PRECEDENCE. 
eldest sons and daughters of any Knights, 
of what degree or order soever, though su- 
perior to that of a Baronet ; these being but 
temporary dignities, whereas that of Ba- 
ronets is hereditary ; and the younger sons 
of Baronets are to have place next after 
the eldest of Knights. 
There are some great officers of state, 
who take place, although they are not no- 
blemen, above the nobility of higher de- 
grees ; so there are some persons, who, for 
their dignities in the church, degrees in the 
universities, and inns of court, officers in the 
state, or army, although they are neither 
knights, nor gentlemen born, yet take 
place amongst them. Tims, all colonels 
and field-officers who are honourable, as 
also the master of the ordinance, quarter- 
master general, doctors of divinity, law, 
physic, and music ; deans, chancellors, pre- 
bendaries, heads of colleges in universities, 
and seijeants at law, are, by courtesy, 
allowed place before ordinary Esquires. 
And all bachelors of divinity, law, physic, 
and music; masters of arts, barristers in 
the inns of courts ; lieutenant-colonels, 
majors, captains, and other commissioned 
military officers ; and divers patent officers 
in the King’s household may equal, if not 
The King 
Prince of Wales 
King’s sons 
King’s brothers 
King’s uncles 
King’s grandsons 
King’s brothers 
or 
by statute 34 
Henry VIII. 
sisters grandsons > 
f When there 
Vicegerent ■< is any such 
t officer 
J^rchbishop of Canterbury, 
Lord Primate of all Eng- 
land ^ 
Lord High Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, 
by statute 5 Elizabeth. 
Archbishop of York, Primate of England, 
by statute 31 Henry VIII. . . 
Lord High Treasurer V being of the de- 
Lord President of thef gree of Barons 
Privy Council f by statute 31 
Lord Privy Seal J Henry VIII. 
By the statute 31 Henry VIII. the Lord 
Great Chamberlain of England had place 
next Lord Privy Seat ; but in the year 
1714, the Marquis of Lindsey, then Here- 
ditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England, 
being created Duke of Ancaster, '&c. gave 
precede, any gentleman that has none of ’'P precedency as Lord Great Cham' 
these qualifications, 
In towns corporate, the inhabitants of ci- 
ties are preferred to those' of boroughs ; 
and those who have borne magistracy to all 
others. And herein a younger alderman ■ 
takes not precedency from his senior being 
knighted, or as being the elder Knight, as 
was the case of Alderman Craven, who, 
though no Knight, had place as senior al- 
derman, before all the rest who were 
Knights, at the coronation of King James. 
This is to be understood as to public meet- 
ings relating to the town ; for it is doubted 
whether it will hold good in any neutral 
place. It has been also determined in the 
Earl Marshal’s court of honour, that all who 
have been Lord Mayors of London, shall 
every where take place of all Knights-ba- 
chelors, because they have been the King’s 
lieutenants. 
It is also quoted by Sir George Macken- 
zie, in his Observations on Precedency, 
that in the case of Sir John Crook, serjeant 
at law, it was adjudged by the judges in 
court, that such serjeants as were his seni- 
ors, though not knighted, should have pre- 
ference notwithstanding his knighthood. 
The precedency among men is as follows : 
berlain from him and his heirs, except only 
when he or they shall be in the actual exe- 
cution of the said office of Great Chamber- 
lain of England, attending the person of the 
King or Queen for the time being, or intro- 
ducing a Peer or Peers into the House of 
Lords, which was confirmed by statute 
1 George I. 
above all of their 
degrees, viz. if 
Dukes, , above 
> Dukes; if Earls, 
above Earls, &c. 
by statute 31 
Henry VIII. 
Lord High Constable 
Earl Marshal 
Lord High Admiral 
Lord Steward of his Ma- 
jesty’s Household 
Lord Chamberlain of his 
Majesty’s Household 
Dukes according to their patents of 
creation 
Marquisses according to their patents 
Dukes eldest sons 
Earls according to their patents 
Marquisses eldest sons 
Dukes younger sons 
Viscounts according to their patents 
Earls eldest sons 
Marquisses younger sons 
Bishop of London 
Bishop of Durham 
Bishop of Winchester 
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