Knights

[Galen of Bristol]

On Wed, 17 Jul 1996 ches at io.com wrote:

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> In my quest to fill my files on knights I have another question to ask. Has a 
> knight ever been de belted? Voluteerily dropped their belt? Why? 
> 
> I have never heard of such a thing in the SCA so if you know of one in 
> European history can you remember enough of the text to give a source? I mean 
> other than Lancelot.
> 
> Lady Chiara
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> Ciao   @}\
> Ches @}----`--,-- http://www.io.com/~ches
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To my direct knowledge, offhand, in Ansteorra, several members of the 
chivalry have resigned their titles.

Duke Jonathon de Laufyson resigned his knighthood for a mixture of 
reasons following his reign as our first King; he was made a Master of Arms.

Sir Dragomyr Androvich resigned his knighthood for reasons that were 
never made clear to me.

Sir Frea Geardson (who had been knighted with Jonathon's chain) returned 
his chain and resigned his knighthood because he was moving out of 
kingdom permanently, and felt he could neither swear fealty to another 
kingdom nor maintain his fealty to Ansteorra while living elsewhere.  He, 
too, was made a Master of Arms, and has since been King of the Outlands.

Duke Inman McMoore resigned his knighthood saying he felt he could no 
longer fulfill the duties of a knight; he was made a Master of Arms, 
which he later resigned to accept knighthood again.

Duke Lloyd von Eaker (who was never a knight), resigned his Mastery of 
Arms (I am told) because he felt he could no longer fulfill the duties of 
a Master.

These are what I can think of offhand.

Viscount Galen of Bristol, KSCA, CSM, etc.
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