die leveral Materials provided by the Wardrobe for thatpurpofe, and they are luch, whichare ftill continued forthe lame Ule; though for the King’s Service, upon thishis perlonal Knighthood, they were of a more rieh andcurious Compofition.

It is more particularly remarkable, from this Re-cord, that with reference to the Ornaments of theChamber, wherein the King was to bathe, there is aCircumftance mentioned, which dilcovers, the King’sArms were placed in the Corners of the Tapeftry;and the Method of placing the armorial Enfigns ofKnights of the Bath , in the Room where they bathe,ftill continues. It likewife appears from the lame Re-cord, the King performed his Vigils on the Laft of Ja-nuaryi and we know, that he was folemnly crownedon the Day fbllowing. . <

Our Writers are divided in Opinion, as to the a par-ticular Perlon, by whom this Creation of Knighthoodwas adtually folemnized: they who luppole him to havebeen h John of Heinault , afterward Earl of Cambridge ,leem to me to form their Judgment upon the moftprobable Grounds, as it was more elpecially, by hisIntereft, this King obtained the Throne.

In the Third Year of his Reign, there is an Entry,dire£ting Provilions to be made for Vigils, Beds, and

a By Henry Earl of Lancafter. Walf Ypod. Neuftr. p. 509. 11. 30.b Cleopatra D. 9. in Bibi. Cotton. Edvard as in feftn Santi® Brigida aJohanna fratre Comitis Hannonia miles faftus, & eodem die in Regem con-fecratus. c Appendix, Num'b. 22.

Robes,