“Her princely lover accused the knight and challenged him to a combat of arms to prove his innocence or guilt.”

“On the strength of Lancelot's recommendation, Arthur agreed to knight the young man and immediately summoned all the knights for the ceremony.”

“Then shall he, said Sir Launcelot, receive the high order of knighthood as tomorn at the reverence of the high feast.”

“The Knights of the Round Table represented an ideal of courageous knighthood that everyone aspired to.”

“He was officially exposed as a spy by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1979 and was stripped of his knighthood.”

“The point is the baronage was not united against King John, and of the knightage only a small percentage was in revolt.”

“If Lanval's mysterious lady is beautiful and generous, she also takes his knightliness from him.”

“Honorary knighthoods for foreign citizens are occasionally presented at investitures at the Palace.”

“All of the mainstream parties have nominated their donors, especially the generous ones, for peerages or knighthoods.”

“Nowadays, major disclosures of the soon-to-be recipients of knighthoods and peerages are commonplace.”

“Several of the watchmen came down from the towers to confer with the king and his knights inside the castle.”

“Three medieval knights set off on their horses on their individual quests to put right all things that have gone wrong.”

“Commoners therefore include knights as well as esquires, gentlemen, serfs, and so on.”