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Charles I and the Order of the Garter

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Richard Cust
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Abstract

The reforms in the rites and ceremonies of the Order of the Garter that Charles I introduced during the 1620s and 1630s have traditionally been seen by historians as enhancing its high church, religious associations and downplaying its military traditions. This study, however, argues that the celebration of courage, martial achievement, and noble companionship remained central themes within the order during this period and that this tells us a good deal about how Charles understood his relationship with his nobles, and the honorific and chivalric values that lay at the heart of his kingship.

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Charles IOrder of the GarterhonorchivalrynobilityaristocracyceremonialLaudianism
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 343 - 369
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Copyright © The North American Conference on British Studies 2013 

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93 The feast was sometimes prorogued to a later date because of plague or the sovereign's other commitments.

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96 The traceable meetings in Charles's reign were April 1625 (Windsor), April 1627 (Whitehall), September 1628 (Windsor), April 1629 (Whitehall), October 1630 (Windsor), October 1631 (Windsor), April 1632 (Whitehall), April 1633 (Whitehall), April 1634 (Windsor), April 1635 (Whitehall), April 1637 (Whitehall), October 1637 (Windsor), May 1638 (Windsor), October 1639 (Windsor), March 1641 (Whitehall), April 1642 (York). Ashmole MS 1108, Bod.; MS X.7, WCLA.

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109 Strafforde Letters, I:427; Garter Installation of Northumberland, 13 May 1635, Ashmole MS 1110, ff. 109–10, Bod.

110 Earl Marshal's Order of February 1638, Phillips MS 13084, vol. 14, unpaginated, College of Arms; Ashmole, Order of the Garter, 341–42.

111 Pembroke to peers, May 1638, Ashmole MS 1113, f. 212, Bod.

112 Earl Marshal's Orders, May 1638, Phillips MS 13084, vol. 14, unpaginated; Heralds VI, ff. 305–6, College of Arms. The reasons for the cancellation are unclear. Kevin Sharpe has suggested that it was due to the onset of the Scottish crisis (Personal Rule, 222), but this seems unlikely since the preparations to meet this were not yet having an impact on other areas of government.

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118 Garter Installation, 1629, Ashmole 1110, ff. 107–9, Bod.; Ashmole, Order of the Garter, 339–40; Garter Installation, 1629, MS X.7, f. 166, WCLA.

119 Ashmole, Order of the Garter, 589, 593, 596–97.

120 Ibid., 514; Peers attending Garter Feasts, 1632, 1638–40, Ashmole MS 1110, f. 35, Bod.; Ashmole MS 1112, ff. 63–64, Bod.

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126 Garter Feast, 18–20 April 1642, Ashmole MS 1108, ff. 146v, 148, 180, Bod. Two chapter meetings were held at the king's headquarters at Christchurch, Oxford, 17 January and 2 March 1645. Ashmole MS 1108, ff. 153–54, 156, 159–60, Bod.

127 These themes are discussed more fully in my forthcoming book, Charles I and the Aristocracy, 1625–1642 (Cambridge, 2013)Google Scholar.

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