One of our musketeers, Denise, explains why she loves picking up her gun (which is a ‘she’, by the way) and marching onto the battlefield… 1.Your role in the regiment Sergeant of Musket 2. Why did you join? I joined because it was the silliest, funniest thing I’d ever experienced in my life! My best mate…
Experience 2,000 years of history this weekend at this flagship event as the Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote and the Sealed Knot bring the Battle of Marston Moor to life in a dramatic re-enactment! We are at Kelmarsh Hall in the heart of Northamptonshire for a live-action historical blockbuster – more than 2,000 re-enactors and performers will…
My name is Leigh and I am a pikeman in Manchester’s pike block. At the tender age of 11 I was dragged to an event in Aylesbury kicking and screaming, I hated it! Why was I being dragged half way across the country to pretend to fight in field? It turns out because it’s amazing…
Today marks just a month to go until we’re besieging the walls of Chester! This FREE 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. Stand on the city’s ancient walls and watch Cavaliers and Roundheads fight as muskets fire, drums sound, swords clash! Walk around our…
It’s 4th July, so our American cousins will be raising the bunting, painting everything red white and blue, kicking back with a beer, and getting teary while singing The Star Spangled Banner to mark the 238th anniversary of the day the 13 Colonies declared their independence from the British crown. Fourth of July 1776 is…
It’s great to hear that two Civil War battlefields sites near Lostwithiel have become the first additions to English Heritage’s Register of Battlefields, according to a list published by the government body. The fighting around Lostwithiel took place in 1644 at a crucial juncture in the first English Civil War – it marked both the high point of…