Cheshire archers
The Cheshire archers were a body of elite soldiers noted for their skills with the
Richard II employed a bodyguard of these yeoman archers who came from the Macclesfield Hundred and the forest districts of Cheshire.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Gillespie, J. L. (1979). Richard II's Archers of the Crown. The Journal of British Studies, 18(2), 14-29.
- ^ Morgan, P. (1987). War and society in medieval Cheshire, 1277-1403 (Vol. 34). Manchester University Press.
- ^ Davies, C. S. (Ed.). (1976). A history of Macclesfield. Manchester University Press.