Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Knight. The earliest authentic instance of its observance whichwe have in this country, is in the time of Henry IV., wlio, in pre-paring for his cgj-onation, made forty-six knights at the Towerof London, who had watched all the night before, and bathedthemselves. The last kniahts of the B. created in the ancient form were atthe coronation of Charles II. in 1001. From tliat period till theaccession of the House of Hanover, the order fell into was revived by George I. in1725, and is now the secondorder in
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . Knight. The earliest authentic instance of its observance whichwe have in this country, is in the time of Henry IV., wlio, in pre-paring for his cgj-onation, made forty-six knights at the Towerof London, who had watched all the night before, and bathedthemselves. The last kniahts of the B. created in the ancient form were atthe coronation of Charles II. in 1001. From tliat period till theaccession of the House of Hanover, the order fell into was revived by George I. in1725, and is now the secondorder in rank in Englaixl, thefirst being the Garter. By thestatutes then framed for the gov-ernment of the order, it was de-clared that besides the sovereign,a prince of the blood, and agreat master, there should bethirty-five knights. At the con-clusion of the great war, it wasthought exi)edient, with a viewto rewarding the merits of manydistinguished officers, both mili-taiy and naval, to extend thelimits of the order, which was effected on the 3d January 1815. v -^ >. But the
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