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THE MASTER-GUNNERS OP ENGLAND. 
SUCCESSION LIST OF THE MASTER-GUNNERS OE ENGLAND. 
Reign. 
Date of 
Appt. 
Name. 
War Services, &c. 
Hen. Y. 
(Contd.) 
1414 
Nicliol. Mer- 
borg (or de 
Merburg.) 
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incomplete, and do not give the ordnance 
muster, &c. 
Siege and capture of Tongue, Normandy. 
The artillery details comprise 1000 masons, 
carpenters, &c. Capture of Caen and other 
towns. The campaign continued through the 
whole winter, without interruption. Cher¬ 
bourg capitulated after 3 months siege. 
1419. Roen captured, and Normandy sub¬ 
dued. 
1420 to 1422. Siege of Troyes. The Army 
continued in Normandy occupying the several 
fortresses and capturing others, and the 
Artillery were conspicuous in firing great 
„ stones out of great guns. 
|Hen. YI. 
1422-1461 
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^ 1425. The English, in defending the town 
of St. Jacques de Leitson, sallied out, attach¬ 
ing the besiegers, and captured 14 great guns 
and 40 barrels of powder. 
1428. Siege of Orleans, which the English 
army encompassed with 60 forts, of which 6 
were the strongest, commanding the principal 
avenues to the city, and in which were placed 
the cannon. When the besieged perceived 
that they were environed with fortresses and 
ordnance, they laid gun against gun, and 
fortified towers against bulwarks, and within 
made new rampiers and built mud walls to 
avoid cracks and breaches which might by 
violent shot suddenly ensue. 
1433. The Master of the King's Ordnance 
in this year was Gilbert Parr, who appears to 
have remained in the Tower of London ; and 
in 1455, Thomas Yaughan, Esqre., held the 
office. 
1456. The first Master General of the 
Ordnance (John Judd) was so commissioned 
in this year. This was the creation of the 
ordnance office, which was then lodged in the 
Cockpit, Whitehall: in 1532 the office was 
^removed to the Tower of London. 
Ed. IY. 
1461-1483. 
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r 1461-1471. During the civil wars of this 
reign, both armies were furnished with “great 
[ artillery.” 
1 The appointment being for life, de Merbourg may have covered this period. 
