Quote Originally Posted by Sir Moody View Post
nope - historically boys were trained for war as young as 7 as Pages - at around 14 they would become Squires who would fight in battles - at 21 they would become full knights.

There are accounts of Squires being promoted to Knights due to heroism in combat before the age of 21.

Squires would be trained in the same armour as the Knights and would use the armour in combat

you seem to be confusing the use of full plate with the rank of Knight - Knights were not the only ones who would wear it in fact by the late Medieval period even some footmen (low born soldiers) wore full plate
Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
Ok, I disagree but I respect that.

Custom made armour, I would expect the king of the north would be able to afford to have armour made specifically for his build and as the commander he probably didnt have to fight as long as the rest of his knights so he didnt get as fatigued.
Quote Originally Posted by rajpoot View Post
?!!

Medieval armies did not have a minimum age requirement. Long as you could fight, nothing else mattered.
And wasn't Richard Lionheart shot by a kid toting a crossbow?
OK guys - come on, Sir Moody has it right but missed the point.

You can't fight a knight until you are 21 because you can't match him in heavy armour, so you can't fight for yourself.

The point is, at 14 Rob is far to young to be able to wear full plate and fight, Sir Loras at 16 likewise. Those painting you see of boy-Kings have them in fake armour much thinner than the real thing - that's fine for Joffrey playing soldier but it would put Rob or Sir Loras in a position to have their chests caved in.