Medieval 2 england guide series#

N H Nicholas, De controversia in curia militari inter RicardumВ Le Scrope et Robertum Grosvenor milites (2 vols.) вЂ“ transcript of the Scrope vs Grosvenor court case in 1386 andВ biographical information on soldiers acting as deponents in the case

Medieval 2 england guide series#

Record series or part seriesД¬ases in the Court of Chivalry include testimonies of military service byВ soldiers acting as deponents to one of the parties in a case There may also be accounts referencing soldiers who served in foreign territories amongst the series listed in section 4, section 6 and section 7. The following record series contain documents relating to wars fought beyond English borders but may also contain documents relating to military service within England. Military service in Wales, Scotland, Ireland and overseas

May include material relating to military serviceДҐ. List and index of Warrants for Issues, 1399-1485: with an appendix: Indentures of War, 1297-1527 Warrants for indentures for war and also for knightsвЂ™ fees and wages in war carpenters, clerks, masons etc.)Д®xtracts published and translated in Issues of the Exchequer, Henry IIIВ to Henry VI, ed. See Book of Fees and Parliamentary Writs and Writs of Military Summons in section 10Д®nrolments for wages paid out of the Lower Exchequer to soldiers andВ non-combatant professionals (e.g. Includes scutages in the вЂњDivers counties and miscellaneousвЂќ list knightsвЂ™ feesД¬ertificates of musters transcripts and other documents relating to knightsвЂ™ feesД¬ontains documents relating to serjeanties and knightsвЂ™ feesДЄ survey resulting from an attempt to raise one man-at-war from each town in the country (the Nomina Villarum, 1315-1316) and rolls of serjeanties (1250-1251) Returns of knightsвЂ™ fees in the Duchy of LancasterД®nrolments of payments of fines for respite of homage in the Duchy of Lancaster Miscellaneous inquisitions including details of serjeanties, scutages and other services, and also returns of the names and possessions of those implicated in Simon de MontfortвЂ™s rebellion Proceedings in Parliament relating to military service and operationsД®nrolments of relief from scutage through service or compounding (payment of a fee)Д¬alendar of various Chancery Rolls (covering scutage rolls, 1285-1324) Writs of respite from knighthood, 1256-1258 writs of respite from assizes for those in the kingвЂ™s service in Scotland, 1302-1304 Returns of landholders who should be knights and inquisitions into scutage Further record series containing similar documents are listed in section 5 and section 6.

In the absence of any formal or individual service records, some of the best sources for details of where, when and why an individual served in some kind of military capacity can be found in the records of knightsвЂ™ fees, scutage, serjeantyВ and the like. Land holders and military service: knightsвЂ™ fees, scutage and serjeanty This was based on contracts or вЂindenturesвЂ™ and commissions, such as commissions of array and commissions to muster, whereby appointed lords or officials were authorised to raise forces in the name of the king.Д«efore the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642, there was still no regular standing army forces were raised for specific purposes and then disbanded. An individual could, however, avoid military service through payment of a fine know as scutage which raised revenue that was usually used for hiring mercenaries.Дuring the early 14th century the contractual system gradually replaced the feudal system as a means of raising armies. This feudal system determined that all holders of a certain amount of land were obliged to accept knighthood and do military service for their feudal overlord, either in person or by raising forces. Military service for most of the medieval period was based on land ownership. Military service in the medieval and early modern periods Many of the earlier records relate to knights, the obligation to become a knight and the fees paid for so doing. There was no formal system for recording the service of soldiers during the medieval period and even for the Civil War there are no individual military service records. Records of soldiers from these periods contain few personal details and many are written in Latin, with others in French or English.