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Wolfram von Eschenbach and his squire (Codex Manesse, 14th century) A squire cleaning armour A squire helping his knight, in a historical reenactment in 2009 A squire holds the warhorse of his knight, detail from monument to Sir Richard Stapledon (d.1326), Exeter Cathedral. [1] In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a ...
Curtis Knight and the Squires Musical artist Curtis Knight (May 9, 1929 – November 29, 1999), born Mont Curtis McNear , was an American musician who is known for his association with Jimi Hendrix .
At some stage in 1964, [5] Hendrix met Knight in the lobby of a Harlem residential hotel and they hit it off. Hendrix became a member of the band Curtis Knight and the Squires in October the following year. [6] While with the band, Hendrix signed a contract with the owner of PPX Studios, Ed Chaplin for just one dollar.
The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady is a book written by Gerald Morris. Its prequel is The Squire's Tale , also written by Gerald Morris. The plot is based on the late 14th century Arthurian romance , Sir Gawain and the Green Knight .
Sir Jacques le Gris (lit. "the Gray") (c. 1330s – 29 December 1386) was a French squire and knight who gained fame and infamy, and was ultimately killed when he engaged in one of the last judicial duels permitted by the Parlement of Paris after he was accused of rape by Marguerite de Carrouges, the wife of his neighbour and rival, Jean de Carrouges.
Esquire is a rank of gentry originally derived from Squire and indicating the status of an attendant to a knight, an apprentice knight, or a manorial lord; [39] it ranks below Knight (or in Scotland below Laird) but above Gentleman. [e] [f]
At age fourteen, the young noble could graduate to become a squire, and by age 21, perhaps a knight himself. These boys were often the scions of other great families who were sent to learn the ways of the manorial system by observation. Their residence in the house served as a goodwill gesture between the two families involved and helped them ...
The Squire. The Squire is a fictional character in the framing narrative of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. He is squire to (and son of) the Knight and is the narrator of The Squire's Tale or Cambuscan. The Squire is one of the secular pilgrims, of the military group (The Squire, The Knight and The Yeoman). [1]