The Armour Archive

Okay. I want to know a little more about the squires role. Like during war where would the squire sleep in his knights tent? What did the squire do while the knight was off to battle? When was he trained to be a knight? How old was he when he turned form paige to squire? and how old was he when he turned into a knight?

I'm not certain on this but I would assume that the information you are looking for would probably vary highly between different nations and time periods.
I would suggest narrowing your subject down a little bit, since the squire of an 11th century norman knight probably led a much different life than the squire of a 16th century burgundian knight.

okay, I'll go with the 11th century norman knight

The position of squire is not always as clear-cut as say a tradesman apprenticeship, especially before the 12th century when the ideal of the Christian Knight was codified. As mentioned before, the role of squire also changed throughout the medieval period.

I’ll do my best to explain my idea of a squire in the 11th and 12th centuries, and hope that others will correct and add to my post, especially as I don’t have access to my library.

Often a knight would send his son off to the household of another knight, where he would both serve and learn, first as a page and then as a squire. I’m not certain how early this would happen in his life, perhaps 9-10. I remember one account that stated, “if a boy has not learned to ride by the age of 12, he will never become a true horseman.â€Â

Thanks, I ahve been having a hard time finding that specific information about the squire. the most I've seen on many of the sites I've gone on is that the squire was in training to become a knight and he had to help his master take care of his armor.