The Armour Archive

I'm drawing a complete blank on where to look for this information. I've failed my "search-fu" check multiple times, and I can't attempt it again until I level-up according to the DM.

I'm looking for terms for people that would have been responsible for various camp duties. Anything you've got, really that would have been appropriate for 14th century English or French (or even Italian). As I'm drawing a blank on any medieval terms.

I'm aware of purveyor/victualler (someone responsible for aquiring food/beverage for a campaign). But I've only one source for it (an Osprey book) :p . Any medieval English/French/Itlian terms for people with specific duties (even if it's vague as to what was really in their pervue. Who was in charge of livre or garrison weapons (perhaps the medieval equivalent to a quartermaster), or someone in charge of organizing all the duties of those within the camp or household.

I'm not looking for general terms for tradesmen, I can find that. But people who would be either be part of an encampent or garrison of fighting troops assigned duties or auxilliary support. Really any duties at all you can think of.

I'm interested in French also as I believe some terms may have crossed the channel with some French speaking English nobles.
-Cian

Cian,

I have a source with some oblique references to this sort of thing,

A Book of London English, 1384-1425
Ed. Chambers & Daunt
Oxford University Press, 1931

A proclamation issued in 1418 reads,

Be there a proclamation made that all manner of men that will towards the coasts of Normandy there to be soulded or waged with the King our sovereign lord, or any other Lord if His Host or retinue, let them array and make them ready in the best wise that they can or may in alle haste, and come to St Dunstans in the East on Monday that next comes, at eight of clock, to William Seuenok, Alderman, and his felawes that arn assigned therefor in especial, and they shal be assigned ready shipping and passage, and eche of them shal have a Noble (80d), for to vitaile(provision) him with toward the coasts abovesaid.

So, If you're headed for france to join the kings host, see this London Alderman, who will give you money, -so you can buy your own food-.

London was providing a fair amount of Food, booze, Money, men and materiel for Henry V. There are a number of other documents regarding this, but none list the name of any consignee in france for deliveries to be made to, other than 'to the host in France'