The Hampshire county muster at Winchester in 1588 drew on the largest county militia establishment on the south coast, reflecting Hampshire position as the most strategically critical county for defending the primary naval base at Portsmouth and the Solent anchorage. The county muster coordinated with the fleet at Portsmouth to create a comprehensive land-sea defence that drew on forty years of fort building, beacon organisation, and militia training.
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