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Recruitment 

Recruitment of an army to array at Norwich by 12th May 1338

May 11, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments Low Countries, Norwich, Portsmouth, Scotland

Edward III needed to recruit a new army in 1338 as his forces were stretched thinly. A force under the

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Medieval Fleet carrying English soldiers to France for the 1415 'Agincourt' Campaign
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Securing England’s Deep Water Ports. Naval Planning, Part Two

December 1, 2021December 22, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 2 Comments Coastal Defences, Edmund de la Beche, Portsmouth, Southampton

England and safe deep water ports The devastation caused by French raids in the years 1337 to 1340 made the

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