Knight Bachelor Knight Bachelor The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight (the rank existed during the 13th century reign of King Henry III), but Knights Bachelor rank below knights of chivalric orders. There is no female counterpart to Knight Bachelor. The lowest knightly honour that can be conferred upon a woman is Dame Commander of the
The Ill-Made Knight The Ill-Made Knight "The Ill-Made Knight" is a fantasy novel by British writer T. H. White, the third book in the series "The Once and Future King". It was first published in 1940, but is usually found today only in collected editions of all four books of the novel. Much of "The Ill-Made Knight" takes place in the fabled Camelot. "The Ill-Made Knight" is based around the adventures, perils and mistakes of Sir Lancelot. Lancelot, despite being the bravest of the knights, is ugly, and ape-like, so that he calls himself the "Chevalier mal fet" - "The Ill-Made Knight". As