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A60673	Britain's glory, and England's bravery wherein is shewed the degrees of honour from the prince to the peasant, with the honour of the nobles, and previleges of the commons, the proper places and precedency of all persons from the throne to the bondman, more particularly in coronations, processions, feasts, funerals and other great assembly : as also honour of arms, power of heralds, signification of charges in coat-armour, with an armorial dictionary, explaining the terms of heraldry, and an account of all the orders of knighthood in Christendom, and of the weights and measures of England : to which is added a continuation of The historians guide, from November, 1687, where the third and last impression ends, to June, 1687 / being the collections and observations of Benjamine Smithurst.	Smithurst, Benjamine.	1689 (1689)	Wing S4356; ESTC R31948	77,938	230

the happy Restauration it was solemnly ordered that the Son and Heir Apparent to the Crown of England should bear his Coronet of Crosses and Flower-de-luces with one Arch a Ball and Cross thereon as the King 's By Order of Common Law the King might levy a reasonable Aid of his Subjects for the Knighting his Eldest Son at the Age of fifteen years and to marry his Daughter at seven years which Aid was twenty Shillings for every Knight's Fee and as much for every twenty pounds per Annum in Soccage but this is now laid aside CHAP IV. Of Dukes THe Title and Degree of Duke hath been of more ancient standing in the Empire and some other Nations than in England for the first English Duke was Edward the Black Prince who was created Duke of Cornwall Anno. 1337. by which Creation the eldest Son of the King is Duke of Cornwall from his Birth or his Father's coming to the Crown A Duke takes his Name à Ducendo from Leading being at first a Leader of the Royal Army but now it is a Title given by Kings to Persons of high Bloud and excellent Merit and at this day the Sovereign Princes of some Countries are called Dukes as of Moscovoy Savoy Florence Saxony c. At their Creation they have two Ensigns of Honour and so have most other Noble men to signifie their Duty First their Heads are adorned with a Chapeau or Head Attire of Scarlet Colour doubled or lined with Ermin And Secondly a Sword which is girt about him which shews his readiness to serve and defend his Prince his Mantle over his shoulders is guarded with four guards or Folds of Ermin his Coronet is of Gold set round with Leaves the Cap is of Crimson but not indented as the Prince's is unless he be of the Bloud Royal and his Verge is of Gold Dukes of the Bloud Royal have their Coronet's composed of Crosses and Flower de-luces and are reputed as Arch-Dukes A Duke tantum or no more but Duke takes place before Marquess and Earl but if a Duke be Marquess and Earl or either of them then he shall take place before such Duke tantum Note Dukes Marquesses and Earls at their Creation are girt with a Sword or else it is put over their Shoulders which Viscounts and Barons have not A Duke out of the King 's or Prince's presence may have a Cloth of State hanging down within half a yard of the Ground his Duchess may have the same and her Train born up by a Baroness No Earl without Permission ought to wash with a Duke Dukes Eldest Sons by the Courtesie of England are from their Birth styled Marquesses and the younger Sons Lords and and take place of Viscounts but not so privileg'd by the Laws of the Land. A Duke hath the Title of Grace being written unto he is styled Most High Most Noble and Potent Prince also Right Noble Dukes of the Bloud are styled Most High Most Mighty and Illustrious Princes The Ceremonies at his Creation are these He hath his Sur-coat and Hood and is led between two of the Noblest Persons present not being above him a little before him on the Right-hand goeth an Earl with the Cap of State and Coronet on it on the other side an Earl with the Verge Just before him one of the greatest Estate as Marquess c. bearing his Sword and before him an Earl bearing his Mantle and Robe of State all which Nobles must be in their Robes His Title is proclaimed twice and Largus thrice His Honour is Hereditary as is all the Nobles unless otherwise Provided in their Patent which is rare Lastly a Duke may constitute six Chaplains CHAP. V. Of a Marquess A Marquess by the Saxons called Marken Reeve i. e. a Governor or Ruler of the Marches hath the next place of Honour to a Duke This Title came in first by Richard the 2d who created Robert Vere Marquess of Dublin whereas before they that governed the Marches were entituled Earl of March which Marches were those Grounds between England and Wales and are now reduced into the Counties and Shires of Monmouth Brecknock Radnor Denbigh and Mountgomery At his Creation he is honoured with a Coronet of Gold composed of a Strawberry Leaf and a Point pearled of equal hight round his Mantle hath three folds or doublings and a half his Eldest Son is by Courtesie called Earl or Lord of his Father's Title his younger only Lord John Thomas or the like His Title is Most Noble Most Honourable and Potent Prince If the King Prince or a Duke be absent he may have a Cloath of State to reach within a yard of the Ground his Marchioness may have her Train born up by a Knight's Lady in her own house but not in the presence of a Duchess his eldest Son shall wear as many powderings as an Earl but must give place to an Earl and his Wife to a Countess but may sit above all Marquess Daughters the Eldest whereof is born Countess and the rest Ladies At his Creation he must have his Surcoat and Hood He is led by Marquesses his Sword Cap c. are born by Earls CHAP VI. Of an Earl. THE Dignity of an Earl is either local or personal local as from some place as Oxford c. or personal as Earl Marshal Earl Rivers c. Hugh Lupus was the first Hereditary Earl Anno 1067. made so by William the First who created him Earl of Chester and gave him Jura Regalia within the said County An Earl is created by Letters Patents and adorned with a Cap of Honour and a Coronet of Gold composed of Leaves and Points pearled the Leaves lower than the Points He hath his Hood Surcoat and Mantle of State with three Guards of Furr being Ermin upon his Shoulders though some say it ought to be white he is girt with a Sword also When the King writes to a Duke Marquess or Earl he styles them Cosins though of no Kin. Formerly they had the Title of Prince but now it is Most Potent and Noble Lord Right Honourable Truly Noble c. Out of his Superiour's presence he may have a Cloth of State fringed but without Pendents his Wife may have her Train born by an Esquire's Wife but not in the presence of a Marchioness CHAP. VII Of a Viscount THe next Degree of Honour is a Viscount formerly a name of Office under an Earl who being the immediate Officer of the King in the County and his personal Attendence at Court often required he had his Deputy to look after the Affairs of the County which Office is now called Vice-comes or Sheriff but in the 18th of Henry VI. it became a Degree of Honour conferred upon John Beaumont by Letters Patents as all since are He hath his Surcoat and Mantle which hath two Guards and an half of white Fur His Coronet is set round with Pearls or Balls close to the Ring without number but close together He hath the Title of

Rolls 18 Lord Chief Justice of the King 's Bench. 19 Serjeant Portar 20 Serjeant of the Vestery 21 Children of the King's Chapel 22 Gentlemen of the King's Chapel 23 Prebendaries of Westminster 24 Master of the Jewel House He had Precedency of the Judges because he bore the Sword Spurs and Ring 25 Knights of the Privy Council Portcullis Pursuvant at Arms. 26 Barons 27 Bishops Rouge Croix Pursuvant at Arms. Blew mantle Pursuvant at Arms. 28 Viscounts Somerset and Chester Heralds 29 Earls Richmond and Windsor Heralds 30 Marquesses Lancaster and York Heralds Clarenceux and Norroy Provincial Kings at Arms carrying their Crowns in their hands 31 Lord High Treasurer 32 Lord high Chancellour St. Edward's Staff. The Spurs born by two Earls St. Edward's Sceptre A drawn Sword. Sword Curtana drawn A pointed Sword drawn 33 Lord Mayor of London Garter principal King at Arms. Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. 34 Lord Great Chamberlain 35 Earl Marshal 36 Lord Marshal with the Sword of State in the Scaboard 37 Lord High Constable 38 Duke of York The Sceptre with the Dove St. Edward's Crown born by the Lord High Steward The Orb or Mound The Patena born by the Bishop of Exon. The Chalice born by the Bp. of London The KING supported by the Bishop of Bath and Wells and the Bishop of Duresme his Train born by five Lords and his Canopy by the Barons of the Cinque-Ports 39 Master of the Robes 40 One of the Chief Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber 41 Two Grooms of the Bed-chamber 32 Captain of the Guard. 33 Captain of the Pensioners CHAP. XXIV The King 's going to Parliament in State. MEssengers of the Court. Esquires to the Knights of the Bath Gentlemen Ushers Clerks of the Chancery Clerks of the Signet Clerks of the Privy Seal Clerks of the Council Clerks of the Parliament Clerks of the Crown The King's Chaplains having Dignities Masters of Chancery King 's learned Counsel at Law. King's Serjeants Attorney General Sollicitour General King's eldest Serjeant The King's Secretaries Chamberlains of the Exchequer Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber Knights of the Bath Treasurer of the Chamber Comptroller Some place next Knights Bachelours Some place next Knights Bannerets and Some place next Knights Baronets Two Heralds Barons younger Sons Viscounts younger Sons Barons of the Exchequer Justices of the Common Pleas. Justices of the King 's Bench. Lord Chief Baron Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Master of the Rolls Lord Chief Justice of the King 's Bench. Knights of the Privy Council Principal Secretary Barons eldest Sons Earls younger Sons Viscounts eldest Sons Two Heralds Barons Bishops Marquesses younger Sons Earls eldest Sons Two Heralds Viscounts Dukes younger Sons Marquesses eldest Sons Two Heralds Earls Chamberlain of the Houshold Dukes eldest Sons Two Heralds Marquesses Two Heralds Dukes Two Kings at Arms. Lord Treasurer Archbishop of York Lord Chancellour Archbishop of Canterbury Dukes of the Royal Bloud Garter principal King at Arms. Lord Great Chamberlain Lord high Steward The KING Gentlemen Pensioners Esquires Footmen Master of the Horse with a led Horse Vice-chamberlain Guards CHAP. XXV Coronation-Feasts KIng H. Fourth's Coronation-Feast The King sate in the middle of the Table the Archbishop of Canterbury and three Prelates on his Right hand the Archbishop of York and four Prelates on the Left the K's eldest Son stood on the Right-hand with a pointless Sword the Lord Constable on the Left with a pointed Sword both erect and naked Before him stood the Dukes of Albemarl Surry and Exeter and two Earls the Earl Marshal and his Tipstaves made room in the Hall that the Attenders might with more ease serve the Tables On the right side of the Hall at Tables set were placed the Barons of the Cinque Ports and divers of the Long Robe at the Table on the left side sate the Lord Mayor Aldermen and chief Citizens After the second Course the King's Champian entered the Hall with a Herald and approaching before the King made his Challenge three times and being not answered retired but the most splendid and most exact Coronation-Feast was that of King Charles II. King Charles II. his Coronation-Feast First enters the Clerks Comptrollers then Clerks of the Green Cloath Cofferer Six Serjeants at Arms. 1 Earl Marshal 2 Lord high Steward 3 Lord high Constable all three on Horse-back and in their proper Robes Six Serjeants Comptroller of the Houshold The Sewer and his Assistents The Knights of the Bath who carried up Service two and two to a Dish assisted by the Earl Sewer Dinner being set on the Table the King came forth in his Royal Robes with the Crown on his Head his Sceptre in his hand and three Swords born before him naked being seated on his Right hand stood the three Noblemen who held the three Swords naked and erect on his Left the Lord Chamberlain who held the Sceptre at the Table 's end on the left hand sate the Duke of York in his Robes and Coronet Then the King's Champian entered the Hall on a goodly white Courser armed at all Points in rich Armour having way made for him by the Knight Marshal Before him marched 1 Two Trumpets 2 The Serjeant Trumpet 3 The Serjeant at Arms. 4 An Esquire carrying a Target with the Champian's own Arms depicted thereon 5 York Herald 6 The Champian 7 The Earl Marshal on his left hand 8 The Lord High Constable on his right both on Horseback The Herald proclaimed the Challenge at the entrance into the Hall in the middle of it and at the Steps at the higher Hall The Chalenge is That whoever should deny the King to be the true and undoubted Heir to the Crown or that he is not King of England Scotland France and Ireland doth lye and that he the Champian is ready to maintain the same throwing down his Glove as a Gage which done he retired with his Fee. The second Course was carried up by the Gentlemen Pensioners The third Course by other Servants appointed thereto In the body of the Hall below the State were placed four Tables two on each side at the first Table on the right hand next the State sate the Bishops the Barons of the Cinque-ports the Judges and the rest of the long Robe according to their Degrees at the second Table below on the right hand sate the Masters in Chancery Six Clerks and the like at the upper Table on the left hand next the State sate the Nobility c. at the other sate the Lord Mayor Aldermen and chief Citizens at a by Table the Officers at Arms the Ushers and Waiters all in their proper Places some attending the King others their Places as assigned each Table had three Courses besides the Banquet with Trumpets sounding each Course CHAP. XXVI A Royal Feast at other times the K. present 1 AT the head of the Table sits the King at the lower end the Princes of the Bloud before him or rather on each hand stand the Carver Sewer

the French Ambassadour made his publick entrance into Dublin and had his Audience of K. James II. at the Castle The Irish beat by a Sally made by the Protestants out of Colerain Charles Viscount Mordant since Earl of Monmouth Henry Lord de la Mere Sidney Lord Godolphin Sir Hen. Capell Rich. Hambden Sen. Esq made Commissioners of the Treasury Jonathan Lord Bishop of Bristol elected Bishop of Exeter K. William passed the Act for the Coronation Oath and 2 Acts more Dyed at Rome Queen Christiana of Sweedland Prince George of Denmark made Baron of Ockingham Earl of Kendale and Duke of Cumberland The Marquess of Winchester made Duke of Bolton William Bentinek Esq made Baron of Cyrencester Viscount Woodstock and Earl of Portland Viscount Faulconberg made Earl of Faulconberg Viscount Mordant made Earl of Monmouth Lord Mountague made Viscount Mounthermer and Earl of Mountague Lord Churchill made Earl of Marlborough Henry Sidney Esq made Baron Milton Viscount Sidney of Sheppy in Kent Lord Lumley made Viscount Lumley of Lumley-Castle in Durham Lord Cholmondly made Baron of Cholmondly of Wich Malbanch alias Nantwich in Cheshire Tho. Pilkington Esq Lord Mayor of London Knighted Sir Geo. Hewit made Baron of James-Town and Viscount Goran in Ireland K. William and Q. Mary crowned at Westminster by the Bishop of London and the day kept with great Ceremony in most of the chief Towns in England The House of Commons walked on foot from Westminster to White-hall to congratulate their Majesties on their Coronations Admiral Herbert arrived at Kingsale in Ireland George Jeffereys Baron of Wemm and late Lord Chancellour of England dyed in the Tower of London and was buried in the Tower privately the Sunday night following by an Order his Relations got from K. William The Sieur de Schmittan Envoy extraordinary from the Duke of Brandenburgh had Audience of the King and Queen at Hampton-Court George Booth Esq Sir Richard Temple Sir John Worden Sir Robert Southwell Sir Robert Clayton Sir Patience Ward made Commissioners of the Customs The Lords Address to K. William to sapport the Church of England and to call a Convocation Sir Henry Fane Sir Hen. Ashurst Sir Hum. Edwin Tho. Frankland Esq Fran. Parry Esq John Danvers Esq and John Wilcox Jun. Esq made Commissioners for the Excise The Earl of Danby made Marquess of Caermarthen K. William passed six Acts of Parliament An Address of the House of Commons to K. William for a War with France and the King's Answer to it The Baron de Schutz Envoy extraordinary from the Dukes of Lunenburgh c. had Audience of their Majesties at Hampton-Court Two Proclamations came out 1. To incourage French Protestants 2. For prohibiting French Goods The Estates of Scotland named the Earl of Argyle Sir James Montgomery and Sir John Dalrimple to go Commissiones for England to offer the Crown of Scotland to K. William and Q. Mary which was done accordingly on the 11th of May in great solemnity in the Banqueting House at Whitehall to which place the Commissioners came by Post Arrived at Portsmouth the Wolf from Virginia having on Board the Lord Howard of Effingham Governour of Virginia K. William put out two Proclamations for prohibiting Seamen to serve foreign Princes c. May K. William passed at Westminster the Poll Act and two more A Fight betwixt Admiral Herbert and the French at Bantry Bay in the N.W. of Ireland The Estates of Scotland adjourned to the 21st instant A Call of Serjeants viz. Sir Hen. Pollexfen Nich. Lechmore Tho. Rookesby John Thurburn Will. Wogan Will. Pawlet Nath. Bond Gyles Eyres Hen. Hatsell John Blencow Peyton Ventris John Powell Roger Bellwood John Tremain John Trenchard and John Turton Esqs The same day the Judges were constituted viz. Sir John Holt Ch. Just Sir W. Dolben Sir W. Gregory and Gyles Eyres Esq of the King's-Bench Sir Henry Pollexfen Ch. Just Sir John Powell Tho Rookesby and Pe●ton Ventris Esqs of the Common Pleas Sir Robert Atkinson Ch. Baron Sir Ed. Nevile Nich. Lechmore and John Turton Esqs of the Exchequer John Trenchard Esq Ch. Just of Chester Sir Geo. Treby Attorney General John Summers Esq Sollicitor General The Plate Fleet arrived in the Downs richly laden A Declaration of War against France came out A Proclamation against a Libell called The History of the Convention offering 100 l. reward to discover Author or Printer The Thanksgiving-day was kept in Scotland for their Deliverance from Popery and Slavery K. William gave his Royal Assent to five Acts at Westminster A Proclamation for appointing Commissioners for the Poll Act and another to prevent false Musters K. William came to Portsmouth and on board the Elizabeth Frigot dined with Admiral Herbert where he declared his Royal intention to make Admiral Herbert an Earl and there Knighted Capt. John Ashby and Capt. Clowdes Shovell and the King returned that Evening to Hampton-Court after giving 2600 l. amongst the wounded c. Seamen A great Sally by the Protestants at Londonderry with success George Lord Melvill made sole Secretary of State in Scotland Frederick Count de Schomberg made General of all his Majesty's Forces Master General of the Ordinance and of his Majesty's Privy Council Baron of Teys Earl of Brantford marquess of Harwich and Duke of Schomberg About 120 Seamen came Voluntiers from Norwich to serve his Majesty and about 150 more went by Land to Portsmouth on the same account Robert Casor Master of the Advice a Cole Ship beat two French Prizes Sir Robert Wright late Lord Chief Justice dyed in Newgate The Assistence Frigot came into Plymouth with the Body of the late Duke of Albemarle K. William's Declaration with an Order of Council for encouraging Seamen K. William's Proclamation for a Fast to be kept about London on the fifth of June on the 19th all England over K. William gave his Royal Assent to the Act for Toleration of Dissenters and two Acts more The Estates of Scotland read K. William's Letter to make them a Convention which they acccepted with thanks and adjourned to June 5. and ordered all their Members to meet then The Heer 's Engelenburg Witsen Odyck Citters and Dyckvelt Ambassadours extraordinary from Holland made their publick Entrance and on the 30th had their publick Audience at the Banquetting House at Whitehall K. William gave his Royal Assent to two Acts of Parliament Vice-Admiral Almonde arrived at Portsmouth with part of the Dutch Fleet. The Scanderoon Fleet came to Plymouth The Dutchess of Albemarle arrived at Plymouth from Jamaica The Duke of Somerset was installed Chancellour of Cambridge at Northumberland House in the Strand Major General Kirke set Sail from High-lake nigh Leverpole with his Forces for London-Derry June Admiral Herbert created Earl of Torrington and Baron Herbert of Torbay The Assistant Frigat with fourteen Merchant men from the West-Indies came into the Downs John Ashburnham Esq Created Baron Ashburnham of Ashburn-Hall in Sussex The Dutch Ambassadours had Audience The Dutch Fleet of Thirty

Britain's Glory AND ENGLAND'S BRAVERY Wherein is shewed The Degrees of Honour from the Prince to the Peasant with the Honour of the Nobles and Previleges of the Commons the proper Places and Precedency of all Persons from the Throne to the Bondman more particularly in Coronations Processions Feasts Funerals and other great Assembly As also Honour of Arms Power of Heralds Signification of Charges in Coat-Armour with an Armorial Dictionary explaining the Terms of Heraldry And an account of all the Orders of Knighthood in Christendom and of the Weights and Measures of England To Which is added A Continuation of the Historian's Guide from November 1687. where the Third and Last Impression ends to June 1689. Being the Collections and Observations of Benjamine Smithurst LONDON Printed for William Crook at the Green-Dragon without Temple-Bar near Devereux-Court 1689. A TABLE TO Britain's Glory c. CHAP. I. OF the Distinction of Titles page 1 The Name of Gentleman in general Of the King. Nobles Commons CHAP. II. Of the King's Most Excellent Majesty 4 Coronation Anointing Sceptre Globe Ring Bracelet Sword. Robes Diadem and the Stones Crown Offering days Collar days CHAP. III. Of the Prince pag. 9 Of the King's Child en CHAP. IV. Of Dukes 10 CHAP. V. Of Marquesses 13 CHAP. VI. Of Earls 14 CHAP. VII Of Viscounts 15 CHAP. VIII Of Barons Spiritual and Temporal 16 CHAP. IX Of Noblewomen 20 Queen-Sovereign Queen-Consort Queen-Dowager Princesses Dames Gentlewomen Alien women CHAP. X. Of Injuries to Noblemen 23 CHAP. XI Knight of the Garter 24 The Names of the Knights 1685. The Names of the Knights 1689. CHAP. XII Knights Bannerets 29 CHAP. XIII Knights Baronets 31 CHAP. XIV Knights of the Bath 33 CHAP. XV. Knights Bachelours 37 Degrading of Knights CHAP. XVI Knights of the Round Table 41 Other Orders of Knighthood viz. Knights of St. Andrew or the Thistle in Scotland 42 Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem 44 Hospitallers ib. Templers 45 St. Lazarus in Jerusalem 46 St. Bass or St. Bassil 47 St. Katharine at Mount Sinai ib. The Martyrs of Palestine ib. Oak in Navarre 48 Lilly of Navarre ib. Band in Spain 49 Dove in Castile ib. Fish Scale in Castile ib. Lilly in Aragon 50 Mountjoy ib. Acon or Acress ib. St. James in Galici● 51 St. Saviours in Aragon ib. St. Julian or of Alcantara 52 Callatrava in Castile ib. Tuxillo or Trugillo ib. Our Lady and St. George ib. St. Mary de Merced in Aragon 53 Rosary in Toledo ib. Golden Fleece 54 D'Avis ib. St. Michael's Wing 55 St. James 55 Knights of Christ 56 Jesus Christ in France ib. Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel 57 St. Michael ib. Holy Ghost 58 The Gennet 59 Crown Royal. ib. Lady of the Star. 60 Thistle of Bourbonne ib. The Porcupine 61 Cressants of Anjou ib. Ermin in Bretaigne ib. St. Mary the Glorious of Italy 62 Holy Ghost at Rome ib. Angelick of St. George 63 St. Peter at Rome ib. St. George at Rome 64 Pius at Rome ib. Loretto at Rome ib. Glorious Virgin Mary at Rome ib. Jesus now at Rome 65 De la Calza in Venice ib. St. Mark in Venice 66 St. George at Genoa ib. Pretious Bloud of our Saviour Jesus Christ at Mantua 67 St. Stephen of Florence ib. Knot in Naples 68 Argonaute of Naples ib. Ermin in Naples ib. Annunciation in Savoy 69 Knights of St. Maurice 70 St. Maurice and St. Lazarus 71 Bear in Switzerland ib. Tutonick Order of Prusia 72 Gereon in Germany 73 St. George in Austria ib. St. Michael the Archangel ib. St. Anthony in Haynault 74 Tusin Order in Bohemia ib. St. Hubert in Gulick 75 St. James in Holland ib. St. Brice ib. The Seraphim 76 Aramanta ib. Elephant in Denmark ib. Of Christ or Sword in Livonia 77 White Eagle in Poland ib. Dragon in Hungary ib. Sword in Cyprus 78 St. Anthony in Aethiopia ib. Burgundian Cross in Tunis 79 Broom-Flower in France ib. Ship in France 80 CHAP. XVII Esquires ib. CHAP. XVIII Gentlemen 82 By Ecclesiastical Preferment 86 By Military Profession ib. In the Civil State 87 CHAP. XIX Yeomen 90 CHAP. XX. Artificers and Labourers 92 CHAP. XXI Precedency 93 CHAP. XXII Procession at a Coronation 98 CHAP. XXIII Proceeding on the Coronation day 102 CHAP. XXIV King 's going to Parliament in State 105 CHAP. XXV Coronation-Feasts 107 CHAP. XXVI Royal Feast at other times the K. present 111 CHAP. XXVII Funerals 112 CHAP. XXVIII Proceeding of the Funeral of a Gentleman Esquire Knight or Baronet 114 CHAP. XXIX Precedency of a Nobleman's Funeral from a Duke to a Baronet 115 CHAP. XXX Heralds and their Duty 116 CHAP. XXXI Heraldry 121 CHAP. XXII Ordinaries 126 Charges Common 132 CHAP. XXXIII Abatements 152 CHAP. XXXIV Points in an Escoucheon 156 Terms of Art explained 157 Weights and Measures 169 Brittain's Glory WHEREIN Is shewed the Degrees of Honour from the Prince to the Peasant the Honour of the Nobles and the Privileges of the Commons c. CHAP. I. Of the Distinction of Titles THe Name Gentleman is of such account that it is given as a proper Title to all persons from the King to the lowest Degree of those that bear Coat-Armour and also to many who though they can claim no Right to the Bearing of Coat Armour yet claim a Right to the Title of Gentleman by virtue of the Place or Office which they hold But as in the Body Natural the Members are disposed to several Offices for the preservation of the whole so in the Body Politick a Distinction of persons is accounted necessary for the preservation of the whole and such is the Policy of this Realm especially that for the better Government thereof they have made a threefold Division of persons viz. Sovereign Nobles and Commons 1. The King is our Sovereign Monarch under which name a Sovereign Queen is comprehended 2. Under the Name of Nobles are comprehended the Prince Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscounts and Barons called Lords Spiritual and Temporal 3. By the Commons are understood the Knights of the Garter if no otherwise dignified Knights Bannerets Baronets Knights of the Bath Knights Bachelours Esquires and Gentlemen together with Yeomen Artificers and Labourers And though our Law doth not call any man Noble under the Degree of a Baron yet many there be which make a Distinction between Nobiles Majores which is from the Prince to the Baron and Nobiles Minores which includes all from under a Baron to the Gentleman and leaves the rest to be called Commons When we say the Nobles of the Land the King is not comprehended by the Common Law he being the Fountain of all Nobility but is by the Civil Law. The Nobility are known by the name of the Peers of the Realm or Barons of England for anciently the Dukes Marquesses Earls and Viscounts did sit together in the King 's great Counsel of Parliament as Barons by which is understood the whole Body of the Nobility and though there be different Robes worn at their Creation yet in

upon St. George's Day and when it shall please the Sovereign to celebrate the Ceremonies of the Installment at their Feast and on the King 's Offering days if in Court and have no other Title of Honour To each Knight belongs a Collar of the Order made of pure Gold weighing 30 Ounces Troy composed of Garters and Roses enemalled Red and White since Henry 7th and since the Union of the Kingdoms mixed with Thistles which Collar hath the Image of St. George set with precious Stones appendent and worn over all their Robes at St. George's Feast and over their Cloaks or Coats on the King 's Offering days they take place according to the Seniority of their Installment and if they have no other Titles which is very rare they succeed Barons Their Officers are a Prelate which is allways the Bishop of Winchester a Chancellor a Register a King at Arms and an Usher called the Black Rod which was added by Henry 8th CHAP XII Of Knights Bannerets THese are called by some Equites Vexillarii or Cheviliers a Banier and is a most ancient Order being instituted by King Edward the first and always conferred upon the most deserving men for their signal Valour who in process of time as some say obtained the Names of Barons and were admitted into the Peerage and their Heirs enjoyed their Titles But certain it is they always retained some Ensigns of Honour equal to the Nobility being allowed to bear Arms with Supporters which none under the Degree of a Baron are to doe They take place before the younger Sons of Viscounts and Baronets and are of such esteem that divers Esquires and Knights Bachelors have served under them This Order in France was Hereditary but with us it is only for Life to the meritorious Person yet esteemed as a Glory and Honour to the Family The Ceremonies of their Creation is most Noble the King or his General if the King be not present after a Victory obtained doth at the Head of the Army drawn up in Battalia under his Royal Standard attended with all his Nobles and Field Officers receive the Person to be Knighted led between two renowned Knights or men at Arms having his Pennion of Arms in his Hand and before him the Hearalds who proclaim his valiant Atchievement for which he is counted worthy to be made a Knight Banneret and to display his Banner in the Field Then the King saith unto him advances toy Banneret and then he causeth the point of his Pennion to be rent off Then the new Knight having the Trumpets sounding the Nobles and Officers accompanying him he is attended to his Tent where they are nobly treated A Banneret thus made may bear his Banner displayed in the Royal Army and set his Arms thereon with Supporters as Nobles doe The last of this Order was Sir John Smith so made after Edg-hill-Fight for his valiant rescuing the King's Standard from the Rebels CHAP. XIII Of Baronets THis is the lowest Degree of Hereditary Honour and in that case succeeds Barons It was Instituted anno 1611. in the 9th of King James the First They are created by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England to him and to his Heirs Males yet sometimes it may be otherwise entailed but this is rare and must be inserted in the Patent The Intention of this Order was for the propagating a Plantation in the Province of Vlster in Ireland towards which they were to lend their Aid or maintain 30 Soldiers each for 3 Years in Ireland after the rate of 8d per Day They have Precedency of all Knights except those of the Garter Knights Bannerets and Knights being privy Counsellors In all Writs Commissions c. they are are styled Baronets and the Title of Sir added to their Names and of Lady to their Wives They take place according to the Priority of the Date of their Patents unless the King insert a Clause to the contrary which is very rare Those admitted are to be of good Reputation and whose Grand father at least by the Father's Side bore Arms and he must be of the yearly Estate of 1000 l. de claro They or their eldest Son may receive the Order of Knight-hood at the age of 21 Years and they shall bear on a Canton or on an Escoucheon which can be best placed on their Arms the Arms of Vlster Argent a Sinister Hand in Pale Couped at Wrist Gules In the Royal Army they have place in the Gross near the Royal Standard and are allowed some peculiar Solemnities for their Funerals CHAP XIV Of the Knights of the Bath THey are called Knights of the Bath from the manner of their Creation and also Knights of the Holy Trinity from the Medal which they wear which is three Crowns with an Inscription about it which was formerly Tria Numina juncta in Vno But at King James the First his Coronation the word Numina was left out and so it alluded to the three Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland which were then joyned in one They are usually made at the Coronation of a King or Queen and at the Creation of a Prince or Duke of the Royal Bloud as at the Creation of Henry Prince of Wales and Charles Duke of York These Knights saith Froysard as quoted by Bloom were first created in Anno. 1399. but Elias Ashmole Esq thinks them more ancient and that Henry IV. who was then King did not constitute but rather restore the ancient manner of making Knights and made it peculiar to the Knights of the Bath which hath continued so ever since They are assigned no Statues neither are they to wear their Robes but upon the time of Solemnity except a red Ribbon worn cross their left Shoulder as those of the Garter do a Blew with a Medal above mentioned and upon a Vacancy their number which is uncertain is not supplied They are created with many and Noble Ceremonies and have had Princes and the prime of the Nobility of their Order The principal Ceremonies are these The Person is first sent for by the King and at his coming to Court the King usually Knights him with the Sword of State where he is honourably received by the chief Officers and Nobles of the Court and hath two Esquires to wait upon him and convey him to the Chamber appointed and see him no more that day where he is entertained with Musick then a Bath is prepared by a Barber who is to trim him and then the King is informed that he is ready for the Bath then is he instructed by the most grave Knights in the Order and Fees of Chivalry the Musick all the while playing at the Door then they undress him and put him naked into the Bath at which time the Musick ceases and one of the grave Knights saith to him Be this an honourable Bath to thee From the Bath he is conveyed to his Bed which is plain without Curtains c. as soon as he is dry

of the Sword and Military Belt in Sweeden whose Collar was composed of Sword and Belt many there are also in India and in divers other places which because of their uncertainty are omitted CHAP. XVII Of Esquires KNighthood is a Dignity but Esquire is a name of Worship and in old time every Knight had two Esquires to attend him who bore his Armour and kept allways close to him They held certain Lands of him in Escuage as the Knight did of the King by Knight's Service but now Esquires are divided into five Ranks The first and principal are the eldest Sons of Viscounts and Lords The Second all other Noble-men's younger Sons with the eldest Sons of Baronets and Knights The Third are those that are Select Esquires of the King's Body The Fourth those to whom the King giveth the Title to or createth Esquires by putting a Silver Collar of S. S. about their Necks and in former times they had a pair of Silver Spurs put to their Heels thereby distinguishing them from Knights who had the guilt Spur and to the first born Sons of these only doth the Title descend they are now the Esquires that attend the Knights of the Bath The fifth and last be those that have any Superiour publick Office in the Kingdom as High Sheriff Justice of the Peace Collonels Lieutenant Collonels Majors c. or such as serve the King in any worshipfull Calling But such as are Esquires or Gentlemen by place only when they lose their Place they also lose their Title CHAP. XVIII Of Gentlemen THis Title is of such account as is aforesaid that it is a general Name even from the Sovereign to the meanest Person who either bears Coat-Armour or is imployed in some eminent Office in Church or State and many there be who having by Providence rose from a mean condition and obscure original to possess large Demeans have vain-gloriously usurped the Title of Gentleman to themselves and so imprudent I might have said impudent have some been that because their Sir-name have bordered upon the Sir-names of some Person of worth they have laid down their own paternal Names and assumed the Names of those Gentlemen so near to theirs and born their Coat-Armour and in time have pretended to be of the same Family Some derive the Name Gentleman as a Compound partly from the French word Gentile that is one born of honest Parents to which the Saxon Word Man is joyned and so make it Gentleman which may signifie a man well born and under that Name are all comprehended that are above Yeomen Merchants or Artificers the Ancient Saxons called them Edelmen or Noble Men. Which shews that Gentlemen take their beginning from something that they have done in War or Peace for which the King who is the Fountain of Honour doth think them worthy of such Honour which shall continue to their Posterity But sometimes it so happeneth that many Persons do claim the Title or Appellation of Gentleman either from the Places they hold or from some excellent Art or Science they profess as those that study the Laws of the Land or profess themselves Masters in the liberal Sciences And indeed if he can live without Manual labour and bear the Port and Charge of a Gentleman he shall not only be called so by others but think himself so indeed And any such that hath not a true Pretence to a Coat-Armour may have one assigned them by the Appointment of the Heralds whose Posterity may enjoy the Title of Gentile But to be more particular we shall find this Title to be ranked under nine Heads or Degrees 1. A Gentleman of Ancestry who is called a Gentleman of Bloud 2. A Gentleman of Bloud and not of Ancestry which is in the third Degree 3. A Gentleman of Coat-Armour and not of Bloud which is he that first beareth the King's Device given him by the Heralds If he have Issue to the third desscent such Issue is a Gentleman of Bloud but none under 4. A Gentleman of Armour not given him as when the King giveth a Lordship to a Yeoman and his Heirs for ever If the Family to whom the Lordship did belong be extinct the Person so admitted may bear the Coat-Armour of the said Lord being Approved of by the Heralds but if the Family be not extinct he cannot only he shall be accounted a Gentleman and may have a Coat appointed him by the Heralds 5. If a Christian Man in the Service of God and his Prince kills a Heathen Gentleman he shall bear his Coat-Armour except the said Heathen be a Knight Banneret and use the same Atchievement without any difference save only in the Word or Motto of the Infidel and his Issue in the fifth Degree shall be a Gentleman of Bloud but no Christian Man can bear another Christians Coat Yet if an English Man in the Field when the Banner royal is displayed do put to flight take Prisoner or by Fire or Force slay any Gentleman enemy to his Prince the English Man shall honour his own Coat in the sinister quarter with ded said Gentleman's Coat but in matters 〈◊〉 Combate the Victor may not challenge his Enemy's Coat though the Vanquished may lose his So by the Courtesie of England if a Man marry a Gentlewoman he may bear her Coat but his Children may not unless she be an Heiress and some doubt that also 6. If the King make a Yeoman a Knight he is called a Gentleman of Bloud 7. A Yeoman's Son advanced to Spiritual dignity is a Gentleman but not of Bloud unless he arrive to be a Doctor of the Law and then he shall be accounted a Gentleman of Bloud 8. The eight is called a Gentleman Untryall that is one who being brought up in some Abby or like Place and related to the Abbat c. doth in time obtain preferment in the same Abby c. 9. The last is a Gentleman Apocryphate such as being a Footman in the service of his Prince is at last advanced to be a Steward or Clerk of the Kitchin c. though he hath no Badg of his own under this Head are comprised all those that have any publick Office as above which take in these three Classes 1. Gentlemen by Ecclesiastical Preferment are 1 Vicars General 2 Guardians 3 Deans of Cathedrals 4 Arch Deacons 5 Chancellours 6 Treasurers 7 Chaunters 8 Doctours of which Divinity is first Law next Physick last 9 Provosts 10 Governours of Colleges 2. In Military Professions these are called Gentlemen 1 High Constables 2 Lieutenant Generals 3 Marshals of the Field 4 Admirals 5 Major Generals 6 Quarter Master General 7 Treasurer for the Army 8 Guardians of Frontiers 9 Grand Esquires 10 Masters of the Artillary 11 Collonels 12 Lieutenant Collonels 13 Serjeant Majors 14 Captains and all that receive Commissions from the King. 3. In the Civil State these are Gentlemen by their Places 1 The Chancellour 2 Presidents 3 Treasurers 4 Judges 5 Justices 6 Chief Officers