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One of five folio volumes, consisting of Collection in Manuscript and print, made by and chiefly in the writing of Mrs Sarah Sophia Banks, relating to the History of the Order of the Bath.

Volume IV.

1. Memoranda of various private meetings and chapters of the Knights of the Bath, February- May, 1803 the Installation on 19th May, and Ball nd Supper at Ranelagh, 1st June, 1883. Folios 2-4b, 6-8, 8b, 12, 13b-16, 18-21.

2. Engraved Ticket issued by the Knights for the Ball at Ranelagh, 1 June, 1803. Folios 9, 10.

3. Original Letter from Francis Townsend, Windor Herald, and Dep[ut]y Bath, to Sir Joseph Banks K.B sending him a copy of the Warrant explaining the 15th Statute of the Order. Dated (1803). Folio 22.

4. Original Letter from Sir Isaac Heard, Garter to the same, desiring him to return the names of three Esquires. Dated Dollege of Arms, 4 February, 1803. Folio 24.

5. Copy of the Form of the above return. Folio 26.

6. Original Letter from W[illiam] Vincent, Dean of Westminster and of the order, to Sir Joseph Banks, desiring his attendance at a convention of Knights of the Bath. Dated 15 February, 1803. Folio 28.

7. Original Letter from W[illiam] Vincent, Dean of Westminster, requiring his attendance at a Chapter of the Order. Dated 8 March, 1803. Folio 30.

8. Original notice from William Fanquier, Registrar of the Order, to Sir Joseph Banks, of a continuation of the Chapter. Dated 26 March, 1803. Folio 32.

9. Notice (from Depuaty Bath) addressed to Sir Joseph Banks of the holding of the adjoined chapter. Dated 1 April, 1803. Folio 34.

10. Original Letter from Lord Pelham to Sir Joseph Banks, apprizing him of the proposed investiture of General David Dundas. Dated Whitehall, 27 April, 1803. With a memorandum by Mrs Banks relative to the attendance of the Knights on that occasion. Folios 36, 37.

11. Copy of a Letter from Sir Joseph Banks to Deputy Bath King at Arms, concerning the attendance of Knights Elect, at the Earl of Leitrims’ Investiture in 1779. Dated 2 May, 1803. Folio 38.

12. Original Letter from Francis Townsend, Deputy Bath, to Sir Joseph Banks, relative to the Marshalling of Knights Elect. Dated Herald’d College, 3 May, 1803, with a rough draught of reply from Sir Joseph Banks, same date. Folio 40, 40b.

13. Resolutions of Chapter, relative to the Dress of the Knights and Esquires of the Order of the Bath, 21 March, 1803. Folio 42.

14. Notice of a General meeting of the Knights Elect of the Order. Dated 1 May, 1803. Folio 44.

15. Notice from the Committee for letting seats to see the Procession in Westminster Abbey. Dated 5 May, 1803. Folio 45.

16. Original Letter from William Fauquier, Registrar of the Order, to Sir Joseph Banks, requiring his attendance at a Rehearsal of the Installation. Dated 7 May, 1803. Folio 47.

17. Draught of Letter from Sir Joseph Banks to his Esquires, on the same occasion. Dated 8 May 1803. Folio 47b.

18. Original Letter from George Cranford (one of Sir Joseph Banks’s Esquires) to Sir Joseph Banks, stating he should with the other two Esquires be in attendance. Dated 9 May, 1803. Folio 49.

19. Original Letter from the Dean of Westminster (Dr Vincent) to Sir Joseph Banks, offering seats in the Chapel to his family. Dated (14 May 1803). Folio 51.

20. Original Letter from Francis Townsend to Sir Joseph Banks, sending some ceremonials of the ensuing Installations. Dated Heralds College 18 May, 1803. Folio 53.

21. Cards, containing directions respecting the ceremonials to be observed at the Installation; with a Note from Deputy Bath, accompanying them. Dated 19 May, 1803. Folios 55-61.

22, 23. Printed circulas sent to the Knights of the Bath, on the occasion of a Dinner at the Thatched House Tavern 19-20 May, 1803. Folios 62, 64.

24. Application to Sir Joseph Banks from the Ringers of St Margaret’s, West for a fee; with a memorandum by Sir Joseph Banks (May 1803). Folio 66.

25. Reckoning paid by Sir Joseph Banks on account of the Dinner, 20 May, 1803. Folio *67.

26. Order from Lord Henley to admit Lady Banks and company to the Rotunda at Ranelagh, 28 May (1803). Folio 68.

27. Original Letter from William Fauquier, Registrar of the Order, to Sir Joseph Banks, requesting his attendance at a chapter. Dated 7 June, 1803. Folio 69.

28. Letter from the Committee of Knights to the same, transmitting a draft for tickets for the Ball at Ranelagh. Dated 7 June, 1803. Folio 71.

29. Letter from William J[ohn] Brown, goldsmith & jeweller, to the same offering for sale a star of the Order of the Bath, composed of Diamonds. Dated 28 March, 1803. Folio 73.

30. Transactions relative to the Installation of the Knights at Westminster Abbey, 19 May, 1803 and copies of the Bills, etc, for expenses incurred on the occasion. Folios 79-121b.

• i. List of the officers of the Life-Guards on duty. Folio 80.
• ii. List of D[itt]o of the Foot guards, ib.
• iii. Mr Cooke’s Bill for the Band of Music. Folio 81.
• iv. Mr Townsend Deputy Bath, his account of Miscellaneous Disbursements. Folio 81b.
• v. Mr Hiort, Office Clerk of the King’s works, his Abstract of Tradesmen’s Bills employed by te Dean and Chapter to erect seats, etc. folio 82.
• vi. Observations on Mr Hiort’s Abstract, and on the conduct of the Dean and Chapter. Folio 82b.
• vii. Bill of Messers Armstrong & Wyatt, carpenters for erecting seats, etc, as first delivered. Folio 86.
• viii. Comparisons of the Bills of carpenters work done for the Knights of the Bath in King Henry VII Chapel, in 1788 and 1803. Folio 88.
• ix. Apportionment of the charges incurred for seats etc according to Mr Wyatt’s opinion. Folio 90.
• x. Mr Wyatt’s corrected Bill. Folio 91.
• xi. Bill of Mr Gayfere, mason, folio 91b.
• xii. Bill of Mr Colbett, painter, ib.
• xiii. Bill of Mr Abington, Mattayer, ib.
• xiv. Observations on Mr Hiort's Account, and on the Bills certified by him. Folio 92.
• xv. List of Bills paid by the Committee on account of the Installation. Folio 95b.
• xvi. Letter from Mr Townsend, acknowledging the Gratuity awarded him by the Committee. Dated Heralds College, 16 June, 1804. Folio 96.

First Appendix:

• i. Letter from Lord Henley to Sir Joseph Banks, respecting Dr Cook’s Bill. Dated 12 June, 1803. Folio 99.
• ii. Draught of a circular Letter intended to have been sent to the Knights, on the supposition that all expenses had been paid. June, 1803. Folio 100.
• iii. Letter from Lord Henley to Sir Joseph Banks, upon the first intimation of a claim on the Committee for £515,17,,8. Dated 19 June, 1803. Folio 101.
• iv. Letter from Mr Hiort to Mr Townsend, inclosing the Bills certified by him. Dated 23 June, 1803. Folio 102.
• v. Answer from Sir Joseph Banks to Mr Hiort. Dated 26 June, 1803. Folio 103.
• vi. Letter from Mr Jeffry Wyatt, with a note in red ink by Mr Gell, accomptant to the Dean and Chapter. Dated 18 June. Folio 105.
• vii. Note from J. Wyatt, inclosing the last Paper, dated 23 June, 1803, with Sir Joseph Banks’s answer, same date. Folio 106.
• ix. Letter from J. Wyatt to Sir Joseph Banks, requesting payment of his Bill. Dated 7 October 1803, with Sir Joseph Banks’s Answer, same date. Folio 107.
• x. Letter from J. Wyatt to Sir Joseph Banks, respecting his mode of apportioning the expense of Seaffoldings, etc, between the Knights and Chapter. Dated 1o November, 1803. With Sir Joseph Banks to Lord Henley, on the whole business. Dated 4 July, 1803. Folio 109.
• xii. Lord Henley’s answer. Dated 21 July, 1803. Folio 111.

Second Appendix, being an account of the Expense of the Installation in 1788:

• i. Abstract of Bills paid on Account of the Knights. Folio 114.
• ii. Bill for carpenter’s work in Henry VII Cahpel. Folio 115.
• iii. Note from the Bishop of Rochester to Sir Fred. Haldemand, inclosing an apportionment of the Bill between the Knights and chapter. Dated 3 June 1788. Ib.
• iv. Letter from the Bishop of Rochester respecting the expenses in general. Dated 2 June, 1788. Folio 115b.
• v. Detachment of Horse and Foot Guards on duty at the Abbey. Folio 116.
• vi. Distribution of the money given to the detachment of the Guards. Folio 116b.
• vii. Mr Townsend Deputy Bath, his Bill for Disbursements. Folio 117.
• viii. Bill of James Wyatt, Carpenter, for work in the Pantheon. Ib.
• ix. Bill of Richard White, for sundries. Folio 119.
• x. Bill of M. Le Texier, for performing the ‘Carmen Seculare’. Folio 119b.
• xi. Bill of Mr Martindale, for the supper. Folio 120b.
• xii. Lamplighter’s Bill for the Star, ib.
• xiii. Payment t the detachment of Guards on duty at the Patheon, ib.
• xiv. Bill for beer for the soldiers. Folio 121.
• xv. Receipt from the waiters who attended at the Pantheon. Ib.

31. Copies of Bills etc, relative to the Fete given at Ranelagh, 1st June, 1803, by the newly installed Knights of the Bath. Folios 123-145.

• i. Resolution of the Proprietors of Ranelagh to let their rooms etc, 26 March, 1803. Folio 124.
• ii. Agreement between the Knights and the Proprietors for the hire of Ranelagh, 7 May, 1803. Folio 125.
• iii. Bill for the hire of Ranelagh, etc. folio 126.
• iv. Agreement with Mr Merks for erecting a temporary room, 3 May, 1803. Folio 127.
• v. Sundry extra works done to the temporary room. Folio 128.
• vi. Estimate for the Orchestra and Stage in do. With Bill for the whole. Folio 129.
• vii. Agreement with Mr Capon for painting. Folio 130.
• viii. Bill of George Stovell, for Green baize, ib.
• ix. ---- J, Bicknell, for artificial flowers. Folio 131.
• x.---- Charles Ashley, for the Band of Music. Ib.
• xi. Mr Byrne’s Estimate for the Ballet. Folio 132.
• xii. ---- Bill for d[itt]o. ib.
• xiii. Mr Fawcett’s Bill for Songs etc. folio 133.
• xiv. Mr Baylis’s Proposals for lighting Ranelagh. Folio 134.
• xv. Agreement for d[itt]o. ib.
• xvi. Account of lamps lighted. Folio 135.
• xvii. Bill for d[itt]o. ib.
• xviii. Mr Baylis’s reasons why the roof of the Rotunda could not be illuminated. Folio 135b.
• xix. Mr Wand’s Estimate for the Supper. Folio 136.
• xx. D[itt]o [Mr Wand’s] agreement for d[itt]o [Supper]. Folio 136b.
• xxi. D[itt]o [Mr Wand’s] Plan of the Tables in the Rotunda. Folio 137.
• xxii. D[itt]o [Mr Wand’s] Bill of Fare for the Supper. Folio 137b.
• xxiii. D[itt]o [Mr Wand’s] Bill fo rhte supper, ib.
• xxiv. Letter from Mr Wand, respectying the Knights Banners, 12 May. Folio 138.
• xxv. Messers Raikes & Newbery Prices of their wines. Folio 138b.
• xxvi. D[itt]o. List of wines sent to Ranelagh, ib.
• xxvi. D[itt]o. Bill for Wines at d[itt]o. folio 139.
• xxvii. Order if William Wynyard D.A.G. for the Guards to attend at Ranelagh. Folio 139b.
• xxiv. Customary allowances to the Guards. Folio 140.
• xxx. Bill for attendance of the Bow Street Officicers, ib.
• xxxi. List of Staffmen on duty at Ranelagh. Folio 140b.
• xxxii. Letter from Sir Joseph Banks to Lord Henley, with account of the expense of engraving the Ticket. Dated 6 June, 1803. Folio 141.
• xxxiii. Bill of C. Merrifield, seal engraver. Folio 141b.
• xxxiv. Bill of E. Kerby, stationer, ib.
• xxxv. Asbtract of Expenses of the Ball at Ranelagh, sent to the Knights by the Committee. Folio 143b.
• xxxvi. Circular Letter sent to the newly installed Knights with the Abstract, relative to the Claim for seats, etc at the Abbey, 16 July, 1803. Folio 144b.
• xxxvii. Abstract of the Expenses of the Fete given by Boodle’s Club, 2 June, 1788. Folio 145.

32. Engraved Ticket for the Ball at Ranelagh, with memoranda. Flios 146b, 147.

33. Advertisements, cut from the Newspapers, relating to the Fete at Ranelagh. Folios 148b, 149.

34. Copy of the Address or Proclamation spoken at the Fete by Mr Fawcett, the words by Mr Dibdin, Jun[io]r. Folio 150.

35. Soing sung by Mr Fawcett; the words by Mr Dibdin Jun[io]r. Folio 151.

36. Printed Extracts and Paragraphs from the ‘Monthly Mirror’, and Newspapaers, relative to the Installation Fete, 1 June, 1803. Folios 152-157b.

37. Printed Play-Bill of Drury Lane Theatre, 9 June, 1803. Folio 158.

38. Application from S. Townsend, Feather-dresser, to Sir Joseph Banks, to supply his installation plume. Dated 4 February, 1803, with the Bill and receipt for the same. Folios 159-160.

39. Application from J[ohn] Barker to Sir Joseph Banks, to supply the supper at the Installation Fete. Dated 10 March, 1803. Folio 161.

40. Note from Mr Townsend to Miss Banks, concerning the removal of the Knights Plates from the Chapel. Dated 29 June, 1803. Folio 163.

41. Copy of Sir Joseph Banks’s Letter to Lord Henley, respecting the accounts for erecting seats, etc, in the chapel. Dated 4 July, 1803. (see folio 109). Folio 164.

42. Letter from John Catting to Mrs Banks, relatrive to the Tickets of Admission to the Chapel, and distribution of Seats. Dated 7 July, 1803. Folio 166.

43. Memoranda of Mrs Banks, relative to the Dean’s Badge, and dress of the Dean and Prebendaries. Folio 168.

44. Memoranda in the handwriting of Francis Douce Esquire and Sir Joseph Banks, concerning some Knights temp during the time of King] Richard II [1377-1399]. Folio 168b.

45. Memorandum of Sir Isaac Heard respecting the Petition of the Esquires of the Bath to be allowed a dress and badge, ib.

46. Memoranda from Mr Waud, relative to the numbers at the Supper given at Ranelagh, Waiters, etc. folio 169.

47. Memoranda respecting the Installation Fete in 1788. Folio 169b.

48. Memorandum of the entertainments at the Knights Ball at Ranelagh, 1 June, 1803, ib.

49. Original Letter from Mr Aubert to Miss Banks, wht the names of ‘the Old Esquires’ who attended the Installation. Dated 10 August, 1803. Folio 170.

50. Engraved View of the Installation (1803?). Folio 172.

51. Statement of the Fees etc paid by Sir Joseph Banks to the College of Arms, Lord Chamberlains Office, etc, on his being Knight of the Bath. Folios 173-174, 175b.

52. Duplicate copies of papers, Bills, etc, relating to the Installation in 1788. Folios 177-180b.

53. Copies of Accounts of Fees etc, paid by Sir Ralph Payne, K.B. [Knight of the Bath] in 1771 to the officers of Arms, of the Bath, Household Servants etc. Folios 181-182.

54. Private expenses of Sir Joseph Banks, on account of the Order of the Bath, 1795-1817. Folios 183-190.

55. Letter from Mrs Mary Bell, inclosing to Mrs Banks a badge of the cloak of the Order, dated 19, November 1807. Folio 191.

56. Patterns of Ribbons of the Order of the Bath. Folio 193.