- a
classic match between continental-style pike
formations (Scots) and
billmen (English). When the
English army
fought in the
Italian War of 1542–1546...
- the horseman's pick was
developed by the
English and used by
their heavy Billmen, a unit of
heavy infantry. It was used with
great success during the Hundred...
- 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 m****ed
billmen rather than
pikes or
halberds in the
Renaissance period,
notably at the...
- but not all, s****ing to
imitate the Tercio; in England, a
combination of
billmen, longbowmen, and men-at-arms
remained the norm,
though this
changed when...
-
consisted of 36% arquebusiers, 6% musketeers, 16% bowmen, 26% pikemen, and 16%
billmen.
Lansdowne MS 56,
attributed to Lord Burghley,
states that
ideally infantry...
- 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...
-
Salisbury with "bowmen
horsed and harnessed, 69;
billmen horsed and harnessed, 74;
bowmen without horses, 71;
billmen without horses, 76". (The term 'harnessed'...
-
Wapentake had 107 harness, 270
bowmen and 480
billmen,
Broxtowe Wapentake had 154 harness, 300
billmen and 200 bowmen, and
Rushcliffe Wapentake had 342...
