banneret

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So stout a knight was he, that by his prowess he was made a double banneret, and was worth four thousand pounds in land.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene

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 Macgeorge, Andrew

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

For his good services and his personal bravery at the battle of Edgehill, where he retook the royal standard, he was made a knight banneret by Charles I on the field.

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