banneret

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• The last authentic instance of the creation of a knight banneret was that of John Smith, created banneret at the battle of Edgehill by Charles I. for rescuing the royal standard from the enemy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
• King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) wanted to revive the rank of banneret, but got it confused with ‘baron’ and so came up with a new rank, that of baronet.
• The knight banneret emerged in the early 13th cent. as a senior rank, probably relating, in its initial stages, to special military significance.
• William de la Pole rescues Edward III., detained in Flanders by want of money, and is made a knight-banneret; his son Michael is created earl of Suffolk; one of his grandsons is killed at Agincourt; another besieges Orléans, which is delivered by Joan of Arc; he becomes duke of Suffolk, is impeached in 1450 for high treason and beheaded; no honour is lacking to the house. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance
• His armour and his horse were black; there was no device on his shield and no banneret on his spear. The Silver Chair
• Because of this we ask that for the profit of the kingdom you should grant and associate with us four bishops, four earls, four barons and bannerets, to hear and to witness what we say.
• Then one morning, our point knight bannerette and his people came riding back at a gallop, shouting, "Battle Stations! Lord Conrads Crusade
• When you see Cardina Schoenborn with this balloons in liturgy one has to admit the Count perfectly knows how to align his bannerette. A Message from the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna
• Selden, indeed, points out that "the old stories" often have _baronetti_ for _bannereti_, and he points out that in France the title had become hereditary; but he himself is careful to say (p. 680) that banneret "hath no relation to this later title. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
• There was also a framed picture of "The House"; a tambourine painted with purple iris by Miss Isabel's own hands; an old bannerette in cross-stitch pendent from the mantelpiece, a collection of paper mats, shaded from orange to white, the glass-covered vase of wax flowers which had attracted Ron's notice, one or two cheap china vases, a pot of musk placed diametrically in the centre of a wicker table, a sofa, and two Big Game A Story for Girls