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711:. For example, a lord would recruit into his affinity some who could provide him with military service, but others who did not; some who were formally retained and some who were not; and ultimately every individual was recruited with mutual benefit at the heart of their relationships. The affinity itself would change depending on whether it was a time of war or peace, or whether it was in an area where the lord was strong. Seen in the context of playing multiple roles, it has been called a "socio-political-military joint-stock enterprise" that helped uphold noble authority without needing a basis in feudalism itself. In the mid-fifteenth century, it could vary in organization from being secured almost exclusively by military indenture (for example, the affinity of 71: 40: 514: 629:
could include several hundred 'King's knights' and esquires, retained with hard cash. In fact, the amounts the crown spent on its regional affinity were the cause of much of the discontent over royal expenditure that Richard II, for example, faced in 1397. Likewise, John of Gaunt's affinity increased by half between 1381 and the early 1390s and cost him far greater sums than the 10% of income that magnates generally expended on their retinues. Gaunt used it to defend his position against the crown as Richard II's reign became increasingly erratic, and his son,
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local stability where this occurred. At the same time, even powerful magnates such as Gaunt could cause local dissatisfaction by retaining some and, inevitably, excluding others. On the other hand, it has also been pointed out how, particularly for kings, recruitment into the affinity was a clear promotion which could act as an encouraging loyalty or offered a political amnesty.
703:, and little more than his personal thugs. The only connection noted between members of the affinity and the retaining lord was a military one. This then led them to see the emergence of noble affinities as directly responsible, in part at least, for the decline in social order in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. But as 568:
said. A contemporary described these as "kin, friendis, allys and parttakaris" ("kin, friends, allies, and partakers") to the lord. Members of the affinity could usually be identified by the livery the lord would distribute for their identification with him; this could range from simple armbands to
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Recently it has been questioned whether a royal affinity could actually work in the same way as a noble one. It has been suggested that since the king had to be a lord to his retainers and provide good lordship, but also king to the entire people, a contradiction existed, resulting in a decline in
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In Richard's case, it has been suggested it was for the purpose of building up royal power to counteract the pre-existing affinities of the nobility and strengthen his own power. Indeed, they were at the heart of the army Richard took to Ireland on his 1399 campaign, prior to his deposition. This
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The traditional view among historians was that the affinity was a thirteenth-century construction that arose out of the nobility and crown's need to recruit armies, against a backdrop of declining feudal service failing to provide troops.
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gathered around himself in his service; it has been described by one modern historian as "the servants, retainers, and other followers of a lord", and as "part of the normal fabric of society". It is considered a fundamental aspect of
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of earlier kings. By the fifteenth century, most regional agents of the crown were considered to be in the king's affinity, as they had a closer connection to the crown than ordinary subjects. By the reign of Henry VI,
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has put it, their unfavourable judgements have largely been replaced by a more sympathetic account that acknowledges the affinity as an essential element in the mechanics of
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did in the later fourteenth century, recruit people into his affinity regardless of their social weight, as an expression of his "courtly and chivalric ambitions", as
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wrote, was that the former did the lord "exclusive service" but the latter received his good lordship "in ways both more and less permanent" than the retainers.
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gathered bodies of men—often from among his tenants—from his estates in Lincoln, who were still linked to the earl feudally through their tenure of his land.
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to be worn by the retainer and "maintenance" or his support in their disputes, which often constituted obstruction of judicial processes.
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connection to him. Rather than receiving land, these men received grants of office and the security of Pembroke's proximity to
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Robertson, C. A., 'Local Government and the King's 'affinity' in fifteenth-century Leicestershire and Warwickshire',
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estimated that the number of squires employed by the king in the localities increased from 150 to over 300.
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retainers, and beyond them was a more amorphous group of general supporters and contacts. The difference,
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meeting with an affinity of about 400 horsemen and eighty knights and squires; the contemporary
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bands"; high-ranking members of John of Gaunt's retinue—a "highly prized" position—wore the
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The lord would often include men in positions of local authority, for example
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and took their advice before publicly coming out in support of the rebellious
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Middleham Castle was the centre of the earl of Salisbury's Yorkshire affinity.
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Three Medieval Queens: Queenship and the Crown in Fourteenth-Century England
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Loyalte me Lie': Richard III and affinity politics in northern England
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Loyalte me Lie': Richard III and affinity politics in northern England
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Political Culture in Late Medieval England: Essays by Simon Walker
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Political Culture in Late Medieval England: Essays by Simon Walker
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Political Culture in Late Medieval England: Essays by Simon Walker
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Crouch, David, & D. A. Carpenter. 'Bastard Feudalism Revised'
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Retainers and fee'd men of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
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Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England
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has described it as a "personal, not feudal" connection, which
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Maintenance, Meed, and Marriage in Medieval English Literature
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family and their retainers directly into the royal household.
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relationship. On the other hand, a hundred years later, the
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Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England
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Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272–1485
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gathered the closest members of his affinity to him in
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From Lord to Patron: Lordship in Late Medieval England
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Lords and Men in Scotland: Bonds of Manrent, 1442–1603
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Lords and Men in Scotland: Bonds of Manrent 1442–1603
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had created their own affinities within the regional
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Spencer (31 October 2013). 479:William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke 433:was a collective name for the group ( 580: 533:has described the structure of the 24: 25: 1492: 1443: 685: 473:One of the earliest identifiable 1361:. A&C Black. pp. 239–. 780:The Later Middle Ages, 1272–1485 643:estimated it at around 500 men. 446:, and acted as a means of tying 69: 1426: 1375: 1297: 1284: 1244: 1231: 1218: 1205: 1162: 1127:The Fifteenth Century 1399–1485 1119: 1106: 1061: 1048: 1007:. Boydell Press. pp. 95–. 977: 962: 947: 934: 921: 654:maintained an affinity in many 450:to the lower nobility, just as 1252:Later Medieval Kent, 1220–1540 892: 847: 834: 821: 772: 508: 334:Peerages in the United Kingdom 13: 1: 1241:(Philadelphia, 1989), 172–73. 1228:(Woodbridge, 2003), 154 n.68. 1058:, 5th ser. 38 (1987), 87–102. 738: 650:; in the 1420s, for example, 497:called an early example of a 454:had done in a different way. 259:Feudal land tenure in England 34:Affinity (Catholic canon law) 1355:P. L. 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Index

Affinities
Affinity (Catholic canon law)

Dunstable Swan Jewel
livery badge
British Museum
English feudalism

Harold Sacramentum Fecit Willelmo Duci
Bayeux Tapestry
Fief
Ecclesiastical fief
Crown land
Allodial title
Appanage
Vassal
Feoffment
Seignory
Subinfeudation
Feoffee
Fealty
Homage
Affinity
Feudal maintenance
Feudal fragmentation
Bastard feudalism
Livery
Manorialism
Lord of the manor
Manorial court

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