Errant Knights and money

afro-elf · 10-22-2003, 07:34 AM

How did an errant feed himself and retinue.

Feed meaning actual food and also what payment of his retinue

Coney II · 10-22-2003, 10:55 AM

Errant knight sounds very romantic........a knight wandering the lands in search of adventure!

The reality, it seems, was very different.

An errant knight would not swear fealty to a specific lord, but they did, of course, serve a lord through the campaining seasons (spring-autumn) recieving pay and [sometimes] hoping to recieve the lords hospitality through the winter months.

With the exception of the title (and the protection that the law brought with knighthood) their seems to have been little difference between an errant knight and a common mercenary.

An errant knight did, of course, have the benefit of being able to leave a lords service without the loss of honour and title that a household knight would have to endure.

afro-elf · 10-22-2003, 10:06 PM

Thanks yet again.

10-22-2003, 07:34 AM	#1
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Errant Knights and money How did an errant feed himself and retinue. Feed meaning actual food and also what payment of his retinue __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

10-22-2003, 10:06 PM	#3
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Thanks yet again. __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

10-22-2003, 10:55 AM	#2
Coney II Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: uk Posts: 134	Errant knight sounds very romantic........a knight wandering the lands in search of adventure! The reality, it seems, was very different. An errant knight would not swear fealty to a specific lord, but they did, of course, serve a lord through the campaining seasons (spring-autumn) recieving pay and [sometimes] hoping to recieve the lords hospitality through the winter months. With the exception of the title (and the protection that the law brought with knighthood) their seems to have been little difference between an errant knight and a common mercenary. An errant knight did, of course, have the benefit of being able to leave a lords service without the loss of honour and title that a household knight would have to endure.