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 544 APPENDIX B 208. John (de la Pole), Duke of SufFolk. (168) Nom. circa 1473 of Arundel. Nom. 26 Feb. i^-Jih 210. Sir William Parre. Nom. 26 Feb. 1473/4, d. circa 1483 211. Henry (Stafford), Duke of Buckingham. Nom. 26 Feb. 1473/4C) . ■ 212. Federigo (de Montefeltro), Duke of Urbino. Nom. 18 Aug. 1474, d. 10 Sep. 1482 213. Henry (Percy), Earl of Northumberland. Nom. 18 Aug. 1474 214. Edward Plantagenet, Prince of Wales, later" Edward V, Sovereign. Nom. 15 May 1475 215. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, 2nd son of the Sovereign. Nom. 15 May 1475 2 1 6. Thomas (Grey), Marquess of Dorset [203]. Nom. between Jan. and Apr. 1476 217. Sir Thomas Montgomery. [193] Nom. 4 Nov. 1476, d'. 11 Jan. 1494/5 218. Fernando V, King of Castile and Arragon. Nom. " 10 Feb. 1479/80, not inst. ; apparently declined the Order; J. 23 Jan. 1516 219. Ercole (d'Este), Duke of Ferrara and Modena. Nom. 10 Feb. 1479/80; inst. 26 Oct. 1480, d. 25 Jan. 1505. 220. Joto II, King of Portugal. [164] Nom. 15 Sep. 1482; vacated by non-installation; re-elected in or before 1488 [vice 202]; d. 25 Oct. 1495 vice I SI, iH, (204) vice {11 <))2o6 vtce 153, 159 vice 185, 201 EDWARD THE FIFTH The seventh Sovereign 9 Apr. 1483 here numbered 192-197, but his authority does not appear. They were certainly already Knights on 22 Apr. 1463, when they were all either present or excused from attendance at a Chapter of the Order. Henry VIII, from which date the succession as exhibited is practically certain. There were then two vacancies in addition to that created by the transference of the King from an ordinary stall to that of the Sovereign. (^) Anstis, in his transcript of the register ("Liber Niger") gives Buckingham as elected together with Mautravers and Parre on 26 Feb. 13 Edw. IV (1473/4), assigning him to the stall of " Lord Earners of Wiltshire, who died some while before." Anstis suggests that he is so styled because he " died seised of Sende in that county." But Berners (179) did not die till 16 May 1474, and was excused attendance at the Chapter held on the 8th of that month, at which there is no men- tion of either Buckingham or Mautravers among the knights, whether as present or absent, though Parre's name does appear. As the Earl of Wiltshire had died in 1473 it seems probable that the name of " L'' Berners of Wiltshire " is an error May
 * 209. Thomas (FitzAlan), Lord Mautravers, later Earl"
 * Those marked with an asterisk were the Knights existing at the accession of