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A47403 The order of the installation of Prince George of Denmark, Charles Duke of Somerset, and George Duke of Northvmberland, knights and companions of the most noble Order of the Garter in the royal chappel of St. George at Windsor, April the 8th, 1684. King, Gregory, 1648-1712. 1684 (1684) Wing K495; ESTC R16301 10,547 15

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THE ORDER OF THE INSTALLATION OF Prince George of Denmark CHARLES Duke of SOMERSET AND GEORGE Duke of NORTHVMBERLAND KNIGHTS and COMPANIONS Of the most Noble Order OF THE GARTER In the Royal Chappel of St. GEORGE AT WINDSOR APRIL the 8th 1684. LONDON Printed for Benjamin Tooke at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1684. THE ORDER OF THE INSTALLATION OF Prince George of Denmark Charles Duke of Somerset and George Duke of Northumberland Knights and Companions of the most Noble Order of the Garter CHAP. I. Of the Election and Investiture of the three New Knights at White-hall THERE being three Stalls vacant by the Death of three Knights and Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter scil the Stall of his Highness Prince Rupert who deceased Novemb. the 29th 1682. The Stall of the Earl of Salisbury who died about the 11th of June 1683. And the Stall of the Earl of St. Albans who died Jan. 2d 1683. At a Chapter of the said Most Noble Order held at White-hall in the presence of the Sovereign of the said Order on the First of January last scil 1683 4. The most Illustrious Prince George Brother to the present King of Denmark having upon the 28th of July last married the Lady Anne younger Daughter to his Royal Highness the Duke of York and Neece to our present Sovereign King Charles the Second was elected a Knight-Companion of the said most Noble Order being first Knighted by His Majesty Sovereign of the said Order and then invested with the two Principal Ensigns of the Order scil the Garter and George The usual Admonitions or Significations upon the said Investiture being pronounced First Upon buckling on the Garter about the Prince's Legg this following Admonition viz. To the Land and Honor of Almighty God his immaculate Mother and St. George the Holy Martyr tie or gird your Leg with this Noble Garter wearing it to the encrease of your Honor and in Token and Remembrance of this most Noble Order remembring that thereby your being admonished and encouraged in all just Battels and Wars which only you shall take in hand both strongly to fight valiantly to stand and honourably to have the Victory Secondly Upon putting on the George pendant at a Sky-coloured Ribband about the Prince's Neck the Admonition ensuing was read to him viz. To the Encrease of your Honor and in Token of the Honourable Order you have received take this Ribband about your Neck with the Image of the Holy Martyr and Christ's Knight St. George by whose Aid you being defended may pass through the Prosperities and Adversities of the this World that having here the Victory as well of your Ghostly as Bodily Enemies you may not only receive the Glory and Renown of Temporal Chivalry but also at last the endless and everlasting Reward of Victory At another Chapter of the said Order held at White-hall the 10th day of the said month of January for filling up the two other vacant Stalls the High and Mighty Princes Charles Seymour Duke of Somerset and George Fitz-Roy Duke of Northumberland were in like manner elected Knights-Companions of the said most noble Order the former whereof viz. the Duke of Somerset was at the same time invested with the said two Principal Ensigns of the said Order viz. the Garter and George the forementioned Significations or Admonitions being then likewise pronounced and read unto him upon the said Investiture But the Duke of Northumberland being then in France from whence being sent for by His Majesty he arrived not till about the second of March last shortly after which being invested with the George and Garter in manner aforesaid And His Majesty and the Court being returned from Newmarket the day for the Installation was appointed the 8th of this Instant April 1684. CHAP. II. Of the Installation of the said three Knights at the Castle of Windsor and first of their Proceedings to the Chapter-House HIS Majesty and the whole Court being removed from White-hall to Windsor and the three Knights Elect viz. Prince George the Duke of Somerset and Duke of Northumberland being also arrived there together with the Dukes of Albemarl and Beaufort who were the two Knights Companions of the said Order Commissioned by his Majesty to perform the said Installation and being all five habited after the usual manner in their Doublets and Trunck Hose of Cloth of Silver with white Gloves Shoes and Stockins Garters and Roses c. They met about nine of the Clock in the Morning the said 8th day of April at the Lodgings of the Bishop of Rochester who is Dean of Windsor and Register of the said most Noble Order being a little to the Eastward of the Chappel of St. George And the Robes and other things to be used at the Installation of the said three Knights being laid in readiness at the lower end of the Table in the Chapter-house by Sir Will. Dugdale Garter who is the Principal King of Arms and a peculiar Officer of the said Order viz. for each of them a Surcoat of Crimson-Velvet or Purple lined with white a Sword and Belt a Mantle of Sky coloured Velvet lined with white with a Velvet Hood thereto belonging a great Coller and George consisting of 26 Garters of Gold Enamell'd and Interlaced with as many Knots with the Figure of St. George appendant thereat enricht with Diamonds a Velvet Cap the Band enriched with Diamonds and adorned with a great Jewel before and a large Plume of White Feathers with one black Tuft in the middle and lastly a Book of the Statutes of the said most Noble Order richly bound The poor Knights and Prebends belonging to the said Colledge of Windsor being in their proper Habits viz. the Poor Knights in Gowns of Blew Cloth with an Escutcheon of the Arms of St. George viz. a red Cross in a White Field on the Shoulder and the Prebends in Mantles of Crimson or Purple Silk with a little Cross in a Circle and having placed themselves in order in the Cloysters between the said Deans Lodgings and the Chappel of St. George And the other Kings Heralds and Pursivants of Arms having habited themselves in the Dean's Hall with His Majesty's Coats of Arms richly embroidered according to their several Degrees The Proceeding to the said Chappel was as followeth First the poor Knights two and two the Junior first Next the Prebends two and two the Junior first Then the Officers of Arms two and two the Pursivants first Then the Knights Elect habited only in their Doublets and Hose of Cloth of Silvers as before is said single one after another the Junior first viz. The Duke of Northumberland The Duke of Somerset Prince George Then the Officers of the Order habited in their Mantles of Crimson-Sattin Lined with White viz. Dr. Turner Bishop of Rochester Register of the Order wearing the Badge of his Office viz. a Book embellisht with a Garter and two Pens across Sir William Dugdale Garter King of Arms bearing the