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Commission of array
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<p>A commission of array was a <a href="/facts/Letters_patent/yX3HHM5B">commission</a> given by <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">English</a> sovereigns to officers or gentry in a given territory to muster and array the inhabitants and to see them in a condition for war, or to put <a href="/facts/Soldier/f3tcRU9C">soldiers</a> of a country in a condition for military service. The term arrayers is used in some ancient English statutes, for an officer who had a commission of array. </p>