Care to Plunder Freiburg?
by Bruce HeardA few sundry details for
number-lovers among us!
The Garrison of Freiburg
Knights.......417
Sergeants.....363
Hv. Inf.......767
Lt. Inf......1,340
Arch/Xbow....1,279
Squires........417
Chaplains......391
S. Brethren.....26
Total....... 5,000
Horses: 2,422
Spare Horses: 802
Total: 3,224
Ballistae: 25
Hv Catapults: 12
Lt Belchers: 12
Hv Belchers: 6
Total: 55
I had to change some of the figures about siege weaponry, adding
some that are permanently assigned to the four main garrisons
(Freiburg, Altendorf, etc...) They are included above and their
crews are drawn from the garrisons' military personnel.
Primates: 2
Bishop: 1
Abbots: 8
Priors & Chaplains: 68
Serving Brethren: 672
Total: 750
Sorry for the misaligned items.
Equipment kept in stores (in addition to equipment currently in
use) -- FYI Freiburg has a quarter of all stockpiled equipment. The
latter is roughly equal to a quarter of all equipment currently
used. That's a lot of daggers! You can figure the rest.
Plate Armour: 334
Plate Mail: 230
Leather: 693
Shields: 625
Horse Barding: 334
Horse Tack
& Harnesses: 334
Dagger 1,257
Short Sword 558
Bastard Sword 333
2H Sword 84
Battleaxe 115
Horseman Mace 84
Warhammer 84
Pike 291
Lance 334
Long Bow 133
Crossbow 133
Figure stores also include about 100 arrows and 100 quarrels per
archer/crossbowman, or 13,300 each. Phew...
Tabards & Robes: 4,000+
Not to forget a good portion of the Ordensland's treasury which
could be anywhere from 20,000-40,000 gp.