▁Nor folk ▁to ▁improve ▁his ▁behaviour . ▁Although ▁M ow b ray ▁had ▁sw orn ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁l ords ▁in ▁ 1 4 3 3 , ▁his ▁behaviour , ▁which ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁ri ot ous , ▁had ▁continued ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁manner . ▁M ow b ray ▁was ▁instruct ed ▁to ▁" have ▁by sil ie ▁in ▁his ▁my nde ▁and ▁for ▁k ep y ng ▁of ▁his ▁honour ▁observe ▁in ▁all ▁po ynt es ▁th article ▁assured ▁as ▁we le ▁by ▁h ym ▁as ▁other ▁lord es ▁and ▁est ates ▁of ▁this ▁land ▁in ▁the ▁k y ng es ▁h ande ▁at ▁the ▁last ▁par lement ▁hold en ▁at ▁West m ' ". ▁ ▁Histor i ography ▁The ▁o ath ’ s ▁significance ▁to ▁histor ians , ▁arg ues ▁Bog ner , ▁was ▁that ▁it ▁lists ▁the ▁gent ry ▁whom ▁the ▁crown ▁considered ▁" cap able ▁of ▁retain ing ▁men ▁as ▁a ▁force ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁ends ", ▁and ▁who ▁were ▁trained ▁in ▁war . ▁Similarly , ▁the ▁medieval ist ▁Ralph ▁A . ▁Griff ith s ▁suggests ▁that ▁those ▁who ▁took ▁the ▁o ath ▁were ▁" soci ally ▁prominent ▁or ▁polit ically ▁powerful " ▁men , ▁while ▁Edward ▁Pow ell ▁cons iders ▁that ▁those ▁who ▁signed ▁can ▁be ▁considered ▁gent ry ▁by ▁the ▁historian , ▁regardless ▁of ▁the ▁sign atory ’ s ▁actual ▁employ ment . ▁The ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁o ath ▁was ▁de emed ▁necessary ▁indicates ▁the ▁extent ▁to ▁which ▁law ▁and ▁order ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁have ▁col