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- Bill (weapon) (redirect from Billmen)a classic match between continental-style pike formations (Scots) and billmen (English). When the English army fought in the Italian War of 1542–1546...5 KB (685 words) - 11:38, 15 March 2024
- 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...2 KB (254 words) - 11:09, 4 August 2024
- 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...136 KB (16,557 words) - 03:49, 15 August 2024
- cavalry supplied by the Earls, 500 mercenary crossbowmen, 2000 archers with billmen from the Lancashire and Cheshire feudal levies, though the infantry may...20 KB (2,029 words) - 14:39, 13 August 2024
- 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...15 KB (2,171 words) - 17:01, 7 August 2024
- 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...36 KB (4,739 words) - 21:24, 14 August 2024
- Salisbury with "bowmen horsed and harnessed, 69; billmen horsed and harnessed, 74; bowmen without horses, 71; billmen without horses, 76". (The term 'harnessed'...6 KB (594 words) - 14:25, 8 July 2024
- consisted of 36% arquebusiers, 6% musketeers, 16% bowmen, 26% pikemen, and 16% billmen. Lansdowne MS 56, attributed to Lord Burghley, states that ideally infantry...39 KB (5,913 words) - 06:49, 16 August 2024
- archers, 140 billmen, 412 able men (archers and billmen) without harness On Middleham Moor: 455 archers horsed and harnessed, 326 billmen; 286 archers...99 KB (13,470 words) - 13:03, 14 August 2024
- 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...4 KB (471 words) - 08:10, 11 February 2024
- Hertford: 6 mounted men in 'harness' (armour) + 80 archers and billmen Hertingfordbury: 34 Bayford: 1 + 21 Berkhamsted Parva: 12 Essendon: 20 Broxbourne:...81 KB (10,800 words) - 17:42, 7 April 2024
- 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...6 KB (816 words) - 03:27, 8 June 2024
- 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...8 KB (1,031 words) - 14:48, 1 July 2024
- billmen, 20 'pairs of harness' (sets of armour) Stodden Hundred: 32 archers, 122 billmen, 12 harness Wylly (Willey) Hundred: 67 archers, 179 billmen,...65 KB (8,752 words) - 09:11, 1 July 2024
- 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...22 KB (2,719 words) - 13:06, 30 January 2024
- up a variety of combatants on each side, including peasants, sergeants, billmen, men-at-arms, knights and various other "character" classes. For example...6 KB (702 words) - 23:53, 12 August 2024
- 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...81 KB (10,354 words) - 19:27, 19 July 2024
- 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:...40 KB (5,169 words) - 12:05, 14 June 2024
- Wapentake had 107 harness, 270 bowmen and 480 billmen, Broxtowe Wapentake had 154 harness, 300 billmen and 200 bowmen, and Rushcliffe Wapentake had 342...73 KB (9,676 words) - 08:32, 18 July 2024
- 167 billmen, 80 men in 'harness' (armour) Tandridge Hundred: 109 archers, 281 billmen, 61 in harness Reigate Hundred: 109 archers, 283 billmen, 76 in...50 KB (6,359 words) - 17:50, 4 February 2024
- billmen plural of billman
- it became a popular English weapon, the “brown bill” of many ballads. Billmen are not found in the king’s host at Crécy and Calais, the bowmen carrying
- shall make a hive for Bees, George Peele, "A Farewell to Arms" (1590) The billmen and pikemen wore salades and morions. Steel caps were made to the shape