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The History of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Chapter 220: A Catalogue of the several Officers of this most Noble Order, to this Time.
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A detailed institutional history of the most prestigious chivalric order and comparable European knightly orders, tracing its medieval foundation, governing statutes and the development of Windsor's castle, chapel, and college. The text explains ceremonial procedures, investiture rites, regalia, officers' duties and financial arrangements, offers biographical notes on founders, and presents an illustrated roll of knights with coats of arms. Drawn from public records, heralds' manuscripts, and corrected authorities, the edition adds emendations, heraldic corrections and a continued list of members to the editor's present.

Knights elected in the Reign of King Charles I.

423. Claude de Lorrain, Duke of Chevereux.

Hungary, viz. Barry of eight Argent and Gules; his proper Arms being Lorrain, viz. Or on a bend Gules three Alerions [Doves, or as others, Eaglets without becques,] displaid Argent.

424. Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden.

Sweden, viz. Azure three Crowns Or.

425. Henry Frederick Van Nassau, Prince of Orange.

Nassau, Comme son Frere, No. 409.

426. Theophilus Howard, Earl of Suffolk.

Comme son Pere, No. 384.

427. William Compton, Earl of Northampton.

Sable three Helmets Argent with a Lyon of England Augmentation in fess between them.

428. Richard Weston, Lord Weston, Lord Treasurer of England, and after Earl of Portland.

Or, an Eagle regardant displaid Sable.

429. Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey.

Argent three battering Rams proper armed and garnished Or.

430. William Cecil, Earl of Exeter.

Comme son Pere, No. 392.

431. James Hamilton, Marquiss of Hamilton, Earl of Cambridge and Arran.

Comme son Pere, No. 415.

432. Charles Lodowick, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Prince Elector of the Empire, and Duke of Bavaria.

Comme son Pere, No. 408.

433. James Stewart, Duke of Lenox, and Earl of March, after Duke of Richmond.

Comme son Pere, No. 416.

434. Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby.

Gules a Chevron between three mullets of six Points Or.

435. William Douglas, Earl of Morton.

Quarterly; first and fourth, Morton Argent on a chief indented Gules, two mullets of the first; second and third, Douglass, Comme, No. 193.

436. Algernon Percy, Earl of Northumberland.

Comme son Pere, No. 378.

437. Charles, Prince of Wales, after King of England, of that Name the second.

Comme son Oncle, No. 393.

438. Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.

Sable a Chevron between three Leopards faces Or.

439. James Stewart, Duke of York, after King James, of that Name the second.

Comme son Frere, No. 437. viz. the national Arms with a label Ermine.

440. Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of Bavaria, after Earl of Holderness, and Duke of Cumberland, second Son of the King of Bohemia.

Comme son Frere aisne, No. 432. but without the Augmentation, No. 405, viz. the Palatinate and Bavaria quarterly.

441. William Van Nassau, Prince of Orange.

Nassau, Comme son Pere, No. 425.

442. Bernard de Nogaret de Foix, Duke de Espernon and de Valette.

Quarterly; Castile and Leon, Comme, No. 331. in pretence Nogaret, viz. Or a Nut-tree eradicated proper impailing Thoulose, i. e. Gules a Cross urdee voided Or, and pomellee as the Points Or, over both Coats a chief of Valette, viz. Gules a Cross potent Argent.

Knights elected in the Reign of King Charles II.

443. Maurice, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of Bavaria, third Son of the King of Bohemia.

Comme son Frere aisne, No. 440.

444. James Butler, Marquiss of Ormond, after Earl of Brecknock, and Duke of Ormond, in Ireland and England.

Comme, No. 370.

445. Edward, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of Bavaria, fifth Son of the King of Bohemia.

Comme son Frere aisne, No. 443. viz. the Palatinate and Bavaria quarterly.

446. George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.

Comme son Pere, No. 413.

447. William Hamilton-Dowglass, Duke of Hamilton.

Quarterly; first, Hamilton, Comme, No. 415. second, Dowglass, Comme, No. 193.

448. Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton.

Comme son Pere, No. 396.

449. William Cavendish, Marquiss of Newcastle, after Duke of Newcastle.

Sable three Harts heads caboshed Argent, a Crescent difference.

450. James Graham, Marquiss of Montrose.

Or on a chief Sable, three escallops of the first.

451. James Stanley, Earl of Darby.

Comme son Pere, No. 391.

452. George Digby, Earl of Bristol.

Azure a Flower Deluce Argent, a Crescent difference.

453. Henry Stewart, Duke of Gloucester, third Son to King Charles I.

Quarterly; first and fourth, France and England, Quarterly; second, Scotland; third, Ireland, on a label Argent nine Roses of Lancaster.

454. Henry Charles de la Tremoville, Prince de Tarente.

Arragon, Sicily, viz. parti per Saltire the chief and base Or, four pales Gules for Arragon; the second and third, Argent an Eagle displaid Sable for Sicily in pretence, his paternal Arms, viz. Tremoville, Or a Chevron Gules between three Eagles displaid Azure.

455. William Van Nassau, Prince of Orange, after King of England, of that Name the third.

Nassau, Comme son Pere, No. 441.

456. Frederick William, Prince Elector of the Empire, Marquiss of Brandenburgh.

Argent an Eagle displaid Gules, which is Brandenburgh.

457. John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin, Count de Gravil.

Quarterly; first and fourth, Argent a Fish hauriant Gules; second and third, Or two barrs Sable.

458. Sir George Monk, Kt. after Duke of Albermarle.

Gules a Chevron between three Lyons Heads erased Argent.

459. Sir Edward Montague, Kt. after Earl of Sandwich.

Quarterly, Montague and Monthermer, viz. Argent three Losenges in fess Gules, a border Sable and Or, an Eagle displaid Vert, over all a Mullet difference.

460. William Seymour, Marquiss of Hertford, after Duke of Somerset.

Comme, No. 306. a Crescent difference.

461. Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford.

Comme, No. 293.

462. Charles Stewart, Duke of Richmond and Lenox.

Comme son Oncle, No. 433.

463. Montague Bertie, Earl of Lindsey.

Comme son Pere, No. 429.

464. Edward Montague, Earl of Manchester.

Comma son Cousin, but with a Crescent difference.

465. William Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.

Comme son Pere, No. 438.

466. Christierne, Prince of Denmark, after King of Denmark.

Denmark, Comme, No. 394.

467. James Scot, Duke of Monmouth and Bucclugh.

The Imperial Arms of King Charles II. a baston sinister Argent, In pretence, Scot of Bucclugh, viz. Or on a bend Azure, a Crescent between two Mullets.

468. James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge, Son of James, Duke of York.

Comme son Pere, No. 439. viz. the national Arms, with a label of five Points Ermine.

469. Charles IX. King of Sweden, Goths and Vandalls.

Sweden, Comme, No. 424.

470. John George II. Duke of Saxony, Juliers, Cleves and Monts, and Prince Elector of the Empire.

Quarterly; first, Thuringe, viz. a Lyon rampant barry of ten Argent and Gules.

471. Christopher Monk, Duke of Albermarle.

Comme son Pere, No. 458.

472. John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale.

Or a Lyon rampant dismembred, Gules within a double tressure counterflory Azure.

473. Henry Somerset, Marquiss of Worcester, after Duke of Beaufort.

Quarterly, France and England, a border gobone Argent and Azure.

474. Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans.

Sable a Crescent between two Mullets in pale Argent.

475. William Russell, Earl of Bedford, after Duke of Bedford.

Comme, No. 346.

476. Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington.

Gules between three demi Lyons rampant couped Argent, a besant after changed to an imperial mound, serving for both difference and Augmentation.

477. Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory.

Comme son Pere, No. 444.

478. Charles Fitz Roy, Earl of Southampton, after Duke of Southampton, and now Duke of Cleveland.

The Imperial Arms of England, a Battune Sinister Ermine difference.

479. John, Earl of Mulgrave, now Duke of Buckingham.

Arragon a Chevron between three Garbs Gules.

480. William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle.

Comme, No. 447.

481. Thomas Osborn, Earl of Danby, after Duke of Leeds.

Quarterly, Ermine and Azure a Cross Or.

482. Henry Fitz Roy, Duke of Grafton.

The Arms of King Charles II. with a Battoon Sinister Gobony Argent and Azure.

483. William, Earl of Salisbury.

Barry of ten Pieces Argent and Azure on six Escocheons Sinister, as many Lyons rampant; of the first, a Crescent difference.

484. Charles, Count Palatine of the Rhine.

Comme, No. 445.

485. Charles, Duke of Richmond.

The Arms of King Charles II. within a Bordure Gobony Argent and Gules, the Argent charg’d with Roses as the second.

486. George, Prince of Denmark.

Denmark, Comme, No. 466.

487. Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset, &c.

Quarterly; first, an Augmentation, viz. Or on a Pile Gules, between six Flower Deluces Azure, three Lyons of England; second, the paternal Coat of Seymour, Gules, two Wings conjoined in Lure Or.

488. George Fitzroy, Duke of Northumberland.

Knights elected in the Reign of King James II.

489. Henry Howard, Duke of Norfolk.

Comme, No. 426.

490. Henry Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough.

Argent a Chevron between three Estoils Wavy.

491. Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester.

Azure, a Chevron between three Lozenges, a Crescent difference.

492. Louis de Duras, Earl of Feversham.

Quarterly; first and fourth, Gules a Lyon rampant Argent; second and third, Argent a bend Azure, with a label of three Points difference.

493. Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland.

Quarterly, Argent and Gules, in second a Fret Or, over all a bend Sable, charged with three eschallops of the first.

Knights elected in the Reign of King William and
Queen Mary, and King William.

494. James Butler, Duke of Ormond.

Or, a chief indented Azure.

495. Frederick Schonbergh, Duke of Schonbergh.

Argent, an Escocheon Sable, over all a Carbuncle of eight Roys Or, a Crescent difference.

496. William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, then Earl of Devonshire.

Sable, three Hearts Heads caboshed, Argent.

497. Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex.

Quarterly, Or and Gules a bend Vaire.

498. Frederick III. Marquiss of Brandenburgh, Prince Elector, and Great Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Empire; after King of Prussia.

Comme, No. 456.

499. George-William, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg-Zell, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

500. Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury.

Gules a Lyon rampant, within a border ingrailed Or.

501. Prince William, Duke of Gloucester.

The Arms of England, with a label of three Points Argent, the middlemost charged with the Cross of St. George, and an Escocheon of his paternal Coat of Denmark.

502. John Holles, Duke of Newcastle.

Ermine, two Piles, their Points meeting in base Sable.

503. William Bentinck, Earl of Portland.

Azure, a Cross Moline Argent.

504. Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery.

Comme, No. 404.

505. Arnoldjoost Van Keppel, Earl of Albermarle.

Gules, three eschallops Argent.

506. James Dowglass, Duke of Queensbury and Dover.

Quarterly; first and fourth, a Heart Gules, Crown’d with an Imperial Crown Or, on a chief, Azure, three Mullets Argent; second and third, Azure, a Bend Or, six cross Croslets of the same, all within a double Tressure Counterflory Gules.

507. George-Lewis, Elector of Brunswick-Lunenburgh, &c. the present Sovereign.

Knights elected in the Reign of Queen ANNE.

508. Wriothesly Russel, Duke of Bedford.

Comme, No. 475.

509. John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough.

Sable, a Lyon rampant Argent, on a Canton of the second, St. George’s Cross.

510. Meinhardt Schonbergh, Duke of Schonbergh.

Comme, No. 495.

510. Sidney Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin.

Gules, an Eagle with two Heads display’d between 3 Fleurs de Lis Argent.

511. George Augustus, Prince Electoral of Hanover, now Prince of Wales.

512. William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire.

Comme, No. 496.

513. John Campbell, Duke of Argyle.

Girony of eight Pieces, Or and Sable.

514. James Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon: Placed here in his Order of Election, but lived not to be installed.

Comme, No. 447.

515. Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset.

Comme, No. 473.

516. Henry de Grey, Duke of Kent.

Barry of six Argent and Azure.

517. John Poulett, Earl Poulett.

Sable, three Swords, their Points in Pile Argent, the Hilts Or.

518. Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.

Or, a bend cotised Sable.

519. Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.

Sable, a Chevron between three Leopards Heads Or.

520. Charles Mordant, Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth.

Comme, No. 490.

Knights elected by King George.

521. Charles Poulet, Duke of Bolton.

Sable, three Swords, their Points in pile Argent, their Hilts Or, a Crescent difference.

522. John Maners, Duke of Rutland.

Comme, No. 412.

523. Lionel-Cranfield Sackvil, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex.

Comme, No. 497.

524. Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax.

Argent three Lozenges in fess Gules, within a border Sable difference.

A Catalogue of the several Officers of this
most Noble Order, to this Time.

Prelates of the Order.

1.

William de Edyngton, Bishop of Winchester, Lord Treasurer, and after Lord Chancellor of England.

2. William de Wykham, Bishop of Winchester, Priest, Cardinal of St. Eusebius, and Lord Chancellor of England.

3. Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, Priest, Cardinal, &c. and Lord Chancellor of England.

4. William de Waynfleet, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord Chancellor of England.

5. Peter Courtney, Bishop of Winchester.

6. Thomas Langton, Bishop of Winchester.

7. Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord Privy-Seal.

8. Thomas Wolsey, Bishop of Winchester, Priest, Cardinal, &c. and Lord Chancellor of England.

9. Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.

10. John Poynet, Bishop of Winchester.

11. Stephen Gardiner restored, and made Lord Chancellor of England.

12. John White, Bishop of Winchester.

13. Robert Horne, Bishop of Winchester.

14. John Watson, Bishop of Winchester.

15. Thomas Cooper, Bishop of Winchester.

16. William Wykham, Bishop of Winchester.

17. William Day, Bishop of Winchester.

18. Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester.

19. James Montague, Bishop of Winchester.

20. Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of Winchester.

21. Richard Neyle, Bishop of Winchester.

22. Walter Curle, Bishop of Winchester.

23. Brian Duppa, Bishop of Winchester.

24. George Morley, Bishop of Winchester.

25. Peter Mew, Bishop of Winchester.

26. Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bar. now Bishop of Winchester.

Chancellors of the Order.

1. Richard Beauchamp, Bishop of Salisbury, and Dean of Windsor.

2. Lionel Woodevelle, Bishop of Salisbury.

3. Thomas Langton, Bishop of Salisbury.

4. John Blyth, Bishop of Salisbury.

5. Henry Dean, Bishop of Salisbury.

6. Edmond Audley, Bishop of Salisbury.

7. Sir William Cecil, Kt. Secretary of State.

8. Sir William Peters, Kt. Secretary of State.

9. Sir Thomas Smith, Kt. Secretary of State.

10. Sir Francis Walsingham, Kt. Secretary of State.

11. Sir Amias Paulet, Kt. Secretary of State.

12. Sir John Woolee, Kt. Secretary for the Latin Tongue.

13. Sir Edward Dyer, Kt.

14. Sir John Herbert, Kt. Secretary of State.

15. Sir George More, Kt.

16. Sir Francis Crane, Kt.

17. Sir Thomas Row, Kt.

18. Sir James Palmer, Kt.

19. Sir Henry de Vick, Bar.

20. Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury.

21. Gilbert Burnet, now Bishop of Salisbury.

Registers of the Order.

1. John Coringham, Canon of Windsor.

2. John Deepden, Canon of Windsor.

3. James Goldwell, Canon of Windsor.

4. Oliver King, Canon of Windsor, Secretary to Prince Henry, Son of King Henry VI. To King Edward IV., V. and Henry VII.

5. Richard Nix, Canon of Windsor.

6. Christopher Urswick, Dean of Windsor.

7. Thomas Wolsey, the Kings Almoner.

8. William Atwater, Canon of Windsor, after Bishop of Lincoln.

9. Nicholas West, Dean of Windsor.

10. John Vescy, Dean of Windsor.

11. Richard Sydnor, Canon of Windsor.

12. Robert Aldridge, Canon of Windsor.

13. Owen Oglethorp, Dean of Windsor.

14. John Boxal, Dean of Windsor, and Secretary of State.

15. George Carew, Dean of Windsor.

16. William Day, Dean of Windsor.

17. Robert Benet, Dean of Windsor.

18. Giles Thompson, Dean of Windsor, and Bishop of Gloucester.

19. Anthony Maxey, Dean of Windsor.

20. Marc Antonio de Dominis, Archbishop of Spalato, Dean of Windsor.

21. Henry Beaumont, Dean of Windsor.

22. Matthew Wren, Dean of Windsor.

23. Christopher Wren, Dean of Windsor.

24. Brune Ryves, Dean of Windsor.

25. Dr. Gregory Heskard, Dean of Windsor.

26. Dr. John Robinson, Dean of Windsor, since Bishop of London.

27. Dr. George Verney, Lord Willoughby of Brook, now Dean of Windsor.

Garters King of Arms.

1. Sir William Brugges, Kt.

2. John Smert.

3. Sir John Writh, Kt.

4. Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Kt.

5. Sir Thomas Wall, Kt.

6. Sir Christopher Barker, Kt.

7. Sir Gilbert Dethick, Kt.

8. Sir William Dethick, Kt.

9. Sir William Segar, Kt.

10. Sir John Borough, Kt.

11. Sir Henry St. George, Kt.

12. Sir Edward Walker, Kt.

13. Sir William Dugdale.

14. Sir Thomas St. George.

15. Sir Henry St. George.

Ushers of the Black-Rod.

1. William Whitehorse.

2. John Cray.

3. Thomas Sye.

4. John Athelbrig.

5. William Evington, and Edward Hardgyll.

6. Robert Marleton.

7. Ralph Ashton, and Hugh Dennys.

8. Sir William Compton, Kt.

9. Henry Norresse, Esq;

10. Anthony Knyvet, Esq;

11. Sir Philip Hobby, Kt.

12. John Norres, and William Norres, Esqs;

13. Anthony Wingfield, Esq;

14. Richard Coningsbye, Esq;

15. James Maxwell, Esq;

16. Peter Newton, Esq;

17. Sir John Ayton, Kt.

18. Sir Edward Carteret, Kt.

19. Sir Thomas Duppa.

20. Sir Fleetwood Shepard.

21. Sir David Mitchell.

22. Sir William Oldes.