squirehood

Noun

 * 1) The rank or state of a squire; squireship.
 * 2) * November 18, 1721,, A Letter to the King at Arms
 * I am not yet qualified to keep a greyhound. If this should be the test of squirehood, it will go hard with a great number of my fraternity, as well as myself, who must all be unsquired, because a greyhound will not be allowed to keep us company