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CHAP. XVI. THE Installation OF A Stranger by Proxie. (Book 16)

SECT. I. Touching the Choice and Nomination of a Proxie.

THE Invested Stranger, of what Dignity, State, or Condition soe∣ever, is enjoined by the Statutes (after such his Investiture) to send hither a a 1.1 Proctor or Deputy (for we find both Titles indifferently applied to one person) to be installed on his behalf, in the Seat assigned him within the Chappel of St. George at Windesor.

The time limited by the Statutes of Institution, for sending him hither, is b 1.2 eight Months after Investiture with the Habit and Ensigns of the Order. Yet in King Henry the Fifth's Statutes it is but c 1.3 seven Months; and those of King Henry the Eighth allow only d 1.4 seven Months and no more, and that not only af∣ter Investiture, but after the Stranger hath e 1.5 certified the Soveraign of his Re∣ception of the Order.

The French King Francis the First, was so earnest for the compleating this honor, that he f 1.6 speedily (after he had received the Habit and Ensigns) dispatch•• his Proctor hither, to perform what the Statutes required in this particular. And for the general we observe so little slackness in Stranger-Princes, nay so great a forward••ess to obtain the accomplishment of this Honor, that their Deputie•• have been installed for them within the limited time.

But King Henry the Eighth's Statutes have further provided, g 1.7 That in case a Stranger do not send his Deputy or Proctor within seven Months, without having a reasonable excuse, and such as should be allowed by the Soveraign or his Deputy, the Election (notwithstanding his former acceptation) should be also void, except so it be, that the Stranger be hindred or disturbed by great Affairs, and then might he send his Excuse to the Soveraign or his Deputy, within one month after; and ac∣cording as the Soveraign or his Deputy should allow or disallow of ••is Excuse, that then the Soveraign or his Deputy might give unto him four months of respite more, within which time, if he neither come nor send his Deputy to be installed for him, then the said Election should be void for that time.

And sometimes it hath fallen out, that through the multiplicity of Affairs, Strangers could not punctually observe the ancient Law of the Statutes in this point; nevertheless, by virtue of the limitation in those Statutes of King Henry the Eighth, upon a sufficient cause, the Soveraign hath been pleased to excuse the delay; but the instances are very few, as that of the French King Charles the Ninth, who was h 1.8 invested at Lyons, an. 6. Eliz. but not installed till the i 1.9 22. of Ianuary, in the eighth year of the same Queen.

And when of late the Garter and George only were sent to a Stranger, the Ce∣remonies of Installation have also been dispensed with till a more convenient time, as appears from the l 1.10 Instructions of the 4. of March, an. 19. Car. 1. given at the sending these two Principal Ensigns of the Order to William Prince of Orange, and Bernard de Foix Duke d' Espernon (in regard of the interruptions then given by the Rebellion here) nevertheless m 1.11 then to be performed with all usual Rites and Honors due to persons so neerly allied unto, and so much esteemed by the then Soveraign of the Order.

Such Dispensations, and for the same reason, was the present Soveraign neces∣sitated to give those Strangers, whom he honored with Election into this most Noble Order, while he remained in Foreign parts.

And upon his Majesties happy Restauration, among many other things relating to the Order, this particular was at several Chapters, taken into serious conside∣ration, in reference not only to the Duke d' Espernon and Prince Maurice, that were dead, but those Strangers also then living, both wanting the full comple∣ment of their Honor by a formal Installations; for at a Chapter held at Whitehall the 10. of April, an. 13. Car. 2. n 1.12 directions were given to Garter, to place the Banners, and other Atchievements of the surviving Strangers over their respective Stalls: The Soveraign then also did by his Supream power (induced by divers considerable reasons) o 1.13 dispence wholly and absolutely with their Instal∣lations, nevertheless declared them and every of them to be esteemed Compani∣ons, and to enjoy all priviledges of the Order, as if they had been installed Personally, or by Proxie; with this further declaration notwithstanding, That as the like necessity and conjuncture could never happen again, so he would not upon any motion or pretence whatsoever give the like Dispensation. Finally, at another Chapter, held at Whitehall the 20. of February following, it was con∣cluded, and the Soveraign again declared his pleasure, to dispence with the said Strangers Installations by a formal Act, thereupon commanded to be drawn up by the Chancellor; which he having performed, read it in a subsequent Chapter, where it received approbation. A Copy whereof here follows.

WHereas it is expresly provided by the Statutes of the most Noble Order of the Garter, * 2.1 That no Companion Elect of the same, shall enjoy the priviledges of a compleat Knight thereof, before he be actually installed, either in his Person o•• by his sufficient Proxie, within the accustomed time, and according to the usual Rites and Formalities, which some of those noble Persons, who though Elected, could not possibly perform and receive, during the late troubles, nor legally since our return into our Dominions, by reason of the space of time elapsed since their Election, beyond that which is allowed and prescribed by the Statutes, as also for the many difficul∣ties and incumbrances, through which the performance of their Installations must pass, in some of them who are Strangers, and have their aboad in Foreign and

remote parts; which we taking into our consideration, and that if not all, most part of the foresaid Knights were admitted into our said Order, without those Formali∣ties, which at other times, to have omitted had been an unexcusable breach of Sta∣tute: We conceiving it no more irregular to pass by the Statutes, in matter of their Installation, than it was in point of their Election, the observation of the usual forms in either of them having proved equally difficult or rather impossible; for these and other reasons, particularly for the avoiding that prejudice, which some of the said Companions, who are now dead, and have a like interest therein, with those that survive them, would have undergone (who for want of being installed, would have been left out of the Catalogue of the Founders in the Register-Books of our Order) as we heretofore declared our pleasure to be, That such of them as are dead, should not for want of being installed, be deprived of the honor of being called Founders, and for those that are yet alive, that they should not suffer likewise in that respect, or in point of their Ranks and Precedency: And accordingly with the advice and consent of our other Companions, in the Chapter held the 10. of April last, we did regulate the Stalls, and command their Hatchments to be set up in the Chappel of St. George, in our Castle of Windesor, according to their Elections in point of time, We conti∣nuing in our former purpose, for the putting an end to the irregularities which the late troubles occasioned in our foresaid Order, and the many questions and difficul∣ties which have ensued thereupon, and especially in this particular, We have thought good to dispence with the Installation of all the said Knights, whether they be Subjects or Strangers, dead or living, and whatsoever omission of, or contravention to the Sta∣tutes, may have hapned upon that account, And that the same notwithstanding, they all shall be held and reputed for compleat Knights of our foresaid Order, and enjoy all the priviledges and advantages of it, with the rest of the Companions, in as full and ample manner, as if they had installed and performed all the Rites, and Ce∣remonies, usual upon such occasions.

But it seems to rest in the pleasure of the Stranger, whether he will chuse to send over hither any person of his own Court, or give his Procuration to some one of the Soveraign's Subjects, to receive his Stall, and in his name to take pos∣session of it; the later of which hath been several times done, out of desire to favour some of our Nobility, or other persons of quality at Court, with this ho∣nor: For instance, Frederick the Second King of Denmark; gave his Procura∣tion to the p 2.2 Lord Willoughby (principal in the Legation, for the carriage of the Habit of the Order to him) to be installed for him; and in like manner, q 2.3 Iohn Prince Palatine of the Rhyne, deputed Sir Philip Sidney to the same Employ∣ment: r 2.4 Viscount Dorchester was installed for Henry Prince of Orange, to whom he (and Sir Williams Segar, Garter) had before carried the Habit and Ensigns: and this was done by virtue of a Deputation pen'd in s 2.5 French, and sent him hi∣ther from the said Prince. The Earl of Carlisle received his Deputation from Charles King of Sweden at Stockholme; and the Prince Elector of Saxony sent his hither to the Earl of Bath.

But it hath sometimes hapned, that a Proctor for the installation of a Stranger, hath been appointed and nominated by the Soveraign of the Order, though the Principal had named another before, perchance induced thereto by some extraordinary necessity. Thus it hapned in the case of Maurice Prince of Orange an. 10. Iac. R. who having deputed t 2.6 Count Henry his Brother to be installed for him, and he having put to Sea in order thereto, but by reason of u 2.7 contrary winds, not arriving in England before the day appointed for his Installation, the Soveraign and Knights-Companions ordered, that w 2.8 Lodowick of Nassau, Kins∣man to the Elect Prince, should take possession of his Stall on his behalf; to the end that the honor designed the said Prince, in accompanying Frederick Prince Elector Palatine to his personal Installation, might not become frustrate.

A case somewhat like to this, was that of Iohn George Duke of Saxony; for having sent over his Procuration to Iohn Earl of Bath, and he being detained in the West by extraordinary occasions, when St. George's Feast was held at Windesor, an. 23. Car. 2. wrote to the Chancellor of the Order, to obtain the

Soveraign's Dispensation for his not appearing there in the name of his Princi∣pal; who * 2.9 representing his humble request to the Soveraign, in Chapter held on the Eve of the said Feast, he was pleased to grant it, and appointed Heneage Earl of Winchelsey to be the Duke's Proxie, who performed the whole service.

And there is an ancient Example in this kind, x 2.10 an. 9. H. 5. where the Soveraign nominated the y 2.11 Lord Fitz-Hugh, Procter for the King of Denmark; which yet was not done, till after the Soveraign had been certified, that the said King had been invested with the Habit and Ornaments of the Order, and also z 2.12 ob∣liged himself by Oath to the observation of the Statutes.

In like manner it is recorded,a 2.13 that the Earl of Cleveland was by the Soveraign appointed Deputy, for the Installation of Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden; and yet not unlike but this might be by consent of the said King, though the An∣nals herein are silent; (as is very usual, and sometimes in circumstances and passages of note) for if we look towards the end of the said King's Certificate, returned of his Receipt of the Habit and Ensigns of the Order, we shall there find he desired, b 2.14 that the Qualifications therein before mentioned, might be admitted into his Oath, when any solemn attestation should be made by his Pro∣ctor in his Name; whence it may be well enough (and without much wresting) inferr'd, that he had not then named his Proctor, but probably either by a pri∣vate Letter, or verbal message, returned by those (or some of them) joined in the Legation with the Habit, might leave him and the time to the choice and appointment of the Soveraign.

But suppose the Soveraign (being loth to defer this King's Installation too long, considering the hazards of War) did appoint a Deputy for his Installation, with∣out his direction; as the case stood he might do it, and not intrench upon that leave given a Stranger by the Statutes, to chuse his own; because in the body of the said Kings Certificate, there is set down the very qualifications where∣with his Oath should be taken by his Proctor, which being allowed and admit∣ted by the Soveraign, any further concern in this Affair was but matter of indifferency.

But if the Soveraign, having nominated a Proctor, should also cause him to take the ancient Oath, in its absolute nature and form, not allowing those qualifications, which the interests of his Principal, to his Religion, or to other Princes Orders, and such like, might justly exact (which without consulting an invested Stranger, cannot well be known or set down) and such an Oath as his Principal had neither allowed of, nor consented unto: this might seem good cause of exception, and be esteemed done in prejudice to his preingaged interests.

SECT. II. The Proctor's Qualifications.

BUT whether the Proctor be nominated by his Principal, or by the Soveraign, the Statutes of the Order put some qualifications upon the person so sent, or appointed as aforesaid: and first,

That he be * 2.15 Procurator sufficiens, & a 2.16 idoneus; that is, b 2.17 such a person who hath been always accounted of an unblamable conversation, not branded with any note of infamy, but altogether irreproveable. And such as one was Domi∣nus Franciscus — Deputy to Hercules Duke of Ferara, who in the Black-Book of the Order, is characterised to be c 2.18 a Knight of an incorrupt Fame; nor are we to doubt, but that other Proctors to Strangers were such, though the testimoni∣als of their virtue do not appear in the Annals of the Order.

Secondly, the Proctor ought to be a person d 2.19 correspondent to the State and Dignity of that Stranger which doth depute him; so that answerable to the dignity of the Invested Knight, ought to be (in some Proportion) the quality of the Proctor. And how this Injunction hath been observed, will sufficiently ap∣pear in the following Scheme.

	Knights.	Proctors.
Emperor.	Maximilian the First.	Marquess of Branden∣burgh.	An. 6. H. 7.
Kings.	Ericus King of Denmark.	Lord Fitz-Hugh.	An. 9. H. 5.
Kings.	Francis the First of France.	Andrian de Tercelin Lord of Bross.	An. 19. H. 8.
Kings.	Iames the Fifth King of Scotland.	Lord Iohn Erskine.	An. 26. H. 8.
Kings.	Charles the Ninth of France.	Iaques Lord Remboil∣liet.	An. 8. Eliz.
Kings.	Frederick the Second King of Denmark.	Peregrine Lord Wil∣loughby of Ersby.	An. 24. Eliz.
Kings.	Henry the Fourth of France.	Sier de Chastes Vice-Admiral of France.	An. 42. Eliz.
Kings.	Christierne the Fourth King of Denmark.	Henry Ramell, heredita∣ry Lord of Wosterwitz and Beckeskaw.	An. 3. Iac. R.
Kings.	Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden.	Thomas Wentworth Earl of Cleveland.	An. 4. Car. 1.
Kings.	Charles King of Sweden.	Charles Howard Earl of Carlisle.	An. 23. Car. 2.
Arch Duke	Ferdinand Arch-Duke of Austria.	George de Halwyn, Ba∣ron of Gomyns.	An. 16. H. 8.
Dukes.	Peter Duke of Conimbero.	Iohn Lord Typtost.	An. 6. H. 6.
Dukes.	Guido Vbaldus Duke of Vrbin.	Sir Balthasar de Casti∣lian Knight.	An. 22. H. 7.
Dukes.	Emanuel Duke of Savoy.	Iohan Thomas Langusts des Contes de Stro∣piane.	An. 1. & 2. Ph. & Mar.
Dukes.	Adolph Duke of Hol∣stein.	Walter Devereux Vis∣count Hereford.	An. 3. Eliz.
Dukes.	Henry Prince of Orange.	Dudley Carleton Vis∣count Dorchester.	An. 4. Car. 1.
Dukes.	Iohn George Duke of Saxony.	Heneage Finch Earl of Winchelsey.	An. 23. Car. 2.
Earls.	Anne Montmorency Earl of Beaumont.	Sir Amye de Courteney Knight Sier de Villert.	An. 25. H. 8.
Earls.	Philip Chabot Earl of Newblank.	Sir Iames Deschateners Knight Sier de Beaulion.	An. 25. H. 8.

Thirdly it is provided, * 2.20 that he be a Knight, and without any manner of Re∣proach; and if it so happen, that he have not received the degree of Knighthood, the Soveraign is to bestow that honor, before he be allowed to take upon him the execution of his deputative power; for none butf 2.21 Knights are capable of this Ho∣nor, or g 2.22 permitted to bear the Ensigns of so great an Order.

Hereupon the Lord Willoughby of Ersbie, Proctor for Frederick the Second King of Denmark, and Sir Philip Sidney, for Iohn Count Palatine of the Rhyne; were * 2.23both Knighted by the Soveraign at Windesor Castle, the morning before they proceeded to take possession of their Principals Stalls.

Notwithstanding, there was a reason why this particular was not strictly stood upon (though moved) in the case (and it is the single case) of h 2.24 Henry Ramell, Deputy for Christian the Fourth King of Denmark, an. 3. Iac. R. for it being ta∣ken notice of, that he was not a Knight, certain persons were sent from the So∣veraign to signifie his pleasure, that he should be advanced to the honor of Knighthood, before he took upon him the Ensigns of the Order, in his Kings be∣half; to which he made answer, i 2.25 that he appeared here not in his own, but in the name of the King of Denmark, and that such a Degree of honor was unu∣sual in his own Country (being born in Pomerania) and therefore humbly desired that he might be excused for receiving the honor. Upon which answer the So∣veraign was pleased to k 2.26 dispence with him, and forthwith the said Deputy (but no Knight) l 2.27 received the Ornaments of the Order, and was admitted to take the Stall assigned to the said King his Principal.

SECT. III. His Letters of Procuration.

THE authority wherewith an Elect-Stranger invests his Proxie, is chiefly deduceable from the words in his Letters of Procuration or Deputation, which ought to pass under the Hand and Seal of his Principal, and do generally contain these particulars.

First, m 2.28 he premiseth the Soveraign's Election of him into the Order of the Garter, and his Receipt of the Habit and Ensigns thereof; then takes notice of the obligation which the Statutes of the Order put upon him, for sending a Proxie to take possession of his Stall, in regard the dignity whereunto he is advanced in his own Country, will not permit him to repair personally to Windesor; and being not only desirous, that the Election and Investiture should obtain its due effect, but to fulfil, as far as in him lies, the Injunctions of the Statutes, in what concerns the assuming of his Stall, and taking the Oath appointed, He there∣fore ordains, authorises, and deputes, a person fitly qualified (named in the De∣putation) his sufficient Proctor and special Deputy, to appear at the Castle of Windesor on his behalf, and in his Name at the next Solemnity that should be held there, to supply his room, and receive possession of the Stall assigned him, according to the usual form; and to perform in all respects those Cere∣monies and things, in his behalf, due and accustomed, or should appear to be∣long any way to the splendor or ornament of the Order: As also to take the accustomed Oath, with those qualifications, and in that form, as had been (or should be) agreed upon; and further to fulfill all other things, which he should think necessary, to be performed on this occasion, or whatsoever thing might require a more special command, than was contained in the Letters of Procu∣ration; and as fully as the Stranger should be obliged unto, and would do, if he were there present in his own person. Lastly, there is usually added a Clause of Ratification and Confirmation of all such things, as the Proctor should say or do, in reference to the Solemnity of Installation.

SECT. IV. Of the Proctor's Reception.

SOon after the arrival of the Proxie, and that the Soveraign is acquainted with the occasion of his coming, he at some convenient time a 2.29 giveth him Audi∣ence;

after which a day for Installation is assigned, (where the Soveraign or his Lieutenant are present) the Soveraign nominates some of the Knights-Compani∣ons his Commissioners to perform the Ceremonies.

Heretofore, the Soveraign hath caused the Proctor to be received with very great state; for so was b 2.30 Sir Balthasar Castilian, sent hither from the Duke of Vrbin, an. 22. H. 7. whom Sir c 2.31 Thomas Brandon, with a goodly company of his own Ser∣vants, well horst, met at the Sea side; and thence continually kept company with him, till they came neer Deptsord in Kent, where, by the Soveraign's com∣mand, he was met by Sir d 2.32 Thomas Dokara, Lord of St. Iohns, and Sir Thomas Wriothesley Garter: The said Sir Thomas Dokara had attending him e 2.33 30 of his Servants all in new Liveries, well horsed, every Gentleman bearing a Javelin in his hand, and every Yeoman a Bow, and a Sheaf of Arrows, and so they con∣veyed him to his Lodging. The next day they conducted him to London, and by the way there met him divers Italians, and Paulus de Gygeles the Popes Vice-Collector, to whose house he was conveyed and there lodged.

The Reception also of Iames Lord Rambouillet, Proctor for the French King Charles the Ninth, was very noble; to whom, as soon as the Soveraign heard of his arrival at Gravesend (being f 2.34 Tuesday the ••8. of Ianuary an. 8. Eliz.) she sent thither g 2.35 Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton, Mr. Midlemore, and other Gentlemen, who the next day landed him at the Tower-Wharf, where all taking Horse, they conduc∣ted him to his Lodgings, neer St. h 2.36 Maries Spittle, without Bishops-Gate; within which place lay the Ambassador Leiger of France.

SECT. V. The Preparations for Installation.

THE Preparations for the Installation of a Stranger by Proxie, are the same as for the Proxie of a Knight-Subject, and mentioned as before, namely the (1.) Commission for Installation, (2.) Letters of notice to the Commissioners. (3.) Warrants for removal of Stalls, (4.) for the Strangers Atchievements, and (5.) some other particulars of less note: All which are to be obtained by the Chancellor of the Order, under the Soveraign's Sign Manual, to which the Signet of the Order is to be affixt.

* 2.37 The form of the Commission is much the same, with that drawn up for In∣stallation of a Knight-Subject, both as to the material and circumstantial parts; whereof we have a 2.38 already discourst. The b 2.39 Preamble constains the same matter, and the authority wherewith the Proxie is impowered, and is penn'd with like words; the variation lies only in those expressions, which lay down the causes of the Stranger's absence, and for the most part are generally exprest, but if in particular, then are the words fitted with alterations sutable to the occasion.

* 2.40 The Letters sent from the Soveraign to each of the Commissioners appointed for Installation,c 2.41 giving them notice and information of the Solemnity, and requiring their attendance at Windesor, on the day assigned, are of the same nature with those prepared against the Installation of a Knight-Subject by his Proxie; the necessary alterations being taken in, where the occasion requires.

* 2.42 Thirdly, a Warrant for the Removal of Stalls, is likewise to be obtained from the Soveraign, and sent unto Garter, to see it put in execution, according to its tenour, whereby a Stall being assigned to the Stranger, his Proxie having ta∣ken possession thereof, may set over it the Atchievements of his Principal. The ground of this Removal, and the practice thereupon, in relation both Stran∣gers and Knights-Subjects, is discoursed of at large, among the d 2.43 Preparations made for the Personal Installation of a Knight-Subject.

In the last place,* 2.44 a Warrant is to be drawn and signed by the Soveraign, for providing the Stranger's Atchievements at the Soveraign's charge; namely, his Helm, Crest, Mantlings, and Sword, together with a Banner of his Arms and Quarterings; and these the Proctor is * 2.45 enjoined to bring along with him to Windesor.

Sometimes a Warrant hath been directed to the M••••ter of the Wardrobe, to pro∣vide but some part of these Atchievements; and another Warrant to the Lord Treasurer of England, to deliver Garter money to provide the other part; in each of which, the particulars relating to either are enumerated. For so were the Warrants drawn up, for the Atchievements of the French King a 2.46 Henry the Second. At other times the direction hath been to the Master of the Great Wardrobe, to provide and deliver to Garter the whole, who thereupon put the charge upon account; as were those Warrants for Atchievements for the b 2.47 Duke of Chevereux and King of Sweden.

Sometimes particular Warrants have been directed to the Master of the Ward∣robe, to deliver forth several parcels of the Materials, for the making up these Atchievements, to the persons employed in the work, or oversight thereof, as were those Warrants to deliver the c 2.48 Soveraign's Embroiderer, and to d 2.49 Garter so much Velvet, Cloth of Gold, &c. for making the great Banner and other the Atchievements of Charles the Ninth, and Henry the Third the French Kings, and Christian Prince of Denmark.

But it appears that Garter hath sometimes laid out the money, for making all, or part of the Atchievements, and then he delivered his Bill of disbursements into the Wardrobe, as is manifest from those Bills drawn up for the Atchieve∣ments of e 2.50 Frederick the Second King of Denmark, f 2.51 Iohn Count Palatine of the Rhyne, and the g 2.52 Duke of Holstien.

Besides the Atchievements,* 2.53 some other things used at the Solemnity, are com∣monly included in the foresaid Warrants, as (1.) a Plate of Brass gilt, whereon are engraven and enamelled in Colours the Stranger's Coat of Arms and Quar∣terings, within a Garter; as also his Helm, Crest, and Supporters, and under∣neath these his whole Stile and Titles of Honor: (2.) A Majesty Scutcheon, to be set over the Soveraign's Stall, and another over the Strangers, there to remain during the time of Installation. And when Prince Henry was constituted the Soveraign's Lieutenant for St. George's Feast, at which time also Christian the Fourth King of Denmark was installed; he likewise had a h 2.54 Majesty Scutcheon placed 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his Stall: (3.) Some Lodging Scutcheons of his Arms, marshalled in the same order as they are in his Plate: and (4.) a Cushen of Crimson Vel∣vet, whereon to lay the Mantle, when Garter bears it before the Proctor into the Choire, in case the Proctor doth not carry it on his own arm. Lastly, for the carriage of all these things to Windesor, a Trunk is likewise to be provided.

We do not think it needful to place the Mantle of the Order here, with those things that are to be prepared at the Soveraign's charge against this Solemnity; for the i 2.55 Statutes of Institution appoint the Proxie to bring one with him, not that the Soveraign should provide it, having done that before at the k 2.56 Legation with the whole Habit: Nor have we found in the Rolls or Books of the Sove∣raign's Great Wardrobe, any account made for providing a second Mantle, when the Proxie of a Stranger came hither; which, had the Soveraign been at such charge, would not have been omitted.

SECT. VI. The Proctor's Cavalcade to Windesor.

THE day appointed for the Installation drawing on, the a 2.57 Proxie was here∣tofore accompanied on Horseback, from London to Windesor, with the

Soveraign's Lieutenant and his Assistants (if the Feast of St. George were then al∣so celebrated) or otherwise the Soveraign's Commissioners, with a very great Retinue.

Amongst the rest, when Adrian de Tercelin, Deputy for the French King Francis the First, rode to Windesor, the day before his Installation (being the 24. of Ian. an. 19. H. 8.) b 2.58 all the Knights-Companions that were in Commission for that Solem∣nity, assembled at the Lord Sandys his Place, neer St. Paul's Church in London, whence they rode to the Deputies Lodging, then at the Dean of Pauls his House; and thence accompanied him in good order and gallant equipage, to the Castle of Windesor; where Lodgings were prepared for him at the Dean's House.

In like manner on Tuesday the 15. of Ianuary an. 8. Eliz. the c 2.59 Earls of Sussex and Leicester and Lord Clinton, (d 2.60 three of the four Commissioners appointed for the Installation of the French King Charles the Ninth) with other Lords and Gen∣tlemen, took their Horses at the e 2.61 Court Gate at Westminster, and with a great Train rode to the Lodging of the said Kings Proxie (being then at St. Mary's Spittle in London) whence they took their way through Holborn towards Winde∣sor, the Earl of Southampton, Viscount Mountague, Sir Henry Lea, and Sir Edward Vmpton met them at Langford neer Colebrook with their Hawks, and there shew∣ed the Proxie variety of sport, with which he being exceeding well pleased, they rode to Windesor; where he was accommodated with Lodgings in the Dean's House, f 2.62 for that hath usually been the place to entertain the Stranger's Proxies, when they came to Windesor, upon this solemn occasion.

SECT. VII. Supper after his arrival there.

THE Evening of their arrival passeth with a Supper, for the most part costly and sumptuous; but the principal entertainment is reserved to set forth the magnificence of the following days Dinner, in case the Instalment be appointed to be solemnized on the next morning.

At the Installation of the French King Francis the First, all the g 2.63 Commissioners met at the Marquess of Exceter's Lodgings, and went together to the Dean's House, where they were entertained by him at h 2.64 Supper, all at one Table, at another Table sat i 2.65 Garter, with certain of the Deputy's chief Gentlemen, and some of the Heralds; and at a third Table sat the k 2.66 rest of the Heralds, and other of the Proxy's Servants.

The l 2.67 Commissioners, and other Noblemen, who also accompanied Charles the Ninth's Proctor to Windesor, supped (the Evening of their arrival) with him; he m 2.68 himself sitting at the upper end of the Table, then the Earls of Sussex and Leicester by him, one against the other, next the Earl of Southampton, and Vis∣count Mountague, then the Lord Clinton, and Lord Herbert of Cardiff, after them two Strangers, namely Monsieur Cleremont, and Monsieur de la Lupe, then lower sat the Lord Grey, and other Strangers, and last of all sat Monsieur Doze alias St. Michael, the French Herald, at the lower end, opposite to the Proctor. n 2.69 Garter, Black-Rod, and divers Strangers, supped with the Dean; and in the Parlour and Hall sat divers Pensioners, Gentlemen, and Strangers.

SECT. VIII. Of the Proceeding to the Chapter-house.

WHat hath been before set down, touching the publick Proceeding to the Chapter-house, at the personal Installation of a Knight-Subject, and other particulars relating to that Ceremony, will extend hither, both as to order and circumstances; and there needs no further instruction here, but to look back to the * 2.70 Discourse thereupon: Nevertheless, this general rule is to be born in mind, That the place of a Stranger-Prince's Proctor here, is a 2.71 next after the Provincial-Kings (unless the Proctor of a Knight-Subject happen to intervene) and b 2.72 before the junior Knight-Companion (unless a Knight-Subject Elect pass then in the Pro∣ceeding) of which we have an instance at the Installation of the Dukes of * 2.73 Bruns∣wick and Chevereux, and the Earl of Dorset by their Proctors, but the Earls of Salisbury, Carlisle, and Holland, with Viscount Andover, in person, an. 1. Car. 1. when the Proceeding was ordered as followeth.

• ‖ 2.74 First, two Waiters of the Soveraign's Hall in their Livery Coats, bearing white Rods.
• ...Alms-Knights.
• Prebends of the Colledge.
• Officers of Arms.
• Proctors to the absent Elect-Knights.
• Elect-Knights in person.
• ...Knights-Companions.
  • ...Black-Rod.
  • ...Register.
  • ...Garter.
  • ...Chancellor.
  • ...Prelate.
• Soveraign's Lieutenant.
• Courtiers and Gentlemen in the Rear.

Only in the single case of Christian the Fourth King of Denmark, an. 3. Iac▪ (as an extraordinary respect and honor) his Proxie went in the Proceeding to the Chapter-house, c 2.75 next before the Soveraign's Lieutenant.

As we had an example before, of a Proctor to a Knight-Subject, who past in this Proceeding before the Alms-Knights and Officers of Arms, namely, Sir Henry Sidney, Deputy to the Earl of Warwick, an. 5. Eliz. so here (in the case of a Stran∣ger) the Viscount Hereford, Proxie to the Duke of Holstien, d 2.76 installed the 15. of December, an. 3. Eliz. who went in the Proceeding to the Chapter-house before the Officers of Arms also: which Proceeding was ordered in this manner.

• ...e 2.77 Gentlemen, and Knights.
• The Proctor, and Ambassador of Holstein together.
• Officers of Arms.
• Register and Garter.
• Lord Hastings Commissioners.
• Lord Paget Commiccioners.

If the Proxie of a Stranger pass in the Proceeding which the Soveraign, or his Lieutenant, or Commissioners make to the Chapter-house, then doth he for the most part give his attendance in the Presence-Chamber, or in that Room, from whence the Lieutenant or the Commissioners do proceed, and there joineth himself thereunto.

But sometimes the Commissioners, after their setting forth (as an act of grand respect) have taken the Proxie's Lodgings by the way, and there received him

into the Proceeding. Instances in this, are first Prince Henry, Lieutenant at the Installation of Christian the Fourth King of Denmark, who proceeded from the f 2.78 Presence-Chamber, down to the Deans House (where the said King's Proxie lodg∣ed) and g 2.79 received him at the Door, from whence the Lieutenant pass'd to the Chapter-house. And at the Installation of the Duke of Wirtemberg, h 2.80 19. April an. 2 Iac. R. the Commissioners proceeded from their i 2.81 Lodgings (having the Alms-Knights and Officers of Arms before them) unto the Dean's House, where k 2.82 Grave van Eveston his Proctor likewise lodged; and from whence to the Chapter-house, the now full Proceeding passed.

We observe, that the Proxies of Strangers have not always gone in the Pro∣ceeding, but sometimes stayed at their Lodging in the Castle, till the Commissio∣ners were ready to send for them into the Chapter-house. And thus it was at the Installation of the French King Charles the Ninth, for on the r 2.83 16. of Ianuary, an. 8. Eliz. in the morning (at the Earl of Leicester's Lodgings in the Castle) the other three Commissioners met, where they and the three inferior Officers of the Order, robed themselves, and went thence to the Proxie's Lodging; and hav∣ing a while conferred with him, took leave and s 2.84 proceeded to the Chapter-house. After some time of consulation there, they t 2.85 sent out Garter to the Proctor, with desire to repair to them, who, upon the delivery of the message, was forthwith conducted by u 2.86 Garter (attended with the Earl of Southampton, the Lords Herbert and Grey, and many others) to the Chapter-house door; where being arrived, the Earls of Sussex and Leicester (being the two senior Commissioners) received him between them.

Sometimes the Proxies have past privately to the East-Isle of St. George's Chap∣pel, and there rested, before the Soveraign and Knights-Companions went i••to the Chapter-house (or proceeded into the Choire, without entring thereinto, for ••o it hath sometimes hapned) as did the w 2.87 Earl of Cleveland, and Marquess Dorchester, Proxies for Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden, and Henry Prince of Orange, an. 4. Car. 1. The like did the x 2.88 Earl of Dover Proxie to Charles Prince Palatine of the Rhyne, an. 9. Car. 1, and of late, Sir George Carteret, Proxie to Christian Prince of Denmark, an. 15. Car. 2. So also the Earls of Carlisle and Winchelsey, Pro∣ctors to Charles King of Sweden, and Iohn George Prince Elector of Saxony, an. 23. Car. 2.

SECT. IX. The Ceremonies performed therein.

WHen the Proceeding hath arrived at the Chapter-house door, the Soveraign and Knights-Companions (or the Lieutenant and his Assistants, or Com∣missioners) with the Officers of the Order before them, enter to hold their Con∣sultation: but first the Stranger's Proctor is a 2.89 intreated to stay without, until his Deputation or Letters of Procuration be read, to the end they may understand the elect thereof.

To this purpose we find it also b 2.90 directed, (under an ancient hand) that where any Knight is installed by his Deputy, he ought to stay without the Vestry (or Chapter-house) door, until he be brought in by two Knights-Companions: Hereupon the c 2.91 Lord Pagit, one of the Commissioners for installation of the Duke of Savoy, when the Proceeding was come to the Chapter-house door, acquainted his Proxie with this Custom and Injunction, and desired him to walk aside, which he accordingly did.

The East-Isle behind the High Altar, is the d 2.92 accustomed place for the Proxies to walk or repose themselves in, till they be called into the Chapter; as it is

also for the Deputies of Knights-Subjects, where Chairs and Cushens are ready prepared for this occasion.

The first thing done,* 2.93 after the Chapter is opened, is e 2.94 Reading the Commission for Installation, by the Register of the Order (but if the Soveraign be present at the Installation, no Commission issues) and next the Letters of Procuration; this being as the most proper, so the most accustomed place for this act.

Nevertheless, at the Installation of the French King Francis the First (we know not by what (but certainly a most unusual) compliance, the f 2.95 Commissio∣ners went from the Chapter-house, after they had called in and invested the Earl of Oxford (then also present to receive his Installation) with his Surcoat and Hood, unto the Deans House, where the Proctor was lodged, and in the great Chamber there, g 2.96 shewed him the Soveraign's Commission, and in it the authori∣ty for admitting him into the Stall of his Lord and Master: Whereupon the Proctor h 2.97 presented them with his Procuration, by which he was impowered to take the possession of his Principal's Stall, and further to do and perform all such Ceremonies, as to the Order of the Garter did appertain, which Instrument was forthwith read before them, by the Register. This Ceremony being end∣ed, they all proceeded to the Chappel; where entring, they waved their return into the Chapter-house, and pass'd directly into the Choire.

After some time of consultation in the Chapter-house,* 2.98 the Proxie is sent for in thither by Garter, who conducts him to the Chapter-house door; and his i 2.99 Re∣ception there by the Commissioners, is after the same manner, and with the same circumstances of respect and ceremony, as is used to the Knight-Elect, or to his Proxie. But whether he ought to enter into the Chapter-house, or be admitted any further than the door or Porch thereof, (and to pass thence immediately into the Choire) hath been. some question; because the practice seems to have been sometimes one way, and sometimes another.

All that we find to prohibite his entrance thereinto, is an expression in the k 2.100 short Ceremonial of Installation of Strangers by Proxie, entred in the Bla••k-Book, where it saith, That the Mantle is to be laid on the Proctor's right shoul∣der in the Porch of the Chapter-house, l 2.101 because he is not to enter into it.

And there are two instances, where the Mantle was delivered to the Proctor at the Chapter-house door, from whence some may infer, that the Practice also of those times was agreeable to the aforesaid direction; namely, that of the Pro∣ctor of the French King m 2.102 Francis the First, an. 19. H. 8. where n 2.103 Garter stood at the Chapter-house door, with the Mantle, and as the Proceeding passed by pre∣sented it to the two Senior Knights-Companions (the Marquess of Exeter and Viscount Lysle) who placed it upon the Proctor's right arm, and of the Proctor to o 2.104 Emanuel Duke of Savoy, an. 1 & 2. Ph. & M. who entred not into the Chap∣ter-house, but had the Mantle of his Principal, laid on his arm and spread upon his shoulder at the p 2.105 door.

But these instances (if duly weighed) cannot properly or with advantage, be alledged to prove the assertion, because the affairs relating to both, received dispatch in the Proctor's Lodging, a little before, and where the Proctor himself was present; which Convocation or meeting of the Commissioners and Proctor, cannot be called less than a Chapter (though not held in the Chapter-house) from the Transactions which pass'd therein, namely producing the Soveraign's Com∣mission, and the Proctor's Instrument of Deputation, which were both read before them by the Register, and the Proctor accordingly admitted, which being finish∣ed, nothing referring to the present occasions, required their passing into the Chapter-house, or remained to be done till they came into the Choire▪

But the general practice runs strong on the contrary side, for we find, that the Proxie for u 2.106 Charles the Ninth of France, an. 8. Eliz. was met at the Chapter-house door, by the Earls of Sussex and Leicester, who took him w 2.107 in thither be∣tween them; where after the Register had read as well the Soveraign's Commission for Installation, as his x 2.108 Letters of Procuration, and the Commissioners had admit∣ted him Deputy for the said King, they all came forth and laid y 2.109 his Principal's Mantle on his right arm and shoulder, the z 2.110 Train whereof was born by the Earl of Southampton, assisted by the Lord Herbert of Cardiff.

Again it is remembred, an. 25. Eliz. that Garter conducted the Proxie of a 2.111 Fre∣derick the Second King of Denmark, to the Chapter-house door; and at that place the Earl of Leicester and Lord Hunsdon, received and led him in. So also was Christian the Fourth's Proxie c 2.112 led in thither, by the Earls of Nottingham and Dorset; and an. 10. Iac. R. d 2.113 Lodowick Count Nassaw, Proctor to Maurice Prince of Orange, was e 2.114 called into the Chapter-house and there f 2.115 left, while the Soveraign and Knights-Companions proceeded into the Choire: And so in like manner was Sir George Cartret Vice-Chamberlain, Proctor to Christian Prince of Denmark, an. 15. Car. 2. and the Proctors to the King of Sweden and Duke of Saxony, an. 23. Car. 2.

Nor are these instances, and the practice in this latter case (in truth) dero∣gatory to the Statutes, which though it prohibite the Proxies entrance into the Chapter-house, yet doth not this Prohibition extend to any time before, but after the Ceremony of Installation is finished; for the Article of the Statutes having first directed the delivery of the Mantle to the Proxie, and next the assumption of his Principals Stall, in these words, Dictus Procurator installatus, it immedi∣ately subjoins i 2.116 that from thenceforth (namely the time of installation) he shall neither wear the Mantle, nor enter into the Chapter, nor have any voice there, by virtue of any power granted unto him: all which are prohibitions, plainly relate∣ing to the future, and after such time as the Ceremonies of Installation are past, and not to any time preceding.

And it seems the Law hath been thus understood, in regard the greater stream of Practice hath gone along with it; for not only the Proxies of Stran∣gers (as before is observed) but generally of Knights-Subjects, have been called into the Chapter-house, and there received the Mantle before they proceeded in∣to the Choire.

* 2.117The Ceremony of delivering the Mantle to the Proctor is performed by the k 2.118 Soveraign, his Deputy, or the Commissioners (Garter presenting it to them) and the manner thereof was heretofore, by putting it upon the Proxies l 2.119 right arm, * 2.120 or shoulder, in the name of his Lord and Master, there to hold it until the end of Divine Service.

But as there hath hapned some doubt, touching the entry or not entry of Proctors into the Chapter-house, before they proceeded to Installation; so likewise here, concerning the receiving of the Mantle, viz. whether in the Chapter-house, or Stall allotted to their Principal, of which there are Examples.

That part of the Article of the Statutes of Institution which concerns this point runs thus, That the Mantle m 2.121 tempore Installationis Procuratoris, shall be laid up∣on his Arm. &c. but whether this shall be strictly limited to that instant of time, when the Proctor is brought to the Stall of his Principal, or with some greater latitude construed, to be during the time of Installation (including the very first action, or beginning of the Ceremony of Installation, namely, the being called to the Chapter-house door, and entrance into it) is the question; be∣cause there are instances in both, but the latter is more warrantabale by the Statutes and general practice.

The w 2.122 Article in King Henry the Eighth's Statutes, being much more large in description, and passing further in setting down the Ceremonies of Installation, than any of the former (the particulars of which, as in the rest, so to this point, we take to be as well placed in a true series and order of action) having men∣tioned the Soveraign (or his Deputy's) laying the Mantle on the Proxies Arm; it immediately follows (as the very next thing to be performed in course of time) That afterward he shall be led by two Knights, from the Chapter-house door, unto the Stall, and there being shall make his Oath, and be installed; but it saith nothing of laying the Mantle on the arm of the Proctor, now at the instant of installation in the Choire; for that was directed to be done before. It is also recorded in the Black-Book, where the order of this Ceremony is more fully and particularly set down, That x 2.123 Garter shall take the Mantle upon his Arms, and deliver it to both the Knights-Commissioners, and that they (according to the tenor of the Statutes) shall lay it on the Proctors right shoulder, in the Porch of the Chapter-house.

Besides which, and the ancient usage of receiving the Mantle in the Chapter-house, or at the Chapter-house door, either before or in the Proceeding to the Choire, by the Proctors of the French King Francis the First, of Emanuel Duke of Savoy, * 2.124 of Charles the Ninth the French King, and ‖ 2.125 Frederick the Second King of Denmark; we have likewise the Examples of later times, as that of the Proctor for Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden, an. 4. Car. 1. who y 2.126 proceeded into the Choire with the Mantle upon his arm; and that at the Installation of Charles Prince Palatine of the Rhyne, the z 2.127 5. of November, an. 9. Car. 1. where the Earl of Dover his Proxie bare the a 2.128 Mantle on his right shoulder into the Choire, and Garter carried the b 2.129 Collar of the Order, before him, on a Velvet Cushen.

But there are several modern instances, where the Mantle hath been born to the Choire (and sometimes the Collar of the Order with it) not by the Proctor but by Garter before him, and delivered in his Principal's Stall; as in the Pro∣ceeding of the Proxie for the Duke of Wirtemberg, an. 2. Iac. when e 2.130 after he had taken the Oath and was led into the Duke's Stall (not before) was the Robe laid upon his arms and so was it done in the following year, at the Installation of f 2.131 Christian the Fourth King of Denmark.

So also at the Installation of g 2.132 Maurice Prince of Orange, an. 10. Iac. Garter per∣formed the like service for him, and in the very same manner, and after he had taken the Oath appointed, the Mantle was laid upon his arm. And lastly, h 2.133 after the Proxies of the Duke of Brunswick and Chevereux, had taken the Oath, not only the Mantles but Collars were placed on their arms.

Which manner hath so far prevailed, as to be continued in practice since the Restauration of the present Soveraign; for at the Installations of the Prince of Denmark, Charles King of Sweden, and Duke of Saxony, Garter carried the Mantle on a Cushen before their Proctors into the Choire, nor was it laid on their arms, till they had taken their Oaths, and so laid, that the Cross of St. George might be conspicuous.

SECT. X. Of the Proceeding to the Choire.

BUT let us pass on to the Proxie's proceeding into the Choire, concerning which, King Henry the Eighth's Statutes direct, (as is remembred a little before upon another point) d 2.134 That he shall be accompanied and led by two Knights-Companions of the Order, from the door of the Chapter-house, unto the Stall as∣signed to his Principal; agreeable to which is that passage in the short Memorial of Installation entred in the Black-Book, That as soon as the two Knights have placed the Mantle on his arm, e 2.135 they shall take him between them, and conduct him to the Stall of his Lord: and thus assisted have all Proxies proceeded to the Choire.

But in relation to the order of the rest of the Proceeding, it will be necessary to exhibit a Scheme or two.

The ordinary Proceeding into the Choire, the Installation being celebrated when the Soveraign's Lieutenant holds the Feast of St. George.

• ...Alms-Knights.* 2.136
• Verger of the Chappel.
• Prebends of the Colledge.
• Officers of Arms.
  • ...Black-Rod.
  • ...Register.
  • ...Garter.
• The Proxie between two Knights-Assistants.
• The Lieutenant having his Train born.

The Proceeding into the Choire, at the Installation (by Commission) of Charles the Ninth the French King, an. 8. Eliz.

• * 2.137Gentlemen, attendants on the Soveraign's Commissioners.
• Gentlemen, attendants upon the Proctor.
• Verger of the Chappel.
• ...Alms-Knights.
• Officers of Arms.
  • ...Black-Rod.
  • Register.
  • ...Garter.
• Viscount Mountague the two Iunior Commissioners.
• Lord Clinton the two Iunior Commissioners.
• The Proctor, between the Earl of Sussex and Earl of Leicester (the two senior Commissioners) his Train being born by the Earl of Southampton, assisted by the Lord Herbert.

Since the Custom of receiving the Collar in the Chapter-house was laid aside, if the Soveraign (or his Lieutenant) was present at an installation of a Stranger, so soon as the Mantle was delivered to the Proctor, or (as of late) that he hath been admitted, according to the purport of his Deputation, the Soveraign (or his Lieutenant) proceeds to the Choire with the Knights-Companions present, and leaves the Proxie behind him in the Chapter-house, and after he and the Knights-Companions have taken their Stalls, directs two of the Knights-Companions to descend; who taking the Alms-Knights, Officers of Arms, and the three inferior Officers of the Order before them, pass to the Chapter-house, and bring thence the Proxie to his Installation.

Thus was it done an. 4. Car. 1. at the Installation of the King of Sweden, when f 2.138 William Earl of Penbroke, and Philip Earl of Montgomery, proceeded forth of the Choire, and introduced the Earl of Cleveland, Proctor to the said King: In like manner, the g 2.139 Earls of Penbroke and Arundel went out to conduct in the Earl of Dover, Proctor to Charles Prince Palatine of the Rhyne.

So also were the Duke of York and Prince Rupert sent out, to introduce Sir George C••rterett Proctor to the Prince of Denmark an. 15. Car. 2. and the Earl of Carlisle Proctor to the King of Sweden, an. 23. Car. 2. And where there are more than one Stranger, at the same time to be installed by Proxie, there the two next senior Knights pass out, as did the i 2.140 Earls of Kelly and Salisbury, who brought in Sir Dudley Carleton, Proctor to the Prince of Orange, an. 4. Car. 1. and the Dukes of Ormond and Buckingham, the Earl of Winchelsey, Proctor to the Duke of Saxony an. 23. Car. 2.

In this Proceeding the Proxie goes bare-headed, for so did the before men∣tioned k 2.141 Earl of Dover, Sir George Carterett, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Earl of Winchelsey.

SECT. XI. The Ceremonies of Installation.

WHen the Proceeding hath entred the Choire, and a 2.142 paid the accustomed Reverences, both towards the Altar and the Soveraign's Stall, and the Alms-Knights, Officers of Arms, and of the Order, taken their usual Stations; the two Commissioners (Knights-Assistants or Knights-Companions) and Proctor make their Reverences together, and then is he conducted by them into the b 2.143 lower Stalls, directly before the Stall appointed for his Principal, the foresaid Officers of the Order standing below in the Choire.

If the Installation pass by more than two Commissioners, then the two g 2.144 senior Knights-Commissioners bring him to the foresaid lower Stalls, and perform the Ceremonies belonging to his Installation, while the rest of the Commissioners at their entrance, take their Station h 2.145 below in the Choire, before their proper Stalls, and there Stand until the Installation be finished. And the like do the Lieute∣nants Assistants, except the two senior that are employed in the Ceremonies of Installation.

The Proxie thus introduced into the lower Stalls,* 2.146 o 2.147 stands there while the Register p 2.148 pronounceth the Oath of the Order to him, after whom he q 2.149 repeateth the words distinctly; during all which time he r 2.150 layeth his hand upon the New Testament, and lastly kisseth the Book.

The ancient Oath, s 2.151 appointed by the Statutes of Institution, to be taken by a Stranger's Proxie, is short, absolute, and without limitation or exception, and in all points the same with that, which a Knight-Companion himself took, at his Per∣sonal Installation, viz. t 2.152 Faithfully to observe to the utmost of his power, the Statutes of the Order.

But afterwards the Soveraigns and Fellows of those other Orders of Knight-hood, whereof Kings of Free-Princes are Soveraigns, (as the Golden-Fleece, Mon∣sieur St. Michael, and the Annuciade) before their admition into the Order of the Garter, sued for, and obtained the allowance of some relative exceptions or provisoes, to be added to the foresaid Oath; which commonly were such as stood with the interest of their Religion, their great state or dignity, or prece∣dent obligation to the Orders they had before accepted.

There is a Precedent entred in the a 2.153 Black-Book, of the Oath to be taken by an Emperor; whereby he is obliged to b 2.154 promise upon his Royal word, and give his Faith, upon his honor and the holy Evangelists, c 2.155 That he will faithfully and truly, to the utmost of his power, observe the Statutes of this most Noble Order, and that particularly in every branch and Article thereof; d 2.156 at least so far as they can or ought to be observed by him, and so far as they shall not be contrary or deroga∣tory to those, whereunto he hath before given his name and sworn, and saving all other conditions agreed on.

Besides this, there are also two other Precedents lodged in the e 2.157 Annals, the one of the form of the Oath, as it is fitted for the Proctor of an Emperor or a King; the other for the Proctor of a Prince, Arch-Duke, and every other inferiour de∣gree to a Knight, including him also.

By the first of these, the f 2.158 Proctor is to oblige himself in the name and behalf of his Lord,g 2.159 and with a sincere heart and true faith shall promise and swear, that his said Lord shall well and faithfully fulfil and observe, all and every the Statutes, Ordinances, and Decrees of this Order, according to the force, form, and effect; any way thereunto belonging, saving the conditions before agreed on between him and the Soveraign. By the second he is h 2.160 also in the name and behalf of his Lord, with a real heart and sincere faith, to promise and swear, That his said Lord shall faithfully observe and fulfil the Statutes, and every several Branch and Article thereof, according to the force, form, and effect of the same, i 2.161 at least so far as the Soveraign's Dispensation shall limit and appoint. But we have not found any of these Precedents made use of, because being rather too general, they have other∣wise and more particularly fitted the Oath to the present interest and occasion, at least so far, as they could obtain the Soveraign to condescend unto.

And hereupon Philip King of Castile and Leon (Soveraign of the Order of the Golden Fleece) when he received a Personal Installation at Windesor, an. 22. H. 7. though the Oath he took was absolute and without limitation, viz. p 2.162 To observe all the Statutes of the Order of the Garter, according as they were contained in the Book then lately sent unto, and accepted by him; as faithfully, as if every one of the Ar∣ticles were then rehearsed unto him, and to fulfil them from Article to Article, at faithfully and readily as he looked for help from God and all his Saints. Yet never∣theless, soon after he obtained the Soveraign's free and full Dispensation, in these two things only; first, q 2.163 that the use of the Collar, and the other Ensigns of the Order, might be left to his pleasure; and secondly, that he might not be obliged to be present at future Chapters.

Not long after, some other Exceptions were admitted, but such were obtain∣ed with very great difficulty, and much debate had between the Soveraign's Council, and the Stranger-Princes Ambassadors, lest otherwise the dignity and re∣putation of the Order should (instead of being kept up) be lessened; because, where the forbearance or omission of any circumstance, either in the Investi∣ture or Ceremony of Installation, hath been yielded unto, it hath sometimes or other been taken notice of, and brought into Precedent, to the prejudice of the Order. Therefore great circumspection ought to be taken, in yielding to the omission of any part of so grand a Ceremony: And the standing upon terms hath not been without good success, since known, that though other Interests (different or contrary to the Soveraign's) have sometimes assaulted Strangers desirous of this Honor, yet their present necessities of obtaining his Friendship, by receiving this Order, have caused them (though with some un∣willingness) to accept of this obliging Tye from him.

The Exceptions that were allowed to Ferdinand Arch-Duke of Austria, when he took the Oath at his Investiture at Noremberg, the 8. of December, an. 15. H. 8. were these that follow.

t 2.164Not to wear the Garter and Collar, but at some certain times in the year, at his own pleasure.

That if he were not in place convenient, to go to hear Mass on St. George's day, he should cause a Priest to say it in his presence.

Not to be obliged, if busied in weighty Affairs, to wear the Garter, Collar, or whole Habit of the Order on St. George's day, longer than during Divine Service: Nevertheless he promised, if he could not then wear it, for a whole day together he would willingly wear it upon some other solemn day, within the compass of the year.

And much to the same purpose is that Proviso, added in the Oath of Emanuel Duke of Savoy, taken the 6. of November, an. 1. & 2. Pb. & Mar. viz. To u 2.165 observe the Statutes of the Order, so far forth as they might be conveniently observed by him, and were not inconsistent with those things, wherein he had formerly bound himself by Faith and Oath; yet not to be obliged to wear the Garter and Habit of the Or∣der, but when he should see good, and have convenience so to do, and never else.

Of another nature were the Exceptions which Francis the First of France pro∣cured to be admitted into the Oath, taken by Adrian Tercelin his Proctor, an. 19. H. 8. viz. w 2.166 To observe the Statutes of the Order of the Garter, so far as they were consistent with, and not contrary or prejudicial to the Statutes of the Order of St. Michael, and other Orders, which his Principal had before taken of other Princes.

And like to this, was the Oath of Charles the Ninth, adding only an excepti∣on of any thing contrary to his royal dignity, which was received from him in the Church of the Colledge of St. Iohns at Lyons in France, the 24. of Iune in the morning after Mass, an. 5. Eliz. namely, x 2.167 To observe the Statutes of the Gar∣ter, so far forth as they were not contrary or derogatory (1.) to his greatness Royal, (2.) the Statutes of St. Michael, nor (3.) to any other Oath, which he had be∣fore taken.

Neer to these, were the Provisoes allowed in the Oath made by Maximilian the Emperor at Vienna, the 4. of Ianuary an. 10. Eliz. y 2.168 To observe the Statutes, so far forth as they were not contrary or derogatory to his (1.) Greatness and Ma∣jesty Imperial, nor to the (2.) Statutes of any other Order, nor any (3.) Oath which he had before taken.

But by the French King Henry the Third, because now our Church was re∣formed, the Exception of the Catholick Religion, was thought of consequence to be gained from the Soveraign, and thereupon the Proviso in the Oath, which he took in the Chappel of the Augustins in Paris, an. 27. Eliz. runs thus, z 2.169 so far forth as the Statutes of the Order should not be found contrary (1.) to the Catho∣lick Religion, his (2.) Greatness and Majesty Royal, and (3.) the Statutes and Ordinances of the blessed Holy Ghost, and St. Michael.

And this was the form of the Oath word for word, which a 2.170 Henry the Fourth of France took at Roane, an. 38. Eliz. And when Monsieur de Chastes came over

four years after, to be Installed for him, viz. an. b 2.171 42. Eliz. his Oath then taken, referred to the c 2.172 form of the foresaid Oath, which Henry the Fourth himself had before made, and upon the Conditions agreed on, between the Soveraign and his Master.

Such like Exceptions were allowed, in the Oath of Gustavus Adolphus and Charles Kings of Sweden; d 2.173 To observe the Articles of this Order in all things, which should not be any way derogatory to the Religion by him profest, his Dignity and Majesty Royal, or contrary to any other Articles or Orders.

Frederick the Second King of Denmark at his reception of the Habit of the Order, * 2.174 took in effect the usual Oath, and to observe the Statutes of the Order, ‖ 2.175 so that they were not derogatory to those he had before sworn unto, or other con∣ditions whereunto he had been formerly obliged: And yet I find that his Proctor, e 2.176 an. 25. Eliz. obtained a larger latitude both in point of Religion, and particular Interest, being admitted to take the Oath with these reservations, f 2.177 so far forth as the Statutes of the Order, concerned the said King, and should be agreeable to the Word of God. And the same Oath was taken by Sir Philip Sidney, Proctor to Iohn Count Palatine of the Rhyne; But h 2.178 Henry Ramel, Proctor to Christian the Fourth King of Denmark, an. 3. Iac. R. took it with the salvo of those i 2.179 Condi∣tions and Covenants, wherein his Master had been already pre-ingaged.

But the Princes of the Empire have allowed them another manner of Excepti∣on, as appears by that Oath of Frederick Duke of Wirtemberg, an. 1. Iac. R. viz. k 2.180 To observe the Statutes, so far as they were not inconsistent with the Constitutions of the sacred Roman Empire, and faith which he owed to the Roman Emperor and his Empire.

And with a like Salvo did Frederick Prince Palatine of the Rhyne (personal∣ly installed at Windesor, l 2.181 an. 10. Iac. R.) take this Oath, viz. m 2.182 Salvis sacri Impe∣rii constitutionibus.

But as touching the Proxies of such Strangers, not Soveraign Princes, but Sub∣jects; the form of their Oath is usually framed (by the indulgence and dispen∣sation of the Soveraign) with just limitations, not only relative to their obliga∣tion to the Statutes of any other Order, which they had before accepted, or any Oath formerly taken, but sometimes to the fidelity and allegiance, which they owe to their Soveraign Lord and Prince. And hereupon the Earl of Newblank's Deputy, an. 25. H. 8. was sworn to the observation of the Statutes, n 2.183 so far forth as they were not contradictory to the Statutes of the Order of St. Michael, his Prin∣cipal being one of the Fraternity of that Order.

After the o 2.184 Oath hath been administred to a Strangers Proxie (with such or the like exceptions before set down) the two Knights-Commissioners p 2.185 pass up with him into the higher row of Stalls, and so to that assigned for his Principal; where being arrived, they take the Mantle from Garter, and lay it upon the Proctor's left arm, with the Scutcheon of St. George uppermost; for so was it or∣dered to be born, in a Chapter held at the Feast of St. George the 28. of May, an. 23. Car. 2. and to be a standing Rule for the future; and the Proxies to both the King of Sweden and Duke of Saxony did so observe it the same day, at and after Evening Service.

The next thing that follows is the act and ceremony of Installation, which is breifly thus; first, the Commissioners, who conducted the Proxie into the Choire, jointly embrace him; next, the Proxie makes his t 2.186 double Reverence, and lastly the Commissioners, according to the custom of Installations, u 2.187 set him down in his Principal's Stall, where he hath used to remain during the time of Divine Service.

But by the foresaid Order in Chapter held the 28. of May, an. 23. Car. 2. the Proxies are prohibited for w 2.188 sitting in their Stalls during the time of Divine Ser∣vice, but on the contrary directed to stand before them, in the uppermost Row of Stalls (x 2.189 uncovered) holding their Mantles on their right arms until it be ended.

And thus this great Ceremony of Installation with all its Circumstances being finished, the two Knights (between whom the Proxie proceeded to Installation)

descend into the Choire, and stand before their own Stalls, and after a while ascend up into them with usual Reverences, but the senior Commissioners first; and then be∣gins the celebration of Divine Service.

SECT. XII. The Proctor's Offring.

THE Proctor having now received the possession of his Principal's Stall, performs his part in all the following Ceremonies, while he stays in the Choire, as if his Lord and Master were present, until he hath surrendred up his Mantle; the chiefest of which is, the Offring of Gold and Silver, and this he doth according to the a 2.190 degree and seniority of his Principal's Stall, in case the In∣stallation be in the morning.

If the Installation be celebrated when St. George's Feast is held by the Sove∣raign's Lieutenant, the Proxie ought not to offer, until the Lieutenant have first offered for the Soveraign. And in case the Lieutenant's Stall be higher than the Stranger's for whom the Proctor is installed, then the Lieutenant also offereth for himself before him.

As to the order observed in Offring by the Proctor, he doth it with all the circumstances of Ceremony, as if his Lord were present.

First, when the Knights-Companions descend from their Stalls (which Ceremo∣ny begins with the junior Knight) he also descends in his turn and course, and placeth himself below in the Choire, before the Stall of his Principal.

Then in case he have an opposite Knight-Companion present, he joins himself unto him, and so proceeds up towards the Altar to the Offring, taking the Offi∣cers of Arms before him; but if not, he then proceeds alone without him, having his Train born, and a Knight-Companion, or some other great personage, sutable to his degree, attending on his left hand, to give him the Offring, with Carpets and Cushens spread to kneel upon at the time of Offring; after whom the c 2.191 rest of the Knights-Companions present offer, every one according to the seniority of their Stalls.

The Proctor to Francis the First of France, was d 2.192 served in all respects, as if himself had been there present, and at the time of the Offring, e 2.193 Sir Richard Sands (who was of greatest quality there present excepting the Knights-Com∣panions) gave him his Offring, f 2.194 after whom the residue of the Knights-Compa∣nions offered in their due order.

Charles the Ninth's Proctor proceeded up to the Offring first, (no Feast of St. George being then solemnized, and consequently no Lieutenant to offer for the Soveraign) with the g 2.195 three inferior Officers of the Order before him; he had his h 2.196 Train carried up, and the i 2.197 Earl of Sussex (the principal Commissioner) follow∣ing, delivered him the Offring; for whom also a k 2.198 Carpet and Cushen was laid, and assay thereof taken by Mr. Monk, Servant to the Earl of Leicester, l 2.199 instead of a Gentleman Usher, with the assistance of a Yeoman Usher.

Henry Ramel, Deputy to Christian the Fourth King of Denmark, was usher∣ed up to the Offring by m 2.200 Garter, and the Black-Rod (n 2.201 still bearing the Mantle of his Principal on his arm) and having his o 2.202 Train born up by a Gentleman.

When the Proxie hath offered, he returns back to his Lords Stall, in the same manner as do the Knights-Companions, that is, by the p 2.203 East end of the Stalls (not through the body of the Choire) and so along till he arrive at the Stall of his Principal, as did the foresaid q 2.204 Henry Ramel.

Divine Service being finished, and like honor in all respects shewed to the Proxie, as would have been done to his Principal, had he received a Personal

Installation; the Poxie ought to remain in his Masters Stall, until his next ju∣nior Knight have left his Stall, and then is he to descend after him, and stand below before his Stall, until his turn come to join himself again to the Proceed∣ing, and so to pass out of the Choire.

Where note, that sometimes the Proctor hath been received at his coming down from his Lords Stall by the two Knights-Commissioners, who installed him; for so were the r 2.205 Proctors of Frederick the Second King of Denmark, and of Iohn Count Palatine of the Rhyne, between s 2.206 whom they also proceeded to the Chapter-house door, in the same manner as they were conducted to the Choire.

But rather the Proctor ought, in this his return, to take the place of his Prin∣cipal (as he did at the Offring, and which in truth is his right) as we find it allowed to the Proctor of Francis the First of France, who wentt 2.207 behind alone, in his Principal's place, and followed the Knights-Commissioners from the Choire, to the place where he lodged.

In like manner Viscount Hereford, Proxie to the Duke of Holstien, an. 3. Eliz. who though in his Proceeding to the Choire, he went before the Officers of Arms, yet in his return from Installation, pass'd u 2.208 behind the Knights-Commissio∣ners, in the room and place of the Duke, and the Ambassador of Holstien fol∣lowed him, because the said Duke's Stall was higher than any of the Commissio∣ners, as many be seen by the following Scheam.

• ...Alms-Knights.* 2.209
• Officers of Arms.
• Garter and Register.
• Lord Loughborough Commissioners.
• Lord Pagit Commissioners.
• The Proctor.
• The Ambassador of Holstien, and Sir Henry Pagit.
• Knights and other Gentlemen.

The like did the Proxie for Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden, and Henry Prince of Orange, an. 4. Car. 1. who as they returned from the Choire, w 2.210 held the rooms of their Principals, among the Knights-Companions in the Proceedings: So also the Proctor to Charles Prince Palatine of the Rhyne, in his x 2.211 return; but was then commanded by the Soveraign (present in the Proceeding) to y 2.212 put on his Hat, which he had kept off in all the preceeding parts of the Ceremony.

As the Proctor passeth along by the Chapter-house door, he hath usually here∣tofore delivered up his Mantle there, and so is it directed in the z 2.213 Black-Book of the Order; as did the Proctor to the French King Francis the First, an. 19. H. 8. So also the Duke of Savoy's b 2.214 Proctor, an. 1. & 2. Ph. & Mar. And at the same c 2.215 place did the Verger receive the Mantle from the Duke of Holstein's Proctor an. 3. Eliz. But of later times when the Soveraign hath been present at the In∣stallation, some Proxies have been permitted to go along in the Proceeding to the Presence-Chamber, covered, as were the Proxie to d 2.216 Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden, to e 2.217 Charles Count Palatine of the Rhyne, to f 2.218 Charles King of Sweden (the Train of whose Mantle was born by Monsieur Leyonberg, the Swedish Resident) and to Iohn George Duke of Saxony, whose Train likewise was car∣ried up by Mr. Richard Richaut, one of the Earl of Win••helsey's Gentlemen.

SECT. XIII. The Dinner.

WHen the Installation hath past in the morning, there hath usually been prepared a great Dinner at the Soveraign's charge; we shall need here only to mention such particulars as are peculiar to the Proxie of a Stranger, or different from the Instances set down in our discourse of this particular, in the c 2.219 Personal Installation of a Knight-Companion.

And first, d 2.220 before Dinner (if the Installation pass by Commissioners) the Proxie (representing the State of his Principal) shall wash alone he shall sit at the chief place of the Table, and alone, and shall be served alone; but the other Knights-Commissioners shall sit at the end of the Table.

Thus was it observed at the Installation of e 2.221 Ferdinand Arch-Duke of Austria, an. 14. H. 8. and of f 2.222 Francis the French King, an. 19. H. 8. for when the later of these was Installed, the Dinner was held at * 2.223 the Deans-house, and his g 2.224 Proctor washed alone, and sat down to Dinner in a Chair: nor did any of the h 2.225 Knights-Commissioners sit at his Mess. The services were all performed to him in every particular, as i 2.226 though his Principal had been present, saving his k 2.227 Cloth of State. The Lord l 2.228 Marquess of Exceter, and all the other Knights-Companions (having first washed) sat on both sides the same Table, yet beneath the Proctor, and in their whole Habits of the Order.

The Dinner was likewise prepared in the Dean's great Chamber, at the Instal∣lation of Charles the Ninth the French King, whose Proctor was served with Wa∣ter and a Towel by the m 2.229 Earl of Southampton, and Lord Herbert; Sir Iohn Rad∣cliff performed the Office of n 2.230 Sewer, Henry Brooks alias Cobham Esq was o 2.231 Carver, and Mr. Francis Hervy, Cupbearer.

This Proctor had a p 2.232 Cloth of State allowed him, under which he sat at Din∣ner, the Mantle lying by him all the while on a Stool and Cushen; at the q 2.233 Ta∣bles end, on the r 2.234 right hand, sat the four Commissioners in their Robes, being served s 2.235 apart from the Proctor.

But if the Soveraign's Lieutenant be present, the Proctor dines at the same Ta∣ble with him, and then a little before the second course is brought in, is the So∣veraign's Stile proclaimed in t 2.236 Latin, French, and English with usual Ceremony: but otherwise, only the Stile of the new Installed Prince, and but once.

The Stile and Titles of Christian the Fourth King of Denmark were proclaim∣ed in u 2.237 Latin, and of Maurice of Orange in w 2.238 French.

Dinner being ended, all rise in x 2.239 order and wash; first the y 2.240 Proxie alone, and after him the Knights-Commissioners; and thence they accompany the Proctor to his Chamber, where having left him, they retire to their own Lodgings, and z 2.241 there put off their Habits.

The Proctor to Charles the Ninth took the Mantle of his Principal, on his arm in∣to his Chamber, when he rose from Dinner; and * 2.242 there delivered it to Garter.

So soon as the Solemnity of Installation is over, the Proctor is to take care, that Garter forthwith set up the Atchievements of his Principal over his Stall, and fix the Plate of his Arms upon the back thereof; in memorial of the Honor done him, by this Ceremony of Inauguration into the most Noble and most Honorable Order of the Garter.

And sometimes we find the Proxie hath, upon his request, obtained an Instrument under the Sign manual of the Soveraign, and Seal of the Order, attesting his be∣ing conducted to St. George's Chappel at Windesor, and placed in, and taken possession of the Seat assigned to his Principal, in whose name he hath also taken the Oath, attested by his subscription, and performed all the Ceremonies in due form as the Statutes direct; for so did the ‖ 2.243 Sieur de Chastes, Proctor to the French King Henry the Fourth, an. 42. Eliz.

In close of all, let us here remember, that the present King of Sweden, against his late Installation, caused both Gold and Silver Medals to be made in memory of that Solemnity, and to perpetuate the honor so received: Those of Gold were bestowed upon the Knights-Companions present, and other persons of quality, and those of Silver distributed among some of the Officers attending at the In∣stallation, and others. The Devise was sutable to the occasion, and present in∣terest of both Kings, as may be observed from the Representation here exhibited▪

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Notes

• a 1.1

  Ed. 3. Stat. Art. 20.
• b 1.2

  Ed. 3. Stat. Art. 20.
• c 1.3

  Art. 20.
• d 1.4

  Art. 21.
• e 1.5

  Art. 21.
• f 1.6

  Lib. N. p. 257
• g 1.7

  Art. 21.
• h 1.8

  Ex Collect A V. W.
• i 1.9

  Lib. C. p. 5.
• l 1.10

  Ex Autogr▪ penes praef. Iac. Palmer▪
• m 1.11

  Ex Autogr▪ penes praef. Iac. Palmer▪
• n 1.12

  Lib. Carolin•• p. 27.
• o 1.13

  Collect. E. W. G.
• * 2.1

  Ex Lib. Collect. Hen. de Vic. Bar. nuper bu∣ju•• Ord. Can∣cel. p. 23.
• p 2.2

  Append. Num. CXXI. & CXXII.
• q 2.3

  Append. Num. CXXI. & CXXII.
• r 2.4

  Lib. R. p. 41.
• s 2.5

  Lib. R. p. 41.
• t 2.6

  MS. penes Edw. Fau∣conbridge.
• u 2.7

  MS. penes Edw. Fau∣conbridge.
• w 2.8

  MS. penes Edw. Fan∣conbridge.
• * 2.9

  E•• Praef. li••. Collect. Hen. •••• ••ic. p. 159.
• x 2.10

  Lib. N. pag. 164.
• y 2.11

  Lib. N. pag. 164.
• z 2.12

  Lib. N. pag. 164.
• a 2.13

  Lib R p. 40.
• b 2.14

  Appendix▪ Num. CXIX.
• * 2.15

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 20
• a 2.16

  Ib. Art. 24.
• b 2.17

  Ord. Stat. in Lib. N. Art. 19.
• c 2.18

  Pag. 147.
• d 2.19

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 20. Vide∣••i•• H. 5. Stat. Art. 20. & H. ••. Stat. Art. 21.
• * 2.20

  Ibid.
• f 2.21

  Nam f as non est alios quam Milites munus istud in se sus∣cipere, R. pag. 20.
• g 2.22

  Ibid. p. 159.
• * 2.23

  Collect. R. C. Cl. fol. 30.
• h 2.24

  Lib. C. p. 1••••
• i 2.25

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. R. p. 1••••.
• k 2.26

  Ibid.
• l 2.27

  Ibid.
• m 2.28

  Appendix▪ Num. CXXI. CXXII. & CXXIII.
• a 2.29

  Collect. W. l•• N. ••l.
• b 2.30

  Ex ve••. MS. penes W. le N. Cl. p. 24. b.
• c 2.31

  Ex. ve••. MS. penes W. le N. Cl. p. 24. b.
• d 2.32

  Ex ve••. MS. penes W. le N. Cl. p. 24. b.
• e 2.33

  Ex ve••. MS. penes W. le N. Cl. p. 24. b.
• f 2.34

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• g 2.35

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• h 2.36

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• * 2.37

  1. Commission for Installation.
• a 2.38

  Chap. 11. Sect. 3.
• b 2.39

  Appendix. Num. CXXIV. CXXV. CXXVI. CXXVII.
• * 2.40

  2. Letters to the Commis∣sioners.
• c 2.41

  Ibid. Num. CXXVIII. & CXXIX.
• * 2.42

  3. Warrants for removal of Stalls.
• d 2.43

  〈…〉〈…〉 11.
• * 2.44

  4. Warrants for Atchievement••.
• * 2.45

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 20. H. ••. Stat. Art. 20. H. ••. Stat. Art. ••1.
• a 2.46

  Ap••endix, Num. CXXX, & CXXXI.
• b 2.47

  Ibid. Num. CXXXII. & CXXXIII.
• c 2.48

  Ibid. Num. CXXXIV CXXXV. CXXXVI. •• CXXXVII.
• d 2.49

  Ibid. Num. CXXXIV CXXXV. CXXXVI. •• CXXXVII.
• e 2.50

  Ex Collect. A. V. W.
• f 2.51

  MS. penes G. O. Y. f. 160 & 156.
• g 2.52

  MS. penes G. O. Y. f. 160 & 156.
• * 2.53

  5. Some othe•• particulars.
• h 2.54

  Ex Autogr. penes ••uil. Knight, an. 1657.
• i 2.55

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 20. vide etiam H. 5. Stat. Art. 20. & H. 8. Stat. Art. 21.
• k 2.56

  Ibid.
• a 2.57

  Lib. N. p. 316.
• b 2.58

  Autogr. in Bibl. Coton, vi∣de MS. fol. pe∣nes G. O. Y. p. 21.
• c 2.59

  MS. penes W. D. N. f. 24. b.
• d 2.60

  Lib. C. p. 50.
• e 2.61

  Ex MS. praed.
• f 2.62

  Lib. N. p. 316.
• g 2.63

  Autogr. in Bibl. Coton.
• h 2.64

  Autogr. in Bibl. Coton.
• i 2.65

  Autogr. in Bibl. Coton.
• k 2.66

  Autogr. in Bibl. Coton.
• l 2.67

  MS. penes W. D. N. fol. 25.
• m 2.68

  MS. penes W. D. N. fol. 25.
• n 2.69

  MS. penes W. D. N. fol. 25.
• * 2.70

  Chap. 12. Sect. 4.
• a 2.71

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• b 2.72

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• * 2.73

  Lib. R. p. 29▪
• ‖ 2.74

  MS. penes Edw. Fau∣conbridge. gen▪
• c 2.75

  MS. fol. penes E. W. G. fol. 146. b.
• d 2.76

  Lib. C. p. 37.
• e 2.77

  Collect. W. l•• N. Cl.
• f 2.78

  Ex eod. MS. penes eund. E. W. G. loco citato.
• g 2.79

  Ex eod. MS. penes eund. E. W. G. loco citato.
• h 2.80

  Lib. C. p. 153.
• i 2.81

  Ex. MS. praed.
• k 2.82

  Ex. MS. praed.
• r 2.83

  MS. penes ••▪ D. N. f. 25.
• s 2.84

  MS. penes ••▪ D. N. f. 25.
• t 2.85

  Ex Collect. A. V. W.
• u 2.86

  Ex Collect. A. V. W.
• w 2.87

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• x 2.88

  Lib. R. p. 84.
• a 2.89

  Lib. N. p. 316.
• b 2.90

  MS. in Offic. Arm. [H. 2.] fol. 8. b.
• c 2.91

  Collect. A. V. W.
• d 2.92

  MS. fol. pe∣nes E. W. G.
• * 2.93

  1. Reading the Commissions.
• e 2.94

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• f 2.95

  Autogr. in Bibl. Ha∣ton.
• g 2.96

  Autogr. in Bibl. Ha∣ton.
• h 2.97

  Autogr. in Bibl. Ha∣ton.
• * 2.98

  2. Receiving the Proxie in∣to the Chap∣ter-house.
• i 2.99

  Collect. W. l•• N. Cl.
• k 2.100

  Lib. N. p. 31••.
• l 2.101

  Ibid.
• m 2.102

  Ex A••••ogr. in Bibl. Haton.
• n 2.103

  Ex A••••ogr. in Bibl. Haton.
• o 2.104

  Ex Collect. A. V. W.
• p 2.105

  Ex Collect. A. V. W.
• u 2.106

  Lib. C. p. 5. & MS. pe∣ne•• W. D. N. f. 25.
• w 2.107

  Lib. C. p. 5. & MS. pe∣ne•• W. D. N. f. 25.
• x 2.108

  Lib. C. p. 5. & MS. pe∣ne•• W. D. N. f. 25.
• y 2.109

  Lib. C. p. 5. & MS. pe∣ne•• W. D. N. f. 25.
• z 2.110

  Lib. C. p. 5. & MS. pe∣ne•• W. D. N. f. 25.
• a 2.111

  Ex Collect. R. C. Cl. f. 30. sub finem.
• c 2.112

  MS. fol. penes E. W. G. fol. 151. a.
• d 2.113

  MS. fol. penes E. W. G. fol. 151. a.
• e 2.114

  MS. fol. penes E. W. G. fol. 151. a.
• f 2.115

  MS. fol. penes E. W. G. fol. 151. a.
• i 2.116

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 20. videsis H. 5. Stat. Art. 20. & H. 8. Stat. Art. 21.
• * 2.117

  3. Delivering him the Man∣tle.
• k 2.118

  Ibid. & loc. sequent.
• l 2.119

  Ibid. & loc. sequent.
• * 2.120

  Ord. Stat. in Lib. N. Art. 19.
• m 2.121

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 20.
• w 2.122

  21.
• x 2.123

  Lib. N. p: 316
• * 2.124

  Ex Collect. A. V. W.
• ‖ 2.125

  Collect. R. C. Cl. f. 30.
• y 2.126

  Lib. R. p. 40.
• z 2.127

  Ibid. p. 83.
• a 2.128

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• b 2.129

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• e 2.130

  MS penes E. W. G. f. 145. b.
• f 2.131

  Ib. f. 146. b.
• g 2.132

  Er fol. 151.
• h 2.133

  MS. penes Edw. Faucon∣bridge gen.
• d 2.134

  Art: 21▪
• e 2.135

  Pag. 316.
• * 2.136

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• * 2.137

  MS. penes W. D. N. fol. 25. b. vide etiam Col∣lect. A. V. W.
• f 2.138

  Lib. R. p. 40. vide MS. penes Edw. Faucon∣bridge gen.
• g 2.139

  Lib. R. p. 84.
• i 2.140

  Lib. R. p. 40.
• k 2.141

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• a 2.142

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• b 2.143

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• g 2.144

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• h 2.145

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• * 2.146

  Taking the Oath.
• o 2.147

  Sedere De∣putato non li∣cet. Lib. R. p. 40 circa finem.
• p 2.148

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• q 2.149

  Lib. R. p. 41.
• r 2.150

  Ex Collect. R. C. Cl. p. 32.
• s 2.151

  Art. 24.
• t 2.152

  Art. 24.
• a 2.153

  Pag. 311. Appendix, Num. CXXXVIII.
• b 2.154

  Pag. 311. Appendix, Num. CXXXVIII.
• c 2.155

  Pag. 311. Appendix, Num. CXXXVIII.
• d 2.156

  Pag. 311. Appendix, Num. CXXXVIII.
• e 2.157

  Pag. 312. Ib. Num. CXXXIX,
• f 2.158

  Pag. 312. Ib. Num. CXXXIX,
• g 2.159

  Pag. 312. Ib. Num. CXXXIX,
• h 2.160

  Ibid. Num. CXL.
• i 2.161

  Ibid. Num. CXL.
• p 2.162

  Lib N. p. 184 Append. Num. CXLI.
• q 2.163

  Lib. N. loc. cit.
• t 2.164

  Append. Num. CXLII.
• u 2.165

  Ibid. Num. CXLIV:
• w 2.166

  Ibid. Num. CXLV.
• x 2.167

  Ibid. Num. CXLVI.
• y 2.168

  Ibid. Num. CXLVII.
• z 2.169

  Ibid. Num. CXLIX.
• a 2.170

  Ibid. Num. CL.
• b 2.171

  Lib. C. p. 14••
• c 2.172

  Appendix, Num. CLI.
• d 2.173

  Ibid. Num. CXIX. & CXX.
• * 2.174

  Lib. C. p. 90.
• ‖ 2.175

  Num. CLII.
• e 2.176

  Lib. C p. 89.
• f 2.177

  Append. Num. CLIII.
• h 2.178

  Lib. R. p. 160
• i 2.179

  Append. Num. CLIV.
• k 2.180

  Ibid. Num, CLV.
• l 2.181

  Lib. C. p. 178▪
• m 2.182

  MS. penes E. W. G. f. 151.
• n 2.183

  MS.
• o 2.184

  MS. ••in Offic. Arm. [H. 2.] fol. 8, b.
• p 2.185

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• t 2.186

  Ex Colle••••. A. V. W.
• u 2.187

  Lib. N. p. 316
• w 2.188

  Ex eod. Lib. Collect. H. de Vic. loco cit.
• x 2.189

  Lib. R. p. ••4.
• a 2.190

  MS. in Offic. Arm. [H. 2.] fol. 8. b.
• c 2.191

  Lib. N. p. 316.
• d 2.192

  Ex Autogr. in Bibl. Coton.
• e 2.193

  Ex Autogr. in Bibl. Coton.
• f 2.194

  Ex Autogr. in Bibl. Coton.
• g 2.195

  MS. penes W. D. N. fol. 25. b.
• h 2.196

  MS. penes W. D. N. fol. 25. b.
• i 2.197

  MS. penes W. D. N. fol. 25. b.
• k 2.198

  MS. penes W. D. N. fol. 25. b.
• l 2.199

  MS. penes W. D. N. fol. 25. b.
• m 2.200

  MS. penes E. W. G. f. 146. b.
• n 2.201

  MS. penes E. W. G. f. 146. b.
• o 2.202

  MS. penes E. W. G. f. 146. b.
• p 2.203

  Ex. Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• q 2.204

  Ex eod. MS. penes E. W. G. loco cit.
• r 2.205

  Ex Collect, R C. Cl. p. 31.
• s 2.206

  Ex Collect, R. C. Cl. p. 31.
• t 2.207

  Ex Autogr. in Bibl. Coton.
• u 2.208

  Collect. W. l•• N. Cl.
• * 2.209

  Ex Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• w 2.210

  MS. p••nes Edw. Fa••con∣bridge
• x 2.211

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• y 2.212

  Lib. R. p. 8••.
• z 2.213

  Pag. 316.
• b 2.214

  Ex Collect. A. V. W.
• c 2.215

  Collect. W. le N. Cl.
• d 2.216

  MS. penes Edw. Faucon∣bridge.
• e 2.217

  Lib. R. p. 85▪
• f 2.218

  Ex Lib Col∣lect. praef. Hen▪ de Vic p. 158.
• c 2.219

  Chap. 12. Sect. 10.
• d 2.220

  Lib. N. p. 316.
• e 2.221

  Ex lib. vocat. Dalton. p. 105. b
• f 2.222

  Ibid. p. 112.
• * 2.223

  Ex. Autogr. in Bibl. Co∣ton.
• g 2.224

  Ex. Autogr. in Bibl. Co∣ton.
• h 2.225

  Ex. Autogr. in Bibl. Co∣ton.
• i 2.226

  Ex. Autogr. in Bibl. Co∣ton.
• k 2.227

  Ex. Autogr. in Bibl. Co∣ton.
• l 2.228

  Ex. Autogr. in Bibl. Co∣ton.
• m 2.229

  MS. penes W. D. N. f. ••6.
• n 2.230

  MS. penes W. D. N. f. ••6.
• o 2.231

  MS. penes W. D. N. f. ••6.
• p 2.232

  MS. penes W. D. N. f. ••6.
• q 2.233

  MS. penes W. D. N. f. ••6.
• r 2.234

  Ex Collect. A. V. W.
• s 2.235

  Ex Collect. A. V. W.
• t 2.236

  MS. penes E. W. G.
• u 2.237

  MS. penes E. W. G.
• w 2.238

  MS. penes E. W. G.
• x 2.239

  MS penes W. D. N. fol. 26.
• y 2.240

  MS penes W. D. N. fol. 26.
• z 2.241

  MS penes W. D. N. fol. 26.
• * 2.242

  MS penes W. D. N. fol. 26.
• ‖ 2.243

  Append. Num. CLVI: