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Historical Reenactment Society 1066 – 1266

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Knight, circa 1265
Mother and daughter braiding
Guarding the Lord's tent
Clerical conference
Knights training
A knight shatters his training lance upon his opponent's shield
A knight prepares
A young page helps his lord prepare for battle
An archer stands ready
The final blow, as Sir William is knighted by King John
Musical interlude
An arbalester defending Dover Castle during the siege of 1216
Basket weaving, as daughter watches
One of the ladies of Henry III's household concentrating on her embroidery
Ladies at Dover Castle discussing bee skep weaving and spice mixing
A scribe displaying one of his manuscripts
Keeping a close eye on the cooking
Henry III & guards overseeing the siege of Kenilworth Castle
A group of sergeants patrolling their Lord's estate
A young squire being laced into mail chausse for battle
Being beaten by a young member of the public at Nine Mans Morris
Sir Hubert de Burgh observes the French army laying siege to Dover Castle
The French storm the Keep
Prince Louis of France observes the siege
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Prince Louis observes the perrier siege engine during the siege of Dover Castle
The garrison of Dover castle hold off the invading French army laying siege in 1216
The scribe shows examples of his work
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A scribe standing by examples of her work
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The walls of Dover Castle
Pie making at Dover Castle
Ruling-the-roost
Food and drink
Using a drop spindle at Old Sarum
The surveyor's tools
Hard at work
Filling the bottle
Adding the vegetables
Enjoying archery
A closer look at one of the hand made manuscripts
Lady Helen loosens an arrow
Keeping a close eye
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Hard at work
Golden evening
Domesday scribe
Arming the Knight
Archery contest
A Sargeant
A Norman Knight is questioned for the Great Survey
A Knight and attendents
The 'Domesday' manuscript
Armouring the knight
Helping mum with her basket weaving
Checking the lance
Chatting to the public about the life of a Norman Lady during the Domesday survey
Lady Helen loosens her arrow
Under shelter
Taking a breather
A young page
Maile making
Lady and Knight
Fire fighting
Domesday manuscript
Domesday encampment
Arbalester, Knight and sargeant
An archer quenching his thirst
Turbulent priest
Sword dance
Ruling the roost
Keeping a watch for rebels
A view up at the camp
On guard
Using the drop spindle
Charging the shield wall
Breaking the shield wall
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Members of the the Dover Castle garrison
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Stringing the bow
Learning the lucette
Watching the younger members of the household
William the Conqueror summons his barons to his fortress at Old Sarum
Squire helping knight to arm
Archery
Food
Dyes
Carding wool
Serjeant receives payment from lord
A Lord, accompanied by priest and knight, discusses his land charters with the clergy
A Knights' dispute
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