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Encyclopedia > Knights of the Garter (after 1899)

The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of election or installation.

Founders
14th Century 15th Century 16th Century 17th Century
18th Century 19th Century 20th Century

21st Century
Name Life Date Notes

Knights Founders

Edward, Prince of Wales 1330-1376 1348  
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Earl of Derby c. 1299-1362 1348 Later Duke of Lancaster
Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick d. 1369 1348  
Jean de Grailly, Captal de Buch d. 1377 1348  
Ralph de Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford 1301-1372 1348 Later Earl of Stafford
William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury 1328-1397 1348  
Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March 1328-1360 1348  
John de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle 1319-1356 1348  
Bartholemew Burghesh d. 1369 1348 Later Baron Burghesh
John de Beauchamp d. 1360 1348 Later Baron Beauchamp
John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun c. 1320-1375 1348  
Hugh Courtenay d. 1349 1348  
Thomas Holland d. 1360 1348 Later Earl of Kent
John de Grey c. 1300-1359 1348  
Richard Fitz-Simon ? 1348  
Miles Stapleton d. 1364 1348  
Thomas Wale d. 1352 1348  
Hugh Wrottesley d. 1381 1348  
Nele Loring d. 1386 1348  
John Chandos d. 1369 1348  
James Audley d. 1369 1348  
Otho Holand d. 1359 1348  
Henry Eam ? 1348  
Sanchet D'Abrichecourt ? 1348  
Walter Pavely d. 1375 1348  

Fourteenth Century
William Fitzwaryne d. 1361 c. 1348  
Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk 1298-1369 c. 1348  
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton c. 1310-1360 1350  
Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham c. 1295-1361 1352  
Richard de la Vache d. 1366 1356  
Thomas Ughtred, 1st Baron Ughtred 1292-1365 1358  
Walter Manny, 1st Baron Manny d. 1372 1359  
Frank van Hale ? 1359  
Thomas Ufford ? 1360  
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Earl of Ulster 1338-1368 c. 1361 Later Duke of Gloucester
John of Gaunt 1340-1399 c. 1361 Later Duke of Lancaster
Edmund of Langley 1341-1402 c. 1361 Later Duke of York
Edward le Despencer, 5th Baron le Despencer 1336-1375 c. 1361  
John Sully d. 1388 c. 1361  
William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer c. 1329-1381 1361  
Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford 1341-1373 1365  
Enguerrand de Coucy 1340-1397 1365 Later Earl of Bedford
Henry Percy 1342-1408 c. 1366 Later Earl of Northumberland
Ralph Basset, 4th Baron Basset de Drayton 1335-1390 c. 1368  
Richard Pembrugge d. 1375 c. 1368  
John de Nevill, 3rd Baron Nevill de Raby 1341-1388 1369  
Robert de Namur d. 1392 1369  
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1347-1375 1369  
Thomas de Granson d. 1375 1369  
Guy de Bryan, 4th Baron Bryan d. 1390 c. 1370  
Guichard d'Angle, 1st Earl of Huntingdon d. 1380 1372  
Alan Buxhull d. 1381 1372  
Thomas Beauchamp, 4th Earl of Warwick d. 1401 1373 Degraded 1397; Restored 1400
John V, Duke of Brittany c. 1339-1399 1375  
Thomas Banastre d. 1379 1375  
William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Pembroke d. 1382 1375  
Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford c. 1342-1386 1375  
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent 1350-1397 1376  
Thomas Percy 1343-1403 1376 Later Earl of Worcester
William Beauchamp d. 1411 1376 Later Baron Bergavenny
Richard, Prince of Wales 1367-1400 1377 Later Richard II, King of England
Henry Bolingbroke, 3rd Earl of Derby 1366-1413 1377 Later Henry IV, King of England
John Burley d. 1383 1377  
Lewis Clifford d. 1404 1377  
Bermond Arnaud de Preissac ? 1379  
Thomas of Woodstock 1356-1397 1380 Later Duke of Gloucester
Thomas Felton d. 1381 1381  
John Holland c. 1355-1400 1381 Later Duke of Exeter
Simon Burley d. 1388 1381  
Bryan Stapleton d. 1394 1381  
Richard Burley d. 1387 1382  
Thomas Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham c. 1365-1400 1384 Later Duke of Norfolk
Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford 1362-1392 1384 Later Duke of Ireland; Degraded 1388
Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel c. 1348-1397 1386  
Nicholas Sarnesfeld d. 1395 1386  
Edward, Earl of Rutland 1373-1415 1387 Later Duke of York
Henry Percy d. 1403 1388  
John Devereux, Devereux d. 1393 1388  
Peter Courtenay d. 1405 1388  
Thomas le Despencer, 6th Baron le Despencer 1373-1400 c. 1388 Later Earl of Gloucester
William I, Duke of Gelders and Jülich d. 1402 1390  
William VI, Count of Holland 1365-1417 1390  
John Bourchier, 2nd Lord Bourchier d. 1400 1392  
John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont 1361-1396 1393  
William le Scrope c. 1350-1399 1394 Later Earl of Wiltshire
William Arundel d. 1400 c. 1395  
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset c. 1371-1410 1396  
Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent 1374-1400 1397 Later Duke of Surrey
John de Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury d. 1400 1397  
Albert, Count Palatine of the Rhine 1336-1404 1397  
Simon Felbrigge d. 1442 1397  
Philip de la Vache 1348-1408 1399  
Henry, Prince of Wales 1387-1422 1399 Later Henry V, King of England
Thomas of Lancaster 1389-1421 c. 1400 Later Duke of Clarence
John of Lancaster 1389-1435 c. 1400 Later Duke of Bedford
Humphrey of Lancaster 1390-1447 c. 1400 Later Duke of Gloucester
Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel 1381-1415 1400  
Thomas Beaufort c. 1377-1426 1400 Later Duke of Exeter

Fifteenth Century
Richard Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick d. 1439 1403  
William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughde Eresby c. 1370-1409 1400  
Thomas Rempston d. 1406 1400  
John I, King of Portugal 1357-1433 1400  
Thomas Erpyngham d. 1428 1401  
Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford 1378-1403 1402  
Ralph Nevill, 4th Baron Nevill de Raby c. 1364-1425 1402 Later Earl of Westmorland
Edmund de Holand, 4th Earl of Kent 1384-1408 1403  
Richard Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor d. 1418 1403  
William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros 1369-1414 1403  
John Stanley d. 1414 1404  
Eric VII, King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway 1382-1459 1404  
John Lovell, 5th Baron Lovell 1341-1408 1405  
Hugh Burnell, 2nd Baron Burnell 1347-1420 1406  
Edward Cherleton, 3rd Baron Cherleton 1371-1421 c. 1407  
Gilbert Talbot, 5th Baron Talbot c. 1383-1419 1408  
Henry Fitzhugh, 3rd Baron Fitzhugh 1363-1425 1408  
Robert Umfraville d. 1436 1408  
John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope d. 1443 1410  
Henry le Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham c. 1373-1415 1410  
Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley c. 1354-1416 c. 1411  
John d'Abrichecourt d. 1415 1413  
Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury d. 1428 1414  
Thomas Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys d. 1419 1415  
William Haryngton ? 1415  
William la Zouche, 5th Baron Zouche c. 1373-1415 1415  
John Holland 1394-1447 1415 Later Duke of Exeter
Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford c. 1386-1417 1415  
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368-1437 1415  
Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughde Eresby 1385-1452 1416  
John Blount d. 1418 1417  
John Robessart d. 1450 1417  
Hugh Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford d. 1420 1418  
William Phelipp 1383-1441 c. 1419 Later Baron Bardolph
John Grey d. 1421 1419  
Walter Hungerford d. 1449 1421 Later Baron Hungerford
Lewis Robessart d. 1431 1421  
Hertong von Clux d. 1446 1421  
John de Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford 1390-1422 1421  
John Mowbray, 5th Earl of Norfolk 1390-1432 1421 Later Duke of Norfolk
William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk 1396-1450 1421 Later Duke of Suffolk
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy 1396-1467 1422 Elected, but Declined
John Talbot, 7th Baron Talbot 1390-1453 1424 Later Earl of Shrewsbury
Thomas de Scales, 7th Baron Scales d. 1460 1426  
John Fastolf d. 1460 1426  
Peter, Duke of Coimbra d. 1449 1427  
Humphrey Stafford, 6th Earl of Stafford d. 1460 1429 Later Duke of Buckingham
John Radcliffe d. 1441 1429  
John Fitz-Alan, 14th Earl of Arundel 1408-1435 1432  
Richard, Duke of York 1411-1460 1433  
Edward, King of Portugal 1391-1438 1435  
Edmund Beaufort c. 1406-1455 1436 Later Duke of Somerset
John Grey d. 1439 1436  
Richard Nevill, 1st Earl of Salisbury d. 1460 1438  
Albert V, Duke of Austria 1397-1439 1438 Not Installed; Later Albert II, Holy Roman Emperor
Gaston de Foix, Captal de Buch d. 1458 1438  
William Nevill, Baron Fauconberg d. 1463 1440 Later Earl of Kent
John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset 1404-1444 c. 1439 Later Duke of Somerset
Ralph Boteler d. 1473 1440  
John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont 1409-1460 1441  
John Beauchamp d. 1475 1441 Later Baron Beauchamp of Powyk
Henry, Duke of Viseu d. 1461 c. 1443  
Thomas Hoo d. 1455 1445 Later Baron Hoo
Alvaro Vasquez d'Almada, Count d'Avranches d. 1449 1445  
John de Foix, Captal de Buch d. 1485 1446 Resigned c. 1462
Alfonso V, King of Portugal 1432-1481 1447  
François Surrienne, Sire de Lunée ? 1447 Resigned c. 1450
Alfonso V, King of Aragon and Naples 1396-1458 1450  
William, Duke of Brunswick ? 1450 Not Installed
Casimir IV, King of Poland 1427-1492 1450 Not Installed
Richard Woodville, 1st Baron Rivers d. 1469 1450 Later Earl Rivers
John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1415-1461 1451  
Henry Bourchier, 5th Lord Bourchier 1406-1483 1452 Later Earl of Essex
Edward Hull d. 1453 1453 Not Installed
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 1413-1460 1457  
Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley c. 1405-1459 1457  
Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles 1406-1461 1457  
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415-1493 1457 Not Installed
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire 1420-1461 1459  
John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley 1400-1487 1459  
John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners d. 1474 1459  
Jasper Tudor, 1st Earl of Pembroke c. 1430-1495 1459 Later Duke of Bedford; Degraded 1461; Restored 1485
Richard Nevill, 16th Earl of Warwick 1428-1471 1461 Degraded 1468
William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville de Chuton 1392-1461 1461  
Thomas Kiriell d. 1461 1461  
John Wenlock d. 1471 1461 Later Baron Wenlock
George, Duke of Clarence 1449-1478 1461  
William Chamberlaine d. 1462 1461  
John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester 1427-1470 1461  
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings c. 1430-1483 1462  
John Nevill, 1st Baron Montagu c. 1431-1471 1462  
William Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert c. 1423-1469 1462  
John Astley d. 1488 1462  
Ferdinand I, King of Naples d. 1494 1463  
Galeard de Durefort,Seigneur de Duras c. 1430-1481 1463 Resigned c. 1476
John le Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton 1435-1498 1463  
Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan 1401-1466 1463  
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas d. 1488 1463  
Robert Harcourt 1410-1470 1463  
Richard, Duke of Gloucester 1452-1485 c. 1465 Later Richard III, King of England
Anthony Woodville, Baron Scales 1442-1483 1466 Later Earl Rivers
Inigo d'Avalos, Conte de Monte Odorisio ? 1467 Not Installed
Charles, Duke of Burgundy 1433-1477 1468  
William Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel 1417-1488 1471  
John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1444-1476 1472  
John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire d. 1473 1472  
Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers d. 1485 1472  
Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy c. 1420-1474 1472  
John Howard, 1st Baron Howard c. 1430-1485 1472 Later Duke of Norfolk
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk 1442-1492 c. 1473  
Thomas Fitzalan, Baron Maltravers d. 1524 1474  
William Parre d. 1483 1474  
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

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