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...
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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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Heavy cavalry Knightly virtues Knights of Alleberg Knight-errant Knight banneret Knight bachelor Black knight Imperial Knight Medieval warfare Nobility Orders...
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made honorary KBEs. Knight banneret Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood British honours system § Knighthood Lists of knights bachelor "The British...
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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...
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James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (category Knights banneret of Scotland)
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...
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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...
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Look up banneret in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A banneret, or knight banneret, was a medieval knight who led a company of troops during time of war...
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Battle of Teba (section Scottish knights errant)
one knight banneret, six ordinary knights and twenty esquires. It is not clear whether the knight banneret was Sir James himself. Other knights named...
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John Seymour (1474–1536) (category Knights banneret of England)
Sir John Seymour, Knight banneret (c. 1474 – 21 December 1536) was an English soldier and a courtier who served both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Born into...
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William Stanley (died 1495) (category Knights banneret of England)
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...
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Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor (category Knights banneret of England)
a Member of Parliament, English peer, and Keeper of the Wardrobe, knight banneret and military commander. In manuscript and printed sources dated before...
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Richard Ratcliffe (category Knights banneret of England)
while Duke of Gloucester, knighted Ratcliffe during the Scottish campaigns, at the same time creating him a knight banneret. During the ascension to power...
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John Savage (soldier) (category Knights banneret of England)
King's brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, where the Duke made him a Knight banneret. However, following the death of Edward and the Duke of Gloucester's...
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Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (category Knights banneret of England)
and knight banneret. Woodville was created Baron Rivers by King Henry VI on 9 May 1448. Two years later, as Sir Richard, he was invested as a Knight of...
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to which was annexed the hereditary office of castellan and chief knight banneret of the City of London. Part of the official aristocracy created by...
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John Arundell (1474–1545) (category Knights banneret of England)
Sir John Arundell (1474–1545) Knight Banneret, of Lanherne, St Mawgan-in-Pyder, Cornwall, was "the most important man in the county", being Receiver-General...
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Ralph Sadler (category Knights banneret of England)
Sir Ralph Sadler or Sadleir PC, Knight banneret (1507 – 30 March 1587) was an English statesman, who served Henry VIII as Privy Councillor, Secretary...
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powerful knights, also known as a knight bannerets, could field multiple lances. The origins of the lance lie in the retinues of medieval knights (Chaucer's...
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Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford (category Knights banneret of England)
joined the retinue of Ralph, 2nd Lord Basset. Stafford was made a Knight banneret in 1327 and was fighting the Scots shortly afterwards. He supported...
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Rhys ap Thomas (category Knights banneret of England)
rebel leader Lord Audeley, for which he was awarded the honour of Knight Banneret. As reward for his loyalty to Henry, he acquired many lands and lucrative...
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personal ensign. It was essentially the flag of the knight bachelor, as apart from the knight banneret, carried by him on his lance, displaying his personal...
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years at Carew Castle in Wales after receiving the titles of Knight Banneret and Knight of the Garter. The ancestral seat of the dynasty was Dinefwr Castle...
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Gruffudd Vychan (category Knights banneret of England)
– 1447), also spelt in English sources as Griffith Vaughan, was a Welsh knight who supported the rebellion of Prince Owain Glyndŵr against the English...
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Elizabeth I's reign, the practice had all but ceased. Although a knight bachelor, a knight banneret and all grades of nobility usually served as men-at-arms when...
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link text p. 257, the Landammann and knight banneret of Zug Peter Kolin and the Landammann and knight banneret of Unterwalden Bartholome Zinderist link...
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Prakash Malik, the then Chief of Army Staff, called to congratulate him. Knight banneret Military rank Promotion (rank) Brevet (military) Rising from the ranks...
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conferred the title Knight Bannerets to troops on the field of battle. It is recorded that the King created sixteen Knights Bannerets on the battlefield...
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grandson of the above-named admiral — also a Sir John Arundell — was made knight-banneret on the field of Therouenne, died in 1545, and was buried in the church...
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Thomas Lovell (category Knights banneret of England)
uncle. Another brother, Sir Robert Lovell (died 1520?), was made a knight-banneret at Blackheath in 1497. Margaret Brandon Lovell later married Hugh Manning...
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