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Jiïa fui EDOARDO Tertio

Dom. Ottonis Holland,Dom. Henr. Em,

Dom. San. Dabrydgcourt,Dom. Gaulteri Pavelay.

Cætera hujus horfom fpedantia non 4 extant.

Sir Otes HollandySir Henry Em>

Sir Sanchet D' Abrydgcourt,Sir Walter Pavely .

But toothing elfe relating to this Order is 4 extant*

* Additions made by the Editor taken FromRecords and Hiftorians, during the Reignof Edw. III.

'The Infiitution of this Order is placed by FroilTartin the 18 th Tear ofhiw. Ill, and the fir fi Mention oj theTerm or Word in any Record hitherto dtfcovered is in theWardrobe Account commencing at Michaelmas 21 Ed.Ill, and ending on 31 January in the 23 d Tear pub-lißied at large in Page 102. Note e. And the next is aPayment for 24 Habits thereof in the 25 th Tear printedin page 105. note p.

Comp. Johis de Buckyngham cuflodis GarderobaeHofpitii de anno xxvii Edw. tertii penes Rem. Re-gis. .

In oblationibus diflributis ad magnam Miflàm inpræfentïa Regis celebratam in fello Sanfti Georgii& ad unàm Miflàm pro Fratribus ejufdem Ordinisdefunftis vi s. ix d.

In oblationibus Domini Regis ad magnum alta-re in Capella Sanfti Georgii apud Wyndefor in vigi-lia ejufdem Sanfti vi s. viii d.

In confimilibus oblationibus difti Dorn. Regisad reliquias ih eadem capella eodem die vi. s .viii d.

In oblationibus ejufdem Dom. Regis ad miflàmde Requie pro Fratribus ejufdem Ordinis defunftis vi-delicet in craftino Sanfti Georgii vi s. viii d.

This is remembred to be a mtffl fdemn Feafi in theBelgick Chronicle wrote by John a Leydis /. 30. r. 17.A. D. 1353 in fello Sanfti Georgij Martyris, TertiusEdvardm Rex Anglia celebravit folemniffimäm Cu-riam & fecit grande convivium cunftis Principibus& Baronibus fuis Óc.

Of the 32 Tear there are fever al Entries. Tlsat re-lating to the payment of 500 l. to the Queen towardsproviding her Apparel againfi this Feafi is inferted inp. too note l. to which is to be added t

Exit Pell. Pafch. 32 E* 3. in officio Pellium, Di-verfis Nunciis & Curforibus miflis ad diverfas partesAnglia cum Uteris de privato & fecreto ligillo di-reftis diverlis Dominis & Dominabus ad exiftend.apud Wyndefore ad felium Sanfti Georgij 47 s. 8c 11 d.

Waltero Norman 8c xxiii fociis fuis fuper cariagi-um Avenarum verfus Windefore circa felium SanftiGeorgii xiii s. iv d.

Willimo Volaunt Regi Heraldorum in denariis libiliberatis de dono Regis pro bono fervido per ip-fum eidem Dom. Regi impenfo in fello SanftiGeorgii lxvi s. viii d.

Hankino filio Libbini & xxiii Sociis fuis Mini-flrallis Dom. Regis iri denariis eis liberatis pro bo-no fervitio per ipfos eidem Dom. Regi apud Wyn-defore ad felium prædiftum impenfis xvi /.

This Feafi hath been remembred by Foreign as wellas Domeftick Hifiorians. In the Lives of the Popes who

refidcd at Avignon pMifhed by Baluzius p. 352.A. D. 1358. In fello S. Georgii Dominus Rex Angliafolemniffimam Curiam fecit fuis Principibus. In aManufcript given by the Duke cf Norfolk to the He-ralds Office numbered 48 A. D. MCCCLVIII Hocanno apud Wyndefor Rex Edvardus Tertius feliumS. Georgii Martyris fecit primo folempniter cele-brari. But this Part of its being the firfi Feafi appearsan evident Miflake from the preceeding Proofs • Le-land in his Colled, voi. 1. p. 568 takes notice of theSplendour of this grand Feafi , and a MS in the fa-mous Harley an Lwrary 40 D. 15. A. D. 1358 “ The“ Kyng beide ryally St. George Fefi at Windefore,“ yere being Kyng John of France, ye wbiche Kyng“ John feid in fcorn, that He faw never fo Ryall a“ Fefie and fo cofielewe mad with tailles of Tre withoutK paying of Gold and Stiver ” Mr. Barns having metprobablj with this Quotation, doth in his Hiftory ofEdw. HI. p. 53 6. turn the Expreffim that He neverfawfuch Feaftings without Jome if ter Reckoning, whereasit certainty alludes to the Fradice of iffuing Taideswhich are cut in Wood out of the Exchequer. Knigh-ton col. 26 1 7 defcribes this Feafi more largely: Rex fe-cit proclamationem in omnibus partibus regni,quod omnes alienigenae de quibufcunq; partibusmundi, qui advenire vellent aci folempnitates SanftiGeorgii haberent liberum conduftum ingrediendiregnum Anglia & regrediendi ad placitum per tresfeptinianas abfq; impedimento vel nocumento cu-jufcunq; ad haftiludia cuilibet volenti in fuo graduprofequi generalia. Venit ibi Dux Brabantia , &multi Vafconij, Regina quoq; Scotia affuit cum mul-tis aliis Dominabus. Nobilitas hujus folennitatisrhulta erat nimis, nec eli noilræ facultatis ejus glo-riola fàfta evolvere.

Of the 34 Tear there remains a Wardrobe Accountof preparing the Habit for the Companions , which maybe Jeen in p, 42. note to which ts to be added fromthe fame Account m. 13 Job- Marreis Ciflori Domi-ni Regis ad 1 robam de 3 garniamentis pro eodemDom. Rege contra feftumS. Georgij de feftâ militumde Garterio faciend* & furrur. & capuc. diftæ robæliniand. cum pan. fcarletto & manuciam & capuc.diftae robæ circumligand. cum rub. aur.

iii quart* unius uln. pan. fcarl.

v uln. pan. nigr.color. long.

ii uln. pan. blanc, pro linura tunicæ.

i furrur. de ce ventr. men. pur.

xxvi bell. Ermyns

dim. uln. findonis glauc. de trip.

iii uln. rubant auri flrift.

In the 3<j Tear in a Protncoll of Eafler Term in thePelle Office. 7 Aprilis Wtllimo de Farriby ClericoHofpitii Regis & Reginæ fuper expenfis faciendisapud Windefore in fello S. Georgii proxime futuro c /.

In