Almost 375 years to the day since Manchester witnessed the first casualty of the English Civil War, the conflict is to be brought to life in Chadderton. Foxdenton Park in Chadderton will go back in time to the 17th Century this weekend as The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote, part of the Sealed Knot…
Choose your side this Spring Bank Holiday weekend as we celebrate the 375th anniversary of the start of the English Civil War! Amidst the glorious setting of Charlton Park, the Sealed Knot will bring this pivotal moment to life with a living history encampment across the weekend, plus dramatic cameos commemorating the history of the…
Fancy stepping back in time to one of the most tumultuous periods in British history? Do you want to hear drums call ranks of musketeers and pikemen to order, cannons roaring besides them as preachers and officers exhort them into battle? Do you want to see how life was lived by ordinary people during the 17th Century? We have…
On 23 April 1642, a herald appeared at the gates in the fortifications of Hull that led to the road to nearby Beverley. He called on the governor, Sir John Hotham, to open the gates and admit the King, Charles Stuart, who was nearby with 300 troops. Hull was a strategic port and site of an…
It’s safe to say that Prince Rupert of the Rhine is one of the unique characters of the 1640s and 1650s. With his long hair, youthful looks, and dashing deeds not only was he the archetypal “Cavalier” but more than 360 years ago he concocted one of his boldest plots in one of the strangest moments of the English…
On 27th March 1625, Charles Stuart became King Charles I. His reign would last until 1649, when his own people would execute him for treason. With a profound belief that kings are appointed by God to rule by divine right, Charles found himself at constant loggerhead with Parliament. His eleven-year ‘Personal Rule’ stored up deep resentments…
On 14th June 1645, the fields between the Northamptonshire villages of Naseby and Sibbertoft saw one of the most significant battles in British history. Royalist troops loyal to King Charles I and the Parliamentarian ‘New Model Army’ led by Sir Thomas Fairfax met in the culmination of a three-year bloody civil war that had pitted…
The air at Newstead Abbey will be filled with the smell of gunpowder and the sound of firing muskets over the Bank Holiday weekend! The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote will be joining The Sealed Knot for an epic English Civil War siege in the stunning grounds of Newstead Abbey and park near Nottingham…
So after the long winter, summer is upon us and with it the start of our reenactment season – why not come and experience the drama of the English Civil War with us? The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote, as part of The Armie of Parliament, will be at Elvaston Castle in Derbyshire this coming week, 30th…
So after the long winter, the summer will soon be with us and with it the start of our reenactment season! The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote, as part of The Armie of Parliament, will be at Elvaston Castle in Derbyshire this First May Bank Holiday 2016, 30th April to the 2nd of May. And the…