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===Medieval examples===

====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:

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====Commission for St Michaels Mount in Cornwall, 1473====

On October 27, 1473 Commission to [[Trerice#Sir_John_II_ArundellSir 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===

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