Milites as Attestors to Charters in England, 1101–1300

Abstract

While discussing the status of knights in the eleventh century, F. M. Stenton observed briefly in a footnote: the word miles is rarely added as a mark of distinction to the names of individuals granting or attesting charters of the twelfth century. In the course of the thirteenth century it becomes customary for the principal lay witnesses of a charter to be distinguished as milites, and to many clerks of this age knighthood entitled a witness to the prefix dominus in front of his name.

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