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- Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:15 pm
- Forum: Buy and Sell
- Topic: FOR SALE: Crossbow - Screw and Handle Loading - C.14 C.15
- Replies: 1
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Re: FOR SALE: Crossbow - Screw and Handle Loading - C.14 C.15
still available
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 4:20 pm
- Forum: Buy and Sell
- Topic: FOR SALE: Crossbow - Screw and Handle Loading - C.14 C.15
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3385
FOR SALE: Crossbow - Screw and Handle Loading - C.14 C.15
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...
- Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:53 pm
- Forum: Friends and Gossip
- Topic: Disabled ex-reenactor looking for help
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6076
Disabled ex-reenactor looking for help
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...
- Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:31 pm
- Forum: Societies
- Topic: Teulu'r Tywysogion (The Prince's Retinue) 1180-1450 Wales
- Replies: 0
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Teulu'r Tywysogion (The Prince's Retinue) 1180-1450 Wales
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...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:16 am
- Forum: Friends and Gossip
- Topic: 4 Word Story
- Replies: 9720
- Views: 1853634
Re: 4 Word Story
listening to Geoff Love
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:14 pm
- Forum: Friends and Gossip
- Topic: 4 Word Story
- Replies: 9720
- Views: 1853634
Re: 4 Word Story
miniute cos I need
- Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:37 pm
- Forum: Friends and Gossip
- Topic: 4 Word Story
- Replies: 9720
- Views: 1853634
Re: 4 Word Story
naked policemen with large
- Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:54 pm
- Forum: Friends and Gossip
- Topic: 4 Word Story
- Replies: 9720
- Views: 1853634
Re: 4 Word Story
was swiftly ensorceled by
- Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:18 pm
- Forum: Friends and Gossip
- Topic: 4 Word Story
- Replies: 9720
- Views: 1853634
Re: 4 Word Story
floor cleaning fluid commercials
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:17 pm
- Forum: Societies
- Topic: The Company of Chivalry (1370)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5669
The Company of Chivalry (1370)
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,...
- Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:35 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Looking for a group...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4057
- Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:46 am
- Forum: Traders Discussion
- Topic: Call for traders - Bishops Lydeard Medieval Event Sept 2009
- Replies: 0
- Views: 795
Call for traders - Bishops Lydeard Medieval Event Sept 2009
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...
- Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:28 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Keeping stuff cold
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8074
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:48 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: GOTHIC BUILDINGS 1000-1500
- Replies: 38
- Views: 8621
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.
- Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:21 pm
- Forum: Traders Discussion
- Topic: Postal Strike
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5062
- Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:11 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Sheepskins
- Replies: 99
- Views: 24357
- Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:31 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Sheepskins
- Replies: 99
- Views: 24357
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...
- Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:11 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Square Tents
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7707
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:03 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Predictions in 1900 about 2000
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1080
Predictions in 1900 about 2000
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
Very interesting to see just how close some of the predictions were, and how far off others are
- Tue May 15, 2007 9:14 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Wooden Buttons (13th - 15th Century)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5084
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...
- Mon May 14, 2007 8:32 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Wooden Buttons (13th - 15th Century)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5084
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...
- Mon May 14, 2007 5:54 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Wooden Buttons (13th - 15th Century)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5084
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...
- Mon May 14, 2007 1:06 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Wooden Buttons (13th - 15th Century)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5084
Wooden Buttons (13th - 15th Century)
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 ...
- Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:24 am
- Forum: Traders Discussion
- Topic: medieval market in weston super mare 2007 - interested?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7014
- Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:01 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Crimes against Authenticity
- Replies: 116
- Views: 24088
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...
- Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:40 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Farleigh Hungerford 3-4 June 2006 Company of Chivalry
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1350
Farleigh Hungerford 3-4 June 2006 Company of Chivalry
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/
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/
- Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:59 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Braided Linen Cord
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1666
Braided Linen Cord
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
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