History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire; Of the Order of the Guelphs Hanover and of the Medals, Clasps and Crosses, Conferred for Na - Nicholas Harris Nicolas

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...have been only seventeen Companions, viz. Emperor Frederic. Earl of Pembroke. Lord Berners. King of Portugal. Kendal. Fauconberg. Poland. Viscount Bourchier. Welles. Duke of Norfolk. Lord Sudeley. Ryvers. Earl of Warwick. Dudley. Sir John Wenlok. Wiltshire. Beauchamp. But this list was reduced before the end of the year 1461, to eleven, in the following manner: --The Emperor Frederic's election either became void, or he resigned the Order, for though he lived until 1493, his name does not occur in the Register after Edward the Fourth's accession, and in 1462, or 1463, Lord Herbert was placed in the Stall destined for him; the Duke of Norfolk died in 1461: the Earl of Wiltshire w as beheaded in 1461; the Earl of Pembroke was attainted and degraded in 1461; Lord Welles was slain at Towton, 29th of March 1461; and Lord Fauconberg, who was created Earl of Kent in 1461, died in 1462. The Knights living towards the end of the reign of Henry the Sixth, whose deaths or resignations have not been mentioned, are, the King of Denmark, who died in 1459; the Duke of Viseu, who died in 1460; and Sir John Fastolf, who died in November 1460. It is a remarkable fact, that in three years, 1459, 1460, and 1461, the Order lost no less than seventeen Companions, of whom only six died natural deaths, one (the Emperor) resigned, and one was degraded. N Order of the Garter, by electing into it some of those noblemen, and others from among his adherents. Though at the last Chapter in the reign of King Henry the Sixth, Edward Earl of March had the suffrages of every Knight who voted, he was not elected; and like his immediate predecessor, became the Sovereign of the Order without having previously been a Companion. On the 17th of May 1461, a Chapter7 was held at Windsor; but the King..