| The knight banneret is a title conferred in time of war, under the unfurled royal standard. |
| The peak of this awful spur was just touched by a fleecy cloud that shifted to and fro like a banneret. |
| The end of the pennon was cut off upon the person being created a knight banneret. |
| The number of men at arms, whom a banneret ought to command, was properly fifty. |
| The knight banneret emerged in the early 13th cent. as a senior rank, probably relating, in its initial stages, to special military significance. |
| Before the battle of Navaret he took the rank and title of knight banneret. |
