de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1328–97) Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (1328–60) John de Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle (1318–56) Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh (d. 1369) John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (d. 1360) John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun (c. 1320–76) Sir Hugh de Courtenay (d. 1349) Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (1314–60) John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield (c. 1300–59) Sir Richard Fitz-Simon (b. 1295) Sir Miles Stapleton (d. 1364) Sir Thomas Wale (d. 1352) Sir Hugh Wrottesley (d. 1381) Sir Nele Loring (d. 1386) Sir John Chandos (d. 1369) Sir James Audley (d. 1369) Sir Otho Holand (d. 1359) Sir Henry Eam (d. before 1360) Sir Sanchet D'Abrichecourt (d. 1359) Sir Walter Paveley (d. 1375) They are all depicted in individual portraits in the Bruges Garter Book made c. 1431, and now in the British Library. Legendary origins Various legends account for the origin of the Order. The most popular involves the "Countess of Salisbury", whose garter is said to have slipped from her leg while she was dancing at a court ball at Calais. When the surrounding courtiers snickered, the king picked it up and returned it to her, exclaiming, "Honi soit qui mal y pense!" ('Shame on him who thinks ill of it!'), the phrase that has become the motto of the Order. However, the earliest written version of this story dates from the 1460s, and it seems to have been conceived as a retrospective explanation for the adoption of what was then seen as an item of female underclothing as the symbol of a band of knights. In fact, at the time of the Order's establishment in the mid-14th century, the garter was predominantly an item of male attire. According to another legend, King Richard I was inspired in the 12th century by St George the Martyr while fighting in the Crusades to tie garters around the legs of his knights, who subsequently won the battle. King Edward supposedly recalled the event in the 14th century when he founded the Order. This story is recounted in a letter to the Annual Register in 1774: The motto in fact refers to Edward's claim to the French throne, and the Order of the Garter was created to help pursue this claim. The use of the garter as an emblem may have derived from straps used to fasten armour, and may