Monday 23 January 2012

The Battle of Bosworth Field - Orbats

Well here is the first post of 2012! I have been sifting through some of my info and have found the Poleaxed orbats for Bosworth Field. Poleaxed is a cheap set of rules published by those fellows at the Lance and Longbow Society.

I have also provided some information as to the abbreviations in the orbats.
AC (Army Commander), BC (Battle commander), CC (Contingent Commander), FHC (Fully Harnessed Cavalry), Ac (Armoured cavalry), FHI (Fully Harnessed Infantry), PHI (Partially Harnessed Infantry), AI (Armoured Infantry), AI LBOW (Armoured Infantry with Longbow), UI LBOW (Unarmoured Infantry with Longbow), AI Pike (Armoured Infantry with Pike), HG (Hand Gunners)

Tudor Army
AC - Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond (6 FHC)
CC - Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke (8 PHI, 16 AI, 16 AI LBOW, 6 FHC)

BC - John de Vere, Earl of Oxford (8 FHI, 8 AI, 16 LBOW)
CC - Rhys ap Thomas (8 PHI, 8 AI, 16 LBOW)
CC - Viscount Welles (8 PHI, 8 AI, 16 LBOW)
CC - Poynings (16 AI Pike, 8 HG)
CC - Guildford (16 AI Pike, 8 HG)

CC - Savage (6 Ac)
CC - Talbot (6 Ac)

Yorkist Army
AC - Richard III (6 FHC)
CC - Robert Percy (12 FHC)

BC - Duke of Norfolk (8 FHI)
CC - Earl of Shrewsbury ( 8 PHI, 16 AI LBOW)
CC - Zouch (16 AI LBOW, 8 HG)
CC - Surrey (6 FHC)

BC - Robert Brackenbury (8 FHI)
CC - John, Lord Scrope (8 FHI, 16 AI LBOW)
CC - Lord Greystoke (8 PHI, 16 AI LBOW)
CC - Baron Devereux (8 PHI, 16 AI LBOW)

BC - Northumberland ( 8 FHI)
CC - Henry Percy ( 6 FHC)
CC - Widdrington (8 AI, 16 UI LBOW)

CC - Pudsey (12 FHC)
CC - Manners (12 FHC)

The Stanleys

BC - Thomas, Lord Stanley (8 FHI)
CC - Peshall (8 PHI, 16 AI LBOW)
CC - Digby (8AI, 16 AI LBOW)

BC - Sir William Stanley (6 FHC)
CC - Stanley (6 FHC, 6 Ac)
CC - Legh (12 Ac)
CC - Holford (12 Ac)

Although I have these orbats they do slightly change with the orbats for the wargame rules Medieval Warfare. I think that I will lean heavily on these orbats when making up the minatures.

All I have to do now is to decide which army I am going to start with. My plan is to paint a contingent at a time, that way I can keep a clear track of how I am getting on.