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rets * 0 tanquam pro Cordte, as, for an EarJ; p commepour celuy , qui eß fitz de Conte, as, for the Son of anEarl.

V. In Regard to the Number of the Knights men-tioned by this Hiftorian, I muH: take the Liberty ofremarking, upon the Authority of the Record here re-ferred to, that he was miftaken. There were not, asit appears from this Inftrument, Three hundred Gentle-men then knighted, but only Two hundred fixty fe-ven *, whofe Names being already printed by ? Mr. Aß-mole, it was not neceffary to repeat them in the Ap-pendix, where a diftinft Account is given of the Habitsprovided by the Wardrobe on the Occafion. At whichTime it is alfo memorable, as I have Authority to ob-(erve from a Manufcript in my r Cuftody, that theEarls of Hertford and Lincoln, at that Time, performedthe Ceremony of putting on the Spurs of the Knights 5one of the grand Rites in conveying this Degree ofKnighthood.

Under the Reign of Edward II, the Accounts ofthe Wardrobe are ftillmore expreß, and particular, inmentioning the Articles relating to the Creation of

0 Appendix, Numb. 20.p Appendix, Numb. 13.q Hifrory of the Garter, p. 37.r Appendix, Numb. 14.

Knights;