"As a direct answer to B.'s question, 'Is there any list of
persons who were honoured with that badge, (viz., the Collar of
SS.?)', I may reply, No. Persons were not, in fact, 'honoured
with the badge,' in the sense that persons are now decorated
with stars, crosses, or medals; but the livery collar was
_assumed_ by parties holding a certain position. So far as can
be ascertained, these were either knights attached to the royal
household or service, who wore gold or gilt collars, or esquires
in the like position who wore silver collars."

From the statute for the regulation of apparel, passed in the 2nd year
of the reign of Henry IV., it is ordained that--

"All the sons of the king, dukes, earls, barons, and baronettes,
might use the livery of our Lord the King of his collar as well
in his absence as in his presence; and that all other knights
and esquires should use it only in the presence of the king and
not in his absence."

The royal assent to this bill was accompanied with further regulations,
among which were:

"That the dukes, earls, barons, and baronettes of the realm
might use the said livery in their counties and elsewhere; and
that knights and esquires might use the said livery in going
from the hostel of the king and returning, to it, always
provided that they did not use it in the counties and countries
in which they resided or sojourned."

That the golden Collar of SS. was the undoubted badge or mark of a