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542 APPENDIX B 171. Henry, Viscount Bourchier, Count of Eu in Normandy, later Earl of Essex. [130] Inst. 22 Apr. 1452 172. Sir Edward Hull. [128] Nom. 7 May 1453; not inst.; d. 18 July 1453 173. John (Talbot), Earl of Shrewsbury. [141] Nom. before 13; inst. 14 May 1457 174. Thomas, Lord Stanley. [161] Nom. before 13; inst. 14 May 1457 175. Leo, Lord Welles. [172] Nom. before 13; inst. 14 May 1457 176. Friedrich III, Emperor. [150] Nom. 14 May 1457; not inst., d. 19 Aug. 1493 C) 177. James (Butler), Earl of Wiltshire, Earlof Ormond' [I.]. Nom. between 20 Feb. 1458/9 and 23 Apr. 1459 178. John (Sutton), Lord Dudley. Nom. before 23 Apr. 1459 179. John (Bourchier), Lord Berners. Nom. before 23 Apr. 1459 1 80. Jasper (Tudor), Earl of Pembroke, later Duke of Bedford. Half-brother of the Sovereign. Nom. before 23 Apr. 1459; degraded 1461; restored 1485 vice (215) 181. Richard (Nevill), Earl of Warwick. Nom. area Sep. i46o() 182. William, Lord Bonville. Nom. circa Sep. 1460 183. Sir Thomas Kiriell. Nom. circa Sep. 1460, exe- cuted 18 Feb. 1460/ 1 184. Sir John Wenlock, later Lord Wenlock. Nom. circa July 1460 w^ 1 74, 1 54, 167, 166 wee 143,145, 142,173 EDWARD THE FOURTH The sixth Sovereign 4 Mar. 1 460/ 1 185. George (Plantagenet), Duke of Clarence. The Sovereign's brother, [180] Nom. 1461 186. Sir William Chamberlaine. [175] Nom. 1461, d. Mar. or Apr. 1462 (^) The Register ("Black Book") states that he was installed 23 Apr. 1459; if so, he must have resigned the Order not long after, as he is nowhere again mentioned in its records, and the stall to which he succeeded (that of Somerset [no. 150]) was held by Lord Herbert early in the following reign. C') The date (8 Feb. 1 460/1) assigned for the nomination of numbers i8i to 1 84 by Beltz and Dr. Shaw (following the Black Book) is clearly incorrect, inasmuch as the Chapter at which the nomination took place was attended by the Earl of Salis- bury (152), who had been beheaded immediately after the battle of Wakefield (31 Dec. 1460). Moreover all the new Knights were Yorkists, two of them (nos. 182 and 1 83) being put to death by the victorious Lancastrians after the battle of St. Albans (18 Feb. 1 460/1), so that the nomination must have taken place when the Yorkists were in the