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Squire is a
shortened version of the word esquire, from the Old
French escuier (modern
French écuyer),
itself derived from the Late
Latin scutarius ("shield...
- "gentry" in
England means untitled nobility. Écuyer in
French (Actually
Escuier in Old French) (in the 11th to 14th century)
means "shield-bearer", a knight...
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Esquire (abbreviated Esq.) is a term
derived from the Old
French word "
escuier" (which also gave equerry) and is in the
United Kingdom the second-lowest...
- Crown: from couronne, 12th c. Custom: from custume, 12-13th c. Squire: from
escuier, the
bearer of the écu, bouclier, 12-13th c. ****izes: from ****ises, 13th...
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prince de N****au... par
messire Fouquet escuier sieur de Beaurepere, gentil-homme de la
province d'Anjou,
escuier de la
grande escurie du Roy, 1665 Full...
- the same do****ent. On 1
September 1405
Enguerrand was
mentioned as an "
escuier et cappitaine" in the
Burgundian army
raised against Louis d'Orléans, commanding...
- Mary and
Darnley to safety. A
French report mentions they rode
behind the
escuier.
According to a
narrative of a talk
between Darnley and his father, Standen...
- A
French report mentions the king and
queen rode to
Dunbar behind the
escuier.
Anthony Standen, who
served as Darnley's equerry,
wrote that Mary was...
