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
Sunday 9th November saw our final outing of the season for “Medieval Manor”, a one day living history event at West Horsley Place, better known as Button House from the hit TV series Ghosts!
We provided a range of displays covering medicine, games, art, woolcrafts and arms & armour, along with shows of music and dance, knight school for children and armoured combat, against the backdrop of a manorhouse with more than 500 years of history.
Thank you to everyone who came to see us at the Mediaeval Manor event, we had some great questions and brilliant interaction throughout the day and thank you to everyone who has visited us at all the other events throughout the year!
One of the group's most popular events, Skipton Castle was once again brought to life by Buckingham’s Retinue over the weekend of 27th-28th July.
Each day began on the castle lawn with a display of archery, followed by a sword school for younger visitors. In the great hall, talks on medieval fashion and etiquette were held, while the kitchens were in full swing producing an array of delicious food from authentic medieval recipes.
The event concluded with our knights' procession from the castle to the tournament arena for a display of medieval combat. All this in addition to the living history and craft displays put on throughout the day by individual group members.
Group members will be attending the battle of Bosworth reenactment event 17th-18th August. Our next full event will be Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, 24th-26th August.
