Baptized within the old chapel by the name of Edward, this
prince became afterwards the third monarch of the name, and the
greatest, and was also styled, from the place of his birth, EDWARD OF
WINDSOR.
II. Comprising the Third Great Epoch in the History of the
Castle--And showing how the Most Noble Order of the Garter was
instituted.
Strongly attached to the place of his birth, Edward the Third, by his
letters patent dated from Westminster, in the twenty-second year of his
reign, now founded the ancient chapel established by Henry the First,
and dedicated it to the Virgin, Saint George of Cappadocia, and Saint
Edward the Confessor; ordaining that to the eight canons appointed by
his predecessor there should be added one custos, fifteen more
canons, and twenty-four alms-knights; the whole to be maintained out
of the revenues with which the chapel was to be endowed. The
institution was confirmed by Pope Clement the Sixth, by a bull issued at
Avignon the 13th of November 1351.
In 1349, before the foundation of the college had been confirmed, as
above related, Edward instituted the Order of the Garter. The origin of
this illustrious Order has been much disputed.
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