Knights of the Royal Oak |
At his restoration, Charles II intended to institute an order of knighthood, as a reward to those who had adhered faithfully to him in his distresses. They were to be called, Knights of the Royal Oak, and were to bear a silver medal with a device of the king in the oak, pendant to a ribbon, about their necks.
But it was thought proper to lay it aside, least it might open those wounds afresh which, at that time were thought most prudent to be healed.
General history: Knights of the Royal Oak, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1 (1797), pp. 229.
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