"Coats of arms for Hawkwood's Free Company?" Topic
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| John the OFM | 17 Aug 2014 6:26 p.m. PST |
I have been asked to paint some knights for John Hawkwood's Free Company. Any guides to what I should do?
I am only vaguely familiar with the Free Company. |
| altfritz | 17 Aug 2014 6:33 p.m. PST |
The White Company – is that them? |
| John the OFM | 17 Aug 2014 6:37 p.m. PST |
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| Sysiphus | 17 Aug 2014 8:06 p.m. PST |
Whitish livery and some forms from Hawkwood's coat of arms and that of Florence? |
| Sysiphus | 17 Aug 2014 8:12 p.m. PST |
There is a post on this back in Nov. 2012. Called "White Company Flags. TMP link |
 20thmaine  | 18 Aug 2014 2:41 a.m. PST |
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| Rhysius Cambrensis | 18 Aug 2014 5:16 a.m. PST |
I'm a medieval re-enact or and initially we styled ourselves as a free-booting merc company in the Wars of the Roses and as a cheeky name for our group we initially called ourselves the Creamy company. Well, when I say we, I mean me to  off the group commander. |
| Yesthatphil | 18 Aug 2014 7:45 a.m. PST |
Can't see the picture 20thmaine has sent … but … There is an illustration in Sercambi's chronicle for 1375, Hawkwood outside Florence. The banners are Hawkwood's familiar sable chevron with argent scallops (used both on trumpets and on flagpoles) and a simple (crossed keys and mitre) papal banner*. Phil
Cooper, Sir John Hawkwood (facing page 81) – or, better -
Stonor Saunders Hawkwood fig. 19 which also seems to show a plain yellow banner and men at arms in white harness with plain coloured jupons over. |
| KatieL | 18 Aug 2014 8:40 a.m. PST |
RC -- I'd be kind of interested in finding out a bit more about how the mercenary companies were organised -- I don't suppose you have any good references you could point at? |
| 20thmaine | 30 Aug 2014 5:57 p.m. PST |
Don't know why the photo isn't showing. it should have been this : the Florentine funerary monument painting : link Coat of arms on the base. |
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gets medieval.
