What percentage of a Medieval English army would be cavalry?

[Tigellinus]

I was going to be a little less specific, but I remembered that it would require being specific. (Considering saying What percentage of an average European Medieval army was cavalry?Would have widely different results depending on the nation. Such as France and there Cavalry/knightly orientated armies, would be rather different to say a Scottish army of Highlanders.)

So, to say a host of fifty thousand soldiers was raised. Can anyone give me an average percentage of numbers? Such as how many cavalry there would be (percentage) and the like?

Thanks

Tigellinus

[General Retreat]

I'd recommend getting the thread moved to the Vestigia Vetustatis - you'll get more accurate answers there.

My initial thought is that it'd be hard to say. In pre-professional Feudal armies composition wouldn't necessarily be governed by doctrine - more what was available to the Commander in question.

Might be a good idea to look up a historical battle and simply use that as a template.

[m_1512]

This is not the completely accurate data, but it is the closest to accurate figures and are used in RPG games. However, do note that the figures are in approximate percentages and they are for a standard campaign preparation. That is, a Medieval king would raise this force for a full on campaign and not as a muster to put down some revolt.

Troop class
Heavy - 20% | Light - 80%
Cavalry - 35% | Infantry - 65%

Troop types
Heavy Cavalry - 10%
Light Cavalry - 25%
Heavy Infantry - 10%
Light Infantry - 45%
Missile Infantry - 10%

[Tigellinus]

Thank you M! That was bugging me for a while

Thanks mate.

Tigellinus

[m_1512]

No problems, this had bugged me back when I was writing rule set for an RPG game. So, I had to do some deep research to get the figures and then base them to percentages after averaging.