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From: "Arthur French" <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] Medieval soldier database
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:21:30 +0100
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Wikipedia says:
1418
18 February - Hundred Years' War: English capture Falaise.
30 July - Hundred Years' War: English Siege of Rouen begins.
22 August - Hundred Years' War: English capture Cherbourg.
It could be any or all of those!

Arthur

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Subject: [DEV] Medieval soldier database


> A pilot version of an interesting new database is now up and
running:
>
> http://medievalsoldier.org/index.php
>
> I presume names are still being added so it would be worthwhile
checking
> back on a regular basis. (I couldn't find any names of interest
when I last
> checked about a year ago.)
>
> I have found one of my ancestors, John CRUWYS, listed on this
database. He
> served as a man at arms under Hugh Courtenay, the Earl of Devon, in
a naval
> expedition in 1418. I will need to see the original document at Kew
but I just
> wondered if anyone had any idea what this expedition might have
been about. I
> presume it was part of the continuing war against France. The
battle of
> Agincourt took place in 1415 and Henry V then went on to take
Normandy and Rouen.
>
> Debbie Kennett
> http://www.one-name.org/profiles/cruwys.html
> http://cruwys.blogspot.com
> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/CruwysDNA

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