Standard Bearer of England
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The Standard Bearer of England was once an important office within the English army
, especially during the times when Kings were still present on the battlefield. As standard-bearer
Henry de Essex was greatly chastised when he threw down the English Standard and claimed his King was dead in 1153.
During the Wars of the Roses
, each side had their own standard bearer, such as William Brandon
, standard bearer of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond at the Battle of Bosworth field
. During the English Civil War
, Charles II's standard bearer was not called Standard Bearer of England as he was only proclaimed King in 1661 long after the civil war had ended.
It increasingly became an honorific rank, and in modern times it has been linked with the Queen's Champion
.
English Army
The English Army existed while England was an independent state and was at war with other states, but it was not until the Interregnum and the New Model Army that England acquired a peace time professional standing army...
, especially during the times when Kings were still present on the battlefield. As standard-bearer
Standard-bearer
A standard-bearer is a person who bears an emblem called an ensign or standard, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used as a formal, visual symbol of a state, prince, military unit, etc.This can either be an occasional duty, often seen as an honour , or a...
Henry de Essex was greatly chastised when he threw down the English Standard and claimed his King was dead in 1153.
During the Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York...
, each side had their own standard bearer, such as William Brandon
William Brandon
Sir William Brandon was Henry Tudor's standard-bearer at the Battle of Bosworth Field, where he was killed by King Richard III...
, standard bearer of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond at the Battle of Bosworth field
Battle of Bosworth Field
The Battle of Bosworth Field was the penultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians...
. During the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
, Charles II's standard bearer was not called Standard Bearer of England as he was only proclaimed King in 1661 long after the civil war had ended.
It increasingly became an honorific rank, and in modern times it has been linked with the Queen's Champion
Queen's Champion
The feudal holder of the Manor of Scrivelsby since 1066 has held that manor from the Crown by grand serjeanty of being The Honourable The King's/Queen's Champion. Such person is also Standard Bearer of England.- Origins :...
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Office holders
- Henry de Essex, Baron of RaleighRayleigh, EssexRayleigh is a market town and civil parish in the District of Rochford in Essex, England, located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea. It lies to the east of central London. It has a population of 30,196, having expanded rapidly in the 1960s.-Toponymy:...
(until 1157. Forefeited 1163) - Robert Trussebut
- Peter de PreauxPeter de PreauxPeter de Preaux was a Norman knight in the service of the Angevin kings of England. Osbert, Peter's father, was a minor Norman baron in the Roumois . He held the tower and ville of Preaux as well as land at Darnétal. Osbert also owned a scattering of manors in England...
(d.1212) - Richard Fitzhugh
- Sir William Harrington (d. 1440). Bore the Royal Standard at AgincourtBattle of AgincourtThe Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory against a numerically superior French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday, 25 October 1415 , near modern-day Azincourt, in northern France...
(1415). - Sir Lewis Robessart (d. 1430)
- Sir William Burton, standard bearer to Henry VI in France (1421–29). Died at Battle of Towton in 1461.
- War of the Roses (1455–1485)
- Davydd ap Mathew of Towton (from 1461 under Edward IV)
- Sir Anthony Browne (d. 1506)
- Sir Ralph Egerton (d. 1527) "for life with a salary of £100 per annum"
- Sir Anthony Browne (d. 1548)Sir Anthony Browne (d.1548)Sir Anthony Browne was an English courtier and Knight of the Shire.He was the son of Sir Anthony Browne, Standard Bearer of England and Governor of Queenborough Castle, by his wife Lucy Nevill, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu and widow of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam...
in 1547 - Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount MontaguAnthony Browne, 1st Viscount MontaguAnthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu KG PC was an English peer during the Tudor period.He was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne...
in 1553 - Sir Edmund Verney standard bearer to Charles I
- Lieutenant-Colonel John Lindley Marmion Dymoke