Military Records of Medieval England

Military Records for Cloude surnamed individuals in Medieval England

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— soldier-lews1.rdg.ac.uk—
The database has been moved and revamped and is found at "The Soldier in Later Medieval England", hosted at the Henley Business School of the University of Southampton.


Naval expedition records, 1372-1378

1372 (under Edward III): 16 rolls, 16 retinues
1377-78 (under the earl of Buckingham): 7 rolls, 7 retinues.

(The online muster roll database currently holds just under 94,962 service records. These are taken from muster rolls, housed in The National Archives (TNA), for the years 1369 - 1453.)

Source: Muster roll database 1. — (Link no longer works.)

First Name De Surname Status Rank Captain Name Commander Year Nature of Activity Reference Membrane
John Cloude Archer Neville, William de, Sir King Edward III 1372 Exped Naval TNA E101/32/24 m2
John Cloude Archer Neville, William de, Sir King Edward III 1372 Exped Naval TNA E101/32/24 m5
Henry Cloude Esquire Man-at-arms Vere, Aubrey de, Sir Lancaster, John of Gaunt, duke of 1378 Exped Naval TNA E101/36/39 m5
Harry Cloude Man-at-arms Brittany, John, duke of Buckingham, Thomas of Woodstock, earl of? 1377-1378? Exped Naval TNA E101/42/13 m2

Normandy Garrison database, 1415-1453

Source: Normandy Garrison database — (Link no longer works.)

("The Normandy Garrison database contains 128,525 records drawn from mainly French repositories and record service for the English crown, in the occupation of Normandy from 1415 - 1453.") 2

First Name De Surname Status Rank Captain Name Lieutenant Field Commander Nature of Activity Location Date Reference
William Cloude Archer foot Gough, Matthew Personal retinue in field Siege of Louviers 1431-08-21 BN_msfr_25770_621
William Cloudelay Archer Blount, Thomas, Sir Official retinue Field 1431-11-17 BN_msfr_25770_640
Lewis Cloud Archer Willoughby, Robert, Lord Garrison Pontoise 1432-03-10 BN_msfr_25770_684
William a Cloudon Man-at-arms Scales, Thomas, Lord Garrison Avranches 1435-03-05 BN_msfr_25772_932
William du Cloud Man-at-arms Broullart, William de, Sir Garrison reinforcements Dreux 1436-03-29 BN_msfr_25773_1069
William Cloude Archer foot Gough, Matthew Personal retinue Siege of Louviers 1431-07-23 BN_msfr_25770_617
William du Cloud Man-at-arms Broullart, William, Sir Garrison Dreux 1436-03-28 BN_msfr_25772_1039

Source: The AHRC-funded The Soldier in Later Medieval England Online Database 3. — (Link no longer works.)

Footnotes:

  1. "Muster Roll Database". The Soldier in Later Medieval England- University of Reading. http://soldier-lews1.rdg.ac.uk/search_musterdb.php.
  2. "Normandy Garrison Database". The Soldier in Later Medieval England- University of Reading. http://soldier-lews1.rdg.ac.uk/search_garrison.php.
  3. "The Soldier in Later Medieval England". University of Reading. http://soldier-lews1.rdg.ac.uk.