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Knight banneret
Knight banneret Knight" ban"ner*et; pl. Knights bannerets. A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle.

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- A knight banneret, sometimes known simply as banneret, was a medieval knight who led a company of troops during time of war under his own banner (which...
- Listed here are those dubbed "knight banneret" in England. Under English custom the rank of knight banneret could only be conferred by the sovereign on...
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- The Order of the Knights Bannerets was a French knighthood mentioned in a biography of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (1570-1631) by Thomas Smith...
- § Knighthood Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood Knight banneret Lists of knights bachelor "The British Honours System". www.churchill-society-london...
- Sir Ralph Sadler or Sadleir PC, Knight banneret (1507 – 30 March 1587) was an English statesman, who served Henry VIII as Privy Councillor, Secretary...
- made a knight. Many now believe that Douglas was made a knight banneret. The knight banneret was established under Edward I. A knight banneret held no...
- was with Henry VIII in the Anglo-French War of 1513, and was made a knight banneret for his conduct at the Battle of the Spurs. He obtained renown likewise...
- Christ, Sir Thomas Sadleir, of Standon, Knight, son and heir of the Right Honourable Ralph Sadleir, Knight Banneret, Privy Counsellor to three Princes of...
- Margaret of Anjou, who led the Lancastrian faction, and he was made a Knight Banneret by the king. In 1483 he was made Chief Justice of North Wales. Richard...