enamelled White, reprefenting the White Laces mentioned in the antient Ceremonials of conferring the Knighthood of the Bath; which faid Collar having the Badge or Symbol of this Order thereto pendant, the Companions are and shall be obliged to wear upon all Feftivals, Proceffions, Inftallations, and other Ceremonies relating to this Order, and alfo in the Prefence of Us, Our Heirs and Succeffors, upon fuch other Feasts usually termed Collar Days, when the Knights of Our Moft Noble Order of the Garter attend Our Royal Perfon invefted with their Collars; and that the faid Collar may for the future be reprefented upon Pictures, Limnings, Sculptures, and Monuments, of these Companions; which Collar fhall not be alienated for any Cause whatever; but the Executors, or Administrators, of every deceased Companion, fhall return the fame within Three Months to the Great Master of this Order.

SECONDLY, We likewife hereby declare it to be Our Royal Pleasure, That the Banner, which fhall be placed over the Stall of each Companion of this Order, shall be two Yards in Length, and one Yard three Quarters in Breadth, fringed about with Red

and

and White Silk; and that, in the lowest Margin, the Name and Title of the Companion fhall be inscribed with Letters of Gold, upon a Black Ground; and that the Creft, Helmet, and Sword, thall likewife be affixed to the Stall of every Knight, and be removed in like Manner as the Plates, according to the Fourteenth Article of the Statutes: And that, after the Deaths of the Companions, these Banners, Crests, Helmets, and Swords, (being first offered in folemn Manner) fhall then be hung up about the Pillars, or in fome other convenient Place, towards the Weft End of the Abbey-Church of Westminster, to remain to Pofterity, for the Memorial of the deceased Knights, as a public Testimony of their Honour. And we hereby direct, That the Banner of Our Royal Arms, being two Yards and a Half long, and two Yards in Breadth, fhall be embroidered upon Velvet, which with Our Creft, Helmet, and Sword, fhall be hung over Our Stall.

THIRDLY, Whereas fome Perfons may be elected into this Order, who, by reafon of their Employments in the Service of the Crown, by Sickness, or other unforfeen Accidents, may be neceffarily prevented from attending their Installations in Perfon

within

within the Time limited; We hereby decree, That fuch Perfons, having actually received the Honour of Knighthood, and a Difpenfation for the Nonobfervance of any Rites belonging to the Knighthood of the Bath, and having alfo obtained Permiffion under the Seal of the Order, fhall and may fubftitute and appoint a Perfon of Honour, being a Knight, to be his Proxy or Deputy, to be inftalled for him; which Deputy, having the Mantle upon his Right Arm, fhall proceed, from the Door of the Chapter-Houfe, unto the Stall of his Principal, and shall there be installed in the Manner directed by the Statutes, holding the Mantle on his Arm, and shall take the Oath in the Name of the Companion: And fuch Companion fhall thereby be as fully invested with the said Order, as if he had been installed in Perfon, in the Manner before mentioned in the Eighth Article.

FOURTHLY, We hereby ordain and enjoin, That over and above the Fees determined by these Our Statutes, every Perfon elected, or to be elected into this Most Honourable Order, shall also regularly pay all fuch other Fees, as have been fettled by Our Royal Predeceffors, by Grants under the

Great

Great Seal, upon the Reception of the Knighthood of the Bath; and until all Fees are fully and actually discharged, no Banner, Helmet, Sword, or Plate, of any Companion of this Order, shall be set up, or permitted to remain, in the Chapel of King Henry the Seventh.

Given under Our Sign Manual, this First Day of June, in the Eleventh Year of our Reign.

GEORGE R.

T is Our Royal Will and Pleasure, That the Knights Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, appointed, and hereafter to be appointed, by Us, Our Heirs and Succeffors, shall for their greater Distinction and Honour, upon all Occafions whatsoever, bear and ufe Supporters to their Arms: And therefore We, by these Presents, direct and command our Garter Principal King of Arms for the Time being, and his Succeffors in that Office, to grant Supporters to all Companions of Our faid Order, who are, or fhall not be entitled to bear Supporters by Virtue of their Peerages.

Given under Our Sign Manual, this Second Day of June, in the Eleventh Year of our Reign.

GEORGE