The Soldier in Later Medieval England- A Useful Tool

[René Artois]

I found this pretty informative tool when researching armies from this era, and it has a searchable database of every English army by year from about 1369-1453 (roughly). It contains names, titles, ranks, commanders, why they were employed etc

You can search by name, year, rank, title etc. For example you can search 1415 to get the list of those employed in Henry V's army for the Agincourt Campaign (11,285 people).

Here it is.

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John
West
Man-at-arms Villa Nova, Rustin de
1404 Garrisons Wales
that's cool

[René Artois]

You can find Owain Glyndwr on there too. But it's a medieval spelling so good luck!

[Hresvelgr]

You can find Owain Glyndwr on there too. But it's a medieval spelling so good luck!

I was looking and tried every variation of the name I knew, but found nothing. How did you know he's there?

[Ojf]

What the hell is "england"?

You meen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England

[Hookah Smoking Caterpiller]

What the hell is "england"?

You meen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England

No he means England.

[Rt. Hon. Gentleman]

What the hell is "england"?

You meen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England

I think it's some place near Turkmenistan.

[Hookah Smoking Caterpiller]

I think it's some place near Turkmenistan.

I though you'd left...

[René Artois]

I remember months ago, I first found the muster database itself because of a link to Owain. (I was researching him at the time)

[René Artois]

Scratch that, in the search for surnames, search "Glyndouerdy". That's him, the squire of Richard FitzAlan, 1387.

[Hresvelgr]

Ah, I did see that before. Just didn't think he'd be listed as a squire for some reason.

Aha, now I know why I didn't think it would be him! I assumed "esquire" on that list meant the same thing as squire, as in a knight's servant which I thought would be impossible for Glyndwr to be. Just learned esquire means something else entirely. Thanks for letting me realize that!

[René Artois]

Lol on that list esquire means squire. That would have been because Glyndwr's social status in Wales was much higher up than in England. At the time Fitzalan was an Earl (of Arundel) so very high up, whereas Glyndwr wouldn't have been knighted yet.