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CHAP. XVII. THE Duties and Fees PAYABLE BY THE KNIGHTS COMPANIONS AT THEIR Installations. (Book 17)

SECT. I. Touching the Fees due to the Colledge of Windesor.

SUch was the piety and bounty of our Ancestors, that they thought no work well performed, without being attended with some charitable do∣nation, especially if it had relation to the Church, whereunto they ge∣nerally bore a venerable esteem. Hence was it, at the Installation of this Order, ordained, a 1.1 That every Knight-Companion should at his entrance bestow a certain sum of money, according to his quality and degree, That is to say,

	l.	s.	d.
The Soveraign of the Order—	26	13	4
A Stranger-King—	20	0	0
The Prince of Wales—	13	6	8
Every Duke—	10	0	0
Every Earl—	6	13	4
Every Baron—	5	0	0
Every Knight-Batchelor—	3	6	8

What use these sums were employed in, and how distributed, appears by the appointment there set down, viz. b 1.2 Towards the relief of the Canons of Windesor, the Alms-Knights, and augmentation of the Alms deeds there appointed perpetually to be done. To the end c 1.3 That every one entring ••nto this Military Order, might thereby more worthily obtain the Name, Title, and Priviledge of one of the Foun∣ders of the order: d 1.4 It being supposed a worthy and just thing, that whosoever ob∣tained this Priviledge, should add some small increment to this Foun••ation.

Not long after establishing the Statutes of Institution, the Titles of Marquess and Viscount, came to be special dignities, for Robert Vere Earl of Oxford, was the first among us, who as a distinct dignity, received the title of h 1.5 Marquess, the first of December, an. 9. R. 2. and Iohn Lord Beaumont the first here also that had the Title of i 1.6 Viscount conferred on him, as a distinct Title of Honor, the 12. of February, an. 18. H. 6. And whereas both these Degrees of Honor, at their Creations, were setled as intermediate, the first between a Duke and an Earl, for so saith the k 1.7 Roll (where it speaks of the Marquess his precedency) the Marquess was commanded to sit among the Peers in Parliament, in a higher place (than his Degree as Earl of Oxford could justly challenge) viz. l 1.8 between Dukes and Earls; and the Viscount between Earls and Barons, as the said Viscount Beaumont, is by his first▪ Patent ranked, to wit, m 1.9 above all Barons; and afterwards in another Patent, to render his place more certain and apparent, n 1.10 above all Viscounts after∣wards made and created, and before and above the Heirs and Sons of Earls, and immediately and next to E••rls, both in all Parliaments, Councils, and other Places.

Upon these grounds, and sutable to the ranks of Honor thus setled, ••ere the Fees of Installation to the Colledge, from Knight-Companions of these Degrees proportioned, for shortly after the precedency so granted and setled to the said Viscount Beaumont (his latter Patent bearing date the o 1.11 12. of March, an. 23. H. 6.) the Soveraign with the unanimous consent of the Knights-Companions, at the Feast of St. George held at Windesor the p 1.12 12. of May following, Decreed, q 1.13 That a Marquess, forasmuch as his Degree of Honor was above an Earl, and intermediate between him and a Duke should therefore contribute more than an Earl. Now the sum for an Earl, being (as appears above) set at 10 Marks, the Marquess was by this Decree, obliged to pay 33 s. 4 d. more than the Earl; viz. in toto 8 l. 6 s. 8 d. And for the same reason also, was a Viscount enjoined, to give the proportion of ••6 s. 8 d. more than a Baron; and so his whole Fee amounted to 5 l. 16 s. 8 d. The Installation Fees of these two Degrees, being thus added to the former, were with them confirmed by King Henry the Eighth's r 1.14 Statutes.

And though in all the Bodies of the Statutes, the Soveraign of the Order is charged with payment of Fees to the Colledge, no less than the rest of the Knights-Companions, yet is it to be understood only of those Soveraigns, who were not (before the assumption of their Stall) elected into this Order: for we see in the case of King Henry the Sixth (the first Soveraign that had not before his being so, been elected a Knight-Companion) there past an order in Chapter, s 1.15 an. 1. H. 6. for payment of his Fees, upon assuming his Stall, according to the appointment of the Statute.

The case also of the Lord Weston is here observable, who although at the time of his Installation (the 5. of October, an. 6. Car. 1.) he was seated in no higher a rank of Nobility, than the Degree of a Baron; yet being then by an

honorary Title Lord Treasurer of England, did (for the honor of his Office) not only pay as much as an t 1.16 Earl ought by the Statutes, but in all other customary Fees and Duties bare a proportion to that Dignity.

But the matter of Installation Fees, w 1.17 being by several Petitions represented to the Soveraign and Knights-Companions in Chapter, since the present Soveraign's happy return, was referred to the standing Committee of Knights-Companions, to make enquiry and take into their examination, all the pretentions and de∣mands thereunto: in relation to which, much time having been spent in a diligent and full examination thereof, through the zealous endeavours, and con∣tinual sollicitations of the Register, out of respect to his Successors, the Colledge and Choire of Windesor, so also of Garter on behalf of his Successors, the Officers of Arms, and other the Soveraign's Officers and Servants claiming Installation Fees, and due consideration had of the reasons and proofs to justifie the same, as also to the reasonableness and equity of the whole matter: Finally, a Re∣port was made the x 1.18 5. of March, an. 22. Car. 2. by the Duke of Ormond, the Earls of Sandwich and Manchester, whereby such Installation Fees were thought rea∣sonable and requisite to be paid by the Knights-Companions, as were contained in an annexed Schedule, ascertaining the sums, proportioned according to the Dignities and Degrees of the Knights-Companions; which, both y 1.19 Report and Schedule being afterwards z 1.20 read over and approved by the Soveraign, part of it containing the Fees due to the Dean and Canons, Choire, and Alms-Knights of Windesor, the Register, Garter, Black-Rod, and Officers of Arms, were command∣ed to be entred upon the Register of the Order, in perpetuam rei memoriam, to prevent all future questions and controversies that might otherwise arise; the other part, wherein was set down the Fees payable to the rest of the Soveraign's Servants, was appointed to be only signed in Garter's Bills, with all the other Fees as they became due.

In this Decree the Installation Fees made payable to the Dean and Canoni are these,

	l.	s.	d.
a 1.21 A Stranger-King	20	00	00
A Stranger-Prince	10	00	00
The Prince of Wales	20	00	00
A Duke	10	00	00
A Marquess.	08	06	08
An Earl	06	13	04
A Viscount	05	16	08
A Baron.	05	00	00
A Knight-Batchellor	03	06	08

These Fees ought to be paid b 1.22 at the time of the Knights Installation, whether Personal or by Proxie, so also for a Stranger; and as to the practice, it hath been thus; c 1.23 to pay them by the hands of some one of the Knights-Companions Servants, so soon as the Ceremonies of Installation were ended; and in truth, that which quickned their care herein, was the strict injunction repeated in all the Bodies of the d 1.24 Statutes, which do expresly prohibit the setting up of their Atchievements, till payment be made.

That anciently the Alms-Knights shared in the Fees paid to the Colledge,* 1.25 is ma∣nifest from the Statutes of Institution, the use for which they were given, being therein exprest to be e 1.26 towards relief of the Alms-Knights, no less than the Ca∣nons, and so say the f 1.27 succeeding bodies of the Statutes. Howbeit, since their re-establishment by Queen Elizabeth upon a new Constitution, they have re∣ceived Installation Fees apart from those paid to the Colledge, which by the fore∣said Establishment of Installation Fees, an. 22. Car. 2. are made g 1.28 equal and alike to those thereby payable to the Dean and Canons.

The Choire of Windesor,* 1.29 under which not only the Vicars, but the Vergers, Choristers, Sextons, and Bell-Ringers, are comprehended, reap some benefit by the Installation of a Knight, and have in all times been thought deserving of Fees among others, who performed service at these Solemnities: Hereupon were they taken into the Establishment made, an. 22. Car. 2. which has setled on them these following Fees, viz.

	l.	s.	d.
h 1.30 A Stranger-King	16	00	00
A Stranger-Prince	08	10	00
A Prince of Wales	16	00	00
A Duke	08	10	00
A Marquess	06	15	00
An Earl	05	10	00
A Viscount	04	00	00
A Baron	04	00	00
A Knight-Batchellor	03	00	00

SECT. II. Fees due to the Register, Garter, Black-Rod, and Officers of Arms.

* 1.31IN the rank of those Officers to whom Installation Fees are due, stands first the Register, who by the Constitutions of his Office, is to have of every Knight-Companion i 1.32 13 s. 4 d. in money, and a Robe.

After that Doctor Matthew Wren had enjoyed this Office for some few years, and supposing himself defrauded by the concealment of part of his Fees, he pe∣titioned the Soveraign, that the Fee anciently due to his place, might be resto∣red and setled, with the allowance of a Robe, or composition for it from the new installed Knight; the grounds of which address were set forth in the fol∣lowing Petition.

To the Kings's most sacred Majesty, Soveraign of the most Noble Order of the Garter. The humble Petition of Matthew Wren, Register of the said Order.

Sheweth, * 2.1THat at his first entry into this Office, the Black-Book (wherein the chiefest Record's of the Order are) being in the custody of Sir William Segar then Garter, he was forced to receive from him the Instructions which concerned his place: And whereas at the Installation of any Knight, the said Sir William Segar did use to make a Bill of such Fees as were to be paid, wherein of later years, he would set down for the Register but half as much as for himself, upon whose atho∣rity the Register for a while rested, and knowing no other had no more; Copies of which Bills are privately transmitted from one Lords Officer to another.

But since the Black-Book was by the honorable Chapter remanded to the Registers custody, upon survey of the Records, and view of the Statutes (in the Book by him latey exhibited to your Soveraign Majesty) the rule for the Registers Fee in more express Text, than for any Officer else, appears; That as oft as any Knight chosen into the Order, is installed, the Register shall have of him thirteen shillings and four pence, and a Robe. [Statut. de Officialibus Ordinis, cap. 6.]

He therefore most humbly beseecheth, on the behalf of his place, that, according to every Lords Oath, not wittingly to break the content of any Statute, this Statute may be without question observed, and the Robe be allowed him; and that Sir John Burrowes, no•• Garter, may have order to reform this Error, with such of the Com∣panions or their Officers, as have not yet paid the Register an Installation Fee.

But in case that any Lord, shall rather chuse to compound with the Register for the said Robe▪ That it may now please your sacred Majesty, for the avoiding of all exception to the said Register, to set down a proportion meet to be demanded for the same by him; who both in the order of his place is before Mr. Garter, and in the proportion of his Annual Fee from your Soveraign Majesty above him.

At the Court at Greenewich, the 6. of May 1634.

It is his Majesty's pleasure, that all Fees due to the Officers of the Order, by the Institution, shall be precisely paid; and that this particular of the Re∣gister shall be satisfied, according to the words of the Institution, and not ac∣cording to the custom lately used, of which Mr. Garter is to give notice, as there shall be occasion.

Fr. Crane, Cane.

But it seems that nothing was done in his time, upon the Soveraign's Answer to this Petition, besides its entry into the k 2.2 Red-Book; and thereupon afterwards, when his Brother Doctor Christopher Wren had succeeded him in the Register's place, and the Robe assigned him out of the Soveraign's Wardrobe at his entrance into his Office, being of the value of p 2.3 28 l. 1 s. 0 d. according to this valuation of his Robe, a q 2.4 like value was proposed (by way of Composition) upon the Knights-Companions Batchellors (the lowest Degree among the Knights of the Order) to be paid him in lieu of the said Robe, supposing they could not give him less: and from hence was raised the r 2.5 proportions, for each several Degree of honor, upon those who should be admitted into this most Noble Order, thus

	s.	d.		l.	s.	d.
s 2.6Imprimis for a Knight-Batchellor	13	04	and	28	00	00
Item for a Baron	13	04	and	30	00	00
Item for a Viscount	13	04	and	32	00	00
Item for a Earl	13	04	and	34	00	00
Item for a Marquess	13	04	and	36	00	00
Item for a Duke	13	04	and	••8	00	00
Item for a Prince	13	04	and	40	00	00

Afterwards, taking occasion from the Instalment of the present Soveraign then Prince, an. 14. Car. 1. the Dean desired the Deputy-Chancellor, to know the So∣veraign's pleasure once again, and to t 2.7 represent, that the Registers Fees were anciently 13 s. 4 d. in money, and the Robe in kind; and seeing that the Sove∣raign was pleased to allow encrease of Fees, to the other Officers of the Order, particularly to Garter King of Arms 40 l. at the Installation of the said Prince, and every other Officer in proportion; and that it stood both with the honor of the Prince, to give as honorable a Fee, as any Prince Stranger, at his Installa∣tion, and also with the Dignity of the Registers place, to expect no less than others, that were not above him in rank; that it would therefore please the So∣veraign, to think the Register worthy to make the like Plea.

Thus much the Deputy-Chancellor represented to the Soveraign at Greenewich, sometime after the Prince's Installation, and thereupon the Soveraign was gra∣ciously pleased, to think it most reasonable, on the Register's behalf, and Order∣ed, u 2.8 that at every Installation of a Prince, the Register should receive for his Fee 13 s. 4 d. and 40 l. in lieu of his Robe; and that Prince Charles (then newly in∣stalled) should pay him the said sums, which was accordingly done; and the same were since setled on this Officer by the Establishment of Installation Fees, made w 2.9 an. 22. Car. 2. to be thenceforth paid, not only by the Prince of Wales, but for the Installation of a x 2.10 a Stranger-King; whereto is added for a y 2.11 Stranger-Prince 38 l. 13 s. 4 d. But those thereby made due from Knights-Subjects of other Degrees, are the same as were proposed by Doctor Christopher Wren, mention∣ed a little above.

Next to the Register doth Garter claim both Droits and Fees,* 2.12 for his service and attendance at this Solemnity, who in reference to its preparations, and employment at the time, hath a greater share of business than any other Officer

of the Order: As to the first of these, it was Ordained by the Constitutions of his Office, a 2.13 That as often as any Knight should happen to be Installed, he might chal∣lenge for himself the Garments worn by him, immediately before his Investiture with the Surcoat of the Order. And the constant practice hath interpreted this, to be the Knight's upper Garment, anciently a short Gown, of later times a Cloak, but now a Coat; which he puts off in the Chapter-house, when the Investiture begins.

When Garter had received the Gown of Philip King of Castile, immediately before his Investiture with the Robes of the Order, an. 22. H. 7. he came before the Soveraign, and b 2.14 humbly besought him to give thanks to the King, who, for his sake, had bestowed it on him, which the Soveraign accordingly did.

Heretofore, when Garter had received the Knight's Gown, he immediately put it on, and wore it during the whole Ceremony of Installation, and there∣fore the Gown of Henry Duke of York, second Son to King Henry the Seventh, d 2.15 though he was very young when installed, was made large enough for Garter's use. But because this short Gown hath been so long out of fashion, as to be well nigh forgotten, we shall therefore mention several of the kind, wherein their description will appear remarkable enough, both for their materials, and the then fashionable Trimmings.

King Henry the Seventh's Gown, at his assumption of the Soveraign's Stall, was made of e 2.16 Black Velvet, and lined with Cloth of Gold, full of red Roses. Prince Arthur wore a Gown of f 2.17 Crimson Velvet, lined with Black Velvet, when he proceeded to his Installation. And the Gown made for the foresaid Henry Duke of York, was of g 2.18 Crimson Velvet, lined with Black Sattin.

In the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, the materials of some of the Knights Gowns, were as followeth.

The Lord Dudley's, of i 2.19 Tinsel Sattin Violet, lined with Black Sarcenet. The Lord Howard's of k 2.20 Tawney Velvet, furr'd with Leopards. The Lord La Ware's, of l 2.21 Tawney Velvet, lined with Black Bogye. The Earl of Devonshire's, of m 2.22 Cloth of Silver, lined with Cloth of Gold. The Viscount Lysle's of n 2.23 Black Velvet, furr'd with Black Bogye. The Lord Fitz. Walter's, of o 2.24 Black Damask, and double Black Velvet. Henry Fitz Roy Duke of Richmond, of p 2.25 Black Sattin, with Buttons and Aglets of Gold on his Sleeves, and furr'd with Sables. The Earl of Arundel's of Tawney Velvet, lined with Black double Sarcenet. The Earl of Westmerland's of q 2.26 Black Velvet, lined with Sattin, with Aglets of Gold. The Earl of Oxford's, of r 2.27 Black Sattin, lined with Jennets. The Lord Russell's of s 2.28 Black Velvet, lined with Black Sattin. The Coat of King Philip (installed an. 1. & 2. Ph. & Mar.) was t 2.29 embroidered on Velvet, with Gold-Wire, of Gold∣smiths work, and lined with White Taffaty: His Gown was made of u 2.30 Purple Velvet, garnished with the same, and twisted Silver Lace laid on the Gard; his other Coat of Velvet embroidered with Silver, lined with White.

This kind of upper Garment or Gown continued also in fashion, a great part of Queen Elizabeth's Reign, for we likewise find, that the Earl of Leicester's Gown was made of w 2.31 Velvet, garded with four gards of the same, and thereon 38 pair of Aglets. The Lord Burghley's of x 2.32 Taffaty, with three gards of Velvet, and three dozen of great Buttons of Gold. The Lord Buckhurst's of y 2.33 Velvet, with a broad embroidery gard, and Buttons of Gold. The Lord Shandos z 2.34 of Sattin, with a broidered gard of Velvet, and two dozen of Gold Buttons. The Earl of Worcester's of a 2.35 Velvet lined with double Sarcenet, with a paceman Lace about it. The Duke of Norfolk's of b 2.36 Black Sattin, furr'd with Squirrels, faced with Sables, with—pair of Aglets. The Earl of Bedford's such ano∣ther Gown, but had a Silver Lace about it. The Lord Hunsdon's of Sattin, furr'd with Luzarts, and garded with—The Earl of Warwick's of Russet Sattin, embroidered all over with Russet Lace, and furr'd with Cony. The Duke of Northumberland's was a loose Velvet Gown, furr'd with Pavilion, and had a falling Cape.

But at length, the fashion of this upper Garment began to alter, and by that time Iohn Casimire, Count Palatine of the Rhyne, was received into the Order,

it was converted to a Cloak, for such was his upper Garment (and of Velvet) faced and furr'd with Sables, and two Gold Laces garded thereon, cut, with Buttons and Gold Lace, where the Sleeves were wont to be. And ever since, till of late, hath the Cloak been most in fashion, for an upper Garment, but ve∣ry much varied both as to materials, lining, and ornament.

Sometimes Garter had not this Garment in kind, but received a Fine in lieu thereof; and this by vertue of a Decree made in Chapter, an. 25. H. 6. wherein it was ordained, c 2.37 to be at the pleasure of every Knight-Companion, at the time of his Installation, whether Garter should have the Garment which each Knight did then wear, or a composition in money according to his Estate.

Since when the Compositions grew higher, as this upper Garment was made richer; for d 2.38 Algernon Earl of Northumberland bestowed on Garter upon this oc∣casion for Fees and Droits e 2.39 200 l. in Gold, and Henry Earl of Danby, the Habit he wore on the day he rode from London towards his Installation with * 2.40 100 l. in the Pockets, and by the late Soveraign's order, at the Installation of his Son Prince Charles our now Soveraign, Garter received for his Fee f 2.41 40 l. and for the composition of his upper Garment 60 l. in the whole 100 l. The like sum was given the present Garter, by the Dukes of Ormond and Albemarle, and the Earls of Sandwich, Lindsey, and Manchester, shortly after their Installations, by parti∣cular agreement; but herein his Fee for signification of their several Elections was included.

Finally, by the Establishment of Installation Fees, an. 22. Car. 2. the compo∣sition set upon each Knight-Companion, for his upper Garment, was thus rated, proportionably less than what was paid for the said Prince, an. 14. Car. 1. viz.

l.	s.	d.
g 2.42 A Prince of Wales	60	00	00
A Duke	55	00	00
A Marquess	50	00	00
An Earl	45	00	00
A Viscount	40	00	00
A Baron	35	00	00
A Knight-Batchellor	30	00	00

Besides this Droit or Composition, there hath in all times been paid to Gar∣ter, by every Knight-Companion a Fee for his Installation, proportioned also to his state and dignity, which was likewise brought to the following certainty by the said late Establishment.

	l.	s.	d.
h 2.43 A Stranger-King	30	00	00
A Stranger-Prince	20	00	00
A Prince of Wales	40	00	00
A Duke	35	00	00
A Marquess	30	00	00
An Earl	25	00	00
A Viscount	20	00	00
A Baron	15	00	00
A Knight-Batchellor	10	00	00

The Fee anciently due to the Black-Rod at the Installation of a Knight,* 2.44 like all other Fees, hath in succeeding times received augmentation; for the Fee paid him at the Installation of Prince Charles, an. 14. Car. 1. was 40 l. and by the foresaid Establishment an. 22. Car. 2. he hath allowed him

	l.	s.	d.
From a k 2.45 Stranger-King	20	00	00
From a Stranger-Prince	20	00	00
From a Prince of Wales	40	00	00
From a Duke	20	00	00
From a Marquess	18	00	00
Earl	16	00	00
Viscount	14	00	00
Baron	12	00	00
Knight-Batchellor	10	00	00

* 2.46 As Fees were in all times paid to the Register, Garter, and Black-Rod for their particular services, at the Feasts of Installation, so likewise have the Officers of Arms accustomably received Fees, in reward of their attendance and ser∣vice at those Solemnities; which having been encreased by the bounty of the Givers, were by the said late Establishment (pursuant to the Fees, paid them for the Installation of the now Soveraign when Prince) brought to the * 2.47 same thereby allowed the Black-Rod, only in the Fee of a Stranger-King, they have an addi∣tion of 10 l. more, his Fee to them being 30 l.

Besides these Installation Fees, when the Elect-Knights rode publickly from London to Windesor, to their Installations, they were accustomed to bestow upon the Officers of Arms, that attended them thither, Scarfs, Hats, and Feathers, as did the Earls of Danby and Moreton, an. 10. Car. 1. viz. to l 2.48 each of them 9 Ells of rich Taffaty, and a black Beaver Hat and Feather. And the Earl of Northamp∣ton, upon the like occasion, an. 5. Car. 1. allowed m 2.49 35 l. to the seven Officers of Arms, that attended him to Windesor, in lieu of Taffaty Scarfs of his Lordships Colours, and Beaver Hats, and gave each of them besides, Feathers worth 20 s. a piece. Lastly, at the Installation of Charles Prince of Wales, an. 14. Car. 1. there was given to the 13 Officers of Arms, for the like allowance 10 l. a piece, in all n 2.50 130 l.

SECT. III. Fees belonging to other of the Soveraign's Servants.

TO these forenamed Officers, we have seen added in the Lists of Installa∣tion Fees of former times, some other here set down, who gave their at∣tendance at these Solemnities, with the several sums received: some were then accounted Fees, and other run under the Title of Benevolences; all which ne∣vertheless were admitted into the List of Installation Fees established, an. 22. Car. 2. and though not entred in the Register of the Order, yet are to be given in, under the hand of Garter, with the other Fees payable at Installations, and to be paid by every Knight, to all persons concerned respectively, according to ancient custom.* 2.51

Viz.	The Prince	A Duke	A Marquess	An Earl	A Viscount	A Baron	A Knight-Batchelor
	l.	s.	d.	l.	s.	d.	l.	s.	d.	l.	s.	d.	l.	s.	d.	l.	s.	d.
To the Wardrobe—	06	00	00	03	00	00	02	10	00	02	00	00	01	15	00	01	10	00	01	05	00
To the Trumpets—	12	00	00	06	00	00	05	00	00	04	00	00	03	00	00	02	10	00	02	00	00
To the Serjeant Trumpeter—	02	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00
To the Musicians 4 Companies.—	16	00	00	08	00	00	07	00	00	06	00	00	05	00	00	04	00	00	03	00	00
Knight-Harbenger—	03	06	08	03	06	08	03	06	08	03	06	08	03	06	08	03	06	08	03	06	08
Drums and Fifes—	04	00	00	02	00	00	01	15	00	01	10	00	01	05	00	01	00	00	01	00	00
To the Porters—	06	00	00	03	00	00	02	10	00	02	00	00	02	00	00	01	10	00	01	00	00
Master Cook—	03	00	00	01	10	00	01	05	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00
Serjeant Porter—	06	00	00	03	00	00	02	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00
Vestry—	02	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00
Yeomen Harbengers—	06	00	00	03	00	00	02	10	00	02	00	00	02	00	00	01	10	00	01	00	00
Ushers of the Hall—	02	00	00	01	10	00	01	05	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00
Grooms of the Chamber—	03	00	00	01	10	00	01	05	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00
Yeomen Ushers—	06	13	04	03	06	08	03	00	00	02	10	00	02	00	00	01	10	00	01	00	00
Quarter Waiters—	08	16	00	04	08	04	03	16	08	03	06	08	03	00	00	02	10	00	02	00	00
Sewers—	08	00	00	04	08	04	03	16	08	03	06	08	03	00	00	02	10	00	02	00	00
Buttery—	03	00	00	01	10	00	01	05	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00
Pantry—	03	00	00	01	10	00	01	05	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00
Cellar—	03	00	00	01	10	00	01	05	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00	01	00	00

SECT. IV. Fees payable for Strangers.

AND because it was thought unfit (the dignity of the Order considered) that on the one side Strangers should be liable to the demand of Fees, and on the other, that charitable disposals should be defeated; provision was made in the a 2.52 Statutes of Institution, by obliging the Soveraign to pay the respective Fees, for every Stranger that should be Elected, at the time of his Installation, either Personally or by his Proctor. And the first example pursuant thereto (that we have met with) is an Order made in Chapter at Windesor, an. 1. H. 6. which appointed, b 2.53 That the usual Fees due for the Installation of the King of Denmark, should be discharged by the Soveraign, as the Statutes did enjoin.

To which purpose, in after times have Privy Seals accustomably is••ued forth, directed to the Lord Treasurer for the time being, to pay the Fees due for Stran∣gers Installations, unto the Register of the Order (and sometimes to him and Garter) out of the Soveraign's Exchequer; but those due to the Alms-Knights, since their Establishment by Queen Elizabeth, were paid to themselves by par∣ticular Privy Seals.

And thus were the foresaid Fees paid out of the Exchequer, as they became due, until the late Soveraign King Charles the First, did by Letters Patent, bear∣ing date the 23. day of Iune, in the 13. year of his Reign, setle an annual Pen∣sion of c 2.54 1200 l. unto and upon the Order; and by a d 2.55 Commission dated the 3. day of May the following year, was the Chancellor of the Order, and his Successors impowered to pay out of the same, not only the ordinary, but also extraordi∣nary Charges of the Order, wherein the Fees for Installation of Strangers are included.

But notwithstanding which, yet did f 2.56 Sir Henry de Vic the late Chancellor make some scruple to pay the Fees due to the Colledge, upon the Installation of Stran¦gers, since the happy return of the present Soveraign; whereupon it occasioned the h 2.57 Dean, Canons, Choire, and Alms-Knights, as also the Register, Garter, and Black-Rod, to petition the Soveraign at the Feast of St. George, an. 15. Car. 2. for the continuance of some rights, and payment of their Fees, which being i 2.58 re∣ferr'd to three or more of the Knights-Companions of the Order, upon full exa∣mination of the matter, they made the following Report.

At the Court at Whitehall, the 16. of May 1663.

WHereas your Majesty,* 3.1 Soveraign of the most Noble Order of the Garter, in a Chapter held in the Castle of Windesor, the 23. of April past, where were present divers Companions of the said most Noble Order, was graciously pleased to receive a Petition, humbly presented in the name of the Dean, Canons, Chaplains, Choire, and Poor-Knights, belonging to your Majesty's Free Chappel of St. George in Windesor, wherein they, in all humility, desired to have some Rights and Fees (which are contained in a Schedule thereunto annexed) to be continued unto them; which Petition, your Majesty was then graciously pleased, to refer unto any three or more Companions of the said most Noble Order, to consider of, and examine the particular, and accordingly to make Report unto your Majesty, what they conceive proper to be done thereupon: And in like manner the said Lords Re∣ferrees upon a Petition delivered the 24. of April, were to consider, examine, and report the humble desires of the Register, Garter Principal King of Arms, and the Gentleman-Vsher of the Black-Rod, Officers of the Order in relation to the Fees demanded by them from your Majesty, for the Installation of all Princes, and other

Strangers, that are and have been, lately admitted and declared, Companions of the said most Noble Order.

Hereupon, we the Knights and Companions of the said most Noble Order, whose names are hereafter subscribed, meeting in the Council-Chamber at Whitehall, upon Saturday the 8. of this instant May, being then attended by Sir Henry de Vic Knight and Baronet Chancellor, Dr. Bruin Ryves, Dean of Windesor Register, and Sir Edward Walker, Garter Principal King of Arms (all Offi∣cers of the said most Noble Order) have fully considered and examined, the pre∣tences and demands of the Dean and Church of Windesor, as also of the Offi∣cers of the said most Noble Order, whereby the ensuing particulars, were then made to appear.

First, That every Knight-Companion of the most Noble Order, within one year after his Election, shall bestow for the use of St. George's Chappel at Windesor, 20 l. in Plate at the least.

Secondly, That the Obit Monies, upon the death of every Knight-Companion of the Order, ought to be paid according to custom, and the Statutes of the Order.

Thirdly, That the Fees for Installation of all Strangers, are to be paid by the So∣veraign; and that those desired by the Register, Garter, the Officers of Arms, &c. have been proved, to have been paid their Predecessors, by several Privy Seals, for the Installation of divers Princes Strangers, and are no other for them, and the Colledge of Windesor, than have been heretofore, and lately, paid by the honora∣ble Companions your Majesty's Subjects, at their Installations (the old Installation Fees to the Canons and Poor-Knights being therein comprised) not including there∣in other Fees and Gratuities, usually paid unto many others of your Majesty's Ser∣vants by the Knights your Majesty's Subjects (though not by your Majesty for Stran∣gers) for any thing appears, nor the Gratuities unto Garter for signification of Ele∣ctions, or composition for the upper Garments of the Companions, according to an∣cient Custom.

This being the true state of the whole matter, and we having met again thereupon this 16. day of May, do humbly hereby Report the same unto your Majesty, and do thereupon offer our opinion unto your Majesty, That we conceive it may be fit for your Majesty (seeing the Soveraign is to pay for the Installation of all Strangers) to give your Warrant unto Sir Henry de Vic, Chancellor of the most Noble Order of the Garter, to pay unto the Register, Garter, Usher of the Black-Rod, Canons, Poor-Knights, Choire at Windesor, and Officers of Arms the several sums hereaf∣ter mentioned, for the six Foreign Knights lately declared installed; as also for the Prince of Denmark, installed by Proxy the 22. of April past; out of such Moneys, as he the said Sir Henry de Vic hath, or shall have in his hands, of the 1200 l. year∣ly assigned for the use of the Order, since his first receipt thereof, viz.

For the Installation of the Prince of Orange.

	l.	s.	d.
To the Dean of Windesor as Register	38	13	04
To Garter Principal King of Arms—	20	00	00
To the Usher of the Black-Rod—	20	00	00
To the Officers of Arms—	20	00	00
To the Canons—	10	00	00
To the Choire and Choristers—	6	00	00
To the Vergers, Sextons, and Bellringers	2	00	00
To the Poor-Knights—	10	00	00
	126	13	04

	l.	s.	d.
For the Prince Elector of Brandenburgh for all as above	126	13	04
For Prince Edward Count Palatine, &c.—	126	13	04
For the Duke of Espernon—	126	13	04
For the Prince of Tarent—	126	13	04
For the Prince of Denmark—	126	13	04
For Count Marchin—	93	06	08
	853	06	08

All which we humbly submit unto your Majesty's gracious determination.

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Some few days after, the k 3.2 Chancellor, accompanied with the Register and Gar∣ter, attended the Soveraign, and fully represented and read unto him the Report above inserted, whereupon he was gratiously pleased to approve the same, and accordingly l 3.3 ordered the Chancellor to make payment of the several sums men∣tioned in it, which he shortly after performed; among which, the m 3.4 18. of No∣vember following, Sir Edward Walker Garter received from him the Fees due to himself, as also those other due to the Officers of Arms, for their attendance at the Installation of the Knights-Strangers, mentioned in the said Report, amount∣ing to the sum of 133 l. 6 s. 8 d. which he forthwith brought into the Office of Arms, and there * 3.5 divided according to Custom.

Now, though the Soveraign hath discharged the Installation Fees due from Strangers, as appears before, yet did they besides, or their Proctors for them, always bestow particular Largesses and Rewards upon the Colledge, the Officers of the Order and of Arms, the Alms-Knights, and some others who attended and performed their duty at this great Solemnity; and in particular, Garter had anciently bestowed on him a rich Gown, to wear at the time of Installation, or, as of late, presented with some other thing of considerable value.

For it appears, that Maximilian King of the Romans, at his Installation an. 6. H. 7. gave unto him for his Largess n 3.6 100 Renish Guildings.

That Philip King of Castile (personally Installed at Windesor, an. 21. H. 7.) gave him besides a large o 3.7 Gown of Cloth of Gold, lined with Black Damask, p 3.8 40 Crowns of Gold for a Doublet.

And Ferdinand Arch-Duke of Austria, installed by Proxie an. 16. H. 8. be∣stowed on him a q 3.9 Crimson Velvet Gown furr'd with Luzarts, a r 3.10 Cup of 22 l. va∣lue, a 100 Rhenish Guilders, and 60 Crowns of the Sun.

The French King Francis the First, gave him a s 3.11 Robe of Blue Velvet lined with Cloth of Silver, with Buttons of Gold enamelled, and 80 Crowns of the Sun.

Iames the Fifth King of Scotland, t 3.12 Gown of Black Velvet furr'd with Black Budge, with 16 pair of Aglets of Gold, an 100 Crowns of the Sun, and another Gown.

Lastly, Charles King of Sweden gave him one of those Gold Medals bestowed on the Knights-Companions at his Installation, but set about with three rows of large Faucet Diamonds, and at the he••d an imperial Crown set also with Fau∣cet Diamonds; it was hung in a Gold Chain of excellent and curious work∣manship, and worn by Garter before his breast at the said Kings Installation: this rich Jewel and Chain cost 404 l.

To the Officers of Arms, Strangers were also liberal, as appears by the Lar∣gesses given by several of them, or by their Proctors, besides their Installation Fees received from the Soveraign, viz.

Maximilian King of the Romans gave them	u 3.13 100 Guildings.
The King of Portugal —	w 3.14 30 Crowns.
Philip King of Castile —	x 3.15 100 Crowns.
Francis the French King —	y 3.16 60 Crowns.
King Philip of Spain —	z 3.17 38 l. 7 s. 0 d.
Emanuel Duke of Savoy —	a 3.18 10 l. 0 s. 0 d.
Adolph Duke of Holstien —	b 3.19 25 Crowns.
Charles the Ninth of France —	c 3.20 30 Crowns.
Francis Duke of Montmorency—	d 3.21 40 Crowns.
Frederick Prince Palatine —	e 3.22 13 l. 6 s. 8 d.

And not only to Garter and Officers of Arms, but likewise to several others, did the Proctors bestow Gratuities, as doth appear from what Monsieur de Terce∣lin Proctor to Francis the First of France, gave an. 19. H. 8.

To Garter for his Gown —

g 3.2360 Crowns.

To the Black-Rod —

6 Crowns.

Officers of Arms —

60 Crowns.

Gentlemen-Vshers, Guard, and other of the Chamber

20 Crowns.

Master of the Houshold, and other Officers of the Houshold—

30 Crowns.

The two Sextons —

2 Crowns

Choristers—

3 Crowns.

Vicars and Clarks —

6 Crowns.

Vergers of the Colledge —

8 Nobles

Besides it is evident from a Bill of particulars, which Prince Henry of Nassau (Brother to Maurice Prince of Orange) paid to Sir William Seagar, that the Alms-Knights, Trumpets, Drums, Fifes, and Musicians, received Gratuities also upon the foresaid account.

Notes

• a 1.1

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 22. H. ••. Stat. Art. 22▪ H. 8. Stat. Art. 24.
• b 1.2

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 22. H. 5. Stat. Art. 22. H. 8. Stat. Art. 24.
• c 1.3

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 22. H. 5. Stat. Art. 22. H. 8. Stat. Art. 24.
• d 1.4

  Ord. Stat. in Lib. N. Art. 21.
• h 1.5

  Cart. an. 9. R. 2. m. 13.
• i 1.6

  Pat. 18. H. 6. part 2. m. 21.
• k 1.7

  R••t. Parl. an. 9. R. 2. m. 3. n. 17.
• l 1.8

  R••t. Parl. an. 9. R. 2. m. 3. n. 17.
• m 1.9

  Pa••. 18 H. 6. ut supra.
• n 1.10

  Pat. 23. H. 6. part 2. m. 20.
• o 1.11

  Ibid. Pat.
• p 1.12

  Lib. N. p. 95.
• q 1.13

  Ibid. p. 97.
• r 1.14

  Art. 24.
• s 1.15

  Lib. N. p. 75.
• t 1.16

  Lib. R. p. 66.
• w 1.17

  Lib. Carat. p. 48.49.59.66.67.73. & 74.
• x 1.18

  Ib. p. 84.
• y 1.19

  Append. Num. CLVII.
• z 1.20

  Ibid. p. 87.
• a 1.21

  Ex ipso Au∣togr.
• b 1.22

  E. 3. H. 5. Stat. Art. 2•• H. 8. Stat. Art. 24.
• c 1.23

  See before, p. 367.
• d 1.24

  Vide etiam Lib. Carol. p. 81.
• * 1.25

  Alms-Knights▪
• e 1.26

  E. 3. Stat. Art. 22.
• f 1.27

  H. 3. Stat. Art. 22. H. 8. Stat. Art. 24.
• g 1.28

  Ex ipso Au∣togr.
• * 1.29

  Choire, &c.
• h 1.30

  Ex ipso Au∣togr.
• * 1.31

  Register.
• i 1.32

  Lib. N. p. 235.
• * 2.1

  Autogr. penes Doct. Chr. Wren nuper Or∣dinis Regist.
• k 2.2

  Pag. 98.
• p 2.3

  Ex. Collect. praed. Dr. Chr. Wren.
• q 2.4

  Ex. Collect. praed. Dr. Chr. Wren.
• r 2.5

  Ex. Collect. praed. Dr. Chr. Wren.
• s 2.6

  Ex. Collect. praed. Dr. Chr. Wren.
• t 2.7

  Palm. large Iour∣nal, p. 23 & 24.
• u 2.8

  Palm. large Iour∣nal, p. 23 & 24.
• w 2.9

  Ex. ips•• Aut••gr.
• x 2.10

  Ex. ips•• Aut••gr.
• y 2.11

  Ibid.
• * 2.12

  Garret.
• a 2.13

  Lib. N. p. 236.
• b 2.14

  MS. veter. pe∣nes W. le N. Cl. f. 295.
• d 2.15

  MS. fol. penes Io. Vincent, p. 151.
• e 2.16

  Ex amplo Codice MS. penes praef. Io. Vincent p. 151.
• f 2.17

  Ex amplo Codice MS. penes praef. Io. Vincent p. 151.
• g 2.18

  Ex amplo Codice MS. penes praef. Io. Vincent p. 151.
• i 2.19

  Ex eod. MS. p. 157.
• k 2.20

  Ex eod. MS. p. 157.
• l 2.21

  Ex eod. MS. p. 157.
• m 2.22

  Ibid. p. 158.
• n 2.23

  Ibid. pag. 159.
• o 2.24

  Ibid. pag. 159.
• p 2.25

  Ibid. pag. 159.
• q 2.26

  Ibid. pag. 159.
• r 2.27

  Ibid. p. 160.
• s 2.28

  MS. in Offic. Arm. [L. 1.] f. 19.
• t 2.29

  MS. penes praef. G. O. Y. p. 132.
• u 2.30

  MS. penes praef. G. O. Y. p. 132.
• w 2.31

  MS. penes praef. G. O. Y. p. 132.
• x 2.32

  MS. penes praef. G. O. Y. p. 132.
• y 2.33

  Ibid.
• z 2.34

  Ibid.
• a 2.35

  Ibid.
• b 2.36

  Ibid.
• c 2.37

  Regist. Chart. f. 2••. b.
• d 2.38

  Ex. Collect. E. W. G.
• e 2.39

  Ex. Collect. E. W. G.
• * 2.40

  Ex. Collect. E. W. G.
• f 2.41

  Ibid.
• g 2.42

  Ex ipso A••∣togr.
• h 2.43

  Ibid.
• * 2.44

  Black-Rod.
• k 2.45

  Ex ipso Au∣togr.
• * 2.46

  Officers of Arms.
• * 2.47

  Ex ipso Au∣togr.
• l 2.48

  Ex lib. Part. in Offic. Armor. [3] f. 155. b.
• m 2.49

  Ib. f. 70. b.
• n 2.50

  Ex Autogr. penes E. W. G.
• * 2.51

  Ex ipso Autogr▪
• a 2.52

  Art. 22. vide etiam H 5. Stat. Art. 22. & H. Stat. Art. 24.
• b 2.53

  Lib. N. p. 75.
• c 2.54

  Lib. R. p. 121
• d 2.55

  Rowe's Iour∣nal, p. 40.
• f 2.56

  Ex Collect. E. W. G.
• h 2.57

  Lib. Carol. p. 48.
• i 2.58

  Ib. p. 49.
• * 3.1

  Ex Collect. E. W. G. vide et••∣am Lib. Carol. p. 49, 50. &c.
• k 3.2

  Ex Colle••••. praef. E. W. G.
• l 3.3

  Ex Colle••••. praef. E. W. G.
• m 3.4

  Ib.
• * 3.5

  Lib. Part in Offic. Arm. [4.]
• n 3.6

  Ex MS. ver. pergam. penes I. V. gen. f. 1••1.
• o 3.7

  Ibid.
• p 3.8

  Ibid.
• q 3.9

  Ib.
• r 3.10

  Ex Collect. E. W. G.
• s 3.11

  Ibid.
• t 3.12

  Ib.
• u 3.13

  Ex MS. verust. per∣gam. penes Io. Vincent. gen.
• w 3.14

  Ex MS. verust. per∣gam. penes Io. Vincent. gen.
• x 3.15

  Ex MS. verust. per∣gam. penes Io. Vincent. gen.
• y 3.16

  Ex lib. Par∣tition. in Offic. Armor. [1] fol. 19.
• z 3.17

  Ibid. f. 169.
• a 3.18

  Ib. f. 172.
• b 3.19

  Ib. f. 220.
• c 3.20

  Ib. f. 272.
• d 3.21

  Ib. f. 314.
• e 3.22

  Ex lib. Par∣tit. [2] fol. 177. b.
• g 3.23

  Ex Collect. praef. W. le N. Cl.