. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . £^. \ _JL£^ -1- ^7»^:^i £1 Archers ( Roy. lij G. vi.). AND \ IX THE FOCRTEEXTH CEXTUUT. 54 THE GONSOLWATION OF THE KIXCiDOM. Soldiers Pay. [1274 still: a knight who had been overthrown could not even riseto his feet without his squires aid, and lay entirely at themercy of his adversary. Not inifrequently men were stifledby the weight of their armour when they had fallen, anddied without
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . £^. \ _JL£^ -1- ^7»^:^i £1 Archers ( Roy. lij G. vi.). AND \ IX THE FOCRTEEXTH CEXTUUT. 54 THE GONSOLWATION OF THE KIXCiDOM. Soldiers Pay. [1274 still: a knight who had been overthrown could not even riseto his feet without his squires aid, and lay entirely at themercy of his adversary. Not inifrequently men were stifledby the weight of their armour when they had fallen, anddied without having received any mortal wound. Tilt armies which Edward the Black Prince led over toFrance were not raised on tht^ oldprinciples of the feudal levy and thenational militia, nor were the} foreignmercenaries engaged ]>urely for paylike the hirelings of .lohn. A had now come into use forforeign wars, though the theory ofthe old universal liability to servewas still maintained for use in timeof rebellion, or for border serviceagainst Scotland or Wales. The kinghabitually entered into indentureswith his barons and knights, agreeingto take them into his servi
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