A spectacular free event in the heart of Chester! Stand on Chester’s ancient walls and watch Cavaliers and Roundheads fight as muskets fire, drums sound, swords clash! This family-friendly weekend will see Chester’s English Civil War history come alive as the Sealed Knot re-creates the great siege of 1645/6. Walk around our encampment, meet the…
Photo by Gavin Johnson Because we’re so often immersed in battle, we rarely get the chance to see our events from the outside – so it’s lovely to see such great photos of last weekend’s event in Coleford over on Flickr. Check out Gavin Johnson’s fantastic gallery of images of both the re-enactment and the living…
“Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking” – Oliver Cromwell Hot – that’s one word that perfectly sums up our weekend in Coleford in the heart of the Forest of Dean! In the blazing sun we commemorated the Battle of Coleford in which a group of 500 townspeople took on a…
On the first Bank Holiday weekend last month, the Armie of Parliament held a training event at the Billing Aquadrome leisure park in Northamptonshire. Over the three day weekend it played host to hundreds of Roundhead re-enactors from the Sealed Knot, who arrived to do battle and train for the re-enactment season ahead. It was also…