His armour and his horse were black; there was no device on his shield and no banneret on his spear. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Chair]
The title of knight banneret, with the right to display the private banner, came to be granted for distinguished service in the field. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
A knight-banneret was one created on the field of battle. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress Margery] Reference
A banneret are you, dubbed in the open field, entitled to take precedence of all. From Wordnik.com. [The Lances of Lynwood] Reference
He went into battle with a banneret full of texts, stuck in his back and flying behind him. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji] Reference
Gascony, with a suite of one banneret, 14 knights, 44 scutifers, 60 archers, and 60 men-at-arms. From Wordnik.com. [In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers] Reference
The peak of this awful spur was just touched by a fleecy cloud that shifted to and fro like a banneret. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers] Reference
If you neglect it, you might as well go out as an unarmed knight-banneret to fight against men in armor. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Skin] Reference
And ever on the flanks of the hurrying column flew, like a flag or banneret, Tad's little gray riding-cloak. From Wordnik.com. [The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him] Reference
They, like us, use a small cross or crucifix, with a long silken banneret attached, for giving the blessings. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
And he did so well by his prowess that he was made a double banneret, and he had well four thousand pounds of land. From Wordnik.com. [Old French Romances] Reference
Yverdon had shown me more constant attention, nor had so prodigally bestowed upon me praises and flattery as this banneret. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of J J Rousseau]
"I, Giles de Malvoisin, knight banneret," said an old warrior armed cap-a-pie, who had fought in France under the hero Talbot. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
The "bachelor," who bore a forked pennon, was below the "knight-banneret," who alone had the right to carry the square banner. From Wordnik.com. [Outline of Universal History] Reference
So he smiled, and told Bevis that he would make him his chamberlain, and when he was of age to be a knight, he should be his banneret. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Romance Book] Reference
Upon the banneret, Constans, with his glass, made out the symbol used by Quinton Edge, a raven in mid-air bearing a skull in his beak. From Wordnik.com. [The Doomsman] Reference
"Edwin," said Wallace, "act as you say; and deserve not only to be called my brother, but to be the first banneret of freedom in arms!". From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
This standard was triangular in form; and, in addition to those mentioned, she had a banneret on which was represented the Crucifixion. From Wordnik.com. [Joan of Arc] Reference
The banneret Roguin, one of the persons who showed me the most assiduous attention, did not leave me for an instant during the whole day. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of J J Rousseau]
A lower stage what might have been a green kerchief had not the richness of its fabric and design suggested more a pennon or banneret. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
Crimson, a slender banneret fluttering. From Wordnik.com. [Idylls of the King] Reference
Thy colours bear as banneret. From Wordnik.com. [The Lucasta Poems] Reference
As first banneret (baro regni) of. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
For Lambert, banneret of the wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems] Reference
"Whatso be your name, rise a knight banneret.". From Wordnik.com. [The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time] Reference
Till no hope-banneret. From Wordnik.com. [Path Flower and Other Verses] Reference
With banneret and pennon. From Wordnik.com. [Collected Poems] Reference
~banneret~: a little banner. From Wordnik.com. [The History of London] Reference
110 men at arms, and was made a banneret. From Wordnik.com. [Chaucer's Official Life]
"Call you our brave young banneret nought?. From Wordnik.com. [The Lances of Lynwood] Reference
It consisted of four knights-banneret, fourteen knights-bachelor, and three hundred and sixty-three men-at-arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2] Reference
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