IT hath been held good policy in the greatest Princes to set apart some persons of re­rown and vertue from the rest of the sub­jects, and to unite them in a body amongst themselves. Amongst which we may reckon Davids mighty men, mentioned in the second of Samuel Chap. 23. thirty in number, as appeareth by the 13. ver. of that Chap. compared with Chron. 1. Chap. 27. v. 6. Some of whose names are registred, and their chief acts (especially their signall services against the Philistines) re­corded by the sacred Pen-men. Of which sort also were King Arthur's Knights of the Round-table, men of most eminent note in his long. War against the Saxons: And the twelve Peers of France ordained by Charlemaine, for their great valour manifested against the Sarasens; whose acts were so much memoriezd by some old Romancers. Upon this ground the Templers and Hospitalers were first instituted by the Eastern Christians, in order to the preser­vation of Ierusalem, and the Holy-Land, from the power of the Infidels; As were the Knights of Alcantara, Calatra­va, &c. by the Kings of Spain for the defence of their Dominions against the Moores.

2. But of all Orders purely Military, there is not any now remaining in the Christian World, either more ancient or more honourable, then the most noble Order of S. George, which we call the Garter; First, instituted by King [Page 2] Edw. the 3. anno 1350. which was 59. yeares before the instituting of the French Order of St. Michael by King Lewis the XI. 229. years before the first devising of the new Order of the Holy-Ghost, by King Henry the 3. full 80. years before the institution of the Burgundian Order of the Golden sleece, by Duke Philip the Good; and about 209. years before the Order of the Knights of the Elephant was first excogitated by the Kings of Denmark. Which gives it clearly the precedence before other Or­ders in the point of Antiquity. And yet it is esteemed as honourable as it hath been Ancient, there having been more Emperours, Kings and Forraign Princes of this one Order of the Garter, then of all others in a manner in the Christian World. Which honour it obtained by be­ing kept precisely to its primitive number, never exceed­ing 26. since the first originall; whereas all others of this kind have been so far communicated unto all pretenders, that at the last they lost their Lustre, and thereupon be­came lesse estimable in the eye of the world. But more particularly, there have been honoured with this Order 8. Emperours of Germany, 5. Kings of the French, 3. Kings of Spain, besides Charles the Emperour; 7. Kings and Princes of the house of Portugall, 2. Kings of the Scots, 4. Kings of Denmark, 3. Kings of Naples, 1, of Poland, and one of Sweden, 1. Duke of Millaine, 1. of Ferrara, 2. of Urbine, 7. Count Palatines of the Rhene, whereof 2. Ele­ctors, 1 Marquess & Elector of Brandinburgh, 2. Dukes of Beunswick, 2. Dukes of Holst, 1. Duke of wettenberge, one Duke of Guelders, and one Duke of Holland, one Duke of Savoy, one Duke of Usetagne, 4. Princes of Orange, two Dukes of Montmorency, one Duke of Chevereuse, one Duke of Espernon, and one Prince of Serranti, besides many other forraigners of great name and note.

3. Now in this Order there are these particulars to be considered, first, the occasion of the institution, secondly, the Saint by whose name it was at first intituled, thirdly, the Habit and Solemnities which belong unto it, fourth­ly, the manner of their sitting in their stalls at Windsor, and fifthly, the Succession of those eminent persons who have been Dignified therewith, from the first institution of it till this present time. And first as touching the occasion of it, it was briefly this. King Edward the 3. having in­gaged himself in a War with France, for the obtaining of that Crown which descended on him (as it was then sup­posed) in the right of his Mother; conceived it neces­sary to allure unto his party all such gallant Spirits as were inamored of Bellona. And to the end erected a Round-Table in the Castle of Windsor, in imitation of King Ar­thurs before remembred, where they were entertained with Tilts and Tournaments, Magnificent Feasts, and other Princely ways to unite them together. But Philip de Va-Loyce, who was then actually in possession of the Crown of France, mined with him, and so undermined him; by erecting a like Table in his Court wheresoever it was, and drawing to it many of King Edwards Knights, who were at liberty to go where they found best welcome. So that being disappointed in this project, he finds out another, such as might be more fast and binding then the other was; and so to fasten and unite his party, as to assure himself that they should not flit from him as they had done formerly, upon the hopes of a more liberall en­tertainment. And to this purpose he ordained this He­roick Order, consisting of six and twenty persons of most eminent note, of which himself and his Successors Kings of England were to be the Soveraigns; all of them men of choice endowments, of great renown in Martiall Chi­valry, [Page 4]and such as should be bound both by Oath and Honour to adhere unto him.

4. To each of these he gave a Garter, richly wrought, to be continually worn, and fastned about the left leg with a Buckle of Gold; from whence they were called Knights of the Garter in the times succeeding. But why he gave the Garter for their Badge or Ensign, is not well agreed on. Some have conceived as Cambden tells us, that from his own Garter, given forth as a signall of a Battle that sped fortunately, he called his Order of the Garter: Speed otherwise, for that in a Battle where­in he was Victorious, he had given the word Garter for his Signall and Selden, that the Garter was used for some successefull Symbole before his successefull Bat­tle, (perhaps he meaneth that of Crecie.) Polydore Virgil, far more wide then all the rest, will have it take Denom nation from a Garter of the Countesse of Sa­lisburies; which falling from her in a Dance was took up by the King, who is supposed to have been for­merly enamored of her. But this is proved to be a vain and idle Romance, Derogatory to the Honour of the Founder and the Author both. More rightly the Black-Book of windsor, (which is more justly to be credited in this particular) in which it is affirmed that the Garter was given to the Knights of this Order in testimony of that Bond of Love and affection where-with the Knights and Fellowes of it were to be bound severally unto one another, and all of them joyntly to the King as the Soveraign of it; the habit being so fitted to the Kings design, Ut omnia ad amicitiam & conordiam ten­dere nemo non intelligat; that all men might perceive how much it tended to the preservation of true Christian concord, and increase of friendship.

5. The Order being thus resolved on, the King resol­ved also to intitle it by the name of St. George, who being a man of great possessions and renown for Chivalry, had suffered Martyrdom in the furious times of Dioclesian; affirmed in general by all Writers to be a Native of the Province of Capadocia, supposed by some to have been Martyred in Nicomedia, the principal seat at that time of the Eastern Empire: by others at Diosprilia or Liddea in the Land of Palestine, where he is said to be interred: on both accounts of great esteem in the Eastern Countries. From whence his fame came into England by such noble Adventurers, as had imployed themselves in the Wars of the Holy Land; especially by King Richard the First, and King Edward the First, who looked upon him as the Tutilary Saint or Patron, of all Martial men, according to the common Error of those darker times; which being imbraced by this great King amongst the rest, he was re­solved to make him Patron of this Order, and to intitle all the Fellows and Companions of it, Knights of the Or­der of St. George. To which end having beautified and inlarged the Castle of Windsor, to be the Seat-Royal of this Order, he caused a solemn Proclamation to be made in France, Spain, Germany, and the Belgick Provinces, by which all men of Military spirits were invited to attend those Tilts and Tournaments, which were intended to be kept not only on St. Georges day then next ensuing (which was designed for the Day of the Institution) but for 15. dayes before, and as many after. And that the memo­ry of St. George might be still continued, he gave them for another part of their daily habit, the Image of Saint George encountring with the Dragon, enchased with Pearls and precious stones, appendant to a Blew Silk [Page 6]Ribbond continually to be worn about their Necks. The day perpetually designed for the Solemnities of the In­stallation, was fixed upon the 23. of April, Saint Georges Day; and those Solemnities to be performed in a good­ly Church, erected within the verge and limits of the Castle, called the Free Chappel of St. George. In which condition it remains to this very day.

6. As for the Habit of the Order besides the Garter and the George before remembred, without which none of these Knights are to shew themselves abroad in pub­lick, there properly belongs to each of them a Surcoat, a Mantle and an Hood, all stately and magnificent both for Stuff and Fashion. But these to be worn onely on Saint Georges Day, and on what day soever it shall please the Soveraign to celebrate the Solemnities of the In­stallations. To each of them belongs also a rich Col­ler made of pure Gold, composed of Knots and Garters, enamelled with Roses white and red, the Image of Saint George richly set out with precious stones appendant to it; to be worne over all the Robes at. Saint Georges Feast; and over their ordinary Clokes upon all such dayes, on which the Soveraigne is bound by Statutes to make his Offerings. And finally, beside these Robes appointed by the Royall Founder, it pleased His late Majesty, of precious memory, to make an Order, That all these Knights should wear upon their Clokes or Ri­ding Coats an Escotheon of the Armes of Saint George, i. c. A Crosse within a Garter, not enriched with Pearls or Stones, but both environed round about with a rich Imbroidery. This to be done in token of the Honour which they hold from that Noble Order; first instituted and ordained for persons of the highest worth, as the Act [Page 7]informeth us: which Act bears date on the 27. day of April, Anno 1626▪ being the second year of the said Kings Reign.

7. In some of these Abiliments the Knights of this most noble Order are attired in publick, as the diversity of occasions is presented to them; but alwayes in their stateliest Robes and richest Collers, when the Solemni­ties of the Order are to be performed, that is to say, the celebrating of St. Georges Feast, and in the act or cere­mony of their Installations. Concerning which we are to know, that every Knight is bound to fasten an Esco­cheon of their Arms on a plate of Mettal on their seve­ral Stalls, with an inscription of their Names and Titles of Honour; which they remove according as them­selves in order are advanced higher. And in this Order do they also change the places of their Banners, Swords and Helmets, which are continually over their said Stalls, during their being of the Order; that plate of Arms being left unto that Stall, in which last they sate, the Hatchments taken down, to make room for such as shall succeed unto the Stall of the Knight deceased, or otherwise removed to some higher place. And touch­ing this we are to know, that in this Order they are pla­ced according to the Seniority of their Creations, and not according to their personal Dignities and Titles of Honour: So that sometimes a Knight Batchelor hath place, before an Earl or Barron, yea, a Duke or Mar­quess; as not long since we had example in Sir Henry Lea Knight, Keeper of the Armory, who had precedency of the Duke of Lenox, besides Earls and Barons. One­ly in honour unto strangers, who are Sovereign Princes, or Sons or Brothers to such Princes, it is permitted by [Page 8]the rules of the Order, that they take place according to the quality of their several persons. But this is but a late Indulgence: For anciently whosoever was elected into the place of a Knight deceased, succeeded also in his Stall, without respect of any quality or degree. If a King crowned came in the place of a Knight Batchellor, whose Stall was lowest, he sate there also, no difference being made betwixt Forreigners and Natives, but all accoun­ted of as Fellows; as may be made apparent by the old French Tables, exemplified (and now by consequence preserved) in St. Georges History: And this is evident by the plates of several Kings and Sovereign Princes, placed in lower Stalls; as also from the first intention of the Founder, who meant them all as Fellows and Com­panions of the same Order; and therefore no priority to be challenged by any of them, no more than was in Ar­thurs Table, which he chiefly imitated. Henry the Se­venth, as is supposed, made the alteration, as far as it hath reference to Forreign Princes. The rest continued in those Stalls, where at first they sate; save that the Sovereigns reserved unto themselves this power, Once in their lives (so saith the Statute) to make a general Translation of all the Stalls at their pleasure, except of Emperours, Kings, and Soveraign Princes; as it continu­eth at this day.

8. Nothing remaines but that we lay down the Succession of the Knights of this Order, from the first Institution of it to this present time, Anno 1661. Which for my better method, I shall rank in this manner follow­ing. First, I will give the Names of those Eminent Persons, which were the first Fellowes and Compani­ons of it, and therefore called the Founders of the Order [Page 9]in the Book of Windsor. Secondly, I shall draw down the succession from the Death of those Founders, through the Raigns of all the Kings and Queens of England, till the thirteenth year of King Charles the Second; and thirdly represent the State of that excellent Order as it now stands upon the so much Celebrated day of the Installation, the greatest and most General day of In­stallation that was ever known, since the first Founding of the Order. And that being done, I shall both put an end to my own trouble, and the Readers also.

• 1 EDward the third King of England.
  Edward III. An. Ch. 1350.
• 2 Edward Prince of Wales.
• 3 Henry Duke of Lancaster.
• 4 Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick.
• 5 Peter Capitaine de la Bouche, a Gascoyner.
• 6 Ralph Lord Stafford, after Earl of Stafford.
• 7 William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury.
• 8 Roger Lord Mortimer, after Earl of March.
• 9 John Lisle Knight and Baron.
• 10 Bartholemew the Burgtherst Knight and Baron.
• 11 John Beauchamp. Knight and Baron.
• 12 John Lord Mohun of Dunster.
• 13 Hugh de Courtney. Knight and Baron.
• 14 Thomas de Holland Knight.
• [Page 10]15 John Grey of Codner Knight and Baron.
• 16 Richard Fitz-Simon, or Simondson Knight.
• 17 Miles de Stapulton Knight.
• 18 Thomas de wale Knight.
• 19 Hugh Wirtesley Knight.
• 20 Neele de Loring Knight.
• 21 John Chandos Banneret.
• 22 James de Audley Knight and Baron.
• 23 Otho de Holland Knight.
• 24 Henry Esme Knight.
• 25 Sanchio Dabridgecourt Knight, a Henalteir.
• 26 Walter Pavely Knight.

• Richard of Bourdeaux Prince of wales, after King of Eng­land, of that name the second.
• Lionell Duke of Clarence.
• John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, and afterwards of A­quitaine, called into Parliament by the name of King of Castile and Leon.
• Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, and E. of Cambridge.
• John Duke of Bretagne and Earl of Richmond.
• Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford.
• William de Bohun Earl of Northampton.
• John Hastings Earl of Pembroke.
• Thomas Beauchamp the Son, Earl of Warwich.
• Richard Fitz-Alen Earl of Arundel.
• [Page 11]Robert Ufford Earl of Suffolk.
• Guiscard de Engolisme, after Earl of Huntington.
• Ingelram de Coucy Earl of Bedford, the Kings Son-in-Law.
• William Lord Fitz-warin.
• Edward Lord Despencer.
• Hugh Earle of Stafford.
• William Lord Latimer.
• Reynold Lord Cobham of Sterburgh.
• John Lord Nevil of Raby.
• Ralph Lord Basset of Drayton.
• Sir Walter Manny Banneret, a Gentleman of Haynalt, one of especiall merit and imployment in our Wars with France.
• Sir Thomas Ufford.
• Sir Thomas Felton, the same I take it, whom Hector Boe­tius calleth by the name of William.
• Sir Francis Van-Hall.
• Sir Alan Boxhull Constable of the Tower.
• Sir Richard Pemburg.
• Sir Thomas Utreight.
• Sir Thomas Banister.
• Sir Richard La Vache.
• Sir Guido Brian or Brient.

• Thomas of Woodstock Earl of Buckingham, after Duke of Gloucester.
• [Page 12]Henry of Lancaster Earl of Derby, after Duke of Hereford, and finally King of England, of that name the fourth.
• William Duke of Gelderland, descended by his Mother from the Lady Elenor, sister to King Edw. the third, and wife of Reynald, first Duke of Guelders.
• William of Bavaria Earl of Osternant, Son of Albert, Earl of Holland, afterwards Earl of Holland, Heinalt, &c.
• Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, after Duke of Surrey.
• Thomas Mowbray Earl of Nottingham, after Duke of Norfolk.
• Edward Earl of Rutland, after Duke of Albemarle, and at last Duke of York, slain at the Battle of Agin-court.
• Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk.
• William Lord Scrope, after Earl of Wilts.
• Sir William Beauchamp, after Lord Aburgavenny.
• John Lord Beaumont.
• William Lord Willoughby.
• Richard Lord Grey.
• Sir Nicholas Sarnsfield.
• Sir Philip de la Vache.
• Sir Simon Burley, institutor of the King in his minority.
• Sir John D' Eureux.
• Sir Brian Stapleton.
• Sir Richard Burley.
• Sir Peter Courtney.
• Sir John Burley.
• Sir John Bourchier.
• Sir Thomas Grandison.
• Sir Lewis Clyfford.
• Sir Robert de Namurs.

• [Page 13]HENRY Prince of Wales, after King Henry the Fifth.
• Thomas Duke of Clarence, and Lord high Steward.
• John Duke of Bedford, and Lord High Constable, after Regent of France.
• Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, Protector of the Realm in the time of King Henry the sixth.
• Robert Count Palatine, and Duke of Bavier.
• Thomas Beaufort Earl of Dorset, after Duke of Ex­ceter.
• John Beaufort Earl of Somerset.
• Thomas Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel.
• Edmund Earl of Stafford.
• Edmund Holland Earl of Kent.
• Ralph Nevil Earl of Westmerland.
• Gilbert Lord Talbot.
• Gilbert Lord Roos.
• Thomas Lord Morley.
• Edward Lord Powys.
• John Lord Lovell.
• Edward Lord Burnell.
• Sir John Cornwall, after Lord Fanhope.
• Sir William Arundell.
• Sir John Stanley.
• Sir Robert Umfreville.
• Sir Thomas Rampston.
• [Page 14]Sir Thomas Erpingham, afterwards Captain of the Archers at the Battail of Agincours.
• Sir John Sulby.
• Sir Sanchio of Trane.

• 1413. JOHN King of Portugall.
• Henry or Ericus King of Danemarke.
• Sir John Dabridgecourt.
• 1416. Sigismund King of Hungary and Bohemia, and Emperour Elect.
• John Holland Earl of Huntingdon, and after the death of Thomas Beaufort Duke of Eneter.
• Thomas Mountacute Earl of Salisbury.
• Richard Vere Earl of Oxon.
• Richard Beauchamp Earl of Wawick, after Vice-Regent of France.
• Thomas Lord Camoys.
• Robert Lord Willoughby.
• Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh.
• Sir Simon Felbridge.
• Sir John Robsart, or Robertsack.
• Sir William Harrington.
• Sir John Blunt.
• Sir Thomas Montacute.
• 1420. Hugh Stafford Lord Bourchier.
• Sir John Grey of Eyton.
• [Page 15]1421. Sir William Philips, after Lord Bardolph, Trea­surer of the Houshould.
• 1422. William de la Pole, then Earl, after Marquess, and lastly Duke of Suffolk.
• John Moubray, Earl Marshal, after Duke of Nor­folke.
• John Lord Clyfford.
• Sir Lewis Robsart, Lord Chamberlain, and afterwards Lord Bourcher.
• Sir Walter Hungerford, Lord Steward of the King's house, after Lord Hungerford, Constable of Windsor.
• Sir Heretongs Cleux a Knight of Germany.

• 1423. JOHN Lord Talbot, after Earl of Shrewsbury, the first of this Family.
• 1425. Thomas Lord Scales.
• 1426. Sir John Fustolfe, Governour of Anjou and Maine.
• 1429. Humphrey Earl of Stafford, after Duke of Buckingham, Lord High Constable.
• Sir John Ratelif.
• 1432. John Fitz-alan Earl of Arundel.
• 1435. Edward King of Portugal, Son of that King John who was elected of the Order by King Henry the Fifth.
• Richard Duke of York, who after claimed the King­dom against this King Henry.
• [Page 16]1436. Edmund Beaufort Earl of Moriton in Normandy, after Duke of Somerset.
• Sir John Grey, after Lord Grey of Ruthin.
• 1437. Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury.
• 1438. Albert of Austria King of Hungary and Bohe­mia, and Emperour of Germany.
• 1438. John Beauford Duke of Somerset, elder Bro­ther of Edmund Earl of Moriton abovementioned.
• Gaston de Foix Earl of Longeville.
• William Nevil Lord Falconbride, after Earl of Kent.
• John Viscount Beaumont, the first in England that was ever honoured with the title of Viscount.
• Ralph Lord Butler of Sudeley.
• 1444. Peter Duke of Conimbria, third Son of John King of Portugal.
• Henry Duke of Visontium, fourth Son to the said John King of Portugal.
• 1445. John de Foix created also Earl of Kendal, cal­led commonly Capdal de Bouche.
• Sir John Beaucham after Lord Beauchamp of Powick.
• 1446. Alvare d' Almada, Earl of Avarence, a Por­tugueze.
• Thomas Lord Hoo and Hasting.
• 1447. Alphonso King of Portugall.
• Sir Francis Serrien, an Arragonian; a man of prin­cipal imployment in our wars with France.
• 1450. Alphonso King of Arragon and Naples.
• Casimire King of Poland.
• William, surnamed The Victorius, Duke of Brunswick.
• John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk.
• Richard Widdevil Lord Rivers, after Earl Rivers; and Lord High Constable.
• [Page 17]1452. Henry Viscount. Bouchter after Earl of Essex.
• Sir Philip Wentworth.
• 1453. Sir Edward Hall.
• 1454. Edward the Kings only Son, Prince of Wales; slain afterwards at the Battel of Tewskbury.
• 1457. John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Elect into his Fathers place.
• Lionell Lord Wells.
• Thomas Lord Stanley.
• 1458. John Lord Bourchier of Borners.
• 1459. Frederick Archduke of Austria, and Emp.
• Jasper of Hatfield Earl of Pembroke, after Duke of Bedford.
• James Butler Earl of Wilts and Ormond.
• John Lord Dudley.
• 1461. Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick, called the King-maker, Lord Admiral, Warden of the Cinque-Ports, and Captain of Calice.
• William Lord Bonvill, and Harrington.
• Sir John Wenlock, after Lord Wenlock.
• Sir Thomas Kyriell.

• 1463. FErdinand King of Naples.
• Francis Sforza Duke of Millain.
• George Duke of Clarence.
• Richard D. of Gloucester, after King Richard the Third.
• James Earl of Douglas, a Lord of Scotland.
• [Page 18]Galiard Lord Duras.
• John Lord Scrope of Bolton.
• William Lord Hastings Lord Chamberlain.
• Sir John Astley.
• Sir William Chamberlain.
• Sir Robert Haricourt.
• 1464. John Nevil Lord Montacute, after Earl of Northumberland, and lastly Marquess Montacute.
• William Lord Herbert, after Earl of Pembroke.
• 1468. Anthony Widdevill Lord Scales, after Earl Ri­vers, and Lord High Constable.
• N. N. Lord of Montaguison, a Gascoiner, as I conjecture.
• John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, and Lord High Con­stable.
• 1472. Walter Blunt Lord Montjoy.
• John Stafford Earl of Wilts.
• 1473. William Fitz-alan, Earl of Arundel.
• John Mowbrey Duke of Norfolk.
• John De-la-Pole Duke of Suffolk.
• John Lord Howard, after Duke of Norfolk.
• 1474. Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham, and after Lord High Constable.
• Thomas Lord Maltravers.
• Walter d' Eureux Lord Ferrers of Chartley.
• Sir William Parre.
• 1475. Frederick Duke of Urbine.
• Henry-Algernon Percie Earl of Northumberland.
• 1476. Edward Prince of Wales, after King Edward the Fifth.
• Richard Duke of York, the Kings second Son.
• Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset.
• 1477. Sir Thomas Mongomery.
• 1478. Charles Duke of Burgundy.
• [Page 19]1480. Ferdinand King of Castile and Arragon, fir­named The Catholick; not named in the old French Ta­bles.
• Hercules Duke of Ferrara.
• 1483. King John of Portugall, whom I conceive ra­ther to have been elected in the Raigh of Henry the Seventh; for he is named there also as then chosen.

• 1483. SIr John Conyers Banneret.
• 1484. Thomas Earl of Sarrey, after Duke of
• Norfolk.
• Thomas Lord Stanley, after Earl of Darby.
• Francis Lord Lovell, after Viscount Lovell.
• Sir William Stanley, afterwards Lord Chamberlain to King Henry the Seventh.
• 1485. Sir Richard Ratelif.
• Sir Richard Tunstall.

• 1487. IOhn Vere Earl of Oxon, Captain of the Archers at Bosworth field.
• Thomas Lord Burgh.
• John King of Portugal.
• George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, after the death of the Lord Broke, Lord Steward.
• [Page 20]John Viscount Wells.
• Giles Lord Daubeny Earl of Bridgewater.
• Edward Lord Widdeville.
• George Stanley Lord Strange.
• 1490. Sir John Savage.
• Sir John Cheinie:
• 1494. Alphonso Duke of Calabria, after King of Naples.
• Arthur, the Kings eldest Son, Prince of Wales.
• Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset.
• 1494. Henry Perey Earl of Northumberland.
• Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex.
• Sir Charles: Somerset Banneret, after Lord Herbert and Earl of Worcester.
• John Lord Dynham Lord Treasurer.
• Robert Willoughby Lord Brook, Lord Steward.
• Sir Edward Poynings.
• Sir Gilbert Talbot Banneret.
• 1500. Sir Richard Pole, Lord Chamberlain to the Prince.
• 1500. Maximilian Archduke of Austria, after Em­perour.
• John King of Danemarke.
• Henry, the Kings second Son, Duke of York, after King of England, of that name the VIII.
• Edward Courtney Earl of Devon.
• Sir Richard Guilford.
• Sir Thomas Lovell.
• Edmund de la Pole Earl of Suffolk.
• Sir Regniald Bray.
• 1505 Ubaldo Duke of Urbine.
• Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, Lord High Constable.
• [Page 21]Gerrard Earl of Kildare.
• Henry Lord Stafford Earl of Wilts.
• 1506. Richard Grey Earl of Kent.
• Sir Rheseap Thomas.
• 1508. Phillip of Austria, King of Castile, and Duke of Burgondy.
• Sir Thomas Brandon.

• 1509. THomas Lord Darcy of the North.
• Edward Sutton Lord Dudley.
• 1510. Emanuel King of Portugall.
• Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey, after Duke of Norfolk.
• Thomas West Lord de la Ware.
• Sir Henry Marney, after Lord Marney.
• 1513. Sir Charles Brandon, after Duke of Suffolk, and Lord Great-Master.
• Edward Howard Lord Admiral.
• George Nevill Lord Albergavennie.
• 1514. Julian de Medices, brother to Pope Leo the Tenth.
• Edward Stanley Lord Mounteagle, second Son to the Earl of Darby.
• 1518. Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland.
• Sir William Sands, Lord Chamberlain, after Lord Sands of the Vine.
• 1519. Henry Courtney, Earl of Devon, after Marquess of Exceter.
• [Page 22]1522. Charles the Fifth, Emperour of Germany, and King of Spain.
• Ferdinand Archduke of Austria, and King of the Ro­mans.
• Sir Richard Wingfield.
• 1523. Sir Thomas B [...]llen Treasurer of the Houshold, after Earl of Wilts, Father of the Lady Ann Bollen, se­cond Wife to King Henry the Eigth, and Mother to Queen Elizabeth.
• Walter Dewreux Lord Ferrers, after Viscount Here­ford.
• 1524. Robert Ratclif Viscount Fitz-Walter, after Earl of Sussex.
• Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, natural Son to King Edward the Fourth, from whom George Duke of Albemarle now being, doth derive his pedigree.
• 1525. Henry Fitz-Roy, natural Son to King Henry the Eighth, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Earl of Not­tingham, and Lord Admiral.
• William Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel.
• Ralph Nevill Earl of Westmorland.
• Thomas Mannours Lord Roos, after Earl of Rutland.
• 1526. William Fitz-Williams Lord Admiral, after Earl of Southampton, and Lord Treasurer.
• William Blount Lord Monjoy.
• Sir Henry Guilford.
• 1527. Francis, the First, King of the French.
• John Vere Earl of Oxon.
• 1531. Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland.
• 1532. Annas Duke of Montmorencie, Great Master of the Houshold to the French King.
• Phillip de Cabot Earl of Newblanch, Lord Admiral of France.
• [Page 23]Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland.
• 1536. James the Fifth, King of the Scots.
• Sir Nicholas Carewe.
• 1537. Thomas Lord Cromwel, Lord Privie Seal, after Farl of Essex, and Lord Great Chamberlain, and Vicar General.
• 1539. John Lord Russel, Lord Privie Seal, after Earl of Bedford.
• Sir Thonas Cheinie.
• Sir William Kingston.
• 1540. Thomas Lord Andley of Walden, Lord Chan­cellour.
• Edward Seymor Earl of Heriford, after Duke of So­merset, and Lord Protector.
• Sir Anthony Browne, Father of Anthony Browne first Viscount Montague.
• 1541. Henry Howard Earl of Surrey.
• Sir John Gage.
• Sir Anthony Wingfield.
• 1543. John Dudley Viscount Lisle, after Earl of War­wick, and Duke of Northumberland.
• William Lord Parre, after Earl of Essex, and Marquess of Northampton.
• William Pawlet, Lord St. John of Basing, after Earl of Wilts, Marquess of Winchester, and Lord Treasurer.
• Sir John Wallopp Treasurer of Cali [...]e.
• 1544. Sir Anthony St. Leger Lord Deputy of Ireland.
• Henry Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel.
• 1545. Francis Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury.
• Thomas Lord Wriothesley Lord Chancellor, created Earl of Southampton by King Edward the Sixth.

• [Page 24]1547. THomas Lord Seymor of Sudley, Lord Admi­ral, the Protectors Brother.
• 1548. Sir William Paget Comptroller of the Houshold, after Lord Paget of Beaudesert.
• 1549. Henry Grey Marquess of Dorset, after Duke of Suffolk.
• Francis Hastings Earl of Huntingdon.
• Edward Stanley Earl of Darby.
• Thomas West Lord de la Ware.
• George Brook Lord Cobham.
• Sir William Herbert, after Lord Herbert of Cardisse, and Earl of Pembroke.
• 1551. Henry the Second, King of the French.
• Edward Lord Clinton, Lord Admiral.
• Thomas Lord Darcy of Chiche, Lord Chamberlain.
• 1552. John Earl of Warmick, eldest Son to the Duke of Northumberland.
• Henry Nevill Earl of Westmerland.
• Sir Andrew Sutton, alias Dudley.

• [Page 25]1553. PHilip of Austria, King of Naples and Hieru­salem, and after sole Monarch of Spain, the Queens husband.
• Henry Ratclif Earl of Sussex.
• 1554. Emanuel Duke of Savoy.
• William Lord Howard of Effingham.
• Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague, then Embassa­dour at Rome.
• Sir Edward Hastings Master of the Horse, after Lord Hastings of Loughborough.
• 1556. William Lord Grey of Wilton.
• Thomas Ratclif Earl of Sussex.
• Sir Robert Rochester.

• 1559. THomas Howard Duke of Norfolk.
• Henry Mannors Earl of Rutland.
• Sir Robert Dudley Master of the Horse, after Earl of Leicester, and Lord Steward.
• 1560. Adolph Duke of Holsatia.
• 1561. George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury.
• Henry Cary Lord Hunsdon.
• [Page 26]1563. Ambrose Dudley Earl of Warwick.
• Thomas Percy Earl of Northumberland.
• 1564. Charles the Ninth, King of the French.
• Francis Russel Earl of Bedford.
• Sir Henry Sidney Lord President of Wales, and thrice Lord Deputy of Ireland.
• 1568. Maximilian the Second, Emperour of Germa­ny, and King of Hungary and Bohemia.
• 1570. Francis Hastings Earl of Huntington.
• William Somerset Earl of Worcester.
• 1572. Francis Duke of Mont-morency.
• Walter Deureux Earl of Essex.
• Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton.
• Edmund Bruges Lord Chandos.
• William Cecill Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer.
• 1574. Henry Stanley Earl of Darby.
• Henry Herbert Earl of Pembroke.
• 1575. Henry the Third, King of France and Poland.
• Charles Lord Howard of Effingham, Lord Admiral after Earl of Nottingham.
• 1578. Rodulphus the Second, Emperour of Germany, and King of Hungary and Bohemia.
• Frederick King of Danemark.
• 1579. John Casimire Count Palatine of the Rhene, and Duke of Bavaria.
• 1584. Edward Mannours Earl of Rutland.
• William Broke, Lord Cobham.
• Henry Lord Scrope of Bolton.
• 1578. Robert Deureux Earl of Essex.
• Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond.
• Sir Christopher Hatton Lord Chancellour.
• 1589. Henry Ratclif Earl of Sussex.
• [Page 27]Thomas Sackvill, Lord Buckhurst, after Earl of Dor­set, and Lord Treasurer.
• 1590. Henry the Fourth, King of France and Na­varre.
• James the Sixth, King of the Scots, after the first Monarch of Great Britain.
• 1592. Gilbert Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury.
• George Clifford Earl of Cumberland.
• 1593. Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland.
• Edward Somerset Earl of Worcester.
• Thomas Lord Burgh, after Lord Deputy of Ire­land.
• Edmund Lord Sheffield, created afterwards Earl of Moulgrave.
• Sir Francis Knollys Treasurer of the Houshold.
• 1597. Frederick Duke of Wirtzenberge.
• Thomas Lord Howard of Walden, after Earl of Suf­folk, and Lord Treasurer.
• George Carie, Lord Hunsdon, Lord Chamberlain.
• Charles Blount Lord Montjoy, after Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Earl of Devon.
• Sir Henry Leu Keeper of the Armory.
• 1599. Robert Ratclif Earl of Sussex.
• Henry Brook Lord Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Port.
• Thomas Lord Scrope of Bolton.
• 1601. William Stanley Earl of Darby.
• Thomas Cecil, Lord Burghley, after Earl of Exceter.

• [Page 28]1603. CHristierne the Fourth, King of Danemark.
• Henry the Kings Eldest Son, Prince of Wales.
• Lewis Duke of Lenox, afterwards Earl, and Duke of Richmond, and Lord Steward.
• Henry Wriothsley Earl of Southampton.
• John Ereskin Earl of Marre, in the Realm of Scot­land.
• William Herbert Earl of Pembroke, Lord Steward after the death of Marquess Hamilton.
• 1605. Ulrick Duke of Holsatia.
• Henry Howard Earl of Northampton, Lord Privy Seal.
• 1606. Robert Cecill Earl of Salisbury, afterward Lord Treasurer.
• Thomas Howard Viscount Bindon.
• 1608. George Hume Earl of Dunbarre, Lord Treasurer of Scotland.
• Philip Herbert Earl of Montgomery, afterward Earl of Pembroke also; and Lord Chamberlain.
• 1611. Charles the King's Second Son Duke of York, after Prince of Wales, and Second Monarch of Great Brittain.
• Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel and Surrey, after Lord Marshal.
• Robert Carre Visc. Rochester, after Earl of Somerset.
• [Page 29]1612. Frederick Prince Elector Palatine, the King's Son in Law, Elected and Crowned King of Bohemia, Anno 1619.
• Maurice Van Nassaw, Prince of Orange, and Governour of the Armies of the States General.
• 1615. Thomas Ereskin, Viscount Fenton, now Earl of Kelly, in the Realm of Scotland.
• William Lord Knollis, after Viscount Wallingford, and Earl of Banbury.
• 1616. Francis Mannours Earl of Rutland.
• Sir George Villiers, Master of the Horse, after Earl, Marquess and Duke of Buckingham.
• Robert Sidney Viscount Lisle, after Earl of Leicester.
• 1623. James Marquess Hamilton, Earl of Cambridge afterwards Lord Steward.
• 1624. Esme Steuart, Lord D' Aubigney, Duke of Lenox, and Earl of March.
• Christian Duke of Brunswick.
• William Cecill Earl of Salisbury.
• James Hay Earl of Carlile.

• 1625. FDward Sackvill Earl of Dorset, after Lord Chamberlain of the Queens, and finally of his Majesties Houshold.
• Henry Rich Earl of Holland.
• [Page 30]Thomas Howard Earl of Berkshire.
• Churde de Lorreine Duke of Chevereuse.
• 1627. Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden.
• Henry Van Nassaw Prince of Orange, Successor to his Brother Maurice in his Command in the Low-Countries.
• Theophilus Howard Earl of Suffolk, Lord Warden of the Cinque-Ports.
• 1628. William Compton Earl of Northampton, Lord President of Wales.
• 1630. Richard Lord Weston of Neyland, Lord Trea­surer, created afterwards Earl of Portland.
• Robert Berty Lord Willoughby, Earl of Lindsey, and Lord High Chamberlain.
• William Cecill Earl of Exeter.
• James Hamilton, Marquess Hamilton, Earl of Cam­bridge, and Master of the Horse, created afterwards Duke Hamilton of Arran in the Realm of Scotland.
• James Steuart Duke of Lenox and Earl of March, created afterwards Duke of Richmond.
• Henry Danvers Earl of Danby.
• William Douglas Earl of Morton, Lord Treasurer of Scotland, and Captain of his Majesties Guard.
• Algernon Percy Earl of Northumberland, Lord Admi­ral, and General of his Majesties Forces against the Scots.
• Charles Lodowick Prince Elector Palatine, Eldest Son of Frederick Prince Palatine, and King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth his Wife, the Kings only Sister.
• 1638. Charles Duke of Cornwell, the eldest surviving Son of his Royal Father, designed for Prince of Wales, but not created; and now the Third Monarch of Great Brittain.
• 1642. William of Nasso, the only Son of Henry Prince of Orance, and Husband of the Princes Mary, the Kings Eldest Daughter.
• [Page 31]James Duke of York, the Second surviving Son of his Sacred Majesty.
• Rupert Count Palatine of the Rhene, one of the younger Sons of the Queen of Bohemia, created Duke of Cumberland, and Earl of Holdernes, and made the Generalissimo of all his Majesties Forces in the Realm of England.
• 1643. Barnard Duke of Espernon in the Realm of France.

• 1649. MAurice Count Palatine of the Rhene, the third surviving Son of the Queen of Bo­hemia.
• James Butler Earl of Ossory, and Marquess of Or­mond, made afterwards Lord Steward of his Majesties Houshold, Earl of Brecknock, and Duke of Ormond.
• Edward Count Palatine of the Rhene, another of the younger Sons of the Queen of Bohemia.
• George Vlliers Earl, Marquess and Duke of Buking­ham.
• William Seymour Earl and Marquess of Hartford, de­clared to be one of this Order about this time, but not in­vested in the same till the Moneth of May, An. 1660. after which time he was advanced unto the Title of Duke of Somerset.
• [Page 32]Thomas Wriothesly Earl of Southampton, had his De­claratory Letters at the same time also, but not invested with the George and Garter till the Month of May afore­said, and no: long after made Lord Treasurer of the Realm of England.
• William Hamilton Duke and Marquess of Hamilton, Earl of Cambridge and Arran, and Lord Secretary of Scotland.
• William Cavendish Marquess and Earl of Newcastle, Viscount Mansfield, &c.
• James Graham Marquess and Earl of Montrose in the Realm of Scotland, the Valiant and Victorious Com­mander of his late Majesties Forces in that Kingdom, Anno 1643, 1644, &c.
• James Stanley Earl of Darby.
• 1653. George Dighbey Earl of Bristol, and sometimes one of the principal Secretaries to his late Sacred Ma­jesty.
• Henry Duke of Gloucester the King's youngest bro­ther.
• Charles Prince of Tarante, the eldest Son to the Duke of Tremonille in the Realm of France.
• William of Nasso Prince of Orrange, the only Son of William Prince of Orrange, and the Princes Mary.
• 1654. Frederick William Marquess and Elector of Brandenburge, Duke of Prussia, Pomeren, Cleve, and Gulick, &c.
• 1658. Gasper Count of Marsham, a Commander of great note in the Armies of the King of Spain against the French.
• 1660. George Monke Lord General of all his Majesties Forces both in England and Scotland, created afterwards Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torington, Lord Monke of [Page 33]Poderidge, Lord Tayes and Bouchamp, and Master of his Majesties Horse.
• Edward Mountague Admiral of the Fleet which brought his Majesty into England, created afterward Earl of Sandwich, Lord Hinchinbrook, and Master of his Majesties Wardrobe.
• Aubrey de Vere the 21 Earl of Oxon. of that name and Famely.
• 1661. Charles Steuart Duke of Richmond and Lenox, Earl of March and Litchfield, &c.
• Montague Bertue Earl of Lyndsey, and Lord High Chamberlain of England.
• Edward Montague Earl of Manchester, Lord Cham­berlain of his Majesties Houshold.
• William Wentworth Earl of Strafford, Viscount Went­worth, Lord Raby-Newmarch; in number the 457 per­son that hath been chosen of the Order since the first in­stitution.

Nothing remains but that I give the Names of Saint Georges Knights, as they stand at the present, of which five only were reinstalled in the time of his late Sacred Majesty, and all the rest excepting two elected by his most Excellent Majesty now Raigning, but altogether with those two Installed at Windsor with the accostomed Solemnities, on Tuesday the 16 day of April, Anno 1631.

• [Page 34]1. CHARLES the Second, King of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, &c.
• 2. James Duke of York, the King's only Brother.
• 3. Charles Lodowick Prince Elector Palatine.
• 4. Frederick-William Marquess and Elector of Bran­denburgh.
• 5. Rupert Count Palatine of the Rbene, and Duke of Cumberland.
• 6. Edward Count Palatine of the Rhene.
• 7. William of Nasso, Prince of Orange.
• 8. Barnard Duke of Espernon.
• 9. Charles Prince of Tarante.
• 10. William Cecil Earl of Salisbury.
• 11. Thomas Howard Earl of Barkshire.
• 12. Algernon Percy Earl of Northumberland.
• 13. James Butler Duke of Ormond.
• 14. George Villiers Duke of Buckingham.
• 15. Thomas Wriothesly Earl of Southampton.
• 16. William Cavendish Marquess of Newcastle.
• 17. George Dighby Earl of Bristol.
• 18. Gasper Count of Marsham.
• 19. George Monke Duke of Albemarle.
• 20. Edward Montague Earl of Sandwich.
• 21. Abrey de Vere Earl of Oxford.
• 22. Charles Stenart Duke of Richmond and Lenox.
• [Page 35]23. Montague Bertue Earl of Lyndsey.
• 24. Edward Montague Earl of Manchester.
• 25. William Wentworth Earl of Strafford.

And here it is to be observed, That the Duke of So­mersets place is still kept vacant, it being no unusual matter with the Soveraigns of this famous Order, to keep some place or places vacant, that they may never want the opportunity of gratifying any forain Prince, or any other eminent person which deserves well of them. Which said, I am to add but this, That to this Order there belongs five Principal Officers, that is to say, the Prelate, the Chancellour, the Register, the King of Arms, called Garter, and the Gentleman Usher called the Blackrod. Of which the Prelate being alwayes Bishop of Winchester; and the Register being for the most part Dean of Windsor, are of the same Antiquity with the Order it self: The King of Arms was first appointed by King Henry the fifth; the Chancellour by King Edward the fourth; and the Gentleman Usher by King Henry the eighth. Which is as much as needs be said in the prsent business; which here I shall conclude with that very Motto, continually interwoven in the Garter it self; that is to say, Honi soit qui maly pense: Shame be to him that evil thinks, either of this most famous Order, or the Soveragin of it; or any of those Noble and Illustri­ous Persons that are honoured with it.