An Historical Record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Or Oxford Blues, Its Services, and the Transactions in Which It Has Been Engaged From Its to the Present Time Classic Reprint

Excerpt from An Historical Record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards: Or Oxford Blues, Its Services, and the Transactions in Which It Has Been Engaged From Its First Establishment to the Present Time

The ancient Armies of England were composed of Horse and Foot; but the feudal troops, esta blished by William the Conqueror in 1086, con sisted almost entirely of Horse. Under the feudal system, every holder of land amounting to what was termed a knight's fee, was required to provide a charger, a coat of mail, a helmet, a shield, and a lance, and to serve the Crown a period of forty days in each year at his own expense; and the great landholders had to pro vide armed men in proportion to the extent of their estates consequently the ranks of the feudal Cavalry were completed with men of property, and the vassals and tenants of the great barons, who led their dependents to the field in person. In the succeeding reigns the Cavalry of the Army was composed of Knights (or men at arms) and Hobiliers (or horsemen of inferior degree) and the Infantry of spear and battle-axe men.

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