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Petit Serjeantry
Holding lande of the Crown by the service of rendering annually
some small implement of war, as a bow, a sword, a lance, a flag, an
arrow, and the like. Thus the Duke of Wellington holds his country seat
at Strathfieldsaye and Apsley House, London, by presenting a flag
annually to the Crown on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. The
flag is hung in the guard-room of the state apartments of Windsor
Castle till the next anniversary, when it becomes the perquisite of the
officer of the guard. The Duke of Marlborough presents also a flag on
the anniversary of the battle of Blenheim for his estate at Blenheim.
This also in placed in the guard-room of $$$ Castle.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Petit Serjeantry from Infoplease:
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