, and of the Gartier, the Bifliop of Wyncheßre Chapelleyn to thecc fame fraternité and brotherhode, the Bifchop of Saleshery Chauncelar oflf the fame, and mailler Thomas Danet Regeftre of the fame fraternité

and brotherhode yerely ayenfl the fed: of Saynt George for the tyme<f aforefiid.

“ For making of a Gowne and a hode of the liveree of the GarterC( for the Duke de Ferrar viii s. and for making of a Manteli of blue<c velvett for the faide Duke de Ferrar garnysflit with a riche Garter oftf ruddeur vii s.

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