The Angevins and the Charter (1154-1216) / The Beginning of English Law, the Invasion of Ireland and the Crusades

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ASSIZE OF ARMS, 1181.

Source.—Roger de Hoveden, Vol. II., p. 261. Bohn's Libraries. G. Bell & Sons.

1. Whoever has a fiefdom of one knight, let him have a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield and a lance; and let every knight have as many coats of mail and helmets and shields and pikes as he has knights fiefdoms in his demesne.

3. Also let all burghers and the whole community of freemen have a doublet, an iron headpiece and a pike.

7. Let no Jew keep his coat of mail or his hauberk, but sell them or give them or get rid of them in some way, provided that they remain in the service of the King.

8. Let no man carry arms outside England except by order of the King.