When: 9am-3pm, Saturday 24 January 2026 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…
When: 11.30am-5pm (4.30pm Monday), Sunday 3rd & Monday 4th May Where: Deene Park, Northamptonshire NN17 3EG DEENE PARK PLUNDERED – an English Civil War conflict in Northamptonshire. Click here to book your tickets Join The Sealed Knot on the May Bank Holiday weekend as we explore what it was like to live, and fight during…
When: 10am-5pm, 9 May 2026 Where: Golcar Scout and Community Centre, Manor Rd, Golcar, Huddersfield HD7 4QE We are delighted to be a part of this annual celebration of life in Golcar. This annual village festival supposedly takes its name from the great Methodist preacher John Wesley, who described the ladies of the village as…
When: 10am-4pm, Sunday 24th & Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 2026 Where: Alresford Hall, Nr Colchester, Essex CO7 8AP Siege of Colchester (1648): Royalist commanders Sir George Lisle and Sir Charles Lucas led a determined defence of Colchester against Parliamentarian forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax, but after a brutal siege the town fell, sealing a decisive Parliamentarian victory in the English…
Manchester’s after winning the Rosebowl for ‘Best Regiment’ at Nantwich in January 2024 While we reenact a regiment from the English Civil Wars, the modern incarnation of The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote has its own history and identity. Manchester’s is a Parliamentarian regiment within The Sealed Knot reenactment society, representing the personal regiment…
What an amazing end to our reenactment season – Newent Celebrates! may have ended up a bit wet but the only tears were those of our competition-winning onion eaters! Newent is a historic town in the heart of Gloucestershire and Newent Celebrates! is the new festival celebrating both the past and present of this vibrant…
The Battle of Worcester was a real blast – in more ways than one! Known as ‘The Loyal City’ – thanks to the latin slogan ‘civitas fiedlis’ supposedly written across its barricaded gate during the Battle of Worcester – it was where the first English Civil War is often credited with starting in September 1642…
Now THAT was a bit of a scorcher! The Earl of Manchester’s returned to Culcheth in Cheshire for a blazing hot weekend of history! Our members set up our tented encampment on Mill Field opposite The Raven Inn on Warrington Road, bringing the sights, sounds and – considering the temperature reached over 30° – smells of the…
It may have been a hot weekend, but there was plenty of cold, hard time to be done in the clink at Oxford! We had an amazing weekend at Oxford Castle & Prison, bringing the English Civil War history of this historic university city to life! When Oxford became the King’s de facto capital in…
To say that The Battle of Naseby at Lamport Hall was EPIC is a bit of an understatement! This late May Bank Holiday muster in the lush Northamptonshire countryside was the ideal combination of laughter, fun, friendship, and riotous beer tent dancing! A fantastic turnout from the Earl of Manchester’s saw us take to the…