banneret
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His son and heir, another Sir John, admiral of the king’s navy in the north, was a banneret who displayed his banner in the army that laid siege to Calais.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
In England that of a duke was seven yards in length, of a banneret four and a half, and of a knight-bachelor four yards.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
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 Jules Michelet
Her deputies, the burgomaster Roist, the banneret Schweizer and Jost von Knosen, appeared in Aarau with binding instructions.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger
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
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