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 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 HENRY the Sixth King of England Henry VI. An. Ch. 1421. c. and Soveraign 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 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 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 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 EDVVARD the Fourth King of England Edw. IV. An. Ch. 1461. c. and Soveraign of the Garter made Knights thereof 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 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 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 RICHARD of Gloucester King of England Rich. III. An. Ch. 1483. c. Soveraign 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 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 HENRY the Seventh King of England Henry VII An. Ch. 1486. c. Soveraign of the Garter admitted to this Honor 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 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 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 HENRY the Eighth
King of England Hen. VIII An. Ch. 1509. c. Soveraign of the Order of the Garter chose unto it 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 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 Bâ—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 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 Caliâ—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 EDVVARD the Sixth Edw. VI. An. Ch. 1547. King of England c. and Soveraign of the Garter ascribed into the Order 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 MARY Queen of England c. Mary Qu. An. Ch. 1553. and Soveraign of the Garter assumed into the void places 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 ELIZABETH Queen of England c. Eliz. Qu. An. Ch. 1558. and Soveraign of the Garter supplied the voide places with 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 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 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 JAMES King of Great Brittain Jam. 1. An. Ch. 1602. c. Soveraign of the Garter adorned the Order with these Worthies 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 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 CHARLES of that Name the First Charles I. An. Ch. 1625. King of Great Brittain France and Ireland c. Soveraign 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 Majesties Houshold 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 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 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 CHARLES the Second Charles II. An. Ch. 1648. King of Great Brittain France and Ireland and Soveraign of the most Noble Order of Saint George called the Garter was pleased to dignifie therewith these persons following viz. 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 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 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. The Fellowes 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 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 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 FINIS
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Richard the second King of England c. and Soveraign 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 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 HENRY the Fourth of that name King of England Henry IV. An. Ch. 1499. c. Soueraign 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 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 Sir Thomas Erpingham afterwards Captain of the Archers at the Battail of Agincours Sir John Sulby Sir Sanchio of Trane HENRY the Fifth Henry V. An. Ch. 1413. King of England c. Soveraign of the Garter graced the Order with 1413. JOHN King of Portugall Henry or