ABSTRACT
This paper investigates the retinue personnel of Edward of Langley, second duke of York, and their connections within wider martial and societal networks. What makes the investigation novel is that York died at Agincourt, requiring all his men to find a new affinity in which to serve if they wanted to continue their martial careers. In undertaking this investigation it is possible to provide the geographic origins and martial service careers, both prior to and after Agincourt, of a sizeable proportion of the duke’s retinue. It is also argued that the death of a front-rank captain in 1415 had less of an impact upon the wider military community than the death of a captain of similar prominence would have had a century earlier due to the differing dynamics of recruitment.
