This list covers French armies from the ordonnance reforms until Marignano. Gendarmes “gens d‘armes” were now organised into regular “ordonnance” units, in which each man-at-arms in full plate was accompanied by a coustillier and by archers who were lesser armoured, but progressively social-climbed until they were regarded as gentlemen apprentice men- at-arms. Gendarmes rarely fought dismounted after the end of the 100 Years War in 1455. Their ordonnance archers (but not coustilliers) sometimes deployed separately, initially as mounted archers, but later as cavalry. Francs “free” archer were provided by a levy of 1 man per parish. They practiced individually on holy days, but did not compete or train collectively, were held in low regard “fit only to kill chickens” and frequently ran away. Their dismal failure at Guinegatte in 1479 and ill-success in training French pikemen at large camps led to the large scale employment of Swiss mercenaries. 300 culverins were used at Castillon in 1453 and cannon on wheeled mounts were a nasty surprise for Condotta armies in Italy in 1495. References: Annies of the Middle Ages Vol 11. Heath History of the Art of War in the 16th Century C. Oman, Renaissance France at War; Armies, Culture and Society D. Potter.
— French Ordonnance Army 1445 AD - 1480 AD
IV/13 — MEDIEVAL GERMAN 1106 AD - 1518 AD
IV/61 — ITALIAN CONDOTTA 1320 AD - 1515 AD
IV/62 — 100 YEAR’S WAR ENGLISH 1322 AD - 1455 AD
IV/68 — MEDIEVAL SPANISH & PORTUGUESE 1340 AD - 1515 AD
IV/83 — “WARS OF THE ROSES” & TUDOR ENGLISH 1455 AD - 1515 AD
IV/61 — ITALIAN CONDOTTA 1320 AD - 1515 AD
IV/79 — LATER SWISS 1400 AD - 1522 AD
— French Ordonnance Army 1481 AD - 1515 AD
IV/13 — MEDIEVAL GERMAN 1106 AD - 1518 AD
IV/61 — ITALIAN CONDOTTA 1320 AD - 1515 AD
IV/68 — MEDIEVAL SPANISH & PORTUGUESE 1340 AD - 1515 AD
IV/83 — “WARS OF THE ROSES” & TUDOR ENGLISH 1455 AD - 1515 AD
IV/85 — BURGUNDIAN ORDONNANCE 1471 AD - 1506 AD
IV/61 — ITALIAN CONDOTTA 1320 AD - 1515 AD