Welcome to Buckingham's Retinue, one of the more authentic medieval re-enactment groups for the period 1450-1500. Our society is a non profit organisation that exists to reconstruct and re-enact late medieval and early tudor life, recreating the period known as 'The Wars of the Roses'.
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Following on from the battle events at Barnet and Tewkesbury, Buckingham’s Retinue returned to Castle Rising in Norfolk over the weekend of 18th and 19th of July!
Photos of the firepower and knightly combat displays courtesy of Geoff Oliver on Facebook
Another group favourite, all our usual living history camp displays were popular with the public, along with our timetabled talks on medieval food, medicine, music and dance and combat.
A well received talk on cooking
Vic almost surrouned talking about medieval medicine.
Group member Josh also organised the cooking for the event and pulled out all the stops to recreate an exquisite dish of frumenty and venison, following his research into the deer parks that surrounded the castle in the middle ages.
Our next event will be Skipton Castle, 25th and 26th July!
Following the excellent mini event at the International Living History Festival, our first full medieval reenactment event of the 2026 season took place over the bank holiday weekend at the wonderful Kimbolton Castle for the “Knights, Queens and Time Machines” event.
The castle at night
Another new site for the group, Kimbolton castle was built in the 12th century but saw extensive reconstruction by Anne, Duchess of Buckingham following the death of Duke Humphrey Stafford at the battle of Northampton. Later, the castle was home to queen Katherine of Aragon and would be the place where she died. Not much of the Mediaeval building remains however following subsequent rebuilding projects to turn the castle into a manor house and then a school.
Our camp
Despite heavy rain just after set-up, the event proved incredibly popular, both for the public and group members, with some very good questions and interaction, with over 3000 visitors attending the event on both days. In addition to our usual living history camp there were also two arena displays of medieval firepower and combat alongside our colleagues from the Medieval Siege Society and the Beaufort Companye.
After hours sword practise
Some group members will be attending the Barnet Medieval Festival 6th and 7th June as our next event.
