Order of Creek

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The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of Creek
Awarded by the

King of Creek and Lake
TypeOrder of chivalry
Established25 January 2019
MottoIn Pallidi Aquae Natamus In Caelum Volamus (In Pale Waters We Swim In Sky We Soar)
Awarded forservice to the Kingdom to the highest decree of Honor, Service, Glory, Merit, Loyalty, Fortitude and Fidelity
StatusCurrently constituted
SovereignHM King Arthur
GradesRoyal Knight/Lady
Knight/Lady
Stranger Knight/Lady
Post-nominalsKC/LC
Precedence
Next (higher)None (highest)

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The Order of Creek, formally the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of Creek is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Erica of the United Kingdom of Creek and Lake on 25 January 2019. It is the most senior order of chivalry in the Creekian and Lacian honors system.

Appointments are at the sovereign's sole discretion and are usually in recognition of a national contribution of the highest degree for honor, service, glory, merit, loyalty, fortitude, and fidelity, or for personal service to the sovereign. Membership of the Order is limited to the sovereign, and no more than 24 other living members, known as Knights or Ladies. The Order also inducts supernumerary members (e.g. members of the royal family and foreigners). The total number of stranger recipients shall not exceed more than 24 living recipients at a time.

Every year, on 25 January, the anniversary of the order is designated as "Creek Day".

History

The order was established on 25 January 2019 by Queen Erica by letters patent as the highest chivalric order of Creek and Lake and to recognize the highest rendering of services to the nation. The order was subsequently enlarged and reformed by Queen Christina I & II under letters patent dated 25 January 2023.

Composition

Members

Membership in the Order is strictly limited and includes the monarch, and no more than 24 living members, known as Knights or Ladies , along with various supernumerary members. The monarch alone can grant membership to the Order.. Monarchs are known as the Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of Creek in their capacity as head of the order. Male members of the Order are titled "Knights of the Order of Creek" and female members are called "Ladies of the Order of Creek".

Foreigners, usually members of foreign royal families and notable personages, are ordained to be inducted to the Order as "Stranger Knights" and "Stranger Ladies", with the total number of stranger members not exceeding more 24 at any given point in time.

Supernumerary members

The Order includes members, who do not count towards the limit of 24 companions. Several supernumerary members, known as "Royal Knights and Ladies of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of Creek", belong to the royal family. This strictly includes only the the reigning monarch's parents, siblings and children.

Degradation of members

The Sovereign reserves the sole right to cancel and annul the appointment of any person to the order by signing an ordinance affixed with the Great Seal of the order. Subsequently, the name of the person shall be removed from the register of the order. However, the sovereign can restore the order to any person whose appointment has been cancelled and annulled when circumstances render it just and expedient to do so.

Officers

Apart from the Sovereign of the Order, the other offices within the order include that of the Grand Master (or Grand Mistress), the Officer of Arms of the Order and the Gentleman Usher.

The position of Grand Master (or Grand Mistress) of the order is filled by a Knight or Lady of the order appointed by the sovereign who either is a member of the royal family or some other exalted personage. The Grand Master (or Mistress) is usually the Principal Knight or Lady of the order, and is responsible to confide the Great Seal of the order which shall be affixed to all statutes, ordinances and instruments according to the regulations touching the issue of every of the said instruments.

The Officer of Arms is responsible for the maintenance of the heraldic insignia of the order and its member particular to it, including attending to the members' coats of arms and banners of arms. Great Falcon King of Arms is the order's officer of arms ex officio.

The Gentleman Usher is an officer of the order tasked with attending the needs of the members where required and to aid in the organizing of ceremonial events. The Gentleman Usher of the Great Sword of State is the order's gentleman usher ex officio.

Insignia

Members

  • The collar consists of 16 alternating golden heraldic knots in between which is an enamel badge in white with the Cross of St Orr thereon in enamel Sable and the whole surmounted by a riband Or inscribed in blue letters the motto of the order "In Palladi Aquae Natamus In Caelum Volamus", with the center of the collar being suspended to a similar enamel badge in white with the Cross of St Orr thereon in enamel Sable and the whole surmounted by a riband Or inscribed in blue letters the motto of the order, the whole surmounted by the Crown of St Orr in gold.
  • The breast badge consists of an enamel badge in white with the Cross of St Orr thereon in enamel Sable and the whole surmounted by a riband Or inscribed in blue letters the motto of the order all upon an eight-pointed star in silver.
  • The sash is worn from the right shoulder to the left hip with a like badge as the breast badge.

Great Seal

The Great Seal of the Order consists of enamel badge in white with the Cross of St Orr thereon in enamel Sable with whole surmounted by a riband Or inscribed in blue letters the motto of the order "In Palladi Aquae Natamus In Caelum Volamus" (In Pale Waters We Swim In Sky We Soar), with which the Statutes of the order are sealed.

Investiture and privileges

Upon the nomination of any person to the Order as a Knight or Lady, they are invested with the insignia and accoutrements of the order on an appointed day, unless dispensed with by the monarch under letters patent.

The Knights and Ladies of the Order have the privilege to bear supporters upon their arms as do peers and peeresses, and to also bear the appropriate order's insignia on their arms.

Officers

Sovereign

  • Queen Erica (25 January 2019 - 15 November 2020)
  • Queen Christina I & II (15 November 2020 - 1 May 2023)
  • King Arthur (since 14 May 2023)

Grand Master

Current recipients

Royal Knights and Ladies (KC/LC)

  • 14 May 2023: Prince Arthur, Duke of Drednam
  • 14 May 2023: Princess Sophia, Countess Scott

Knights and Ladies (KC/LC)

Former recipients

Royal Knights and Ladies (KC/LC)

Knights and Ladies (KC/LC)

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