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Sir Rhys ap Thomas (1449–1525), knight banneret and Knight of the Garter.. A knight banneret, sometimes known simply as banneret, was a medieval knight who led a company of troops during time of war under his own banner (which was square-shaped, in contrast to the tapering standard or the pennon flown by the lower-ranking knights) and was eligible to bear supporters in English heraldry.
In the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game, rule books contain all the elements of playing the game: rules to the game, how to play, options for gameplay, stat blocks and lore of monsters, and tables the Dungeon Master or player would roll dice for to add more of a random effect to the game.
The original D&D was published as a box set in 1974 and features only a handful of the elements for which the game is known today: just three character classes (fighting-man, magic-user, and cleric); four races (human, dwarf, elf, and hobbit); only a few monsters; only three alignments (lawful, neutral, and chaotic).
Sir Anthony Ughtred or Oughtred, Knight banneret [4] [5] (c. 1478 – 6 October 1534 [2]) was an English soldier and military administrator during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. Ughtred fought in Ireland, the Anglo Scottish border and both on land and at sea in France.
Knights banneret were created at the camp beside Roxburgh (18–25 September 1547), in Scotland, during the first year of the reign of King Edward VI. by the "hands of the high and mighty Prince Edward, Duke of Somerset, Lieutenant-General of all the King's armies by land and sea, and Governor of his Royal person and Protector of all his realms ...
John Bardolf, 3rd Baron Bardolf, Knight Banneret, (of Wormegay, Norfolk; 13 January 1314 – 29 July 1363), was a baron in the Peerage of England.He was the son of Thomas Bardolf, 2nd Baron Bardolf and Agnes Grandison, thought to be the daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison.
Sir John Arundell (1474–1545) Knight Banneret, of Lanherne, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder, Cornwall, was Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall. [1] Called "the most important man in the county", Sir John's monumental brass in the church at St. Columb Major in Cornwall was described by Dunkin (1882) as "perhaps the most elaborate and interesting ...
Sir John was with Henry VIII in the Anglo-French War of 1513, [5] and was made a knight banneret for his conduct at the Battle of the Spurs. He obtained renown likewise at the Siege of Thérouanne and Tourney. [2] [6] Maitland in his History of London records a charitable association, of which Sir John Aston was one of the members and founders: