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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RHGreen" data-source="post: 6122916">If you go by old rules, in order to be knighted you need to have fought in a campaign. You can, if you wish, stay a Squire forever, though you usually have to pay to avoid that typical requirement. Some squires avoid becoming Knights to follow a life as a businessman or academics. You can also be a squire and submit yourself to the church. If you do that you lose all entitlements to inheritance/title/class - becoming legally dead - you change your name and become simply one of the clergy.You could have a background of Middle Class of which Knights, Squires and Gentlemen are. Gentlemen cover anyone who has earned a degree from a university, or those who serve in a particularly high position. If you serve as the Steward to one of the King's manors you might be raised to a Gentleman, for example. Sometimes Men-At-Arms can be considered Middle Class Gentlemen (or Sergeant-At-Arms, Sergeant meaning Servant). Later on Bankers, Merchants and even highly skilled crafters were seen as Gentlemen (they used lending and debt as a way of gaining rights and influence - now the western world is run by them). Gentlemen eventually gained the right to bear arms like the squires and knights, even though they did not fight. These arms became the equivalent to the modern day company logo.Upper Class is anyone Noble - Baron and up - but offspring of nobles are not noble. They would be squires or become knights until such point they receive their father's title upon his death. Then they would be considered upper class.Anyway, my point is make it more general and call it Background Middle Class. Horse riding, Etiquette, Money Bonus, etc, etc.</blockquote>

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