Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne.

  • Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.
Date:
1737
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Credit: Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP. V. Of the Sons and Daughte rs of England. TH E Children of the King of England are called the Sons and Daughters of England, becaufe all the Subje&s of England have a fpecial Intereft in them. &on ,] The Eldejl Son of the King was fometimes Ailed, in the Saxon-um.e.s, Clito, quafi KXvtcs, illujlris : And fo likewife JEtheling, or Atheling, which is a Patronymic of the Saxon Word Athel, Nobilis. As Eadgaring was the Son of Ead~ gar, fo Etheling the Son of a Nobleman, was afterwards ufed only for the King’s Eldejl Son. He is born Duke of Cornwal ; and as to that Dutchy, and all the Lands, Honours, Rents, and great Revenues belonging thereunto, he is upon his Birth- Day prefumed, and by Law taken to be of full Age; To that he may that Day fue for the Livery of the faid Dukedom, and ought of Right to obtain the fame, as if he had been full 21 Y ears of Age. Afterwards he is created Prince of Wales, whofe lnvejliture was formerly performed by Impofltion of a Cap of State and Coronet on his Head, as a Token of Principality, and putting into his Hand a Verge of Gold., the Emblem of Go¬ vernment, and a Ring of Gold on his Finger, to intimate that he mu ft be a Husband to his Country, and Father of her Children. Alfo to him is given and granted Letters-Patent to hold the faid Principality to him and his Heirs, Kings of England; by which Words the Separation of this Principality is for ever avoided : His Mantle which he wears in Parliament is once more doubled, or hath one Guard more than a Duke's j his Coronet is of Croffqs and Flower-de-luces, and his Cap of State Indented. Since the happy Reftauration of King Charles the Second, it was folemnly ordered, that the Son and Heir Apparent of the Crown of England fhall ufe and bear his Coronet of Crojfes and Flower de-luces with one Arch, and in the Midft a Ball and Crofs, as hath the Royal Diadem. That the Duke of York, and all the immediate Sons and Brothers of the Kings of England, fhall ufe and bear their Coronets, compo- fed of Croffes and Flower-deduces only; but all their Sons relpedively, having the Title of Dukes, fhall bear and ufe fuch Coronets as other Dukes who are not of the Royal Fa¬ mily. From the Day of his Birth he is commonly {filed The Prince of Wales, a Title firft given by King Edward the Firft to his eldeft Son; for the Welji) Nation, till that Time, unwilling to fubsnit to the Yoke of Strangers, thsit King fo ordered, that his '» Queen