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A60673	Britain's glory, and England's bravery wherein is shewed the degrees of honour from the prince to the peasant, with the honour of the nobles, and previleges of the commons, the proper places and precedency of all persons from the throne to the bondman, more particularly in coronations, processions, feasts, funerals and other great assembly : as also honour of arms, power of heralds, signification of charges in coat-armour, with an armorial dictionary, explaining the terms of heraldry, and an account of all the orders of knighthood in Christendom, and of the weights and measures of England : to which is added a continuation of The historians guide, from November, 1687, where the third and last impression ends, to June, 1687 / being the collections and observations of Benjamine Smithurst.	Smithurst, Benjamine.	1689 (1689)	Wing S4356; ESTC R31948	77,938	230

Britain's Glory AND ENGLAND'S BRAVERY Wherein is shewed The Degrees of Honour from the Prince to the Peasant with the Honour of the Nobles and Previleges of the Commons the proper Places and Precedency of all Persons from the Throne to the Bondman more particularly in Coronations Processions Feasts Funerals and other great Assembly As also Honour of Arms Power of Heralds Signification of Charges in Coat-Armour with an Armorial Dictionary explaining the Terms of Heraldry And an account of all the Orders of Knighthood in Christendom and of the Weights and Measures of England To Which is added A Continuation of the Historian's Guide from November 1687. where the Third and Last Impression ends to June 1689. Being the Collections and Observations of Benjamine Smithurst LONDON Printed for William Crook at the Green-Dragon without Temple-Bar near Devereux-Court 1689. A TABLE TO Britain's Glory c. CHAP. I. OF the Distinction of Titles page 1 The Name of Gentleman in general Of the King. Nobles Commons CHAP. II. Of the King's Most Excellent Majesty 4 Coronation Anointing Sceptre Globe Ring Bracelet Sword. Robes Diadem and the Stones Crown Offering days Collar days CHAP. III. Of the Prince pag. 9 Of the King's Child en CHAP. IV. Of Dukes 10 CHAP. V. Of Marquesses 13 CHAP. VI. Of Earls 14 CHAP. VII Of Viscounts 15 CHAP. VIII Of Barons Spiritual and Temporal 16 CHAP. IX Of Noblewomen 20 Queen-Sovereign Queen-Consort Queen-Dowager Princesses Dames Gentlewomen Alien women CHAP. X. Of Injuries to Noblemen 23 CHAP. XI Knight of the Garter 24 The Names of the Knights 1685. The Names of the Knights 1689. CHAP. XII Knights Bannerets 29 CHAP. XIII Knights Baronets 31 CHAP. XIV Knights of the Bath 33 CHAP. XV. Knights Bachelours 37 Degrading of Knights CHAP. XVI Knights of the Round Table 41 Other Orders of Knighthood viz. Knights of St. Andrew or the Thistle in Scotland 42 Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem 44 Hospitallers ib. Templers 45 St. Lazarus in Jerusalem 46 St. Bass or St. Bassil 47 St. Katharine at Mount Sinai ib. The Martyrs of Palestine ib. Oak in Navarre 48 Lilly of Navarre ib. Band in Spain 49 Dove in Castile ib. Fish Scale in Castile ib. Lilly in Aragon 50 Mountjoy ib. Acon or Acress ib. St. James in Galici● 51 St. Saviours in Aragon ib. St. Julian or of Alcantara 52 Callatrava in Castile ib. Tuxillo or Trugillo ib. Our Lady and St. George ib. St. Mary de Merced in Aragon 53 Rosary in Toledo ib. Golden Fleece 54 D'Avis ib. St. Michael's Wing 55 St. James 55 Knights of Christ 56 Jesus Christ in France ib. Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel 57 St. Michael ib. Holy Ghost 58 The Gennet 59 Crown Royal. ib. Lady of the Star. 60 Thistle of Bourbonne ib. The Porcupine 61 Cressants of Anjou ib. Ermin in Bretaigne ib. St. Mary the Glorious of Italy 62 Holy Ghost at Rome ib. Angelick of St. George 63 St. Peter at Rome ib. St. George at Rome 64 Pius at Rome ib. Loretto at Rome ib. Glorious Virgin Mary at Rome ib. Jesus now at Rome 65 De la Calza in Venice ib. St. Mark in Venice 66 St. George at Genoa ib. Pretious Bloud of our Saviour Jesus Christ at Mantua 67 St. Stephen of Florence ib. Knot in Naples 68 Argonaute of Naples ib. Ermin in Naples ib. Annunciation in Savoy 69 Knights of St. Maurice 70 St. Maurice and St. Lazarus 71 Bear in Switzerland ib. Tutonick Order of Prusia 72 Gereon in Germany 73 St. George in Austria ib. St. Michael the Archangel ib. St. Anthony in Haynault 74 Tusin Order in Bohemia ib. St. Hubert in Gulick 75 St. James in Holland ib. St. Brice ib. The Seraphim 76 Aramanta ib. Elephant in Denmark ib. Of Christ or Sword in Livonia 77 White Eagle in Poland ib. Dragon in Hungary ib. Sword in Cyprus 78 St. Anthony in Aethiopia ib. Burgundian Cross in Tunis 79 Broom-Flower in France ib. Ship in France 80 CHAP. XVII Esquires ib. CHAP. XVIII Gentlemen 82 By Ecclesiastical Preferment 86 By Military Profession ib. In the Civil State 87 CHAP. XIX Yeomen 90 CHAP. XX. Artificers and Labourers 92 CHAP. XXI Precedency 93 CHAP. XXII Procession at a Coronation 98 CHAP. XXIII Proceeding on the Coronation day 102 CHAP. XXIV King 's going to Parliament in State 105 CHAP. XXV Coronation-Feasts 107 CHAP. XXVI Royal Feast at other times the K. present 111 CHAP. XXVII Funerals 112 CHAP. XXVIII Proceeding of the Funeral of a Gentleman Esquire Knight or Baronet 114 CHAP. XXIX Precedency of a Nobleman's Funeral from a Duke to a Baronet 115 CHAP. XXX Heralds and their Duty 116 CHAP. XXXI Heraldry 121 CHAP. XXII Ordinaries 126 Charges Common 132 CHAP. XXXIII Abatements 152 CHAP. XXXIV Points in an Escoucheon 156 Terms of Art explained 157 Weights and Measures 169 Brittain's Glory WHEREIN Is shewed the Degrees of Honour from the Prince to the Peasant the Honour of the Nobles and the Privileges of the Commons c. CHAP. I. Of the Distinction of Titles THe Name Gentleman is of such account that it is given as a proper Title to all persons from the King to the lowest Degree of those that bear Coat-Armour and also to many who though they can claim no Right to the Bearing of Coat Armour yet claim a Right to the Title of Gentleman by virtue of the Place or Office which they hold But as in the Body Natural the Members are disposed to several Offices for the preservation of the whole so in the Body Politick a Distinction of persons is accounted necessary for the preservation of the whole and such is the Policy of this Realm especially that for the better Government thereof they have made a threefold Division of persons viz. Sovereign Nobles and Commons 1. The King is our Sovereign Monarch under which name a Sovereign Queen is comprehended 2. Under the Name of Nobles are comprehended the Prince Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscounts and Barons called Lords Spiritual and Temporal 3. By the Commons are understood the Knights of the Garter if no otherwise dignified Knights Bannerets Baronets Knights of the Bath Knights Bachelours Esquires and Gentlemen together with Yeomen Artificers and Labourers And though our Law doth not call any man Noble under the Degree of a Baron yet many there be which make a Distinction between Nobiles Majores which is from the Prince to the Baron and Nobiles Minores which includes all from under a Baron to the Gentleman and leaves the rest to be called Commons When we say the Nobles of the Land the King is not comprehended by the Common Law he being the Fountain of all Nobility but is by the Civil Law. The Nobility are known by the name of the Peers of the Realm or Barons of England for anciently the Dukes Marquesses Earls and Viscounts did sit together in the King 's great Counsel of Parliament as Barons by which is understood the whole Body of the Nobility and though there be different Robes worn at their Creation yet in

upon St. George's Day and when it shall please the Sovereign to celebrate the Ceremonies of the Installment at their Feast and on the King 's Offering days if in Court and have no other Title of Honour To each Knight belongs a Collar of the Order made of pure Gold weighing 30 Ounces Troy composed of Garters and Roses enemalled Red and White since Henry 7th and since the Union of the Kingdoms mixed with Thistles which Collar hath the Image of St. George set with precious Stones appendent and worn over all their Robes at St. George's Feast and over their Cloaks or Coats on the King 's Offering days they take place according to the Seniority of their Installment and if they have no other Titles which is very rare they succeed Barons Their Officers are a Prelate which is allways the Bishop of Winchester a Chancellor a Register a King at Arms and an Usher called the Black Rod which was added by Henry 8th CHAP XII Of Knights Bannerets THese are called by some Equites Vexillarii or Cheviliers a Banier and is a most ancient Order being instituted by King Edward the first and always conferred upon the most deserving men for their signal Valour who in process of time as some say obtained the Names of Barons and were admitted into the Peerage and their Heirs enjoyed their Titles But certain it is they always retained some Ensigns of Honour equal to the Nobility being allowed to bear Arms with Supporters which none under the Degree of a Baron are to doe They take place before the younger Sons of Viscounts and Baronets and are of such esteem that divers Esquires and Knights Bachelors have served under them This Order in France was Hereditary but with us it is only for Life to the meritorious Person yet esteemed as a Glory and Honour to the Family The Ceremonies of their Creation is most Noble the King or his General if the King be not present after a Victory obtained doth at the Head of the Army drawn up in Battalia under his Royal Standard attended with all his Nobles and Field Officers receive the Person to be Knighted led between two renowned Knights or men at Arms having his Pennion of Arms in his Hand and before him the Hearalds who proclaim his valiant Atchievement for which he is counted worthy to be made a Knight Banneret and to display his Banner in the Field Then the King saith unto him advances toy Banneret and then he causeth the point of his Pennion to be rent off Then the new Knight having the Trumpets sounding the Nobles and Officers accompanying him he is attended to his Tent where they are nobly treated A Banneret thus made may bear his Banner displayed in the Royal Army and set his Arms thereon with Supporters as Nobles doe The last of this Order was Sir John Smith so made after Edg-hill-Fight for his valiant rescuing the King's Standard from the Rebels CHAP. XIII Of Baronets THis is the lowest Degree of Hereditary Honour and in that case succeeds Barons It was Instituted anno 1611. in the 9th of King James the First They are created by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England to him and to his Heirs Males yet sometimes it may be otherwise entailed but this is rare and must be inserted in the Patent The Intention of this Order was for the propagating a Plantation in the Province of Vlster in Ireland towards which they were to lend their Aid or maintain 30 Soldiers each for 3 Years in Ireland after the rate of 8d per Day They have Precedency of all Knights except those of the Garter Knights Bannerets and Knights being privy Counsellors In all Writs Commissions c. they are are styled Baronets and the Title of Sir added to their Names and of Lady to their Wives They take place according to the Priority of the Date of their Patents unless the King insert a Clause to the contrary which is very rare Those admitted are to be of good Reputation and whose Grand father at least by the Father's Side bore Arms and he must be of the yearly Estate of 1000 l. de claro They or their eldest Son may receive the Order of Knight-hood at the age of 21 Years and they shall bear on a Canton or on an Escoucheon which can be best placed on their Arms the Arms of Vlster Argent a Sinister Hand in Pale Couped at Wrist Gules In the Royal Army they have place in the Gross near the Royal Standard and are allowed some peculiar Solemnities for their Funerals CHAP XIV Of the Knights of the Bath THey are called Knights of the Bath from the manner of their Creation and also Knights of the Holy Trinity from the Medal which they wear which is three Crowns with an Inscription about it which was formerly Tria Numina juncta in Vno But at King James the First his Coronation the word Numina was left out and so it alluded to the three Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland which were then joyned in one They are usually made at the Coronation of a King or Queen and at the Creation of a Prince or Duke of the Royal Bloud as at the Creation of Henry Prince of Wales and Charles Duke of York These Knights saith Froysard as quoted by Bloom were first created in Anno. 1399. but Elias Ashmole Esq thinks them more ancient and that Henry IV. who was then King did not constitute but rather restore the ancient manner of making Knights and made it peculiar to the Knights of the Bath which hath continued so ever since They are assigned no Statues neither are they to wear their Robes but upon the time of Solemnity except a red Ribbon worn cross their left Shoulder as those of the Garter do a Blew with a Medal above mentioned and upon a Vacancy their number which is uncertain is not supplied They are created with many and Noble Ceremonies and have had Princes and the prime of the Nobility of their Order The principal Ceremonies are these The Person is first sent for by the King and at his coming to Court the King usually Knights him with the Sword of State where he is honourably received by the chief Officers and Nobles of the Court and hath two Esquires to wait upon him and convey him to the Chamber appointed and see him no more that day where he is entertained with Musick then a Bath is prepared by a Barber who is to trim him and then the King is informed that he is ready for the Bath then is he instructed by the most grave Knights in the Order and Fees of Chivalry the Musick all the while playing at the Door then they undress him and put him naked into the Bath at which time the Musick ceases and one of the grave Knights saith to him Be this an honourable Bath to thee From the Bath he is conveyed to his Bed which is plain without Curtains c. as soon as he is dry

and Cupbearer with the rest of the Gentlemen Waiters the Ushers making way for the Strangers who come to behold his Majesty 2. At the first Table on the right hand are placed the Lords Chancellour Chamberlain Steward Treasurer c. 3. At the lower Table on the right hand are set the Masters of standing Offices Master of the Houshold Clerks of the Green Cloth c. 4. At the upper Table on the left hand sit the Treasurer of the Houshold the Secretaries the King's Serjeants at Law Master of the Revels Dean of the Chapel c. 5. Below them at the other Table sits the Lieutenant of the Tower with the great Commanders Captains c. 6. At the lower end of the Hall wait the Buttler Keeper of the Pantry Clerks of the Kitchen c. with all thing ready and the King's Guards there are three Courses at each of which the Trumpets sound CHAP. XXVII Of Funerals AS Nobles and Gentlemen have in their Life time Honours shewed them as their due so after Death they have peculiar marks of Honour belonging to them which are not to be given to those of low or ordinary Rank And therefore especial care is to be taken that no indignity be offered to a Mourner and that the Herald marshal them according to their Titles and Worth at the Funerals of any Nobleman And where there is an Officer at Arms employed he ought to wear the King's Coat that so the Defunct may be known to have dyed Honourable in the King's Allegiance His Heir who is chief Mourner is in the Presence of all the other Mourners to receive the Coat-Armour Helm and Crest belonging to the Defunct whereof the King at Arms for that Province is to make Record with the Defunct's Match Issue and Decease If the Defunct be of the Order of the Garter and no more he is to bear his Garter instead of Compartments But if he be also a Nobleman he must bear his proper Ensigns as all Noblemen do besides that is Supporters Coronet Sword Target Gantlet Helmet Crest and Spurs All Persons have a certain length for their Banners which the Heralds are to instruct them in and the higher Degree the Person is the longer may his Banner be as an Earl's Banner may be two yards long c. and also according to their Degrees are they to pay certain Fees which are appointed by the Earl Marshal in his Orders which are as followeth All Noblemen Baronets Knights Esquires and Gentlemen of eminent Place Birth and Quality that shall be either silently buried in the Night or by Day without attendence of an Officer at Arms shall nevertheless immediately after the Death and Burial of such Defunct return a true Certificate of the Matches Issues and times of their Decease with their Arms unto the Heralds Office or to their Deputy or Messenger for which they are to pay unto such Office or Officer at Arms the Fees under-writ   l. s. d. For a Gentleman using his Escoucheons 03 6 8 Using none 02 0 0 An Esquire of Coat-Armour 06 13 4 A Knight 10 0 0 A Banneret and Baronet 13 6 8 A Baron or Baroness that ought to have Banner and Bannerols 20 0 0 A Bishop 25 0 0 A Viscount and Viscountess 30 0 0 An Earl or Countess 35 0 0 A Marquess or Marchioness 40 0 0 A Duke Dutchess and Archbishop 45 0 0 All which Summs are to be paid to the Officers at Arms unless it appeareth that the Defunct was not worth a thousand Pound and in such case to be entered without Fees. CHAP. XXVIII The Proceeding of the Funeral of a Gentleman Esquire Knight or Baronet POor Children as of the Hospital c. Two Conductors The poor Men in Gowns Gentlemens Servants in Cloaks Gentlemen in Cloaks Gentlemen in Gowns Aldermen in Black if in a Corporation The Preacher A Penion of his Arms. The Helm and Crest The Coat of Arms. The Hearse The Chief Mourner Two Assistents Aldermen not in Black. The Master of his Company if he be free of any in London c. Master of the Hospital Gentlemen not in Black. Lastly Neighbours and others CHAP. XXIX The Precedency of a Noblemans Funeral from a Duke to a Baronet TWo Conductors with black Staves Servants in Cloaks two and two The great Banner according to the Degree of the Defunct which is born by Gentlemen appointed by the Herald Gentlemen in Cloaks two and two Two Banners born by Persons appointed by the Herald Gentlemen two and two in Cloaks The Steward Comptroller and the other Chief Officers Heralds Ministers His Sword and Spurs Helmet and Crest Gantlet and Supporters all born by a Person appointed by the Heralds Gentlemen bare headed with his Sheild The Chariot with four Banners c. born about it by Gentlemen of the Kindred Foot-men bare headed Chief Mourners supported Mourners next of Kindred two and two The Neighbours c. Thus have I run through the several Degrees of Noble or Ignoble Persons according to the best account I can find and have given you the choicest Precedents of Precedency that I can procure I shall only add a few Observations in Heraldry which may serve to give some little light to the Reader in that delightfull though by some contemned Art. CHAP. XXX Of Heralds and their Duty THe Word Herald is derived from the Saxon Word Here-haulte and by abbreviation Herault or Herald which signifies the Champian of an Army and growing to be a Name of Office it was given to him that in an Army had the charge of Challenging to Battel or Combat Their Office is very ancient and of great esteem amongst the Romans and other Nations and amongst us they have been esteemed as Ambassadours and sometimes have been made so However they are the Messengers of Kings and great Monarchs and though they have less esteem now than in former times yet their Employment hath been honoured with Messages between Potentates in matters of Honour and Arms They are to be Officious and Expert in Coronations Instalments of Noblemen in Triumphs Justs Combats Marriages Christenings and Interments They are to attend all great Matters of State and Honour and by them ought Proclamations to be made concerning great Matters of State The Causes of Chivalry and Gentility are referred to their Care as the right of bearing Arms Escoucheons Shields Targets Banners c. Correcting of Arms in Visitations and to observe the Descents and Pedegrees of Noblemen and Gentlemen They are the Prothonotaries and Registerers of all the Acts and Proceedings in the Court of the High Constable and Lord Marshal They have been long established in England but as some think not incorporated untill Richard the 3d. who incorporated them by Charter and placed them at Coleharbour in Thames-street London from whence they were removed to the place they now enjoy which was confirmed to them by Philip and Mary and incorporated by the Names of Garter King at Arms of all England Clarenceaux King at