knight banneret
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of knight banneret
First recorded in 1875–80
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For his good services and his personal bravery at the battle of Edgehill, where he retook the royal standard, he was made a knight banneret by Charles I on the field.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
In June 1497 he was at the battle of Blackheath, and his services in repressing the Cornish rebels were rewarded with a gift of estates and the title of knight banneret.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The end of the pennon was cut off upon the person being created a knight banneret.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
He received several munificent grants of Crown land, and was created chief baron of the exchequer and a knight banneret.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
The knight banneret, who brought a whole army of vassals to his king’s side, would look with utter scorn from one end of his long table on the poor lackland knights seated at the other.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules
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