This is the standard reference work on the knights of England, Scotland, and Ireland, bearing reference to more than 10,000 historical personages. The first volume describes the ten official Orders of Knighthood, and with each Order, the knights are listed in chronological order of succession, with details setting out the full name and title of the knight, beginning with the date of his appointment, and generally containing the exact date of installation, and date, place and cause of death. The second volume comprises a chronological list of the largest Order--the Knights Bachelor--and contains over 7,000 entries.
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Definitive source on British knighthood,
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This review is from: The Knights of England : A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland (2 Volumes) (Paperback)
Considering the publisher of this work, it must be regarded as the "official" complete list (up to 1906). Volume 1 contains the preeminent orders -- Garter, Bath, Victorian Order, etc. -- each list being chronological and providing full names and dates of all persons invested, so far as information was available. (It seems astonishing that the registers of the Order of the Thistle, which began in 1687, were lost c1830 and not rediscovered until the turn of this century!) Volume 2 is a chronological list of knights bachelors -- "ordinary" knights -- from the introduction of the Angevin dubbing ceremony c1250. Shaw's articulate essays on each order, and on the system of knights bachelors (and why most fief-holders didn't want to join), provide an antidote to American confusion on this subject.
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Great addition to my genealogy library. Thanks so much. Great contents for anyone looking for proof of Knigthood.
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