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Edward III’s household knights and the Crécy campaign of 1346 (2019)
Journal Article
HEFFERAN, M. (2019). Edward III’s household knights and the Crécy campaign of 1346. Historical Research, 92(255), 24-49. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12250

The knights of the royal household were of central importance to medieval warfare. Their contributions to the wars of Edward III have, however, received only limited attention from historians. This article uses the Crécy campaign of 1346, the largest... Read More about Edward III’s household knights and the Crécy campaign of 1346.

Household Knights, Chamber Knights and King’s Knights: The Development of the Royal Knight in Fourteenth-Century England (2018)
Journal Article
Hefferan, M. (2019). Household Knights, Chamber Knights and King’s Knights: The Development of the Royal Knight in Fourteenth-Century England. Journal of Medieval History, 45(1), 80-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2018.1551811

The fourteenth century witnessed a considerable change in the way in which knights were retained in royal service in England. The system of retaining ‘household knights’, which had been in operation since at least the twelfth century, gave way to a n... Read More about Household Knights, Chamber Knights and King’s Knights: The Development of the Royal Knight in Fourteenth-Century England.