Well my ancestors did. They have got this new database of medieval soldiers in the time of Henry V. So, you type in your surname and check if your great great grandad fired off arrows into the French.
Mine did....
here is the link
[url= http://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/search_musterdb.php ]Medieval Soldier database[/url]
Alas [i]You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') AGAINST ('' IN BOOLEAN MODE)' at line 1[/i] - could post that link again?
There's a few of the original origin of my surname but of couse it does not mean they are any relation what so ever.
I'm shocked - none of my Scottish ancestors where there 😆
Ahhh, yes.....
... yeah olde English longbowmen myth
Cool, old Billy Clark was there giving it some:
William Clark Archer
Captain: Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick
Commander: Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
1417 Exped France
Well chuffed to see that one of my ancestors was taking part in that fine moment in history, bet he had a bottle of irn bru with him as well!
don't forget that although we won that battle, the English lost the war.
(Funny how our history books mention Agincourt & Crecy, but not the many battles the English lost to the French)
One of my Scots ancestors was there! Bet he had a bottle of Irn Bru with him,
[i]don't forget that although we won that battle, the English lost the war.[/i]
I thought we won the Lancastrian War?
As my surname is Petit I didn't expect too many to be fighting for Henry but in fact there were 12. There you go...
although we won that battle, the English lost the war.
To be fair, Henry V was all set to be crowned King of France, under the Treaty of Troyes, until he made the unfortunate mistake of dying from dysentery.
I'm shocked - none of my Scottish ancestors where there
Given that we were allied with the French at the time I suspect that quite a few Scots were there 🙂
I wonder if bigG ancestors were there with a bottle of Irn Bru, I'm sure he'd mention it if they were.
until he made the unfortunate mistake of dying from dysentery.
😆