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The Bayeux tapestry depicts an English housecarl (left), wielding a Dane axe with two hands. [1]A housecarl (Old Norse: húskarl; Old English: huscarl) was a non-servile manservant or household bodyguard in medieval Northern Europe.
The Household Cavalry (HCAV) is a corps of the Household Division that is made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army – The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They have taken part in every major conflict since 1660.
Battle of Hastings Part of the Norman Conquest Harold Rex Interfectus Est: "King Harold is killed". Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings and the death of Harold. Date 14 October 1066 Location Hailesaltede, near Hastings, Sussex, England (today Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom) Result Norman victory Belligerents Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England Commanders and ...
Apart from retired Lords Spiritual and the surviving hereditary peers excluded under the House of Lords Act 1999, including the Marquess of Cholmondeley who was exempt from the 1999 Act by virtue of his position as Lord Great Chamberlain until the accession of Charles III in September 2022, [1] there are a number of living peers who have permanently ceased to be members of the House.
There could be as many as eight stallers at once, and they probably supervised the housecarls (royal bodyguards). [4] Other officers included the stewards (stigweardas) [5] and the marshals (horsethegns) in charge of the royal stables and household travel. [4] The household also included priests, who also probably had noble backgrounds. [8]
One of the first militia units in England were the fyrd, which were raised from freemen to defend the estate of their local Shire's lord or accompany the housecarls on offensive expeditions. During the Middle Ages , English militia units continued to be raised for service in various conflicts such as the Wars of Scottish Independence , the ...
This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.It does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
In the 11th century the infantry was strengthened by the addition of an elite force of housecarls. [5] [6] More recent research, however, suggests that there was only a select-fyrd, in which the mounted element was provided by Wessex. [7]