We’ll be supporting our friends in Lord Thomas Grey’s Regiment of Foote in Ashby-de-la-Zouche for a fascinating weekend of English Civil War history. The living history encampment and the battle will both be located at Bath Grounds, near the town centre, where the troops of the Sealed Knot will be portraying ‘The Siege of Ashby’.…
Worcester Under Siege August Bank Holiday weekend, 24-25 August 2025 Join the Sealed Knot at Worcester for an August Bank Holiday weekend revealing the history of one of the most important cities of the English Civil War. Book your tickets now Join the Sealed Knot as we explore what it was like to live, and…
Newent Celebrates Dates: 13-14 September Location: High Street, Newent GL18 1AN From onion eating to parading pooches, Newent Celebrates is an event like no other! The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote is proud to be a part of this revitalised traditional festival! Bringing thousands to this quiet corner of Gloucestershire, the town’s Onion Fayre…
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…