A PERFECT CATALOGUE OF ALL THE KNIGHTS OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER. From the first Institution of it, until this present April, Anno 1661. Whereunto is prefixed A short Discourse touching the Institution of the Order, the Patron, Habit and Solemnities of it, with many other Particulars which concern the same. Collected and continued by J. N. LONDON: Printed for Anne Seile, over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1661. TO THE READER. REader, I here present thee with a perfect Catalogue of the Knights of the Garter, from the first Institution of that famous Order till this present April, Anno 1661. which I conceive will neither prove unpleasing nor unseasonable in this Conjuncture, considering that the solemn Installation of so many of Saint George's Knights (the greatest that was ever known since the first founding of the Order by King Edw. 3.) makes up a principal part of the Discourse of this present time. But then I am withal to tell thee, that in this piece I can call nothing mine without great presumption, but my desire to do thee service; all the materials of it being lent me by an abler hand: From whose laborious Work upon this Subject, and some additional helps which were since brought in, I have collected whatsoever is now laid before thee. And yet I cannot fear that either Felony or Petitlarsony will be laid to my charge; or if it be, I shall presume upon the Coronation pardon, which is now at hand, in case I should not meet with thine. And so Far thee well. A Perfect Catalogue of all the KNIGHTS of the most Noble Order of the GARTER. IT hath been held good policy in the greatest Princes to set apart some persons of rerown and virtue from the rest of the subjects, and to unite them in a body amongst themselves. Amongst which we may reckon David's 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 registered, and their chief acts (especially their signal services against the Philistines) recorded by the sacred Penmen. 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 Charlemagne, for their great valour manifested against the Saracens; whose acts were so much memoriezd by some old Romancers. Upon this ground the Templars and Hospitalers were first instituted by the Eastern Christians, in order to the preservation of jerusalem, and the Holy-Land, from the power of the Infidels; As were the Knights of Alcantara, Calatrava, etc. by the Kings of Spain for the defence of their Dominions against the Moors. 2. But of all Orders purely Military, there is not any now remaining in the Christian World, either more ancient or more honourable, than the most noble Order of S. George, which we call the Garter; First, instituted by King Edw. the 3. anno 1350. which was 59 years 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 Emperors, Kings and Foreign Princes of this one Orders 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 original; 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 less estimable in the eye of the world. But more particularly, there have been honoured with this Order 8. Emperors of Germany, 5. Kings of the French, 3. Kings of Spain, besides Charles the Emperor; 7. Kings and Princes of the house of Portugal, 2. Kings of the Scots, 4. Kings of Denmark, 3. Kings of Naples, 1, of Poland, and one of Sweden, 1. Duke of Milan, 1. of Ferrara, 2. of Urbine, 7. Count Palatines of the Rhine, whereof 2. Electors, 1 Marquis & Elector of Brandinburgh, 2. Dukes of Beunswick, 2. Dukes of Holst, 1. Duke of wettenberge, one Duke of Gelder's, 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 foreigners 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 entitled, 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 engaged 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 enamoured of Bellona. And to the end erected a Round-Table in the Castle of Windsor, in imitation of King Arthur's before remembered, 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 Edward's 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 liberal entertainment. And to this purpose he ordained this Heroic Order, consisting of six and twenty persons of most eminent note, of which himself and his Successors Kings of England were to be the Sovereigns; all of them men of choice endowments, of great renown in Martial Chivalry, 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 fastened 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 signal 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 Signal and Selden, that the Garter was used for some successful Symbol before his successful Battle, (perhaps he meaneth that of Crecie.) Polydore Virgil, far more wide than all the rest, will have it take Denom nation from a Garter of the Countess of Salisburies'; which falling from her in a Dance was took up by the King, who is supposed to have been formerly enamoured 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 wherewith the Knights and Fellows of it were to be bound severally unto one another, and all of them jointly to the King as the Sovereign of it; the habit being so fitted to the King's 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 entitle 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 employed 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 embraced by this great King amongst the rest, he was resolved to make him Patron of this Order, and to entitle all the Fellows and Companions of it, Knights of the Order of St. George. To which end having beautified and enlarged 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 Belgic 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. George's day than next ensuing (which was designed for the Day of the Institution) but for 15. days 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 encountering with the Dragon, enchased with Pearls and precious stones, appendent to a Blue Silk 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 George's Day; and those Solemnities to be performed in a goodly Church, erected within the verge and limits of the Castle, called the Free Chapel 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 remembered, without which none of these Knights are to show themselves abroad in public, 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 only on Saint George's Day, and on what day soever it shall please the Sovereign to celebrate the Solemnities of the Installations. To each of them belongs also a rich Choler made of pure Gold, composed of Knots and Garters, enameled with Roses white and red, the Image of Saint George richly set out with precious stones appendent to it; to be worn over all the Robes at. Saint George's Feast; and over their ordinary Cloaks upon all such days, on which the Sovereign is bound by Statutes to make his Offerings. And finally, beside these Robes appointed by the Royal Founder, it pleased His late Majesty, of precious memory, to make an Order, That all these Knights should wear upon their Cloaks or Riding Coats an Escotheon of the Arms of Saint George, i. c. A Cross within a Garter, not enriched with Pearls or Stones, but both environed round about with a rich Embroidery. 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 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 public, as the diversity of occasions is presented to them; but always in their stateliest Robes and richest Collars, when the Solemnities of the Order are to be performed, that is to say, the celebrating of St. George's 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 Metal 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 sat, 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 Marquis; as not long since we had example in Sir Henry Lea Knight, Keeper of the Armoury, who had precedency of the Duke of Lenox, besides Earls and Barons. Only in honour unto strangers, who are Sovereign Princes, or Sons or Brothers to such Princes, it is permitted by 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 Bachelor, whose Stall was lowest, he sat there also, no difference being made betwixt Foreigners 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. George's 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 Arthur's Table, which he chief imitated. Henry the Seventh, as is supposed, made the alteration, as far as it hath reference to Foreign Princes. The rest continued in those Stalls, where at first they sat; 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 Emperors, Kings, and Sovereign Princes; as it continueth at this day. 8. Nothing remains 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 Fellows and Companions of it, and therefore called the Founders of the Order in the Book of Windsor. Secondly, I shall draw down the succession from the Death of those Founders, through the Reigns 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. The Founders, as they use to call them, of the most Noble Order of Saint GEORGE, named the Garter. 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. 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 Needle 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. The places of which Founders, or of as many of them as deceased in the Reign of that King, were filled again, and the Succession thus continued by the said King Edward. Richard of Bourdeaux Prince of wales, after King of England, of that name the second. Lionel Duke of Clarence. John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, and afterwards of Aquitaine, called into Parliament by the name of King of Castille 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. Robert Ufford Earl of Suffolk. Guiscard de Engolisme, after Earl of Huntingdon. Ingelram de Coucy Earl of Bedford, the King's Son-in-Law. William Lord Fitz-warin. Edward Lord Despencer. Hugh Earl 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 especial merit and employment 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. Richard the second King of England, etc. and Sovereign of the Garter, Richard II. An. Ch. 1377. Elected in his time these that follow. Thomas of Woodstock Earl of Buckingham, after Duke of Gloucester. 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 Elinor, sister to King Edw. the third, and wife of Reynald, first Duke of Gelder's. William of Bavaria Earl of Osternant, Son of Albert, Earl of Holland, afterwards Earl of Holland, Heinalt, etc. 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 Beaumond. 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. HENRY the Fourth of that name, King of England, Henry IU. An. Ch. 1499. etc. Sovereign of the Garter, made choice of 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 Exeter. John Beaufort Earl of Somerset. Thomas Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel. Edmund Earl of Stafford. Edmund Holland Earl of Kent. Ralph Nevil Earl of Westmoreland. Gilbert Lord Talbot. Gilbert Lord Roos. Thomas Lord Morley. Edward Lord Powys. John Lord lovel. Edward Lord Burnell. Sir John Cornwall, after Lord Fanhope. Sir William Arundel. Sir John Stanley. Sir Robert Umfreville. Sir Thomas Rampston. Sir Thomas Erpingham, afterwards Captain of the Archers at the Battle of Agincours. Sir John Sulby. Sir Sanchio of Trane. HENRY the Fifth, Henry V An. Ch. 1413. King of England, etc. Sovereign of the Garter, graced the Order with 1413. JOHN King of Portugal. Henry or Ericus King of Danemarke. Sir John Dabridgecourt. 1416. Sigismond King of Hungary and Bohemia, and Emperor Elect. John Holland Earl of Huntingdon, and after the death of Thomas Beaufort Duke of Eneter. Thomas Montacute 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. 1421. Sir William Philip's, after Lord Bardolph, Treasurer of the Household. 1422. William de la Pole, than Earl, after Marquess, and lastly Duke of Suffolk. John Mowbray, Earl Marshal, after Duke of Norfolk. 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. HENRY the Sixth, King of England, Henry VI An. Ch. 1421. etc. and Sovereign of the Order, assumed into it 1423. JOHN Lord Talbot, after Earl of Shrewsbury, the first of this Family. 1425. Thomas Lord Scales. 1426. Sir John Fustolfe, Governor 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. 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 Emperor 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 Beaumond, 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 Portugal. Sir Francis Serrien, an Arragonian; a man of principal employment 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. 1452. Henry Viscount. Bouchter after Earl of Essex. Sir Philip Wentworth. 1453. Sir Edward Hall. 1454. Edward the King's only Son, Prince of Wales; slain afterwards at the Battle of Tewskbury. 1457. John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Elect into his Father's place. Lionel 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 Calais. William Lord Bonvill, and Harrington. Sir John Wenlock, after Lord Wenlock. Sir Thomas Kyriell. EDWARD the Fourth King of England, Edw. IU. An. Ch. 1461. etc. and Sovereign of the Garter, made Knights thereof. 1463. FErdinand King of Naples. Francis Sforza Duke of Milan. George Duke of Clarence. Richard D. of Gloucester, after King Richard the Third. James Earl of Douglas, a Lord of Scotland. Galliard 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 Marquis 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 Delapole 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 Ferrer of Chartley. Sir William Parr. 1475. Frederick Duke of Urbine. Henry-Algernon Percy Earl of Northumberland. 1476. Edward Prince of Wales, after King Edward the Fifth. Richard Duke of York, the King's second Son. Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset. 1477. Sir Thomas Mongomery. 1478. Charles Duke of Burgundy. 1480. Ferdinand King of Castille and Arragon, firnamed The Catholic; not named in the old French Tables. Hercules' Duke of Ferrara. 1483. King John of Portugal, whom I conceive rather to have been elected in the Raigh of Henry the Seventh; for he is named there also as then chosen. RICHARD of Gloucester King of England, Rich. III. An. Ch. 1483. etc. Sovereign of the Garter, admitted these, viz. 1483. SIr John Conyers Banneret. 1484. Thomas Earl of Sarrey, after Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Lord Stanley, after Earl of Derby. Francis Lord Lovel, after Viscount Lovel. Sir William Stanley, afterwards Lord Chamberlain to King Henry the Seventh. 1485. Sir Richard Ratelif. Sir Richard Tunstall. HENRY the Seventh, King of England, Henry VII. An. Ch. 1486. etc. Sovereign of the Garter, admitted to this Honour, 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. 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 King's 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 Emperor. John King of Danemarke. Henry, the King's second Son, Duke of York, after King of England, of that name the VIII. Edward Courtney Earl of Devon. Sir Richard Guildford. Sir Thomas Lovel. Edmund de la Pole Earl of Suffolk. Sir Regniald Bray. 1505 Ubaldo Duke of Urbine. Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, Lord High Constable. Gerrard Earl of Kildare. Henry Lord Stafford Earl of Wilts. 1506. Richard Grey Earl of Kent. Sir Rheseap Thomas. 1508. Philip of Austria, King of Castille, and Duke of Burgundy. Sir Thomas Brandon. HENRY the Eighth, King of England, Hen. VIII. An. Ch. 1509. etc. Sovereign of the Order of the Garter, chose unto it, 1509. THomas Lord Darcy of the North. Edward Sutton Lord Dudley. 1510. Emanuel King of Portugal. 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 Nevil Lord Albergavennie. 1514. Julian de Medici's, brother to Pope Leo the Tenth. Edward Stanley Lord Mounteagle, second Son to the Earl of Derby. 1518. Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland. Sir William Sands, Lord Chamberlain, after Lord Sands of the Vine. 1519. Henry Courtney, Earl of Devon, after Marquis of Exeter. 1522. Charles the Fifth, Emperor 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 Household, after Earl of Wilts, Father of the Lady Ann Bollen, second Wife to King Henry the vl, and Mother to Queen Elizabeth. Walter Dewreux Lord Ferrer, 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 Nevil Earl of Westmoreland. Thomas Manors 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 Guildford. 1527. Francis, the First, King of the French. John Vere Earl of Oxon. 1531. Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland. 1532. Anna's Duke of Montmorencie, Great Master of the Household to the French King. Philip de Cabot Earl of Newblanch, Lord Admiral of France. Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland. 1536. James the Fifth, King of the Scots. Sir Nicholas Carewe. 1537. Thomas Lord Cromwell, Lord Privy Seal, after Farl of Essex, and Lord Great Chamberlain, and Vicar General. 1539. John Lord Russel, Lord Privy Seal, after Earl of Bedford. Sir Thonas' Cheinie. Sir William Kingston. 1540 Thomas Lord Andley of Walden, Lord Chancellor. 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 Parr, after Earl of Essex, and Marquess of Northampton. William Pawlet, Lord St. John of Basin, after Earl of Wilts, Marquis 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. EDWARD the Sixth, Edw. VI An. Ch. 1547. King of England, etc. and Sovereign of the Garter, ascribed into the Order, 1547. THomas Lord Seymor of Sudley, Lord Admiral, the Protectors Brother. 1548. Sir William Paget controller of the Household, after Lord Paget of Beaudesert. 1549. Henry Grey Marquess of Dorset, after Duke of Suffolk. Francis Hastings Earl of Huntingdon. Edward Stanley Earl of Derby. 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 Nevil Earl of Westmoreland. Sir Andrew Sutton, alias Dudley. MARY Queen of England, etc. Marry Qu. An. Ch. 1553. and Sovereign of the Garter, assumed into the void places, 1553. PHilip of Austria, King of Naples and Jerusalem, and after sole Monarch of Spain, the Queen's husband. Henry Ratclif Earl of Sussex. 1554. Emanuel Duke of Savoy. William Lord Howard of Effingham. Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague, than Ambassador 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. ELIZABETH Queen of England, etc. Eliz. Qu. An. Ch. 1558. and Sovereign of the Garter, supplied the void places with, 1559. THomas Howard Duke of Norfolk. Henry Manors 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. 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 Precedent of Wales, and thrice Lord Deputy of Ireland. 1568. Maximilian the Second, Emperor of Germany, and King of Hungary and Bohemia. 1570. Francis Hastings Earl of Huntingdon. William Somerset Earl of Worcester. 1572. Francis Duke of Montmorency. Walter Deureux Earl of Essex. Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton. Edmund Bruges Lord Chandos. William Cecil Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer. 1574. Henry Stanley Earl of Derby. 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, Emperor of Germany, and King of Hungary and Bohemia. Frederick King of Danemark. 1579. John Casimire Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of Bavaria. 1584. Edward Manors 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 Chancellor. 1589. Henry Ratclif Earl of Sussex. 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 Household. 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 Armoury. 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 Derby. Thomas Cecil, Lord Burghley, after Earl of Exeter. JAMES King of Great Britain, Jam. 1. An. Ch. 1602. etc. Sovereign of the Garter, adorned the Order with these Worthies. 1603. CHristierne the Fourth, King of Danemark. Henry the King's 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 Marquis Hamilton. 1605. Ulrick Duke of Holsatia. Henry Howard Earl of Northampton, Lord Privy Seal. 1606. Robert Cecil 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 Britain. Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel and Surrey, after Lord Marshal. Robert Car Visc. Rochester, after Earl of Somerset. 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 Governor of the Armies of the State's 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 Manors 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 Marquis Hamilton, Earl of Cambridge afterwards Lord Steward. 1624. Esme Stevart, Lord D' Aubigney, Duke of Lenox, and Earl of March. Christian Duke of Brunswick. William Cecil Earl of Salisbury. James Hay Earl of Carlisle. CHARLES of that Name the First, Charles I. An. Ch. 1625. King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, etc. Sovereign of the most Noble Order of Saint George, called The Garter, adorneth therewith. 1625. FDward Sackvill Earl of Dorset, after Lord Chamberlain of the Queens, and finally of his Majesty's Household. Henry Rich Earl of Holland. 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 Precedent 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 Cecil Earl of Exeter. James Hamilton, Marquis Hamilton, Earl of Cambridge, and Master of the Horse, created afterwards Duke Hamilton of Arran in the Realm of Scotland. James Stevart 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 Majesty's Forces against the Scots. Charles Lodowick Prince Elector Palatine, Elder Son of Frederick Prince Palatine, and King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth his Wife, the King's 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 Britain. 1642. William of Nasso, the only Son of Henry Prince of Orance, and Husband of the Princes Marry, the King's Eldest Daughter. James Duke of York, the Second surviving Son of his Sacred Majesty. Rupert Count Palatine of the Rhine, one of the younger Sons of the Queen of Bohemia, created Duke of Cumberland, and Earl of holderness, and made the Generalissimo of all his Majesty's Forces in the Realm of England. 1643. Barnard Duke of Espernon in the Realm of France. CHARLES the Second, Charles II. An. Ch. 1648. King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, and Sovereign of the most Noble Order of Saint George, called the Garter, was pleased to dignify therewith these persons following, viz. 1649. MAurice Count Palatine of the Rhine, the third surviving Son of the Queen of Bohemia. James Butler Earl of Ossory, and Marquis of Ormond, made afterwards Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household, Earl of Brecknock, and Duke of Ormond. Edward Count Palatine of the Rhine, another of the younger Sons of the Queen of Bohemia. George Vlliers Earl, Marquess and Duke of Bukingham. William Seymour Earl and Marquis of Hartford, declared to be one of this Order about this time, but not invested in the same till the Month of May, An. 1660. after which time he was advanced unto the Title of Duke of Somerset. 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 Marquis of Hamilton, Earl of Cambridge and Arran, and Lord Secretary of Scotland. William Cavendish Marquis and Earl of Newcastle, Viscount Mansfield, etc. James Graham Marquis and Earl of Montrose in the Realm of Scotland, the Valiant and Victorious Commander of his late Majesty's Forces in that Kingdom, Anno 1643, 1644, etc. James Stanley Earl of Derby. 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 Marry. 1654. Frederick William Marquess and Elector of Brandenburge, Duke of Prussia, Pomeren, Cleve, and Gulick, etc. 1658. Gasper Count of Marsham, a Commander of great note in the Armies of the King of Spain against the French. 1660. George Monk Lord General of all his Majesty's Forces both in England and Scotland, created afterwards Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torington, Lord Monk of Poderidge, Lord Tayes and Bouchamp, and Master of his Majesty's Horse. Edward Montague Admiral of the Fleet which brought his Majesty into England, created afterward Earl of Sandwich, Lord Hinchinbrook, and Master of his Majesty's Wardrobe. Aubrey de Vere the 21 Earl of Oxon. of that name and Family. 1661. Charles Stevart Duke of Richmond and Lenox, Earl of March and Litchfield, etc. Montague Bertue Earl of Lyndsey, and Lord High Chamberlain of England. Edward Montague Earl of Manchester, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household. 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 George's 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 Reigning, but altogether with those two Installed at Windsor with the accustomed Solemnities, on Tuesday the 16 day of April, Anno 1631. The Fellows and Companions of the most N le Order of St. George, commonly called the Garter, as now they stand this present April, Anno 1661. 1. CHARLES the Second, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, etc. 2. James Duke of York, the King's only Brother. 3. Charles Lodowick Prince Elector Palatine. 4. Frederick-William Marquis and Elector of Brandenburg. 5. Rupert Count Palatine of the Rbene, and Duke of Cumberland. 6. Edward Count Palatine of the Rhine. 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 Berkshire. 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 Marquis of Newcastle. 17. George Dighby Earl of Bristol. 18. Gasper Count of Marsham. 19 George Monk Duke of Albemarle. 20. Edward Montague Earl of Sandwich. 21. Abrey de Vere Earl of Oxford. 22. Charles Stenart Duke of Richmond and Lenox. 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 Sovereigns of this famous Order, to keep some place or places vacant, that they may never want the opportunity of gratifying any foreign 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 Chancellor, the Register, the King of Arms, called Garter, and the Gentleman Usher called the Blackrod. Of which the Prelate being always Bishop of Winchester; and the Register being for the most part Dean of Windsor, are of the same Antiquity with the Order itself: The King of Arms was first appointed by King Henry the fifth; the Chancellor by King Edward the fourth; and the Gentleman Usher by King Henry the eighth. Which is as much as needs be said in the present business; which here I shall conclude with that very Motto, continually interwoven in the Garter itself; 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. FINIS.