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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...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Thomas Sadleir (died 1607) (category Knights Bachelor)
    Christ, Sir Thomas Sadleir, of Standon, Knight, son and heir of the Right Honourable Ralph Sadleir, Knight Banneret, Privy Counsellor to three Princes of...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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 Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall. Called "the most...
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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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    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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    John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux (category Knights banneret of England)
    1385 by his creation as a knight banneret and placement at the Standard, and honoured still further by his creation as a Knight of the Order of the Garter...
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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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    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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    Anthony Ughtred (category Knights banneret of England)
    Sir Anthony Ughtred or Oughtred, Knight banneret (c. 1478 – 6 October 1534) was an English soldier and military administrator during the reigns of Henry...
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  • Brereton of Ipstones, Shocklach, and Malpas, Knight Chamberlain of Chester, knight banneret and knight of the body of Henry VII. Sir Randle Brereton...
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    Reginald Bray (category Knights banneret of England)
    responsibilities. He was elevated to be a knight banneret after the battle of Blackheath in 1497. In 1501, he was elected as a Knight of the Garter. He was M.P. for...
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    Edward Poynings (category Knights banneret of England)
    1485 landed with Richmond at Milford Haven. He was at once made a knight banneret, and in the same year was sworn of the Privy Council. In 1488 he was...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • Thomas Cornwall (category Knights banneret of England)
    1489, was knighted at the Battle of Blackheath in 1497, and made a knight banneret in 1513. He was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1502–03...
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    his brother Roger de Chandos (Rogerus de Chaundos). Roger was made knight banneret by Edward III. It was this Roger who was summoned to parliament, and...
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