Philozoraptor
Sergeant
You do realize that untrained, unarmed peasant masses in armies were generally avoided because: A) they were too valuable as a source of labour, food and taxes and B) were very prone to routs (since it is believed that 10-15 % casualities during battles resulted in rout most of the time during mediaval period). Current recruit units in vanilla should be probably replaced with tier 2 or even tier 3 units, at least when used by lords (we can probably get away with player hiring absolute rabble because he is poor in the beginning). Shield, helmet, thick clothes or gambeson and spear + axes should be bare minimum for recruit, at least from "historical immersion" perspective.