[Ansteorra] Agincourt war records

Hillary Greenslade hillaryrg at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 21 12:48:39 PDT 2009




Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:12:32 -0500
From: Peter Holland <pholland64 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Ansteorra] check this out
To: Baorny of Bjornsborg <Bjornsborg at yahoogroups.com>,     "Kingdom of
    Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>

found this on the BBC web site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8160081.stm
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Thought it was interesting that the reason we have these records is because
of the exchequer: 
Dr Bell said: "The service records survive because the English exchequer had a very modern obsession with wanting to be sure that the government's money was being spent as intended. 
"Therefore we have the remarkable survival of indentures for service detailing the forces to be raised, muster rolls showing this service and naming every soldier from duke to archer." 
He said accounts from captains showing how funds were spent and entries detailing when the exchequer requested the payments can be found. 

Cheers, Hillary




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