‘The _knight_ or Miles was the lowest of the military elite, a well equipped and well trained fighting man similar to the Saxon thegn or huscarl.’

‘In return for this, William generously made the great English earl a Norman _knight_ .’

‘England's wars, waged successfully by humble bowmen as well as _knights_ and noblemen, created among all ranks a self-confidence that warmed English hearts.’

‘When they rode past their king, _knights_ raised their visors to identify themselves.’

‘The land taken - and taken is the word - by the Anglo-Normans, was divided up in the usual way and given to their _knights_ , as reward for military service.’

‘Leading the North Yorkshire awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, published today, is the county's newest _knight_ , Sir Robert Ogden.’

‘In 1925 Asquith accepted a peerage as Earl of Oxford and Asquith and was created a _knight_ of the garter shortly afterwards.’

‘The next day we see one grandmaster leaving a _knight_ unprotected and another thrusting his pawn to a sure death.’

‘In chess, if you move your _knight_ on to a pawn's square, the pawn's a goner.’

‘Cumberland, like the other counties, sent two _knights_ of the shire to Parliament.’

‘In the 13th cent., however, this became the responsibility of each sheriff and two _knights_ of the shire.’

‘in all your quarrels I will be your _knight_ ’

‘In one of Chaucer's earliest poems, The Book of the Duchess, a _knight_ is overheard in the forest lamenting the death of his lady.’

‘he was _knighted_ for his services to industry’

‘In 1942 he was _knighted_ , no doubt partly due to his heroic service to his country during both wars.’