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a classic match between continental-style pike formations (Scots) and billmen (English). When the English army fought in the Italian War of 1542–1546...

late make, the horseman's pick was developed by the English and used by billmen. It was used with great success during the Hundred Years' War. A use of...

Henry. Henry's invasion force of 1513, some 30,000 men, was composed of billmen and longbowmen, at a time when the other European nations were moving to...

cavalry supplied by the Earls, 500 mercenary crossbowmen, 2000 archers with billmen from the Lancashire and Cheshire feudal levies, though the infantry may...

cavalry and armour. The English, in particular, were known for using massed billmen rather than pikes or halberds in the Renaissance period, notably at the...

but not all, seeking to imitate the Tercio; in England, a combination of billmen, longbowmen, and men-at-arms remained the norm, though this changed when...

Salisbury with "bowmen horsed and harnessed, 69; billmen horsed and harnessed, 74; bowmen without horses, 71; billmen without horses, 76". (The term 'harnessed'...

consisted of 36% arquebusiers, 6% musketeers, 16% bowmen, 26% pikemen, and 16% billmen. Lansdowne MS 56, attributed to Lord Burghley, states that ideally infantry...

archers, 140 billmen, 412 able men (archers and billmen) without harness On Middleham Moor: 455 archers horsed and harnessed, 326 billmen; 286 archers...

the military aspect consists of soldiers who are primarily made up of billmen with a gunner in charge of a small black powder cannon, commanded by armoured...

Hertford: 6 mounted men in 'harness' (armour) + 80 archers and billmen Hertingfordbury: 34 Bayford: 1 + 21 Berkhamsted Parva: 12 Essendon: 20 Broxbourne:...

I have, and that without coat-armour or royal cognisance." The English billmen now closed on the Scottish centre and King James was found within a spear...

weapon: 36% arquebusiers, 6% musketeers, 16% bowmen, 26% pikemen, and 16% billmen. A standard drill book was issued in February 1638, which was used throughout...

billmen, 20 'pairs of harness' (sets of armour) Stodden Hundred: 32 archers, 122 billmen, 12 harness Wylly (Willey) Hundred: 67 archers, 179 billmen,...

collecting the subsidy for Henry VIII in 1523. In 1544 he supplied archers, billmen and horses for the war with France, leading to the inclusion of seven bills...

up a variety of combatants on each side, including peasants, sergeants, billmen, men-at-arms, knights and various other "character" classes. For example...

fought at Flodden on 9 September. Clifford brought 207 archers and 116 billmen from Yorkshire under his banner of the Red Wyvern and commanded the vanguard...

bowmen and 811 billmen, of which about 278 were armoured Rape of Arundel: 526 bowmen and 1163 billmen Rape of Bramber: 123 bowmen and 215 billmen Rape of Pevensey:...

Wapentake had 107 harness, 270 bowmen and 480 billmen, Broxtowe Wapentake had 154 harness, 300 billmen and 200 bowmen, and Rushcliffe Wapentake had 342...

167 billmen, 80 men in 'harness' (armour) Tandridge Hundred: 109 archers, 281 billmen, 61 in harness Reigate Hundred: 109 archers, 283 billmen, 76 in...