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_Knights._--At some periods of our history the reigning monarch bestowed

the honour of knighthood, 1306, Edward I.; at other times, those in

possession of a certain amount of property were compelled to assume the

order, 1254. Query, Was there any difference in rank between the two

sorts of knights?

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