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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}}
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====Commission from Glendower rebellion 1403====
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 [[Owen Glendower]], who had recently captured [[Newport Castle]]. The commission issued by the king at [[Gloucester]] on 7 October 1403 to leading members of the local gentry was as follows:
<blockquote>Commission to [[Maurice Russell, knight|Maurice Russell]], [[Gilbert Denys|Gilbert Dynys]], John Rolves and John Harsefelde to assemble all the able fencible men, footmen and horsemen, of the [[Hundred (county subdivision)|hundreds]] of [[Barton Regis (hundred)|Barton Regis]] by Bristol, Hembury, [[Pucklechurch|Pokelchurche]], Thornbury, Grymboldesasshe, [[Berkeley Castle|Berkeley]] and Whiston and bring them sufficiently armed to the town of [[Chepstow]]e by Thursday next at the latest to go with the King or his lieutenant to Wales to resist the rebels bringing with them victuals for 4 days and to take horses from those who have them who cannot labour and deliver them to those who can labour but lack horses. By K.<ref>Cal. Patent Rolls, Membrane 20, 1403, 7 Oct. Gloucester.</ref> </blockquote>
===Civil War revival===▼
Although long obsolete by the 17th century, the system was revived by King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] in 1642 at the start of the [[English Civil War|Civil War]], in an unconstitutional manner, that is to say without [[Parliament of England|Parliament]] having been consulted, in order to counteract the equally unconstitutional [[Militia Ordinance]] enacted by Parliament in 1642 without the usual [[Royal Assent]]. Both decrees were issued in order to attempt to gain control of existing [[militia]] forces and to raise further troops. The Commission of Array issued by the king thus sought to muster a [[Cavalier|Royalist]] army at the onset of the [[English Civil War]].<ref name="auto">Andriette, Eugene A., Devon and Exeter in the Civil War, Newton Abbot, 1971, p.56</ref> Commissioners were appointed for each county, generally from leading members of the local aristocracy and gentry who might be assumed to wield great influence over their feudal tenants and the population in general. The commissioners proceeded to the major population centres and read out in public gatherings the text of their commission. Frequently such innovative royal decrees, uncertain in precedent and purpose, were met with open hostility on the part of the local inhabitants who suspected them as being instruments designed for general suppression of the people. Opponents of the king, whilst playing down the role of the [[Militia Ordinance]] in augmenting civil strife, portrayed the Commission of Array as being a sign that it was the king and not Parliament who was the real aggressor in the developing conflict.<ref>Andriette, p.57</ref>▼
=====Commission for St Michaels Mount in Cornwall, 1473=====
On October 27 1473 Commission to [[Trerice#Sir_John_II_Arundell|John Arundell]], knight, John Colshyll, knight, [[Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke|Robert Willoughby]], knight, John Crocker, knight, John Fortescue, Henry Bodrugan, John Sturgeon, Thomas Whalisburgh, John Trenowith, Thomas Trefrye, John Arundell, John Tremayne, John Carmynowe Richard Eggecombe, John Devyok, Oliver Wyse, Edward Assheton, John Pentyre, John Moyle, William TreTenoar, John Penpons, John Wydeslade the younger and William Horde to array the king's lieges of the county of Cornwall, and of other counties adjacent if necessary, to conquer John, late earl of Oxford, and. other rebels who have entered St. Michael's Mount, CO. Cornwall, and to bring back the mount into the king's hands and provide for its safe-custody and defence.<ref>https://archive.org/stream/calendarpatentr05blacgoog/calendarpatentr05blacgoog_djvu.txt</ref>
▲===Civil War revival===
▲Although long obsolete by the 17th century, the system was revived by King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] in 1642 at the start of the [[English Civil War|Civil War]], in an unconstitutional manner, that is to say without [[Parliament of England|Parliament]] having been consulted, in order to counteract the equally unconstitutional [[Militia Ordinance]] enacted by Parliament in 1642 without the usual [[Royal Assent]]. Both decrees were issued in order to attempt to gain control of existing [[militia]] forces and to raise further troops. The Commission of Array issued by the king thus sought to muster a [[Cavalier|Royalist]] army at the onset of the [[English Civil War]].<ref name="auto">Andriette, Eugene A., Devon and Exeter in the Civil War, Newton Abbot, 1971, p.56</ref> Commissioners were appointed for each county, generally from leading members of the local aristocracy and gentry who might be assumed to wield great influence over their feudal tenants and the population in general. The commissioners proceeded to the major population centres and read out in public gatherings the text of their commission. Frequently such innovative royal decrees, uncertain in precedent and purpose, were met with open hostility on the part of the local inhabitants who suspected them as being instruments designed for general suppression of the people. Opponents of the king, whilst playing down the role of the [[Militia Ordinance]] in augmenting civil strife, portrayed the Commission of Array as being a sign that it was the king and not Parliament who was the real aggressor in the developing conflict.<ref>Andriette, p.57</ref>
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