The Cheshire archers were a body of elite soldiers noted for their skills with the

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that fought in many engagements in England and France in the Middle Ages. Battles at which there were sizeable numbers of Cheshire archers include Agincourt and Crecy.

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employed a bodyguard of these ''yeoman archers'' who came from the Macclesfield Hundred and the forest districts of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

.Davies, C. S. (Ed.). (1976). ''A history of Macclesfield''. Manchester University Press.

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