AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
NameMargaret
Death15871130
Burial3 Aug 1587, Barnham, Suffolk, England1810
Spouses
Birthabt 1510, Barnham, Suffolk, England1130
Deathbef 15681810
FatherJohn Bullard (1485-1535)
ChildrenHenry (~1535->1590)
 John (~1538-1590)
Military notes for John (Spouse 1)
Listed as a bowman/billman on the Militia Muster Roll of Suffolk, England in the reign of Henry VIII (1535)1130

Billmen were part of the local infantry, expert in the use of the weapon called a bill, a long staff terminating in a hook-shaped blade usually with pikes at the back and top. Harness, in this context, referred to armor. A sheaf of arrows consisted of a bundle or quiver of 24 arrows.1811
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