I recently finished listening to The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, Power Behind Five English Thrones by Thomas Asbrigde, on audible. He mentions a number of times that William Marshall was part of the Young King's retinue and refers to this group by a word I can't spell, and can't find anywhere, as a result - the meni(sp). I've been trying to do more research on this aspect of chivalric life, but not knowing how to even spell it, I don't know where to begin. Can anyone tell me more about this circle of knights, or at least tell me where to look?
EDIT - should say "knightly retinue - thanks swype typing!"
I believe the word is "meinie." It has Old French, Anglo-Norman, and Latin roots that basically translate to household or house/mansion, and eventually came to refer to someone's retinue (I've usually seen that word used to describe members of a knightly or noble retinue, and not just knights. But then, most of my reading hasn't been set around William the Marshal's time, so allow for word shift). According to dictionary.com, it's pronounced mey-nee.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/meinie (plus looked over a few other websites such as Wiktionary and Collins Dictionary)