Hainault, to beg of him to be the means that the young king, their lord, ihould marry ; and that the count of Hainault and Holland would fend over one of his daughters, for he would love her more dearly on his account, than any other lady. The lord of Beaumont feafted, and paid many honours to thefe meflengers and commiffioners from the Engliih king. He then took them to Valenciennes, where his brother received them right honourably, and gaye them fuch fumptuous entertainments, as would be tirefome to relate. When they had told the caufe of their million, the count faid he gave many thanks to the king, queen, and the lords by whofe counfel they were fent thither, to do him fo much honour, and who on fuch an occafion had fent fuch able men, that he moft willingly complied with their requeft, if the pope and the holy church of Rome were agreeable to the demand. This anfwer was fully fatisfa&ory to them, and they immediately difpatched two óf the knights and the clerks to the pope at Avignon, to entreat his difpenfotion and confent to this marriage ; for without the pope's difpenfation it could not be done, on ' account of their near relationlhip, being in the points out the manner of making a knight banneret, and the number of; men he was to have follow him. " Knights bannerets,, according to father Daniel, do not appear in our hiftory before Philip Atiguftus ; they continued until the formation of companies of ordonnance by Charles the Seventh ; and from that period there were no longer any bankers or knights bannerets." F 3 third