Did the ‘Hedge Knight’ From ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Actually Exist in Medieval England?

With the popularity of the Game of Thrones stand-alone prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms growing, a horseback Jason Kingsley OBE of Modern History TV took a look at whether the “Hedge Knight” title actually existed in Medieval England. While the term was not familiar to him, Kingsley looked at similar wandering knight positions that were equivalent.

Did hedge knights really exist, or are they pure fantasy from Game of Thrones and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? …We’ll look at un-landed knights, household knights, and lesser warriors in medieval Europe — and where fantasy gets it right… and wrong.