Fees payable for Strangers.
§ 4. That Strangers should be liable to the demand of Fees, was thought unreasonable; therefore by the Sta∣tutes of Institution, the Sovere•gn is obliged to pay them; the first Example whereof that we meet with, is an Order, 1 Hen. VI. which appointed: That the usual Fees, due for the Installation of the King of Denmark, should be dis∣charg'd by the Sovereign, as the S•atute enjoin'd.
To this purpose Privy-Seals were issued to the Lord T•easurer for the time being, to pay the Fees to the Re∣gister of the Order out of the Exchequer, which was the constant Custom, till King Charles I. in the 13th Year of his Reign, settled an Annual Pension of 1200 l. upon the O•der; and by a Comm•ssion in the said Year, im∣power'd the Chancellor of the Order, and his Successors, to pay out of the same, not only the ordinary, but also ex∣traordinary Charges of the O•der; wherein the Fees for •nstallation of Strangers are included.
Notwithstanding the Sovereign (as we have shown) dis∣•harg'd the Installation Fees due from Strangers, yet they Page 410 or their Proctors for them, did always bestow particular Rewards on the College, the Officers of the Order and of Arms, the Alms-Knights, and some others who attended the Solemnity, and in particular Garter had anciently be∣stowed on him a rich Gown, to wear at the time of In∣stallation, but of late he has been presented with some other thing of considerable Value. They also were li∣beral to the Officers of Arms, as appears by several Lar∣gesses given to them by their Proctors, and in general to the greatest part of those that gave their Attendance.