The chevalier might boast with reason to the friends who visited him that few retired captains were more snugly quartered than he in his crib in shepherd's inn.
第三個階層是chevalier,直譯是騎士精神,一般翻譯成遊俠騎士或者直接叫騎士。這個階層的戰士主要分兩種,一種是全身鎖子*的重裝長*步兵,另一種是重騎兵。他們和西歐其它騎士並沒有什麼區別,其中多數本來就是普通封建騎士,加入聖殿騎士團後並不改變戰術和武裝。他們的入會儀式是發放白袍。