Full Description
The wars of the fourteenth-century English kings with France and Scotland resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of men involved in warfare on land and sea. This book draws upon new research to identify and analyze these soldiers at all social levels in the specific context of the county of Essex.
Contents
1. Introduction: crown, county and localityChristopher Thornton and Jennifer Ward2. Essex and the Hundred Years War: taxation, justice and county familiesJennifer Ward3. The contribution of Essex gentry to the wars of Edward I and Edward IIDavid Simpkin4. Organised crime in fourteenth-century Essex: Hugh de Badewe, Essex soldier and gang memberGloria Harris5. The fighting men of Essex: service relationships and the poll tax in EssexSam Gibbs6. Shipping the troops and fighting at sea: Essex ports and mariners in England's wars, 1337-89Craig Lambert and Andrew Ayton7. Military aspects of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381Herbert Eiden
