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Commissions of array developed from the ancient obligation of all free men to defend their tribal lands. Commissioners were usually experienced soldiers, appointed by the crown to array able bodied men from each shire. By the time of the Wars of the Roses, conscript levies were less important than troops raised by [[indenture]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}
===Medieval
*A Commission of Array was established in October 1403 by King [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]] by [[letters patent]] to raise an army to resist the Welsh rebellion of [[Owain Glyndŵr]], who had recently captured [[Newport Castle]].<ref>Cal. Patent Rolls, Membrane 20, 1403, 7 Oct. Gloucester.</ref>
*In October 1473 there was a commission to oust the rebels who had entered [[St Michael's Mount]] in Cornwall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/calendarpatentr05blacgoog/calendarpatentr05blacgoog_djvu.txt|title=Calendar of patent rolls, preserved in the Public Record Office|year=1948}}</ref>
===Civil War revival===
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