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banneret::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | knight banneret, knight of the square flag |
| Type of | knight |
Examples of banneret
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A similar rank of lower stature is the banneret.
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He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1472, and for his courage at the battle of Hutton Field he was made a knight banneret.
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Later the councils became a Council of Twelve and a council of Twenty-Four, which was headed by a Knight banneret.
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In 1390 it was ordered that no one below the rank of banneret should issue badges, and no one below the rank of esquire wear them.
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Knights bachelor were either poor vassals who could not afford to take the field under their own banner, or knights too young to support the responsibility and dignity of knights banneret.
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- Knight banneret: a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
- A knight banneret, sometimes known simply as banneret, was a knight ("a commoner of rank") who led a company of troops during time of war under his own banner (which was square-shaped, in contrast to the tapering standard or the pennon flown by the lower-ranking knights) and were eligible to ...
- A Banneret was the name of an officer or magistrate of Rome towards the close of the 14th century. The people of Rome, and throughout the territory of the church, during the disputes of the antipopes, had formed a kind of republican government; where the whole power was lodged in the hands of a ...
- Knight Banneret. The institution is an ancient one, and its members , who had the privilege of leading their retainers in battle under their own flag, ranked next in order below the Knights of the Garter, provided they were created on the battle field by the King; otherwise they took rank after ...
- A British rank of knight, it represented originally a knight with the honor of leading his men into a battle under his own banner and with rank above a Knight Bachelor . It is distinct from Baronet. -- Jay Kotliar
- An order of knighthood, originally conferred for valiant deeds done in the king's presence on the battlefield.
- Knights who bore heraldic standards on the battelfield.
- A knight entitled to bring vassals onto the field under his own banner.
