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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Knight_BachelorKnight Bachelor - Wikipedia

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   The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system. [1] Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight [2] (the rank existed during the 13th-century reign of King ...

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     Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of...

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     Sir Rhys ap Thomas (1449–1525), knight banneret and Knight...

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2. www.britannica.com › topic › knight-bachelorKnight bachelor | British Peerage, Chivalry, Knighthood

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   Antony Gormley. John Hurt. knight bachelor, most ancient, albeit lower ranking, form of English knighthood, with its origin dating to the reign of Henry III in the 13th century. The feudalization of England that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066 integrated the knights, then around 5,000 in number, into the new system.

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3. www.iskb.co.ukHome | ISKB - Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor

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   Welcome to the website of The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor. For over fifteen hundred years, the honour of Knighthood has been bestowed by our Sovereign on those who have given particular service to the nation. For centuries, that service was usually in arms, as reflected by the designation Knight Bachelor (probably deriving from the ...

4. www.iskb.co.uk › historyHistory | ISKB - Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor

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   Derivation of the term Knight Bachelor. The derivation of the word ‘Bachelor' in the title has been much debated and variously interpreted by historians. Hugh Clark in 1784 said ‘the degree is undoubtedly the most ancient, though the lowest Order of Knights in England. It was accounted the first of all military dignity, and the foundation ...

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   How did the Knight Bachelor become a knight banneret?

   • The procedure for becoming a Knight Banneret seems to have been that, on being advanced to that honour, the Knight Bachelor would, whilst in the field, be escorted by two senior knights to the King or his Lieutenant. With him came the Heralds carrying a swallow-tailed flag called a pennon, with his arms painted on it.

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   Who starred in 'the Bachelor & the bobby-soxer'?

   • The film stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple in a story about a teenager's crush on an older man. Upon its release, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer was received positively by audiences and critics. Sidney Sheldon won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the script. Margaret and Susan Turner are sisters who live together.

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   Was knighthood a brotherhood in medieval times?

   • In mediaeval days knighthood became a brotherhood throughout Christendom and included therein were the great majority of ‘gentlemen of blood who practised the profession of arms'.

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6. dbpedia.org › page › List_of_Knights_BachelorAbout: List of Knights Bachelor - DBpedia Association

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   Knight Bachelor is the oldest and lowest-ranking form of knighthood in the British honours system; it is the rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry. Women are not knighted; in practice, the equivalent award for a woman is appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (founded in 1917).