Standard Bearer of England
The Standard Bearer of England was once an important office within the
English Standard and claimed his King (Stephen
) was dead in 1153.
During the
Battle of Bosworth. During the English Civil War
, Charles II's standard bearer was not called Standard Bearer of England as he was only proclaimed king in 1660 long after the civil war had ended.
It increasingly became an honorific rank, and in modern times it has been linked with the King's Champion.
Office holders
- Thomas de Sarsfield, premiere standard bearer Henry II, A.D. 1172
- Henry de Essex, Baron of Raleigh (until 1157. Forfeited 1163) [1][2][3]
- Robert Trussebut
- Peter de Preaux (d.1212)
- Richard Fitzhugh
- Sir William Harrington (d. 1440). Bore the Royal Standard at Agincourt (1415).
- Sir Lewis Robessart (d. 1430) [4]
- Sir William Burton, standard bearer to Henry VI in France (1421–29). Died at Battle of Towton in 1461.
- Sir Percival Thirlwall (d. 1485) According to some sources bore the standard of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, killed during the battle. Legend has it that, although Richard's group was failing, Sir Percival held the standard of his King aloft whilst fighting a desperate fight, continuing to do so even with the loss of his legs during combat; he is said to have held the standard until his last breath.[6]
- Sir James Harrington of Hornby (d. 1485) According to some sources also bore the standard of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, killed during or shortly after the battle.[7]
- Sir William Brandon (d. 1485) Bore the standard of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth, killed by Richard III during the Battle of Bosworth.[8]
- Sir Anthony Browne (d. 1506)
- Sir Ralph Egerton (d. 1527) "for life with a salary of £100 per annum" [9]
- Sir Anthony Browne (d. 1548) in 1547 [10]
- Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu in 1553
- Sir Edmund Verney standard bearer to Charles I [11]
- Lieutenant-Colonel Union Flag.[12]
- Philip (Edmond Charles) Chute (Chowte) of Appledore - Standard Bearer to King Henry VIII[13]
See also
Notes
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1849). "Holywell - Hyssington". A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. London. pp. 430–440. Retrieved 17 December 2012 – via British History Online.
- ^ Carlyle, Thomas (1843). Past and Present. Book II. "The Ancient Monk" (PDF). London: Chapman & Hall. pp. 109–110. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ Lamb, Charles (1822). "Specimens From The Writings of Fuller, The Church Historian" (PDF). Essays. p. 27. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ "Village History - Little Bentley Hall Waterways and Garden Show 2007". Archived from the original on 2 February 2009.
- ^ Burke 1847, p. 844.
- ^ "Bosworth 1485 (18-24 August)". Osprey Publishing. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Hipshon, D., Richard III and the Death of Chivalry, Stroud 2009, p. 7
- ^ Hales, J.W.; Furnivall, F.J., eds. (1868). "Thomas Percy". Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript. Ballads and Romances. Vol. 3. London. p. 258.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Photographs of Bunbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom". Thornber.net. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ "The Biography of Sir Anthony Browne, Knight, Part I". Ancientworlds.net. 3 May 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ Mellors, Robert (1908). "The Civil War: 1642-46". In and About Nottinghamshire. Retrieved 17 December 2012 – via nottshistory.org.uk.
- ^ "Lieutenant Colonel John Dymoke, Queen's Champion - obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Ancestry.co.uk, national trust collections.org.uk B: 1525 Willesborough, Kent, England D: 1548 Winchelsea, Sussex, England
References
- Burke, John (1847), Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, vol. 2, H. Colburn, p. 844
