Identifier: historyofartofw00oman (find matches)
Title: A history of the art of war, the middle ages from the fourth to the fourteenth century
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Oman, Charles William Chadwick, Sir, 1860-1946
Subjects: Military art and science Military history, Medieval
Publisher: London : Methuen
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ridge of the hill such smallimpedimenta as they had brought with them, the chief of whichwas the earls chariot,^ to which he had bound his great banner,after the manner of the Milanese at Legnano or the Yorkshire-men at our own Battle of the Standard. Inside the carriagewere three (or four) citizens of London whom Simon hadarrested for opposing him, and was determined to keep in safecustody. The banner and baggage were left in charge of aguard of infantry under William le Blound, one of the signatoriesof the agreement for arbitration which had ended so unhappilyat Amiens.2 ^ Simon had broken his leg in the previous year, and was forced to use thiscarriage for many months. ^ Of the twenty-four laymen who signed for the barons party in 1263, thefollowing were at Lewes :—Earl Simon, Ralph Basset, William le Blound, Humphreyde Bohun, John de Burgh, Hugh Despenser, John Fitz-John, Henry de Hastings,Henry de Montfort, William de Montchensy, Nicholas de Segrave, Robert de Ros, PLATE XIII.
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1264) LEWES: THE KINGS ARRAY 421 The king and his followers had barely mounted and armedand issued from the town of Lewes, when they saw the baronialarmy coming down upon them. But they had just time toform up in three battles before the conflict began. Knightoninforms us that the king had originally organised his troopsinto four corps (like Earl Simon), but that the whole of thefourth division had been left behind to garrison Tunbridge, so^that the Royalists had no reserve.^ Perhaps Henry mighthave told off other troops to play that part had he been grantedtime to think. But he was completely taken by surprise, andconsidered himself lucky to be able to form any battle-order atall. His right division was led by his heir, Prince Edward, whowas accompanied by his foreign half-uncles, William de Valenceand Guy de Lusignan, as also by the Earl of Warrenne andHugh Bigot the Justiciar. The centre was under the commandof Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans, brother to KingHenry; with him

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