Order of Creek and Lake
| The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of Creek and Lake | |
|---|---|
 Collar of the order | |
Awarded by the King of Creek and Lake | |
| Type | Order of chivalry |
| Established | 25 January 2019; Reformed 25 January 2023, 1 July 2024 |
| Motto | In Pallidi Aquae Natamus In Caelum Volamus (In Pale Waters We Swim In Sky We Soar) |
| Awarded for | service to the Kingdom to the highest decree of Honor, Service, Glory, Merit, Loyalty, Fortitude and Fidelity |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Sovereign | HM King Arthur |
| Grades | Royal Knight/Lady Knight/Lady Extra Knight/Lady Stranger Knight/Lady |
| Post-nominals | KCL/LCL |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | None (highest) |
 Ribbon bar | |
The Order of Creek and Lake (formerly the Order of Creek), formally the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of Creek and Lake, 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).
Every year, on 25 January, the anniversary of the order is designated as "Creek and Lake Day".
History
The order was established on 25 January 2019 by Queen Erica by letters patent as the Order of Creek 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. The order was later renamed as the Order of Creek and Lake by King Arthur under letters patent dated 1 July 2024 and had its statutes amended once again.
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 and Lake" in their capacity as head of the order. Male members of the Order are titled "Knights of the Order of Creek and Lake" and female members are called "Ladies of the Order of Creek and Lake".
Supernumerary members
The Order includes members, who do not count towards the limit of 24 companions. Several supernumerary members, known as "Royal Knight" and "Royal Lady", belong to the royal family. This strictly includes only the the reigning monarch's spouse, parents, siblings and children by the statutes of the order.
Foreigners, usually members of foreign royal families and notable personages, are ordained to be inducted to the Order as "Stranger Knight" and "Stranger Lady", with the total number of stranger members not exceeding more 24 at any given point in time.
Members appointed other than ordinary or foreign members are called Extra Knights or Extra Ladies, and are appointed to the Order under special statute.
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. Recipients can also be degraded from the order by attainder.
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 (or Lady 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 Grand Mistress) is usually the Principal Knight or Lady, i.e. the senior most member, of the order, and is responsible for bearing the Great Seal of the order, which will 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 (or Lady 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 letters C and L (for Creek and Lake" in between golden falcons and suspended from the middle a red cross upon which is the name of the order and a large monogram of the golden letters C and L.
- 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
- Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia, Duke of Highwood (25 January 2019 – 14 May 2023)
- Vacant between 14 May and 26 May 2023.
- Prince Arthur, Duke of Drednam (since 26 May 2023).
Recipients
Coloured rows indicate sovereigns, royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies.
| N° | Name | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Queen Erica | 25 January 2019 | Sovereign of the order upon establishing it |
| 1 (S3) | Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia, Duke of Highwood | 31 October 2019 | Later Arthur, King of Creek and Lake and Sovereign of the order |
| 2 (S2) | Christina Hamilton Nowell, Duchess of Watersborough | 31 October 2019 | Later Christina I & II, Queen of Creek and Lake and Sovereign of the order Attainted on 1 May 2023 |
| 3 | Flint Lockwood | 1 June 2020 | Prime Minister 2019-2020, 2024-present |
| 4 | Prince Owen, Prince of Creek and Lake | 15 November 2020 | Royal Knight Half-brother of Queen Christina I & II Attainted on 1 May 2023 |
| 5 | Princess Alexandra, Princess Royal | 15 November 2020 | Royal Lady Half-sister of Queen Christina I & II Attainted on 1 May 2023 |
| 6 | Princess Ekaterina, Princess Consort, Duchess of Broughton | 6 May 2021 | Royal Lady Consort to Queen Christina I & II Attainted on 1 May 2023 |
| 7 | Hayden Lennard, Duke of Loxhorne & Loxley | 15 May 2021 | Attainted on 1 May 2023 |
| 8 | Colin Paul, Marquess Paul | 15 May 2021 | Attainted on 1 May 2023 |
| 9 | Avery Prasatik, Marchioness Prasatik of Katy | 15 May 2021 | Prime Minister 2021-2023 Attainted on 1 May 2023 |
| 10 | Arnold Dudley Charlton, Duke of Stevenage | 25 January 2022 | Lord High Chancellor 2023-present |
| 11 | Prince Alex, Prince Consort, Duke of St Lawrence | 1 June 2022 | Royal Knight Consort to Queen Christina I & II Relinquished on 25 January 2023 |
| 12 | Eva Brook-Manley-Wingates, Marchioness of Kingston-upon-Hay and Duchess of Caxton-under-Mount | 1 June 2022 | Former Consort to Queen Christina I & II Attainted on 1 May 2023 |
| 13 | Brandon Mierzwa, Viscount Castleridge | 1 June 2022 | Attainted on 1 May 2023 |
| 14 | Charles Ashleigh-Eastham-Wentsworth-de Ross, Duke of Hayton and Duke of Wentsworth | 15 July 2022 | Revoked on 6 May 2024 |
| 15 | Moradin Fenri, Duke of Castleridge and Duke of Bridgeport | 15 July 2022 | Relinquished on 1 February 2023 |
| 16 | Prince Arthur, Duke of Drednam | 14 May 2023 | Royal Knight Mother of King Arthur |
| 17 | Princess Sophia, Duchess of Derenwater | 14 May 2023 | Royal Lady Father of King Arthur |
| 18 | Patrick Stanley Kenny, Duke of Stockton | 15 June 2023 | Former Prime Minister |
| 19 | Princess Amelia Irene, Princess Royal, Duchess of Caddo | 25 January 2024 | Royal Lady Sister of King Arthur |
| 20 | Prince Alexander Frederick, Duke of Bridgeport and Duke of Derrington | 25 January 2024 | Royal Knight Brother of King Arthur |
| 21 | Prince Augustus Parker, Prince Royal, Duke of Harwood and Duke of Horzon | 25 January 2024 | Royal Knight Brother of King Arthur |
| 22 | Prince Ulysses Marshall, Prince of Creek and Lake | 25 January 2024 | Appointed as Extra Knight as Prince of Creek and Lake and heir presumptive to King Arthur Nephew of King Arthur |
| 23 | Bishnu Chetry, Uparashtradhyaksh of Vishwamitra | 25 January 2024 | |
| 24 | Harley Salem Ashleigh-Eastham-Wenstworth-FitzJames-FitzWilliam-Brooks-St James, Duke of Castleton | 1 June 2024 | Courtier to King Arthur |
| 25 | Sheila Brook-Manley-Wingates-Salbilla-Yaren-de Suley, Duchess of Caxton-upon-Hill and Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hay | 1 June 2024 | Courtier to King Arthur |
| 26 | Selenius Clements Fairbrooks-St Lawrence, Duke of Alvin & Kingswood | 1 June 2024 | Courtier to King Arthur |