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Unusual Medieval Replica Crossbow for reenactment. Bought around 10 years ago from Albion Arbalest, Crossbow number 410 marked on Nutt. This is one of only two crossbows of this design that they made. Unusual Screw and Handle loading arrangement, dating from Late 14th to Mid/Late 15th Century; as fo...

I am a disabled father of four active children aged from 9 to 19. Due to several health problems, I had o give up reenacting (Late C.14) a few years ago and I also had to give up cycling about 8 years ago as Rheumatoid-, Oesteo-, and Psoriatic Arthritis (plus a few other conditions) meant on a stand...

Teulu'r Tywysogion (The Prince's Retinue) is a hardworking group of experienced historical enthusiasts that take great pride and joy to encourage interest in medieval Wales and to educate people about the almost forgotten characters of our proud nation. We do this through historical interpretation a...

listening to Geoff Love

miniute cos I need

naked policemen with large

was swiftly ensorceled by

floor cleaning fluid commercials

The Company of Chivalry The Company of Chivalry is a historical re-enactment society dedicated to understanding and recreating the life and culture of the 14th Century. Members spend their weekends at castles and historical sites, bringing history alive and recreating life in the service of Thomas,...

That'll be me.

my contact details are on our website.

email: companyofchivalry<at>btinternet<dot>com

Call for traders. The Company of Chivalry, by invitation of the local organisers, have been asked to run a show at Bishop’s Lydeard, Somerset over the weekend of Saturday 12th / Sunday 13th September 2009 . The event has been in existence for several years and is expanding. The main event of the sho...

keeping stuff cold is not going to be a problem this weekend...brrr

Cleve Abbey, Somerset One of the last Cistercian Abbeys founded in England (1198), and some of the best preserved cloister buildings of any religious site in England http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/img_400/sw_cleeve_03.jpg A beautiful and peaceful site, fabulous location for a summer picnic.

Well looks like another se tof strikes.

No post until next thursday is what the news has said

Handbag wrote: hmmm this isnt a ploy to get out of paying your taxes or being picked on in the court scenes now is it agi!??

Now that sounds like a plan, "Sorry m'lord, I'm dead this year for Tax purposes"

Very Douglas Adams

Guilty as charged....we put sheepskin/fleece on our tent floor, but ... 1. our tent is closed 2. we only use four or five manky old short clipped part skins that are no good for anything else, except maybe scabbard lining or shoe padding (I have cut off strips for this purpose :)) 3. the main reason...

But where is the evidence for The Landsknecht Square tent? and is just a Continental used design or contemporary for the England/Wales/France in 14th C?

http://www.yorktownhistory.org/homepage ... ctions.htm

Very interesting to see just how close some of the predictions were, and how far off others are

I wasn't clear...my bad...actaully I have one pilgrim badge...to canterbury, some times i wear a St.Michaels Mount badge, but never together. I wear 2 other badges, one lancastrian S...a Gift from my lord from when I was raised from Villein to Yeoman, and an Archers badge, as I am also an archer for...

I'm not sure that buttons, in and of themselves, connoted status (except when dealing with the really high-end stuff -- gold buttons with inset gems, for example); the two examples of 14th century garments listed above both belonged to noblemen, and both have fabric buttons (at least on the top hal...

well one single example from C15 is better than nothing...but not enough for me to claim authenticity...unfortunately I have a ready surce of cloth buttons, but i was hoping to find something that showed a little more status, as I portray a merchant cobbler, and as such would have a little more mone...

Me and a mate were discussing costuming, specifically late 14th century. We came aroud to buttons and thought it absolutely feasible and logical that the lower classes would have seen the use of wooden buttons / toggles as an eminently simple solution to fastening clothes... problem is I can't seem ...

Miranda,

PM'd you regards this event...

I will be putting the new ones up tomorrow, and will send the link to those I haven't contacted yet after that. I missed some doozies, but got a few good 'uns too. Could you PM me the link to your Crimes against Authenticity Piccies....was unable to attend Tewks this year as we were up in Beaumaris...

Here's The unedited footage of the Company of Chivalry at Farleigh Hungerford that I took

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09vT4mWWfQ


And heres a slideshow of some of the piccies I took

http://www.flickr.com/photos/83798272@N ... 9531/show/

Can anyone point me in the way of:

a) someone who can supply Braided linen cord (3-6 mm)

b) any resources on how to make it yourself using methods suitable for C14 Living History (me being a complete novice at it)

Thanks in advance