of this Knighthood adtually conferred on them, werethen permi tted to have che Honour ofßtting ac Dinnerwith his Majefly.

We proceed now to confider another Report ofFroißart's P, concerning the Coronation of Henry IV,which is acknowledged by Mr. * Camden to be the moftancient Teftimony he had found, relating to Knightsof the Bath : r Mr. Seiden adds, “ That the firß expreßfC Mentim of them, as a dißinft Order, is commonly at -ic trihuted to the Begiming of this Reign” I fhall here ren-der the Words of Froißart, recited in the Appendix, andfrom whom we learn, <f That the Vigil befbre that<f Coronation, was on the Evening of Saterday , onec that Occafion, and at that Time, in the Tower,“ there watched, faith he, that Night, all the Efquires,f f who were on the next Morning to be created Knights,<f to the Number of Forty-fix, each of them hadff his Elquire [attending him] a feparate Chamber,<f and each his feparate Bath, where the Rices of Bath-ff ing were that Night performed. On the Day fol-<( lowing the Duke of Lancaßer [Henry IV.] at the“ Time of celebrating Maß, created them Knights,“ giving them long green Coats, the Sleeves whereof{{ were cut ftreight, and furred with Minever, andct with great Hoods or Chaperons furred in the fame

p Append. Numb- 34.

p* 678.

q Britann. p, 124.

r Titles of Honour ,