Calais Papers: Miscellaneous, 1548

Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Edward VI 1547-1553. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1861.

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'Calais Papers: Miscellaneous, 1548', in Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Edward VI 1547-1553, (London, 1861) pp. 353-354. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/foreign/edw-vi/pp353-354 [accessed 26 April 2024]

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Miscellaneous, 1548

1548. 166. "Instructions given unto Sir William Herbert, Knight, one of the King's Majesty's Privy Council, Sir Richard Southwell, Knight, and Sir Francis Hill, Esquire, for their proceedings in the musters to be made at Boulogne and other of his Highness's pieces on that side the seas, wherein they are instructed to proceed and take order as followeth." Among these instructions are: That no man is to receive the wages of two men; no boy or rascal, or any one not deemed to be a personable and meet man, shall be allowed to pass the muster, and receive wages, but to be immediately discharged for avoiding consumption of victuals. All passports to cease between the present time and the middle of October, except for such as are ordered to England on special service of his Majesty. No one to muster double, or to supply another man's place at muster, under pain of the loss of both his ears and imprisonment during the King's pleasure. No ordinary allowance to be made for keeping of sick folks, or burying of the dead, but the Commissioners shall hire and allow wages for such as necessity requires. Any soldier found without his weapon either within doors or without, is to forfeit a day's wages. All superfluous number of women and children to be clearly dispatched from the forts. The French names of lieutenants and such others as have brought with it a practice to deceive the King's Majesty by fines in the musters, to cease; and every 100 to have only a captain, a petty captain, a standard-bearer, a drum, and no other officer. [Four pages.]
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