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ANNUAL REGISTER. 1805. 



tween tvfo knights, the dukes of 

 York and Clarence, who was receiv- 

 ed at the door by the two junior 

 knights, and condu6ted to the table, 

 where the surcoat, girdle, and 

 sword, had been placed ; and gar- 

 ter, presenting the surcoat to the 

 two senior knights, they invested 

 his grace therewith, the register 

 reading the admonition. Then gar- 

 ter presented the girdle in like man- 

 ner, and afterwards the sword, 

 ■which they put oa his grace, who 

 then took his place near the table. 

 Garter then introduced the honour- 

 able captain York, proxy for the 

 earl of Hardwicke. knight ele(^ of 

 the order, who stood at his excel- 

 lency's place near the table, between 

 the dukes of Cumberland and Kent. 

 Garter then introduced the duke of 

 Beaufort, between the dukes of 

 Sussex and Cauil)ridge ; the mar. 

 quis of Abercora, between the duke 

 of Gloucester and prince William 

 of Gloucester ; the earl of Pem- 

 broke, between the duke of Devon- 

 shire and the earl of Chatham ; the 

 earl of Winchelsca, between the 

 marquis of Salisbury and <he earl of 

 Westmoreland ; the earl of Chester- 

 field, between earls Spencer and 

 Camden ; who were severally in- 

 vested with the surcoat, girdle, and 

 sword, with the like ceremony as in 

 the case of the dnkc of Rutland, and 

 the proxy of (he earl of Hardwicke. 

 The knights ele6t, and the proxy, 

 continued in the chapter house, 

 while the procession to the chapel 

 was made' down to the bottom of 

 the north aisle, and up the nave, 

 into the choir, in the following 

 order ; 



First the poor knights : who, com- 

 ing into the choir, made their 

 reverences, first to the altar, then 

 to the sovereign's stall, and placed 



themselves on each side, near the 

 altar. 

 The prebendaries made their reve- 

 rences in like manner, and went 

 to (heir places under the stall 

 The ofticers of arms, making their 

 reverences, stood next the poor 

 kniahts. 

 Then the knights companions, each 

 in the order which he had walk- 

 ed, made their reverences, and 

 retired unto their banners ; where 

 they remained standing. 

 The register, garter, and deputy 

 black rod, making their reve- 

 rences together, stood before their 

 form. 

 The prelate and chancellor did the 



same. 

 The sword of state, with the lord 

 chamberlain on his left hand (the 

 sovereign being seated) stood on 

 the steps before or under the 

 sovereign's stall. 

 The sovereign made one reverence 

 to the altar ; and, being seated in 

 his stall, repeated the same ; the 

 train bearers standing upon the 

 steps leading to the sovereign's 

 stall. 

 All the other knights continued 



standing under their banners. 

 The prelate was conducted to the 

 altar by the verger of St. George's 

 chapel ; and two prebendaries by 

 the same verger. 



Then garter with the usual reve- 

 rences, took up the banner of the 

 late duke of Saxe Gotha ; and, 

 holding it up, the provincial kings 

 of arms joined, and, making their 

 reverences, repaired io the two 

 senior knights ; who thereupon 

 joined, making their reverences to- 

 gether, and rt^ceivcd the banner 

 from garter, which they carried, 

 the point foremost, a little de- 

 clining ; and, being preceded by 



the 



