Commission of Array

A Commission of Array was a commission given by English royalty to officers or gentry in a given territory to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war.

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Commission - English

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Though obsolete by the 17th century, the system was revived by Charles I in 1642 (in opposition to the 1641 Militia Ordinance that gave Parliament control of raising troops) in order to muster a Royalist army at the onset of the English Civil War.

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17th century - Charles I - 1642 - 1641 - Ordinance - Parliament - Royalist - English Civil War

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