A very interesting inventory gives a summary of equipment that a nobleman would be using when traveling on state business. Here, a certain Willemet Croquevillain was funded by the crown in 1410 to fit himself out quite completely, from horse to pourpoint. The latter was made from leather (!) and fustian. In total, the whole invoice sums up to over 160 livres, of which the three horses constitute over 70 livres - nothing the nobles did was cheap.
Also, this apparently involved a police operation to capture a page who stole one of Willemet's new horses and his haubergeon!
-- TRANSLATED INVENTORY --
For a gelding horse that was bought from Pierre de le Mede for the said Willemet for the aforesaid journey, for which payment was made in the amount of fifteen French gold crowns — 12 livres, 3 shillings, 11 pence.
Item, to Watelot the saddler, for a saddle, a bridle, a horse breastplate, a neck-halter, two reins, a caplet, and two saddlebags, which were bought from him for the said Willemet in order to harness and equip his horse — 64 shillings, 5 pence.
Item, for a haubergeon which the said Willemet received in order to go on that journey — 15 livres, 18 shillings, 14 pence.
Item, for one grey horse likewise bought for the said Willemet to ride on that journey, which cost completely bare, and for which payment was made — 43 livres, 7 pence.
Item, for a saddle, bridle, and horse breastplate bought to place upon the said horse, and for which payment was made — 45 shillings, 7 pence.
Item, for another grey horse which the said Willemet possessed and took on the said journey, which was bought from the nobleman my lord of Calonne and cost — 14 livres, 16 shillings, 1 penny.
Item, for a set of leg armour which the said Willemet also received, and which Hannequin, his servant, personally came to fetch from the city of Paris on the first day of September in that year, for which payment was made — 33 shillings, 11 pence.
Item, for a bascinet bag and some carrying sacks in which to place the said Willemet’s padded armour, paid to the above-mentioned Watelot the saddler — 36 shillings, 8 pence.
Item, for a sword that was bought for the said Willemet and which he carried on that journey — 9 shillings, 2 pence.
Item, that there was delivered and paid to the said Willemet, in the city of Paris as elsewhere where he stayed together with the other men-at-arms, for his business and necessities — 61 livres, 18 pence.
Item, there was delivered to the said Willemet, to go to the town of Caux in pursuit of one of his servants who had carried off a haubergeon and taken away one of his horses — 4 pounds.
Item, for nine rasieres of oats which were bought to feed the horses of the said Willemet — 4 livres, 20 pence.
TOTAL of the above expenses paid in the name of and on behalf of the said Willemet — 159 livres, 12 shillings, 6 pence.
A strap and a dagger which were bought for the said Willemet — 4 shillings, 2 pence.
A cup (taisse) and a strap — 15 shillings, 7 pence.
A dagger furnished with a wooden hilt — 3 shillings, 4 pence.
For leather from which a pourpoint was made for the said Willemet — 11 shillings, 3 pence.
For ell-measures of fustian from which likewise a pourpoint was made for the said Willemet — 11 shillings, 9 pence.
The best part? This was all so he could hunt down a page who'd stolen his horse and haburgeon!
