Squires were people who were in charge of transferring a knight's shield when he was heading towards a battle, but who has no participation in it, in times of peace, squires had to serve their masters in other tasks, among the that they met, provide protection to the lords in their houses, be by their side at all times, they were generally individuals of noble origin, their descendants being of a low level in regards to the hierarchy of the nobility in the Middle Ages.
During the Middle Ages, one of the government systems that ruled was feudalism, one of its most outstanding characteristics was its population organization, which was represented as a kind of pyramid, in this structure the people of the city were located at the top. upper class, that is, the monarchs (Kings and Queens), then below them were the so-called feudal lords, a title granted to individuals who owned large portions of land and with a powereconomically considerable, these individuals were served by people of a lower class, whose job it was to cultivate the lands of their lords. Due to the constant conflicts of the time, the feudal lords were forced to form armies, in order to protect their fields, said armies were made up of knights, who were people dedicated exclusively to the military field, said individuals had under their authority I command an individual who did the work of assisting the knight, this individual was known as a squire.
When a person of low social stratum, was appointed as a squire of a knight, this was considered as a promotion to another social stratum, his job consisted of having prepared the clothing and weapons that his lord would use in battle, in addition to attend to his boss in domestic tasks such as cooking, accompany him to social gatherings, that is to say that his job was to serve in everything that was required of him, whether in times of war or peace. Even in battle if a squire gave demonstrations of bravery, it was possible that the rank of knight would be granted, a power that could only be granted by kings or feudal lords.
