When: 11am – 4pm, Saturday 1 June – Sunday 2 June Where: Pontefract Castle, Pontefract, WF8 1QH This event is FREE, and there is no need to book. Just come along and join in the fun! Three hundred and seventy-five years ago, Pontefract was a town under siege – and now the Roundheads are returning to…
When: 11pm-5pm, Saturday 29 June & Sunday 30 June Where: Cropredy Bridge, Banbury, Oxfordshire Sergeant-Major General Philip Skippon’s Regiment of Foote of the Sealed Knot is staging a major weekend of commemoration and re-enactment of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge in 1644. Experience the whole village bringing this to life – events, displays, walks and talks,…
When: 11am-5pm, Saturday 13 July & Sunday 14 July Where: Ledbury RFC, Ross Road, HR8 2LP Ledbury Sir George Lisle’s Regiment of Foote of the Sealed Knot invites you to come and witness the spectacle of the Sealed Knot’s Battle of Ledbury! The date is 22nd April, 1645. The Parliamentary commander Sir Edward Massey, had not been…
When: 10.30am-4.30pm, Saturday 27 July & Sunday 28 July Where: Scrubb’s Farm, Bishop’s Sutton, Arlesford SO24 0HR The Sealed Knot in partnership with The Battle of Cheriton Project Ltd and the Royal British Legion, are delighted to promote the spectacular History through the Ages weekend! Buy advance tickets here >> The weekend kicks off each day…
When: 10am-4pm, Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 September Where: Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 4DF The English Civil War comes to Whittington Castle this September! Muskets will fire, drums will sound, swords and pikes will clash as the 1640s comes to vivid life! The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote, part of the Sealed Knot…
Where: Abingdon Guildhall, Abbey Close, Abingdon-on-Thames OX14 3JD When: 10am-4pm, Saturday 16th March Curious about reenactment? Fancy marching into battle with us and igniting your passion for history? Come and meet our members at Abingdon Clubs And Societies Day at the Guildhall in the heart of this historic town. We’ll be there with items of 17th Century…
We’re getting back to ‘normal’ life after a cracking weekend in the Cheshire market town of Nantwich – and the celebrations after winning the Rosebowl and being crowned ‘Best Regiment’! Organised by our Royalist friends in the King’s Lifeguard of Foote, this annual event is both the start of the new reenactment season and a…
We are very sad to announce that due to the developing health emergency, we will be suspending our monthly pub meets in Oxford for the foreseeable future. While this is obviously very disappointing, we hope that we’ll be back up and running later this year. Where: The King’s Arms, Holywell Street, Oxford When: 7.30pm, third…
When: 7pm to 10.30pm, Friday 26th October 2018 Where: Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH A black day, a dark day – is there a malignancy of witchcraft at the heart of Oxford? As part of Live Friday at the Ashmolean Museum marking the enthralling Spellbound exhibition, from a death foretold to a court of law,…
Muskets were fired! War cries were shouted! And sermons were preached! Not unlike our Parliamentarian predecessors in 1643, we took over Lancaster Castle last weekend and made it our home! The Earl of Manchester’s garrisoned this impressive 11th Century castle and former prison to bring the English Civil War back to life. As well as…