SC - soups with a grain in it

[rebecca tants]

So, I went through EVERY book I have this weekend and have been over 
and over the stuff online and can't find a soup for my sideboard
this upcoming weekend.  I had thought something like a beef with barley
would be nice, but not one of my books on english cooking between the 14's
and the 16's lists any grain or starch in a soup other then breadcrumbs.

My parameters are 
1) English if at ALL possible
2) Beef or Pork broth (allergy to poultry I'm avoiding)
3) Needs to sit on a sideboard all day
4) It's a fighting event - so it needs to be kind of filling/substantial

Any Ideas?  Am I looking in the wrong places?  (I checked the Miscellany, 
Pleyn Delite, The Good Housewife, Fabulous Feasts (ick), 7 centuries of
english cooking, cookery in England, Take a THousand Eggs or more, etc.)

Has anyone seen documentation for something like this?

Thanks
Ruadh
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