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refpeftive fees to be paid to the feveral officers of the faid 

 order of the bath by fuch pcrfonsas (ball be nominated unto 

 and accept tbe honour of a companion of the faid order, may 

 be certain and fi:ud, we do by thcfe prelents, for us, our 

 heirs, and fucceflbrs, will and declare that all fiieh fees flvall 

 be efpecially and particularly afcerlained and ellablidied ni 

 and by the llatutes tb be given and ordained to and for the 

 faid order, by us. our heirs or fuccelfors, under the feal 

 hereby appointed for the faid order, and (liall be of the like 

 force and effect as if the fame had been particularly expreffed 

 and fct forth in thefe our letters patents : and, lalUy, we do 

 hereby, for us, our heirs and fuccelfors, grant that thefe our 

 letters patents, or the inrolment or exemplification thereof, 

 fliall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, fnffieient, and 

 effedlual in the law, according to the true inrent and meainng 

 thereof; any omiffion, imperfection, defeft, matter, caufe, 

 or thing whatfoevcr to the contrary thereof in anyvvife not- 

 withftanding. In witnefs whereof we have caufed thefe 

 eur letters to be made patents. 



Witnefs ourfelf at Wellminller, the eighteenth day of 

 Ivlay, in the eleventh year of our reign." 



The badge, cognizance, or enfign of this order, is a rofe, 

 thiftle, and (hamrock, iffuant from a fceptre between three 

 imperial crowns, fnnounded with the motto of the order ; 

 viz. " Tria junfta in uno ;" the whole of pure gold, 

 chafed and pierced, and is worn by the knight elecl, pendant 

 from a red ribbon acrofs the right fliouldcr. The collar is 

 of gold, weighing thirty ounces troy weight, and is com- 

 pofed of nine imperial crowns, and eight rofes, thillles, and 

 ihamrocks, ilTulng from a fceptre, enamelled in their proper 

 colours, tied or hnked together with fcventeen gold knots, 

 enamelled white, having the badge of the order pendant 

 thereto. The ftsr confills of three imperial crowns of gold, 

 furrounded by the motto upon a circle of red, with rays 

 ifTuant from the centre filver, forming a ftar, and is em- 

 broidered on the left fide of the upper garment. The in- 

 llallation drefs of a knight of the bath is a furcoat of white 

 fattin, with a mantle of crimfon fattin lined with white, tied 

 at the neck with a cordon of filk crimfon and gold with 

 gold tafiels, and on the left (houldcr is embroidered the liar 

 of the order ; a white filk hat, adorned with a ftanding 

 plume of white ofliich feathers, white leather boots, edged 

 and heeled, criir.fou and gold fpurs, a fword in a white 

 leatlier fcabbard, with crofs hilts gold. The knights receive 

 the order by inveftiture in the king's clofct, or, if abroad, by 

 warrant. The ceremony of inveftiture is as follows. The 

 dean, the knf||rlits, and the officers of the order attend in the 

 privy-chamber Jn their mantles and collars, and proceed from 

 thence, after the levee, into the fovereign's prefence, making 

 the ufual reverence, in the following order ; gentleman ulher 

 of the order in his mantle, chain, and badge, bearing the 

 fcarlet rod ; regiller and fecretary of the order in their 

 mantles, chains, and badges ; bath king of arms in his 

 mantle, chain, and badge, bearing the fceptre of bath, carrying 

 the ribbon and badge of the order on a crimfon velvet cufhion ; 

 tlie genealogilt in his mantle, chain, and bjdge ; the knights 

 of the order with their mantles, collars, and badges ; the 

 dean of the order in his mantle, chain, and badge ; the firft 

 knight and principal companion, afting as great mafttr. 

 Then by his majelly^s command the intended knight is in- 

 troduced between the two jnnior knights of the order, pre- 

 ceded by the gentleman ufher of the order, with reverences 

 as before. The fword of ilate is then delivered to the 

 fovertign by the fecond knight of the order in feniority, 

 and the intended knight is knighted therewith. Then the 

 principal knight companion prefents the ribbon and badge 

 to the fovereign, and his majetly puts it over the new 



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knight's right (boulder, who, being^thus inverted, has the 

 lionour to kifs the king's liand. The proccffion then re- 

 turns to the privy-cluimber in the order above mentioned. 

 After the inveftiture, the knight wears only the ribbon and 

 badge ; as he cannot wear either the collar or ilar before hi* 

 being inftalled, witlunit a letter of difpenfation, which is 

 only granted to thofc on foreign fervice. On the revival of 

 the order, king George the Firft allowed the chapel of king 

 Henry the Seventh in Wcrtmiufter abbey to be the chapel of 

 the order, and ordained that each knight's banner, wliich 

 (liall be placed over his flail, ftiall be two yards in length, 

 and one yard three quarters in breadth, fiinged about with 

 red and white filk ; and that, in the lowel^ margin, the name 

 and title of the knight fliall be iuferibed \t"itli letters of gold 

 upon a black groujid ; and that the creft, helmet, and fword 

 (hall likewife be affixed to llie (lall, together with an 

 efcutcheon of his arms and fupporters, enamelled within a 

 circle gules, having thereon the motto of the order in letters 

 of gold, and his name and title in like manner as the knights 

 of the garter are in St. George's chapel, Windfor; the arms 

 alfo of his three efquires are enamelled on one plate, with 

 their names and title affixed thereto, and placed under the 

 knight. At an inftallation of the order, each knight is al- 

 lowed three efquires, who mull be by the ilatutes " gentle- 

 men of blood, bearing coat armour ;" they precede their 

 knight in the proceffion, having for their drefs a crimfon filk 

 waiftcoatwithfleevcs, breeches, (lockings, andftioes withrofes, 

 the whole of which are filk, of the fame colour, with a furcoat 

 of white filk, lined and edged with crimfon, having a hood of 

 the fame affixed tliereto, and on the right flioulder of the fur- 

 coat the plain efcutcheon of the order, " azure, three imperial 

 crowns or," a black filk hat or coif: for which fervice each 

 efquire " fiiall, dnring the term of his life, enjoy all rights, 

 liberties, privileges, exemptions, and advantages which the 

 efquires of the iovereign's body, or the gentlemen of the 

 privy-chtmber do lawfully enjoy, or are entitled unto by 

 virtue of jny grant, prefcription, or cuftom whatfoever; and 

 the eldeit fon of every of thele efquires fliall have and ufe the 

 addition and title of efquire i;i all afts, proceedings, and 

 pleadings : provided that all thcfe efquires to be entitled to 

 thcfe privileges, fliall have certificates of their qualifications 

 before their refpeclive admiffion, and likewife an exemplifi- 

 cate of their aftual performing their duties upon the creation 

 of any knight or knights of the bath, atteiled by the great 

 maftcr under the feal of the order." An efquire of tlie 

 order is allowed to hunt and fiih in the king's royalty, and 

 is exempt not only from ferving the office of higii (heriiT, 

 but any parochial office. To prevent any abufes in the 

 claiming thefe privileges and exemptions, the following no- 

 tificate was inferted in the gazette, previous to the inftalla- 

 tion of the order in 1803, when twenty-two knights were 

 inilalled, attended by their efquires, fixty-fix in number. 



" It is hereby notified, that no exemplincate will be iffued 

 to any efquire, from his royal highnefs the duke of York, after 

 the enfuing inftaliation, until it (hall be certified to his royal 

 highnefs by the genealogift, that the pedigree and coat 

 armour of the feveral knights and their refpeftive efquires 

 have been entered in the genealogical books of the order, in 

 obedience to the faid ftatutes. 



Given at the Horfe-guards, this 13th day of May 1803 ; 

 Frederick, afting as great mafter of the faid moft honour- 

 able military order of the bath." 



The drefs of the officers of the order is as follows: viz. 

 the mantle and cordon of the dean are the fame as the knights ; 

 he wears a gold chain, with the badge of the order, but no 

 collar. The genealogift, king of arms, regiftrar, fecretary, 

 and ulher's is a white fattin mantle or robe lined with crimfon, 

 7 having 



