Muster (military)

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In Tudor England, musters were periodic assessments of the availability of local militia to act as a defence force when needed.[1] To some extent, the system was an outdated remnant of the feudal system where local lords had their own armies, which they provided for the King as required.

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  1. ^ Jeremy Gibson and Alan Dell, Tudor and Stuart Muster Rolls (Federation of Family History Societies, 1989)
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