A portion of land held by custom, sufficient to maintain a knight to do service as such for the king. William the Conqueror created 60,000 such fees when he came to England. All who had 20…
Said to have been established in 809 by Achaicus, King of the Scots, and revived in 1540 by James V. of Scotland. Queen Anne placed the order on a permanent footing. These knights are…
or Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem. Some time after the first crusade (1042), some Neapolitan merchants built at Jerusalem a hospital for sick pilgrims and a church which they…
Landlords of hotels, etc.; mine host is a “knight of the spigot.” “When an old song comes a oross us merry old knights of the spigot it runs away with our discretion.” —Sir W. Scott:…
Persons who are simply knights, but belong to no order. (French, bas-chevaliers.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights BanneretsKnights A B C D E F…
Inferior barons, an order of hereditary rank, created by James I. in 1611. The title was sold for money, and the funds went nominally towards the plantation of Ulster. These knights bear…
An order of twelve knights created by Edward III. in France, upon the following occasion:- A great shouting was raised by the French army, and Edward thought the shout was the onset of…
or Knights of the Pestle and Mortar. Apothecaries or druggists, whose chief instrument is the pestle and mortar, used in compounding medicines. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…
Footpads. (See Knights O' The Post.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the Round TableKnights of the Rainbow A B C D E F G H I J K L M…
One dubbed at Court by favour, not having won his spurs by military service in the field. Mayors, lawyers, and other civilians knighted as they kneel on a carpet before their sovereign. “…
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