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Soldiers Act 1439

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1439 c. 18
Year1439
Statutes made at Westminster, Anno 18 Hen VI. and Anno Dom. 1439 How much a Captain shall forfeit that doth detain any Part of his Soldiers Wages.

(18 Hen. 6) C A P. XVIII.

‘ITEM, For that the King is and hath been well certified of many great Deceits and Falsities, which have been done to him and to his Realm by some of the Captains which have before this Time indented with the King to serve him in the Feat of War, some beyond the Sea and in divers Parts, as they be appointed and bound by their Indentures, and some in his Marches on this Side the Sea, and their Wages have been truly paid and contented by the King, according to their Indentures, for them and for all their Retinue, according to their Degrees, which Wages Many of the said Captains have abused, and taken upon them to deduce from their Soldiers, of some more, and some less; so that such, from whom they have abated, have not been able to continue their Service, nor perform the same as of Right and Reason they ought to have done, and peradventure were willing to have done, if they had been fully paid; which hath caused them to fall to Robbery and Pillage, as well on this Side the Sea before their going, as beyond the Sea, when they came thither; amongst other Things it hath been a great Cause of lone Continuance of the War, and great Damage and Loss which hath fallen to the Seigniories and Countries of the King in his Obeisance beyond the Sea, and not only that, but Loss also of great Treasure which hath been granted to the King, and paid in the Form aforesaid for the Defence of his Land.’

S-II For what Cause a Captain may abate his Soldiers Wages, and how much.

II For what Cause a Captain may abate his Soldiers Wages, and how much.

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