Glorious sunshine welcomed the group back to Avoncroft Museum of Historical Buildings for the first full event of the season, the International Living History Festival.
Our camp
We provided a small camp set against the backdrop of the 500 year old merchants house,split between our medieval kitchen display,with a variety of delicious pottages prepared, accompanied by freshly made butter and (slightly singed) bread straight from the oven, and our arms and armour collection, with timed talks describing the armour and equipment of the medieval soldier.
Talking about medieval bread
Medieval cooking
For our next events, goup members will be attending the Medieval Reenactment Weekend at Sewerby Hall in North Yorkshire, and at Houghton Tower in Lancashire in partnership with our friends The Savile Household.
The weather was dampened but our spirits were not as Buckingham's Retine once again returned to Skipton Castle! Despite the driving rain throughout both days, we persevered to put on our full timetable of activities, bringing the castle to life with a “Mediaeval Celebration” theme.
Archery, cooking, dance and crafts were all displayed, culminating in a grand tournament inside the ancient chapel ruins, and a knighting ceremony for long serving group member Rory!
Our next full group event will be Castle Rising, Norfolk, 2nd-3rd August.
Over the August bank holiday weekend Buckinghams Retinue attended the Knights Tournament at Kenilworth Castle. We provided a living history camp as a backdrop to the tournament itself provided by the Warwick Warriors and musicians The Green Mathews.
The armoury, kitchen, bakery and craft displays all proved to be popular with visitors (more than 5,000 people attended the event across all 3 days), with positive feedback received both from members of the public throughout the day and event organisers.
Our next event will be Bromwich Hall, West Bromwich, 13th-14th September
