Order of The Garter - List of Founder Knights

List of Founder Knights

The 26 Founder Knights of the Order of the Garter are as follows, listed in ascending order of Garter-Stall number in St. George's Chapel:

  • Edward, Prince of Wales (1330–1376)
  • Henry of Grosmont, 4th Earl of Lancaster (c. 1310–1361)
  • Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (d.1369)
  • Jean de Grailly, Captal de Buch (d.1377)
  • Ralph de Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (1301–1372)
  • William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1328–1397)
  • Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (1328–1360)
  • John de Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle (1318–1356)
  • Bartholomew de Burghersh (d.1369)
  • John de Beauchamp (d.1360)
  • John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun (c.1320–1376)
  • Hugh de Courtenay (d.1349)
  • Thomas Holland (d.1360)
  • John de Grey (c.1300–1359)
  • Richard Fitz-Simon (b.1295)
  • Miles Stapleton (d.1364)
  • Thomas Wale (d.1352)
  • Hugh Wrottesley (d.1381)
  • Nele Loring (d.1386)
  • John Chandos (d.1369)
  • James Audley (d.1369)
  • Otho Holand (d.1359)
  • Henry Eam (d. before 1360)
  • Sanchet D'Abrichecourt (d.1345)
  • Walter Paveley (d.1375)

They are all depicted in individual portraits in the Bruges Garter Book made in about 1430.

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