Editing Order of the Garter (section)

===List of Founder Knights===
At the time of its foundation, the Order consisted of King Edward III, together with 25 Founder Knights, listed in ascending order of [[Garter stall plate|stall number]] in [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel]]:<ref>{{harvnb|Beltz|1841|pp=cxlix–cl}}</ref>
* King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] (1312–77)
* [[Edward the Black Prince]], Prince of Wales (1330–76)
* [[Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster|Henry of Grosmont, 4th Earl of Lancaster]] ({{Circa|1310}}–61)
* [[Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick]] (1313–69)
* [[Jean III de Grailly, Captal de Buch|Jean de Grailly, III Captal de Buch]] (d. 1376)
* [[Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford]] (1301–72)
* [[William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury]] (1328–97)
* [[Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March]] (1328–60)
* [[John de Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle (second creation)|John, 2nd Baron Lisle]] (1318–55)
* [[Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh|Bartholomew, 2nd Baron Burghersh]] (c. 1329–69)
* [[John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp (second creation)|John, 1st Baron Beauchamp]] (d. 1360)
* [[John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun|John, 2nd Baron Mohun]] ({{Circa|1320}}–76)
* Sir [[Hugh de Courtenay (KG)|Hugh de Courtenay]] (1327–49)
* [[Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent]] (1314–60)
* [[John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield|John, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield]] (1300–59)
* Sir [[Richard Fitz-Simon]] (1295–1348/49)
* Sir [[Miles Stapleton of Bedale]] (c. 1320–64)
* Sir [[Thomas Wale (Knight of the Garter)|Thomas Wale]] (1303–52)
* Sir [[Hugh Wrottesley]] (d. 1381)
* Sir [[Nele Loring]] (1320–86)
* Sir [[John Chandos]] (c. 1320–69)
* Sir [[James Audley (died 1369)|James Audley]] (c. 1318–69)
* Sir [[Otho Holand]] (c. 1316–59)
* Sir [[Henry Eam]] (d. before 1360)
* Sir [[Sanchet D'Abrichecourt]] (c. 1330–59)<ref name="Complete Peerage 1887 pg 276"/>
* Sir [[Walter Paveley]] (1319–75)

They are all depicted by individual portraits in the ''[[Bruges Garter Book]]'' compiled {{Circa|1431}}, and now in the [[British Library]].