FYRD  , the name given to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, or See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia, during the Anglo-Saxon See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period (see ARMY, 6o) . It is first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle under the date 6o5.The ealdorman, or See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff, of the See also:

• SHIRE

shire was probably charged with the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of calling out and leading the fyrd, which appears always to have retained a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, as during the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Danish invasions we read of the fyrd of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, of See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset and of See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon . As attendance at the fyrd was included in the trinoda See also:

• NECESSITAS (Gr. 'Avery Ktj )

necessitas it was compulsory on all holders of See also:

• LAND

land; but that it was not confined to them is shown by the following See also:

• EXTRACT (from Lat. extrahere, to draw out)

extract from the See also:

• LAWS

laws of See also:

• INE

Ine, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons, dated about 69o, which prescribes the See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty for the serious offence of neglecting the fyrd: " If a gesithcund See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man owning land neglect the fyrd, let him pay 120 shillings, and forfeit his land; one not owning land 6o shillings; a ceorlish man 30 shillings as fyrdwite." The fyrd was gradually superseded by the gathering of the thegns and their retainers, but it was occasionally called out for defensive purposes even after the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest .