Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index According to the reference in http://dictionary.reference.com/, a Commission of Array is a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. --Blackstone. The web site http://www.thevickerage.worldonline.co.uk/ecivil/comm_of_array.htm adds further information on this term as follows: "An obsolete method of raising troops revived by King Charles during the Bishop's Wars and used again on the outbreak of the First Civil War. Commissions were sent to named gentry in every county empowering them to summon all men aged from 15 to 60 from whom fit candidates would be chosen for military training. The Commissioners of Array became the basis for Royalist county administration." This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.