List of knights banneret of England

Listed here are those dubbed "knight banneret" in England.

Under English custom the rank of knight banneret could only be conferred by the sovereign on the field of battle. There were some technical exceptions to this; when his standard was on the field of battle he could be regarded as physically present though he was not. His proxy could be regarded as a sufficient substitution for his presence.

Edward III
Battle of Crécy
 * 26 August 1346, Sir John de Lisle, of Rougemont, Devon – by writ
 * 1346 Giles dit Paonet de Roet with one or two esquires; a Guyenne Herald and household knight of Edward III.
 * 1348, Sir Henry de Braylesford, of Brailsford, Derbyshire. He was nominated to represent Stafford, serving under William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon until he returned home by royal letter of protection because he was invalided out of the King's division.  He was exonerated from assessment of his lands in Derby and Stafford on 10 October 1349.

Battle of Nájera
 * 1367, Sir John Chandos during the Spanish Campaign led by the Edward, the Black Prince (eldest son of King Edward III and father to King Richard II).

Edward IV
Knights banneret created by King Edward IV on that voyage and late journey [ie after the Battle of Tewkesbury and on the journey to London, where the Bastard of Fauconbridge was beaten off]; whose pennons and standards (in the difference from pennants) were rent by royal command.• 4–21 May 1471, Thomas Grey.

• 4–21 May 1471, Richard Hastings – afterwards Lord Welles.

• 4–21 May 1471, John Courtenay.

• 4–21 May 1471, Nicholas Latymer.

• 5 May 1471, Rauf Hastings – sheriff of Northamptonshire.

• 4–21 May 1471, Roger Touchet.

• 4–21 May 1471, John Stanley.

• 4–21 May 1471, Simon Montford.

• 4–21 May 1471, John Helmingham.

• 4–21 May 1471, William Stanley.

• 4–21 May 1471, Thomas Dering.

• 4–21 May 1471, William Stamford.

• 4–21 May 1471, John Aberdenny.

Knights banneret created in Scotland by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, probably on the conclusion of Treaty of Fotheringhay (11 June 1482) between the Duke of Gloucester, Alexander, Duke of Albany and the Scottish nobles near Edinburgh. • 24 July 1482, Edward Wydevill (Woodvile).

• 24 July 1482, Walter Herbert.

• 24 July 1482, Herbert Greystoke.

• 24 July 1482, John Elrington.

• 24 July 1482, Henry Percy.

• 24 July 1482, William Gascoigne.

• 24 July 1482, Edmond Hastings.

• 24 July 1482, James Tyrell.

• 24 July 1482, James Danby.

• 24 July 1482, Hugh Hastings.

• 24 July 1482, Raug Assheton.

• 24 July 1482, William Redman.

• 24 July 1482, Richard Radcliffe.

• 24 July 1482, Thomas Mauleverer.

• 24 July 1482, Bryan Stapleton.

• 24 July 1482, John Savage.

• 24 July 1482, William Evers.

• 24 July 1482, Piers Middleton.

• 24 July 1482, Christopher Warde.

• 24 July 1482, Stephen Hamerton.

• 24 July 1482, Thomas Tempest.

• 24 July 1482, John Everingham.

• 24 July 1482, Robert Harrington.

• 24 July 1482, Thomas Broughton.

• 24 July 1482, John Aske.

• 24 July 1482, Thomas Grey, de Werke.

• 24 July 1482, Rauf Woderington.

• 24 July 1482, Roger Thorneton.

• 24 July 1482, Thomas Molyneux.

• 24 July 1482, Alexander Houghton.

• 24 July 1482, Piers Legh.

• 24 July 1482, Edward Stanley.

• 24 July 1482, John Grey, de Wilton.

• 24 July 1482, Richard Hodleston.

Knights banneret created by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, in Scotland at Hutton Field beside Berwick, probably at the surrendering of Berwick to the English, which took place on 24 August 1482.
 * 22 August 1482, Thomas Pilkington.
 * 22 August 1482, Robert Ryder.

Henry VII
Knights banneret created by King Henry VII at the battle of Stoke Field the first three were appointed before the battle and the other eleven after: • 16 June 1487, Gilbert Talbot – before the battle of Stoke Field.

• 16 June 1487, John Cheyney – before the battle of Stoke Field.

• 16 June 1487, William Stonor – before the battle of Stoke Field.

• 16 June 1487, John Arundell.

• 16 June 1487, Thomas Cokesey (alias Grevill).

• 16 June 1487, Edmonde Bedingfeld.

• 16 June 1487, John Fortescue.

• 16 June 1487, Humfrey Stanley.

• 16 June 1487, James Blount.

• 16 June 1487, Richard de la Bere.

• 16 June 1487, John Mortimer.

• 16 June 1487, William Troutbecke.

• 16 June 1487, Richard Crofts.

• 16 June 1487, James Baskerville.

Knights banneret created by King Henry VII after the battle of Deptford Bridge (also called the battle of Blackheath) which took place during the Cornish Rebellion of 1497. • 17 June 1497, Thomas Lovell.

• 17 June 1497, Charles Somerset.

• 17 June 1497, Reginald Bray.

• 17 June 1497, Richard Guylforde.

• 17 June 1497, Robert Harecourt.

• 17 June 1497, Rees ap Thomas.

• 17 June 1497, Henry Willoughby.

• 17 June 1497, Richard FitzLewis.

• 17 June 1497, John St John.

• 17 June 1497, Tomast Greene.

• 17 June 1497, Robert Broughton.

• 17 June 1497, Nicholas Vaux.

• 17 June 1497, William Tyrwhitte.

• 17 June 1497, Thomas Tyrell.

• Recorded in the same manuscript were two more men who were dubbed knight banneret by King Henry VII at the foot of London Bridge as he entered The City after the battle:

• 17 June 1497, John Hanmer.

• 17 June 1497, Morgan Young.

Knights banneret created in Scotland by Thomas, Earl of Surrey, King Henry VII's lieutenant in the north, on or before 30 September 1497: • 30 September 1497, William Gascoigne.

• 30 September 1497, John Nevill.

• 30 September 1497, John Hastings.

• 30 September 1497, Thomas Darcy.

• 30 September 1497, Walter Griffith.

• 30 September 1497, Rauf Ryder.

• 30 September 1497, Thomas Worsley.

• 30 September 1497, Roger Bellingham.

• 30 September 1497, William Tyler.

• 30 September 1497, Edward Pykeringe.

Henry VIII
Knights banneret created by King Henry VIII possibly at the battle of the Spurs in France (16 August 1513) but they may have been appointed the following year.

• 16 August 1513, John Peche.

• 16 August 1513, Egburt Brandon.

• 16 August 1513, Henry Guildford.

• 16 August 1513, Edward Poynings.

• 16 August 1513, Andrew Wyndsore – treasurer of the King's Middleward of battle.

• 16 August 1513, John Raynsford.

• 16 August 1513, Henry Wyatt.

• 16 August 1513, John Seymour.

• 16 August 1513, John Audeley.

• 16 August 1513, Richard Carew.

• 16 August 1513, Anthony Ughtred.

• 16 August 1513, Thomas West.

• 16 August 1513, Robert Dymoke – treasurer of the King's Rearward.

• 16 August 1513, John Hussey.

• 16 August 1513, John Arundell.

• 16 August 1513, Richard Wentworth.

• 16 August 1513, Randolf Brereton – marshal of the Rearward.

• 16 August 1513, Piers Edgecombe

• 16 August 1513, Henry Clyfforde.

• 16 August 1513, Thomas Cornewall.

• 16 August 1513, Thomas Leighton.

• 16 August 1513, Thomas Blount.

• 16 August 1513, John Aston.

• 16 August 1513, William Pierpont.

• 16 August 1513, Henry Sacheverele.

• 16 August 1513, George Holforde.

• 16 August 1513, Henry Halsall.

• 16 August 1513, John Warburton.

• 18 August 1513, Thomas Barnardiston.

Knight banneret created at Leith in Scotland on Sunday 11 May 1544, by Edward, Earl of Hertford, the King's lieutenant, at the burning of Edinburgh, Leith and elsewhere.


 * 11 May 1544, Edward, Lord Clinton (later Earl of Lincoln).

Knight banneret created by the Earl of Hertford, the King's lieutenant, being then encamped at our Lady Church by Norham Castle on his coming home after he had been in Scotland 15 days.
 * 23 September 1545, John Nevill, 4th Lord Latimer.

Edward VI
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, dominions and subjects".


 * 18–25 September 1547, Francys Bryan.
 * 18–25 September 1547, Ralph Sadler.
 * 18–25 September 1547, Raufe Vane.
 * 18–25 September 1547, William, 13th Lord Grey de Wilton.

Charles I
King Charles I created several knights banneret after the battle of Edgehill (1642) including:
 * Thomas Strickland, of Sizergh for gallantry.
 * John Smith for rescuing the Royal Standard under enemy fire.

Great Britain and the United Kingdom
Whether any appointments as knight banneret were formally made after the Act of Union 1707 is debated by historians and there is no general agreement.

George II
George Cokayne notes in The Complete Peerage (1913) that King George II revived the honour when he created sixteen knights banneret on the field of the battle of Dettingen on 27 June 1743: • William, Duke of Cumberland

• Charles, 3rd Duke of Marlborough

• John, 2nd Earl of Stair

• John, 2nd Earl of Dunmore

• John, 20th Earl of Crawford

• John, 19th Earl of Rothes

• William, 2nd Earl of Albemarle

• John, 1st Earl Ligonier

• General Philip Honywood

• General Henry Hawley

• General John Cope

• General James Campbell

• General Humphrey Bland

• General Richard Onslow

• General Harry Pulteney

• General John Huske

• Thomas Brown

Although Cokayne's source for this, a diary entry by Miss Gertrude Savile, states "This honour had been laid aside since James I, when Baronets were instituted", which contradicts other sources, a news magazine published in the same year as the battle recorded the honours.

George III
Several sources, including Edward Brenton (1828) and William James (1827), record that Captains Trollope and Fairfax were honoured as bannerets by King George III for their actions during the battle of Camperdown (1797). However, these awards were never recorded in The London Gazette. It is much more likely that these knighthoods, which first appear in formal records in December 1797 without their nature being specified, were as knights bachelor.

Victoria
On 19 August 1843 James Bombrain, Inspector-General of Coast Guard in Ireland (knighted by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, on board a cruiser in Kingstown Harbour, after an inspection of the Irish squadron of revenue cruisers at Kingstown, Dublin, is erroneously supposed to have been a knight banneret in consequence of having been knighted under the Royal Standard).