- a
classic match between continental-style pike
formations (Scots) and
billmen (English). When the
English army
fought in the
Italian War of 1542–1546...
- late make, the horseman's pick was
developed by the
English and used by
billmen. It was used with
great success during the
Hundred Years' War. A use of...
- 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...
- weapon: 36% arquebusiers, 6% musketeers, 16% bowmen, 26% pikemen, and 16%
billmen. A
standard drill book was
issued in
February 1638,
which was used throughout...
- 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...
- archers, 140
billmen, 412 able men (archers and
billmen)
without harness On
Middleham Moor: 455
archers horsed and harnessed, 326
billmen; 286 archers...
-
consisted of 36% arquebusiers, 6% musketeers, 16% bowmen, 26% pikemen, and 16%
billmen.
Lansdowne MS 56,
attributed to Lord Burghley,
states that
ideally infantry...
-
Salisbury with "bowmen
horsed and harnessed, 69;
billmen horsed and harnessed, 74;
bowmen without horses, 71;
billmen without horses, 76". (The term 'harnessed'...
