Armour and the men-at-arms
When Henry V’s army departed in August 1415, about a quarter of the soldiers were men-at-arms. Most of these were of the status of esquire – indeed that term was often used to describe them - and were paid one shilling per day (twice the rate of pay of an archer) but some were of noble and knightly rank and received higher rates of pay based on their social status. A duke, for instance, was paid 13 s 4d per day.
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