 but were occasionally to arrest traitors and other offenders about the court, for which the mace was deemed a sufficient authority. Their number was originally twenty-four. All persons of approved worth, not under the degree of the son of a knight, were...  The history of origins, by a literary antiquary - Page 192by History - 1824 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arthur Taylor (F.S.A.) - Coronations - 1820 - 456 pages
...was to watch round the king's tent in complete armour, with a mace, bow and arrows, and a sword; and occasionally to arrest traitors and other offenders...was deemed a sufficient authority. Their number was at first twenty-four, all being persons of good birth; but in after times they were so much increased... | |
 | Arthur Taylor - Coronations - 1820 - 608 pages
...was to watch round the king's tent in complete armour, with a mace, bow and arrows, and a sword; and occasionally to arrest traitors and other offenders...was deemed a sufficient authority. Their number was at first twenty-four, all being persons of good birth; but in after times they were so much increased... | |
 | Literary antiquary - Anecdotes - 1824 - 266 pages
...to arrest traitors and other oifenders about the eourt, for whieh the maee was deemed a suflieient authority. Their number was originally twenty-four....though afterwards sons of gentlemen were admitted, They hrld their plaees for life, We may eontemplate in this eorps, the first attempt at establishing a standing... | |
 | Edward Duke - 1837 - 680 pages
...equipped with a lance." round the King's tent in complete armour, with a mace, a sword, a bow and arrows, but were occasionally to arrest traitors and other...which the mace was deemed a sufficient authority: hence they came to be denominated ' the valorous force of the King's errand in the execution of justice."... | |
 | Edward Duke - Architecture, Domestic - 1837 - 686 pages
...equipped with a lance." round the King's tent in complete armour, with a mace, a sword, a bow and arrows, but were occasionally to arrest traitors and other...for which the mace was deemed a sufficient authority : hence they came to be denominated ' the valorous force of the King's errand in the execution of justice.'... | |
 | William John Thoms - Coronations - 1838 - 506 pages
...to watch round the King's tent, in complete armour, with a mace, bow, and arrows, and a sword; and occasionally to arrest traitors and other offenders about the Court, for which their mace was deemed a sufficient authority. Their number was at first twenty-four, all being persons... | |
 | William John Thoms - Courts - 1844 - 500 pages
...to watch round the King's tent, in complete armour, with a mace, bow, and arrows, and a sword; and occasionally to arrest traitors and other offenders about the Court, for which their mace was deemed a sufficient authority. Their number was at first twenty-four, all being persons... | |
 | Sir Sibbald David Scott - Great Britain - 1868 - 684 pages
...the King and watch around his person in his palace, and in full armour when he lay abroad, but also to arrest traitors and other offenders about the Court, for which the mace was deemed sufficient authority, and they received fees from the persons arrested, proportioned to their rank.... | |
 | Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt - Customary law - 1874 - 492 pages
...originally, was to watch round the King's tent in complete armour, with a mace, bow, arrows, and a sword, and occasionally to arrest traitors, and other offenders...which the mace was deemed a sufficient authority. They were called the valarous force of the King's errand, in the execution of justice ; they held their... | |
 | Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt - Customary law - 1874 - 512 pages
...originally, was to watch round the King's tent in complete armour, with a mace, bow, arrows, and a sword, and occasionally to arrest traitors, and other offenders...which the mace was deemed a sufficient authority. They were called the valnrous force of the King's errand, in the execution of justice ; they held their... | |
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