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Affa fub Anno fex to E D W A R DI Sexti. 4.67

in men (à (ederent, & non ex natalium aut (ìli ftatûs honore : nifi fortaflè, .Supremus juxta generis fui nobilitatem, quos eligi vellet, qui fini fassmenlæ coadderent, aut aliud quiddam obiter exhiberent.

Anno Chriftianilfimi Regis Hetirici Octavi decimo tertio, die fèdo Puri- P- 3 T $ficationis Mariana clarilfimus ille titulus acceptus eli, ut præponderatismeritis fiâei defenfor appelletur, neq; fibi foli, fod fuccefibribus item fit isAnglia Regibus perpes eller.

a Aprilis xxiii annoque fexto forenilfimi Regis Edoardi Sexti Dei gratia, p. 320:Anglia, Francia, Sc Hibernia Regis, Fidei defenforis —- — — —,

Ele&io Equitum clarillimi Ordinis Garterii iVeßmonaßerii ad hunc mo-dum inftituta fuit.

Nominabant

Principes, Barones, Equites,

Com. Weftmerlandia , Dom. Dakers , Dom. And. Dudley ,Dom. Ant. Seyntlegtr ,Gom. RutUndU , Dom. Morleye, Dom. Job. Gates,

Com. Varvici. Dom. Willoughbie,Dom , Gul. Sydney.

Dom.’

haps the Sovereign ßould chufe whom he ßould according to the Nobility oftheir Race, who ßould fit with him at the End of his Table, or ßould on Oc -cafion exhibit any other [Service] to him.

In the thirteenth Tear of the mofi chrifiian King Henry the Eighth, on theFeafi of the Purification of [the Virgin ] Mary, that mofi renowned Title wasaccepted, that upon Merits of greater Value he ßould be called Defender ofthe Faith, which was not to be only to himfelf, but entire likewife to his Sue -cejfors Kings of England.

The 23d of a April in the fixth Tear of the mofi ferene King Edward theSixth by the Grace of God, King of England, France, and Ireland, Defender

The EleHion of Knights of the mofi noble Order of the Garter was made atWellminfter after this Manner,

Named

Princes , Barons , Knights ,

The E . of Weftmerl. Lord Dakers, Sir And. Dudley,

Sir Anth. Seyntleger, Earl of Rutland, Lord Morley, Sir John Gates,

E. of Warwick. LordW illoughby.i> Will. Sydney.

a The Minutes of the Privy Gmcil xi Feb. 6 E.6 , contain this Entry. A Letter fent by the PrivyCouncil to Garter Iteratili of Arms , to repayre toMr. Secretary Cecyll to give him Inflruüions for aCommißhn for taking down the late Duke of Somer-fet’r Arms. It is to be remembred that Cecyll ms atthis Time Chancellour alfo of this Order.

In the Acl of Parliament 5 0 6 E. 6, c.2, thereis a ReferVation {or the Observation of St. George';

Feflival.

The Memorial of the Removal of the Lord Pagetfrom this Order , ms probably taken out of this Re-gi/ter by Queen Mary, who refiored him to it on 27Sept, in her firft {Tear, with an honourable Character.King Edward in his Journal p. >50. takes Notice of thisDegradation on 22 Apr. for the Reafons there men-tioned ; fee hereof Albm. Hift. p. 285. CamdenEliz. ad A. D. 1563, and Stow’s Annalsi

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