As recorded by Sir Milo Morency, Royal Chamberlain, in the Book of Knightly Rituals, circa 928. Until Prince Emund Cornifex revived the Order in 992, this ceremony had not been used since the early 940's.
First the Prince our sovereign lord writes letters unto certain knights of this realm, desiring to make them ready to receive the high and worshipful Order of the Table at a high feast of the year at such a time as the Prince would like.
The evening of the day of the feast all the knights who shall be made into the Order shall come together unto the Prince's presence and the Marshal of Landsrue shall have all their horses, and the steward of the Prince's house shall meet with them and bring them into the Prince's presence. Then shall the Prince's steward go to the kitchen for his meat, all the knights who shall be made into the Order with him. Each one of them shall have a dish, serving the Prince for the first course. When the Prince is thus served then shall the gentlemen ushers bring them all together in their chamber. They shall there have their dinner served at a great table. After they have dined the ushers shall return to the chamber and assign every invitee a place for his bed and for his bath. When the Prince has dined, he shall send for certain knights of his household to await upon they who would be in the Order, serving as their servants and chamberlains.
Then shall the Prince's barber come and shave all the knights. Each knight shall pay for the shaving of his beard twenty silver pennies. Every squire shall also ordain for his bath 24 elles of linen cloth, the Prince's barber to have this for his fee.
Then shall the knights go in to their bath. All of their clothes shall the sergeant of the chamber have for his fee. When they are in their bath, then shall the heralds of arms go unto the Prince and let him know that the knights are ready in their baths. The Prince shall command the steward of his house, with the other lords and knights, to go to the knights and take them into their charge as they sit in the bath.
The steward shall then come with all the lords and knights, and the Prince's minstrels and heralds of arms, into the chamber. The heralds shall give them their next charge, saying in this way:
"Brother, the Prince our Sovereign lord wills it that you take up this high and worshipful order, which as a knight I declare to you certain points that belong to this high order of knighthood. You shall love Mithras above all things, be steadfast in faith, sustain the church, and be true to your sovereign lord. Be true to your word and promises, be secure in this. Also you shall sustain widows in their rights, any time they require you, maidens and children, helping them and succouring them in your good that they not be misgoverned for their own faults. You shall sit in no place where an evil judgement should be wrongfully given, to anybody, according to your knowledge. You shall suffer no murderers, nor extortions of the people within the Country where you dwell, but with your power you shall put them into the hands of justice, that they be punished as the King's law requires."
Each lord or knight shall put his hand into the bath and take water, making a star on the applicant's left shoulder before and behind, kissing it and saying in the name of the Prince, "Lord of Light send you as much worship as any of your kin." Thus must do all of the lords and knights, unto every applicant as they sit in their bath.
They shall then leave their baths, going to their beds. When they rise, they shall make themselves ready in hermit's array of Landsrue worsteds. The sergeant of the Prince's chamber shall have the beds thus arrayed: a mattress, a pair of blankets, a pair of sheets, a coverlite of worstede and cloth of gold. Upon that should be a banner of worstede at the bed's head hung over the head.
They shall all go together to the Royal Chapel, praying until eight in the morning. They shall then have a ceremony of the Four, offering a taper and a penny striking in the taper as close to the light as is reasonable. When this is done, then shall they return to their chambers, changing. The Prince's waiter shall have their 'watching' garments.
They shall change into another raiment. First each one shall put on a doublet with black hose, a coat of green tartan, a white leather belt about him, a belt with no buckle. He must have a white coif upon his head, a mantle of green tartan about him, with white ermine. A white blaze must be in the said manner on the mantle on the breast of the mantle, a pair of white gloves knit in this said blaze.
Then the servants and chamberlains who have been assigned to wait upon them shall give them their new swords. The scabbards shall be of white leather, also without any buckle, a pair of gold and platinum spurs hanging up on the hilts. The servants and chamberlains shall bear the swords with the spurs before them.
They they shall come down and take their horses. Their horses shall be arrayed in this way; the saddle must be black and bordered around with white leather; the bridle must be black with a star of brass hanging in the front; a paytrell of the same suit. The Marshal of Landsrue shall have these horses for his fee.
They shall alight and come into the Prince's presence with their swords borne before them, making their obeissances. They shall come every one to the Prince, where two knights shall take the spurs from the sword and do them about their heels. The Prince shall gird the sword about them. The applicant puts on his thumbs in his mantle, lifting up his arms over his head. The Prince puts both his hands within his arms and takes him about the neck with both hands, kissing him. He plucks him on the neck and says to him, "Be a good knight!" The knight then kneels down, waiting until the Prince has made them all. Then shall they be led into the chapel with the other knights.
When they come to the chapel, before the high altar, they shall ungird themselves and leave their swords upon the altar. They shall kneel down, laying their hands upon the altar, and before the Royal Priest there say, "Be this holy altar that Our Lord's body is ministered, you shall sustain the church and keep this high and worshipful order that you have taken up into your service."
And when they leave the chapel, the Prince's cook shall meet with them at the door, saying unto them,
"Sir, I am the Prince's main cook, come at this time to let you have knowledge as to the nature of my office. Sirs, my office is, if you are untrue to your sovereign lord, it is my duty to smite the spurs from your heels, claiming the spurs. I pray you bear this in mind, keeping yourself in grace to this high and worshipful order; you now have as much worship as did any of your kin."
Then they shall be brought into the hall. The Prince will come into the hall, wash, and will take his seat. The newly made knights shall also wash and sit at a side board. When the Prince is served, then shall the rest of the hall be served. When the last course has been served, the heralds shall cry the Prince's largesse in the four places of the hall. The knights shall then go to their chambers, removing their raiment, which the heralds shall have for their fee.
They shall don long green gowns, bordered with ermine and a white blaze of silk and gold in the tufts must be pinned on the left shoulder with a jeweled brooch, a hood of the same should have the shape of a bachelor's as the law provides. The hood must be cast around his neck, the tipet pinned together on the left shoulder. When thus arrayed they go together unto the Prince. Coming into his presence, they shall all say,
"Most high, excellent and most mighty prince, our sovereign lord, we thank you for this high and worshipful order that you have given to us. We as your liege men shall be ready at your command."
Then shall they all bow at once, arise, and go their way, heading once again to their chamber to change. The sergeant of the Prince's chamber shall have the gowns and hoods for his fee. Then may the new Knights of the Privy Table do what they like for all is done and ended.
*This ceremony is from a 15th century
manuscript before Dave altered it.