“Fit for trading” Susan Hill, the first wife of Edward Montagu How the marriage of an inn-keeper’s daughter and a future earl reveals the rich trade in wives and titles in the last days of the court of James VI/I In 1623, a satirical poem called “Heaven Blesse King James Our Joy” launched a…
The Thirty Years War was one of the most destructive wars in European history – a vicious struggle between 1618 and 1648 which devastated large parts of the Continent. Part of the European Wars of Religion, it began when the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Bohemia attempted to curtail the religious activities of his subjects, sparking…
England has only ever put a monarch on trial once – but at Huntingdon Town Hall last month, some of our members helped put King Charles the First on trial FOUR times! Organised by the Cromwell Museum and our friends in Colonel John Pickering’s Regiment of Foote, the restaging of the Trial of Charles I…
While most people associate the Sealed Knot with massed battles, we also spend a lot of time looking into and reenacting the lives of ordinary people from the 17th Century. Our living history encampments are an ideal opportunity to practice traditional crafts such as sewing, weaving, leather-working, woodturning and many more, jobs that weren’t necessarily…
How to fire a 17th Century cannon! There are fewer sights more impressive on a battlefield than a cannon being fired and in this video, Monika, Matross to the Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote, takes you through the process of loading and firing a 17th Century ‘robinette’ cannon. During the English Civil War, cannons…
Meet a face of Manchester’s: Musketeer Gill We spend our summers battling as a team and spending time as a family – but who are the people who make up the Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote? We’re delighted to introduce you to a face of our regiment using some of their favourite photos, as…
It’s not unreasonable, considering the sheer number of battlefields doted around the UK, to assume the English Civil War was a purely land-based conflict. And while men such as Raleigh and Nelson rightly hold their places within the pantheon of British naval heroes, Robert Blake’s endeavours at sea on behalf of the English Commonwealth seem…
When: 29 February 2020 Where: Huntingdon Town Hall, 53 High Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3AQ Step back to 1649 when England put its own king on trial for his life! Organised by The Cromwell Museum and Colonel John Pickering’s Regiment of Foote of the Sealed Knot, dramatised performances recreating the tumultuous events of the trial of…
When: From 1.30pm, 1 March 2020 Where: Bridge Place, Godmanchester to High Street, Huntingdon To celebrate the grand reopening of the Cromwell Museum, Colonel John Pickering’s Regiment of Foote of the Sealed Knot society will stage a unique event that will bring this historic town’s past to life. Members of the Sealed Knot dressed in…
We are very sad to announce that our reenactment event at Pontefract Castle will now not go ahead in June. Unfortunately, the developing health emergency has forced Wakefield Council to close its sites indefinitely and postpone all events. While this is obviously very disappointing, they have been keen to stress that this is a postponement…