Editing Edward III of England (section)

==== Command structure ====
Edward's military command structure began with himself at the centre, and then members of the court acted as his generals. This included the King's family, and Edward utilised the martial capabilities of his sons, particularly his eldest son, Edward the Black Prince. This was not only pragmatic, in that they were all good warriors, but had the added propaganda value of demonstrating the hereditary nature of Edward's claim to the French throne.{{Sfn|Allmand|1988|p=70}}{{Efn|This policy was not confined to Edward III; the French king also employed his three brothers in the command positions, while Edward's successor in the war, [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry V]], not only employed his three brothers in France but lost them there too.{{Sfn|Allmand|1988|p=70}}}} However, command was not always the prerogative of the nobility. [[Knights Banneret]] – knights able to lead other knights{{Sfn|Hefferan|2021|p=115}} – were also favoured as leaders of armies or divisions,{{Sfn|Allmand|1988|p=70}} as they were also already close to the king, being part of his household and bodyguard. They bore particular responsibilities during King Edward's ''[[chevauchée]]s'', which often required the main army to split into smaller forces, each requiring its own captain.{{Sfn|Hefferan|2021|p=115}} This sometimes led to dissension. For example, in the 1369 [[Loire]] campaign, the [[John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke|Earl of Pembroke]] shared command with [[Sir John Chandos]]; although the latter was appointed [[seneschal]] of France by the Black Prince, Pembroke refused to work beneath him on account of his superior social status.{{Sfn|Barber|2004a}}{{Sfn|Jack|2004}} Ultimately, though, the task of raising the armies that they would lead fell to both: the aristocracy could raise the largest number of tenants and [[Affinity (medieval)|retainers]] after the King, but it was the lower men who acted as recruiting sergeants in the regions.{{Sfn|Allmand|1988|pp=70–71}} Unlike during his father's or great-grandfather's campaigns in Scotland, the [[feudal levy]] ― whereby military service was provided for free in exchange for land rights ― by the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War it had become the norm for men of all ranks to be paid for their service from the King. In return, the crown shouldered the responsibility for paying for the bulk of equipment. The military historian Andrew Ayton has described this transition as amounting to a "military revolution", and one spearheaded by the King himself.{{Sfn|Ayton|1994|p=96}}