 Admission to this grade was only granted to those who could produce satisfactory proofs of the nobility of their descent. Every candidate must have already received the accolade of knighthood from secular hands, before he could be enrolled as a Knight...  A History of the Fortress of Malta - Page 10by Whitworth Porter - 1858 - 233 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Whitworth Porter - 1871 - 384 pages
...the accolade of knighthood from secular hands, before he could be enrolled as a Knight of Justice in the Order of St. John.* The second class comprised...of the convent, and at a somewhat later period was subdivided into two distinct grades ; the conventual chaplains, who performed all the religious functions... | |
 | William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford, Richard Holbeche - 1902 - 322 pages
...I accolade of knighthood from secular hands, before he could be enrolled as a Knight of Justice in the Order of St. John. The second class comprised...strictly ecclesiastical portion of the convent, and was eventually subdivided into two distinct grades, the Conventual Chaplains, who performed the religious... | |
 | Frederick W. Ryan - 1910 - 312 pages
...descent. Every candidate must have already received the accolade of knighthood from secular hands. The second class comprised the strictly ecclesiastical portion of the Convent, and was divided into Conventual Chaplains who performed the religious functions of the Order within the... | |
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