The Hobbitry-in-arms was the militia of the Shire. [1] The captain of the Hobbitry-in-arms was the Thain, who summoned it at a Shire-muster in times of emergency. [2] [3]
References
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Prologue, III: "Of the Ordering of the Shire"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Prologue, I: "Concerning Hobbits"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"
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