This manuscript of the Statutes of the Order of the Garter belonged to Henry Grey (1517- 54), Marquess of Dorset (later Duke of Suffolk), husband of Henry VIII's niece, Frances Brandon, and the father of Lady Jane Grey. The Statutes set out the rules and conduct of the Order. In the image can be seen the shield of St George impaling the Royal arms within the Garter, with those of Grey beneath. Grey was often at court during Henry VIII's reign and he acted as chief mourner at Henry's funeral at Windsor in 1547. He received the Garter several months after Henry's death, under Edward VI. The statutes, however, are those of Henry's reign, no revision having been made in the interim. Grey was stripped of his Garter and executed for treason (as was Lady Jane Grey) in 1554 after taking part in Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion against Mary I.

Full title: 'Thes Statutes and ordinances of the most noble order of Saynte George named the Gartier / Reformed explaned & declared and renewed by the moost high mooste excellent and moost puissant Prynce henry the Eight'