History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaut,_Countess_of_Artois Because of the premature death of her brother Philip in 1298, she inherited the County of Artois at her father's death in 1302, rather than her nephew Robert III (her inheritance being based upon proximity of blood). Although he repea...

N.B. Consider cliff's more detailed and fuller explanation further down the thread: Thanks for posting this interesting document, but I'm afraid you've misunderstood what it is all about-- which is understandable since the Old French is rather difficult. As the first part (which your transcript doe...

For all of the Kingdom of Heaven fans.... History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_of_Ibelin,_bishop_of_Limassol Guy of Ibelin (Fr: Guy d'Ibelin ) (died 29 March 1367) was the dominican bishop of Limassol, Cyprus from 27 April 1357 until his death. He belonged to the noble Cypriot house of Ibelin,...

As usual, comments and corrections are welcome. This ordinance for tournament armor is dated to the reign of Edward II (1307-1327) per the The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Volume 13, which also includes an early English translation. https://books.google.com/books?id=iTgGAAAAQA...

Source: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-1132-1/dissemination/pdf/002/002_339_349.pdf History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_de_Bohun,_4th_Earl_of_Hereford The inventory contains a great number of books and fabric, but it seems the majority of his armor w...

Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=cksGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=chau%C3%A7ons&source=bl&ots=YTewA8ZJhu&sig=hK5oMhhB2hQQMt4xQzEi1LCtu6o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QF3qVPOvNsirNry_g8gM&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=chau%C3%A7ons&f=false 1333, Jean II de Chalon, Count of Auxerre, 1292-1361. https://herat...

Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=meoU4_UxKcgC (Page 16 and following) The inventory is for several castles and estates, with armor mixed in with cattle and bushels of peas. I've tried to pick out everything, but might have missed some items. Others are questionable as to if they're arms or ...

Source: https://archive.org/details/choixdepicesin02douuoft History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VI_of_France The inventory of the Louvre Palace was ordered on 3 March 1420, though the vast majority of armor appears to have been counted at the living quarters of the Grand Stable on 7 Feb 1...

Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=j9MhAQAAMAAJ&dq=Item%2C%20autres%20divers%20garnementz%20des%20armes%20dit%20Pieres&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=Item,%20autres%20divers%20garnementz%20des%20armes%20dit%20Pieres&f=false History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Gaveston,_1st_Earl_of_Cornwall On ...

Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=PuccAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA492&ots=FW8nTPu056&dq=ii%20paires%20de%20cuiraces%20nueves%3B%20viii%20frains%20nues&pg=PA492#v=onepage&q=ii%20paires%20de%20cuiraces%20nueves;%20viii%20frains%20nues&f=false History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo,_Count_of_Nevers Odo ...

Thanks again to worldantiques for the tip. Source: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-1132-1/dissemination/pdf/054/054_275_308.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_of_Woodstock,_1st_Duke_of_Gloucester Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Buc...

Sources: http://www.archive.org/stream/annalesvolume00monsgoog/annalesvolume00monsgoog_djvu.txt https://books.google.com/books?id=NF5AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&dq=escut+des+armez+Monsigneur+le+conte+Willaume.+Item+,+ij+paires+%C2%AB+de+plattes+%C3%A0+jouster,+de+coy+li+une+est+couvierte+d%27un+no...

Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=f_ZTAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PA354&ots=qwYOCK9quO&dq=1322%20Inventory%20of%20Goods%20of%20Roger%20de%20Mortimer%2C%20Wigmore%20Castle&pg=PA359#v=onepage&q=1322%20Inventory%20of%20Goods%20of%20Roger%20de%20Mortimer,%20Wigmore%20Castle&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Source, with translation into English by F.M. Kelly, though I've tried my hand at it. Breaks in the listings are mine. https://books.google.com/books?id=M8s-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA466#v=onepage&q=arbalestes%20de%20cor&f=false Values given in l. (livres) and s. (sols or sous), pounds and shillings by any othe...

http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/ARMATURA3 1316, Long Inventory of Arms of King Louis X Arms of France: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_France_%28Ancien%29.svg/157px-Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_France_%28Ancien%29.svg.png Arms of France and Navarre: https://...

Trying something new, with postings of inventories relevant to armor. All will be Titled as "Document:" to aid in future searches. Please feel free to correct my poor attempts at translation. Source: https://archive.org/stream/documentsetextra01deha/documentsetextra01deha_djvu.txt ...