banneret

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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

At the battle of Edge Hill he retook the standard from the Cromwellians, and for this act of personal valor he was made a knight banneret by the king on the field.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Froissart relates the manner in which the celebrated Sir John Chandos was made banneret by the Black Prince before the battle of Navarete.

From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew

Pan Humyetski, the banneret of Podolia, gave an example himself which roused tears, for he brought stones with his own hands in a wheelbarrow.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

The number of men at arms, whom a banneret ought to command, was properly fifty.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry