Over the bank holiday weekend Buckinghams Retinue, along with friends from The Clarence Household, took part in the Easter Escapades event at Beeston castle. Our role was to provide the living history element of an Easter festival, all against the backdrop of the dramatic medieval castle.
Both our music and dance and mumming play displays were performed twice each day, along with our usual historical cooking, mediaeval games, armour and weaponry.
The mighty Beeston castle.
Keeping watch over the Cheshire plain.
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Cauldrons of delicious pottages.
Jenn working on a reproduction medieval embroidery.
Graham carving a spoon.
And there were hot cross buns!
Our next event is the International Living History Festival 2023 at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove on 16th and 17th April. Please see the Avoncroft website for details: International Living History Festival 2023 | Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
This weekend Buckingham’s Retinue appeared, alongside our friends and colleagues from Livery and Maintenance, at the St George’s Day festivities hosted by English Heritage at Wrest Park, an impressive stately home on the edge of Milton Keynes.
Some of our members will be at the Barnet Mediaeval Festival 10th-11th June. See the festival website for further details Barnet Medieval Festival – Reenactment of the Battle of Barnet 1471
Stop the (hand powered printing) presses! Two more events have been added to our 2023 calendar!
In addition to our other shows and events, we will now be attending the Chalke Valley History Festival and returning to Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings!
Buckinghams Retinue will be providing medieval living history with a focus on food, ettiquette and dance as part of the wider Chalke Valley History Festival on 1st and 2nd July, in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire.
We have also been invited back to Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings in Bromsgrove on the 27th and 28th August, where we will be proving our full range of medieval displays in our living history camp.
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