Rothelin excluded from the estates of the earldom the canons who had hitherto formed the first power, and replaced them by four bannerets and four burgesses.
All knights whether bachelors or bannerets were escorted by their squires.
Sir Ralph Fane, Sir Francis Bryan and Sir Ralph Sadler were created bannerets by the Lord Protector Somerset after the battle of Pinkie in 1547, and the better opinion is that this was the last occasion on which the dignity was conferred.
What the exact contingent was which bannerets were expected to supply to the royal host is doubtful.
On the Continent, however, there are several recorded examples of bannerets who had an hereditary claim to that honour and its attendant privileges on the ground of the nature of their feudal tenure.
In Scotland, too, lords of parliament and bannerets were also called bannerents, banrents or baronets, and in England banneret was often corrupted to baronet.
Behind that line of earthworks, the tops of the officers' tents, surmounted with bannerets and floating pennants, could be seen.
THE Knights-Batchelors and Bannerets held the same Rank in King Hen.
Four bannerets led the way successfully; the rest of the army and the baggage followed rapidly in their track; and in twelve hours the English had arrived safely on the right bank.
Besides the two leaders of this revolt, five knights and three esquires were killed in the battle, and fourteen bannerets and fourteen knights bachelors were hanged, drawn, and quartered.
A message was sent to the bannerets of Rome, announcing his election.
To the petition of the bannerets of Rome for a promotion of cardinals, he openly avowed his design to make so large a nomination that the Italians should resume their ascendency over the Ultramontanes.
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The creation of bannerets is traceable, according to Selden, to the time of Edward I.
It may here be mentioned that an honorary distinction was made between knights-bannerets and bachelors.
The distinction, however, between barons and bannerets died away by degrees.
We read sometimes of esquire-bannerets, that is, of banneretsby descent, not yet knighted.
Barons are distinguished by the appellation of Sire, bannerets have only that of Monsieur, as le Sire de Berkeley, le Sire de Fitzwalter, Monsieur Richard Scrop, Monsieur Richard Stafford.
Bannerets had so far been considered as commoners some years before that they could not be challenged on juries.
The bannerets do not often appear afterwards by that appellation as members of the upper house.
The lords' committee do not like, apparently, to admit that bannerets were summoned to the house of lords as a distinct class of peers.
But did the committee really believe that all the bannerets of whom we read in the reigns of Richard II.
Then the Gridley bannerets waved like a surging sea of color.
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I now walked along the train, and found that all the ants with theirbannerets on their heads were standing still, thickly pressed together, awaiting the word of command from the front.
But you do not think what it is to starve a woman's heart, to bid her find her level among broiderers of bannerets and stitchers in tapestry.
Aunt Deborah went to sleep as usual; and I tried the two Miss Bannerets consecutively, but ascertained that neither would open her lips, at least in the presence of mamma.
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