Shire levy
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Shire levy
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A shire levy was a means of military recruitment in medieval England and Scotland. As opposed to a levy of noble families, a shire levy was effected within a geographical administrative area, entailing the mobilisation of able-bodied men between the ages of 16 and 60 for military duty under command of their Sheriff. The English shire levy was descended from the Anglo-Saxon Fyrd, and continued under the Norman kings, notably at the Battle of the Standard (1138). The force was reorganised under th
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2021-06-03T12:52:50Z
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