BUT there were _An._ 21 _Car._ 1. certain Half Crowns stamp’d in the West of _England_, containing the Sovereigns Arms, so encompassed, regally crowned and supported; and this was the first Money whereon the Royal Garter appeared. After him King _Charles_ II. having an Eye to the Advancement of the Honour of this Order, caused the irradicated Cross of St. _George_ encompass’d about with the Royal Garter to be publickly stamp’d in the Center of his Silver Coin, struck upon the Recoinage of it, _Anno_ 14. _Car._ 2.
THERE were other Medals heretofore stamp’d upon several Occasions, wherein the Garter was designedly express’d, and enclosing Shields of their Arms; as that in the Year 1619. _Frederick_ Prince _Palatine_ of the _Rhine_, was crowned King of _Bohemia_, and _Robert Cecil_ Earl of _Salisbury_ created Lord Treasurer, both Knights Companions of this Noble Order: Moreover, Gold Rings have been cast into the Figures of Garters; the Ground on the outside enamell’d with a deep Blue, through which the golden Letters of the Motto appearing, set them off with an admirable Beauty. And it seems such Rings were in vogue since the Preface to the black Book of the Order makes mention of wearing the Garter on the Leg and Shoulder, and sometimes likewise subjoins the Thumb, _interdum Pollice gestare_; by which we may naturally conjecture, that Gold Rings were formed into the Fashion of Garters, and bestowed by some new installed Knights upon their Relations and Friends to wear in Memorial of so great an Honour conferred upon them.
AMONG the Officers belonging to the Order the Prelate is permitted to bear his proper Arms (impaled with those of his See) within the Garter, and the rest only to wear the Badges of their Offices, surrounded with the same to express their peculiar Relation.
BESIDES the Manner of bearing Arms, within the Garter of this Order, the Garter either in whole or part, hath been by Way of Armory, but without the Motto; as in the Seal belonging to the Office of Garter King of Arms, where the Garter (enclosing a Crown) is placed on a Chief, between a _Lyon_ of _England_ and a _Flower de Lys_ of _France_. And to instance in Family, we find Argent Three _Demy-Garters Azure_, buckled and garnished, _Or_, granted by King _Hen._ VII. to his Servant _Peter Nerborne_, and sable a Garter, _Or_, between Three Buckles of the Second, to be born by _Buckland_ or _Bowland in Com. Northampton_.