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those troubled times, when he hoped by concili- 

 ating all jj;overnments, to see his Order again re- 

 stored. Influenced in all things by this hope, 

 vain as It was, his statements should be received 

 with some grains of allowance. 



Before calling attention to the following list, I 

 have to state that a knight could not become a 

 commander before he had made four cruises in 

 tlie galleys, or served five years in the convent. 

 He had also to remain three years a commander 

 before he could claim a pension. Those knights 

 Avho are known to have been at Malta will be dis- 

 tinguished by a t- 



A. 



f Aylmer, Sir George ... - 1521 



Commander of Holstone. 



Adfil, George _ - . - - 1524 



Albrit, Oliver 1527 



B. 



Bouth, John 1522 



Turcopolier, killed at the siege of Rhodes. 



Blasly, Robert 1526 



Boydel, Edward ----- 1529 



fBabington, John ----- 1531 

 Bailiff of Aguila, Commander of Dalby. 



fBabington, Philip 1531 



f Belingham, Edward - - - - 1531 

 Co:nmander of Dynraore. 



fBalfard, Richard 1531 



fBrown, Edward 1531 



JBroke, Richard 1531 



Commander of Mount St. Jolin. 



Boydel, George ----- 1532 



Boydel, Roger 1533 



Turcopolier. 



fBentham, Anthony - - - - 1536 



Boyse, Andrew ----- 1588 



c. 



Corbet, William 1522 



Commander of Templebruer., 



Cane, Sir Ambrose - - - - 1525 



Chanure, John ----- 1525 



Campledik, Thomas - - .^ - 1529 



Commander of Corbroke. 



Chambers, Sir James - - . - 1533 



D. 



Deston, Claude 1522 



Docray, Thomas ----- 1523 



Prior of the English tongue. 

 Dundas, George ----- 1524 

 Commander of Turfichin in Scotland. 

 fDingley, Thomas - - - - -1531 



fDundas, Alexander _ - - 

 f Dudley, George - - - - 

 Received in the Order at Malta in 1545. 



E. 



Edward, George - - - - 

 jEluyn, Edmund - - - - 

 Received in the Order at Malta in 1545. 



- 1538 



- 1545 



- 1525 



- 1545 



1522 



Fairfax, Nicholas - - - - 

 Commander of Temple Combe. 



Fitzmorth, Robert - - - - 1527 



Fortescue, Adrian - - - . 1532 



This brave knight perished on the scaffold in Eng- 

 land at the time of the Reformation (vide- 

 "N.& Q.," Vol. vii., p.62S.); was enrolled among 

 the Saints ; and his portrait, with a sprig of palm 

 in the hand, as an emblem of his martyrdom, is 

 now to be seen in one of the chapels of St. John's 

 Church at this island. The 8th of July is tlio 

 day now observed in commemoration of his suf- 

 ferings, and of those who suffered with him. 



Fortescue, Nicholas - - - - 1638 

 This nobleman, of the same family as the preceding, 

 was received in the Order on his own urgent ap- 

 plication ; and with the hope that, by his assist- 

 ance, the English language would be restored. 



G. 



- 1520 



Golings, Thomas - - - 

 Commander of Bodisford. 

 tGonson, Sir David - - - - 1533 



Tlie last lieutenant of the Turcopolier at Malta. 



f Gerard, Sir Henry - - - - 1541 



Glene, Lewis ----- 1555 



H. 



Hyerton, George ----- 1523 



Hall, Thomas - - - - - 1526 



fHalison, James ----- 1526 



Hussey, Edmund ----- 1528 



Hussey, Nicholas ----- 1531 



Hill, Edward 1531 



yHornehill, Thomas - - - - 1536 



I. 



Irving, James - - - - - 1569 

 Solely by the strenuous exertions of this knight it 

 was decided, in a general chapter held in 1569, 

 that tlie Scotch should enjoy the same dignities 

 and emoluments which had been previously 

 granted to the Englisli and Irish knights. 



J. 



Jones, William - - - 



L. 



Layton, Ambrose - - - 

 Commander of Beverly. 



- 1522 



- 1527 



