Today – November 20th – is ‘Equal Pay Day’ in the UK. This is the day when, because of the gap between the average man’s salary, and the average woman’s salary, overall women stop being paid in comparison to men. To put it a different way: thanks to the gender pay gap, women effectively work…
With our last event in the re-enactment calendar done for 2024, members of the Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote have been reflecting on their favourite events and memories from the season – and we want to share them with you! Martin has been part of the regiment with his extended family for many years,…
From barber-surgeons to ballad sellers, from spies to gamblers – this half term meet the past at Nunnington Hall as the English Civil War comes to life! On the 2nd and 3rd November, troops of The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote will be garrisoning the stunning National Trust property in North Yorkshire. Occupied by…
When: 9am-3pm, Saturday 25 January 2024 Where: Nantwich, Cheshire (march to town square, followed by battle on Mill Island) We are delighted to be returning to the town of Nantwich with our comrades in the Sealed Knot for another march and battle in this historica town. Click here to go to the event website >> For…
Bonfires, fireworks, music, celebrations – these are the hallmarks of a fun Bonfire Night, held every fifth of November (or, more conveniently, the nearest Saturday) to mark the foiling of the infamous Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605. And, with them, comes the traditional rhyme: Remember, remember, the 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason…
It’s the biggest event of the year and 2024’s August Bank Holiday muster went off with a real bang! The regiment flocked to north Oxfordshire for a weekend of relaxing, partying, and fighting – despite some pretty extreme weather! The elements toyed with us all weekend, going from absolutely torrential downpours to tentpole-bending wind! It…
You always know it’s a great event when the watchword afterwards is “what happens at Cheriton…..stays at Cheriton”! Taking place near Winchester and organised by Sergeant Major General Henry Tillier’s Regiment of Foote of the Sealed Knot, this rather special event allowed our musketeers to do something they normally don’t get to do – firing…
What an amazing weekend – we had an absolute scorcher at Culcheth in Cheshire! With great weather, fantastic friends, and a stunning location, we enjoyed a brilliant weekend of bringing the past to life. Things got off to a blinding start, with everyone mucking in to get our encampment set up in record time, under…
The odd torrential downpour notwithstanding, our Late Bank Holiday weekend was a brilliant mix of campaigning on the field and celebrating off it! We were reenacting the pivotal Battle of Marston Moor from 1644 in the grounds of Scampston Hall in North Yorkshire. As is usual for a bank holiday event the Saturday was a…
We were thrilled to be invited to a one-day multi-period event in Huddersfield as part of the annual Golcar Lily Day celebrations. This was a chance for us to be a little more relaxed than usual, enjoy some good historical cooking and games, as well as wrangling some younger members of the public for a…