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A26024 The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter collected and digested into one body by Elias Ashmole ... Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.; Sherwin, William, fl. 1670-1710. 1672 (1672) Wing A3983; ESTC R16288 1,216,627 828

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lord_n basset_z of_o drayton_n 46._o sir_n walter_n manny_n bannert_n 47._o sir_n william_n fitz_n waren_fw-ge knight_n 48._o sir_n thomas_n vfford_n knight_n 49._o sir_n thomas_n felton_n knight_n 50._o sir_n franc_n van_n hall_n knight_n 51._o sir_n fulk_n fitz_n waren_fw-ge knight_n 52._o sir_n allan_n boxhull_n knight_n 53._o sir_n richard_n pemburge_n knight_n 54._o sir_n thomas_n vtreight_o knight_n 55._o sir_n thomas_n banester_n knight_n 56._o sir_n richard_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr vache_n knight_n 57_o sir_n guy_n de_fw-fr bryan_n knight_n knight_n elect_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o 58._o thomas_n of_o woodstock_n earl_n of_o buckingham_n after_z duke_z of_o gloucester_z 59_o henry_n of_o lancaster_n earl_n of_o derby_n afterward_o king_n of_o england_n of_o that_o name_v the_o four_o 60._o william_n duke_n of_o gelderland_n 61._o william_n of_o bavaris_n earl_n of_o ostrevant_n after_o earl_n of_o holland_n henault_n and_o zealand_n 62._o thomas_n 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richard_n poole_n knight_n 248._o edward_n stafford_n duke_z of_o buckingham_z 249._o henry_n duke_n of_o york_n second_o son_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o after_o king_n of_o england_n of_o that_o name_n the_o eight_o 250._o edward_n courtney_n earl_n of_o devonshire_n 251._o sir_n richard_n guildford_n knight_n baneret_n 252._o sir_n edmund_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr poole_n earl_n of_o suffolk_n 253._o sir_n thomas_n lovel_n knight_n baneret_n 254._o sir_n reginald_n bray_n knight_n baneret_n 255._o john_n king_n of_o denmark_n 256._o guido_n ubaldo_n duke_n of_o urbin_n 257._o gerald_n fitz_n gerald_n earl_n of_o kildare_n 258._o henry_n stafford_z lord_n stafford_z after_z earl_n of_o wiltshire_n 259._o richard_n grey_z earl_n of_o kent_z 260._o sir_n rys_n ap_fw-mi thomas_n knight_n baneret_n 261._o philip_n king_n of_o castille_n 262._o sir_n thomas_n brandon_n knight_n baneret_n 263._o charles_n archduke_n of_o austria_n prince_n of_o spain_n after_o emperor_n of_o germany_n 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