The Sealed Knot
The Society of Roundheads and Cavaliers
The Sealed Knot is the largest reenactment group in Europe and is dedicated to portraying everyday life in the Seventeenth Century and the events of the English Civil War.
Events can range from school talks to large scale battles with over 3000 participants including cavalry, cannon, musket and pike, together with extensive living history camps.
The society consists of approximately fifty different regiments representing both Royalist and Parliamentarian armies, which are based throughout the UK with members of all ages and from all walks of life. The Sealed Knot also boasts members from all of Europe and from as far away as the U.S.A.
Col John Birch's Regt , your hosts for the weekend, are a Parliamentarian regiment based in South Wales and the Midlands.
The 23rd Foot Royal Welch Fusiliers
Napoleonic Reenactment Group
The 23rd Foot Royal Welch Fusiliers are an enthusiastic team of history researchers who strive to reenact historical events and daily life of British soldiers from the period 1809–1812. They take great pride and time in ensuring that their uniforms and all items including the camp-site are authentic as possible.
They provide public displays throughout the year, many including living history camps and full-scale battles with over 200 reenactors. Local events include Cosmeston Lakes, Llanciach Fawr and Cardiff Bay. Further afield, they have also attended many of the larger Napoleonic battles across Europe including Waterloo.
Warts 'n' All
Multi-period Personal Combat
Warts 'n' All are a group of experienced and enthusiastic reenactors who bring together their expertise from various other societies to portray many different periods of our history, focussing on full-contact personal combat. They will be seen several times during the day at this event.
In their own unique style you will see them demonstrate combat styles of the Iron Age, Early Crusades and Late Medieval periods, and also display 17th Century duelling skills.
The Companions of the Forest
Medieval Reenactors
The Companions of the Forest is a group of reenactors based in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, although they draw their membership from across the South West, West Midlands and Cheshire.
The Companions are committed to an accurate and authentic re-creation of the medieval period through activities and story telling in the living history camp. They demonstrate firearms and edged weapons of the period and people who want to play can try on helmets, maille (chain-mail) and items of armour. They have worked for CADW and various other organisations, and appear at local fetes, in schools and charity events.
At this event they will be displaying their archery skills and offering the public the chance to have a go themselves with the famous Welsh longbow.