I am in the centre next to the drummer. My first ECW reenactment. The aftermath of a skirmish.
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Storming of Basing House.
Siege of Basing House - Wikipedia
The storm was brief and bloody, lasting less than two hours. The assault was led by the regiments of Pickering, Dalbier, Montagu and Sir Hardress Waller, attacking from different directions. There were too few defenders to withstand the massive strength of the New Model Army. The Royalists were quickly driven back from the outer defences to make a last stand at the gatehouse of the Old House. A call for a parley from the defenders was ignored by the enraged Parliamentarians. Civilians as well as soldiers were slaughtered in the assault, including a number of Catholic priests. Between one and two hundred defenders were killed, the rest taken prisoner. The Marquis of Winchester is said to have been captured whilst hiding in a bread-oven. The architect Inigo Jones, who was among the civilians at Basing, was carried out naked, wrapped in a blanket.
French M1717
While on the subject of the French army of the 1720s these repro M1717s are pretty desirable. Be usable for the 45 I think.
New historical fiction
London 1508 - Henry VII is dying. Courtiers are circling, waiting, and quietly forming a new court around the soon to be Henry VIII. One of these is Thomas Wolsey, chaplain to the old king and clearly destined for a great career in both church and state. In Great Yarmouth, Wolsey's old friend Peter Larke is also dangerously close to death. Peter's sons are priests and their paths clearly marked. But then there's Joan. Unmarried and soon to be alone, her uncle John insists her only option is to become a nun. Her spirit seems broken and lost but Wolsey, a priest sworn to celebacy, suggests a shocking solution...Wolsey's Wife by N J Turton
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