[Ansteorra] Agincourt war records

Charles Ó Floinn charles.ofloinn at gmail.com
Thu Jul 23 14:39:57 PDT 2009


WHAT????  They went to war without a Foinn in their ranks?  How did they
win???

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Hillary Greenslade <hillaryrg at yahoo.com>wrote:

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> 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>
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> 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.
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> Cheers, Hillary
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