[Wikipedia] Monmouth Castle
Monmouth Castle (Welsh: Castell Trefynwy) is a castle in the town of Monmouth, county town of Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument.
Monmouth Castle is located close to the centre of Monmouth on a hill above the River Monnow, behind shops and the main square and streets. Once an important border castle, and birthplace of Henry V of England, it stood until the English Civil War when it was damaged and changed hands three times before being slighted to prevent it being fortified again. After partial collapse in 1647, the site was reused and built over by Great Castle House, which became the headquarters and regimental museum of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers.
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Battle Of Sedgemoor - Sealed Knot Society - 1975
On a July day in 1685, the armies of James, Duke of Monmouth and King James II faced each other on Sedgemoor Field. The ensuing battle was the last major engagement fought on British soil. Two hundred and ninety years later the Sealed Knot Society re-enact the battle.
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Brecon Military Museum
1939-45 Welsh Tommies Re-enactment Group
Castle Fraser hosts Jacobites & Redcoats from Alan Breck's Volunteer 1745 re-enactment society
Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was the first training camp in 2019 for members of Alan Breck's Prestonpans Volunteer Regiment. This group of volunteers are a battle re-enactment society founded to promote wider interest in the 1745 Jacobite Rising, and to support the work of the Battle of Prestonpans 1745 Heritage Trust. Members include both Jacobites and the Redcoats of the Edinburgh City Guard. Captain Johnstone of the Jacobites provides an informative talk on the musket weapons of the forces and some of their training.
Tewkesbury Abbey: Explore Robert fitzHamon's Parish Church in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
After leaving Cardiff Bay we went to Monmouth Castle. There were only a couple of walls, but the military museum next to it had some interesting stuff. Monmouth Castle was built from 1066-1067 by William fitzOsbern; the same man who built Chepstow. It sits on a hill overlooking the River Monnow. It was briefly held by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, then by Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, who rebuilt the timber structure in stone and added the Great Hall. King Edward II was held as prisoner at Monmouth briefly, and King Henry V, son of Henry Bolingbroke and Mary de Bohun, was born there. Oliver Cromwell had the castle slighted in 1646, and the round tower collapsed after an attack on 30 of March. The Great House was built in 1673 on the site, and is now the home of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers Militia and their museum. Following are links to people associated with Monmouth Castle that we are descended from:
William fitzOsbern
Mary de Bohun
King Edward II
Edmund Crouchback
Since Monmouth turned out to be nothing much, we managed to get to Tewkesbury barely in time to go in. As with most churches, except for Canterbury, it was free. We had planned to stay the night around there and visit the abbey the next morning, but I saw a sign for the abbey before we saw any hotels so we stopped. The sign out front (or was it back?) said we had about an hour before they closed the gate, but we left after that time and they were still open. People were arriving so there must have been something going on.
Officially called the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury Abbey is deceptively large and beautiful. Other pictures, taken from vantage points we didn't have access to, give a better indication of the size and building style. Even before entering the church we were impressed by the enormous Deodar Cedar and Copper Beech trees.
Building of the abbey began in 1102 by Robert fitzHamon. He was wounded at Falaise in Normandy and died in 1107, but the work was continued by his son-in-law, Robert fitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester. However, there had been centers of Christian worship on the site, or near to it, since the mid-7th century. The church was made of Caen Stone imported from Normandy and floated up the Severn River.
Following the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471 some Lancastrians fled into the abbey, but the Yorkists forced their way in and slaughtered them. The church was closed for a month so it could be cleaned and re-consecrated. It was surrendered to the Crown at the Dissolution of the Monasteries on 9 January 1539. The townspeople claimed it was their parish church and bought it from the Crown for the value of its bells and lead roof, totaling £453. The bell tower was used as the jail, or gaol, until it was demolished in the late 18th century. The original central tower, the largest Romanesque tower in England, was topped with a wooden spire, but that collapsed in 1559 and was never rebuilt.
Of interest are the church's organs, three of them, one dating to the 17th century though it has been rebuilt several times. Also there are many well known and important people buried there. Below are links to our pages for some of them.
Robert fitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester (we have listed him as Robert the King's Son de Caen)
Robert fitzHamon
Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford
Gilbert the Red Earl de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
Hugh le Despenser - both the Elder and the Younger
Tewkesbury Abbey Official Site
Tewkesbury Abbey on Facebook
2nd Coldstream Regiment of Footguards (Part 2)
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Victory Youth Tattoo Portsmouth 2019
This video is of the full performance of the 1st Victory Youth (Band) Tattoo Portsmouth 2019, in other words, several military style marching bands demonstrating their skills in the Victory Arena at the Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, England on May 29, 2019. The performance space was between the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the HMS Victory, Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship.
The bands performing are:
- Royal Marines School of Music Band
- Brentwood Imperial Youth Band
- Surbiton Royal British Legion Youth Marching Band
- (14th) Eastleigh Scout and Guide Band The Spitfires
- Bournemouth Youth Marching Band
After each band has a chance to show off their skills individually, the Grand Finale has the host band performing while all of the guest bands join them on the arena for a few rousing final selections. This part begins just before the 52 minute mark in the video.
Miles Cason - British Museum - part 1
The first part of my first Video Blog and the start of a web series of investigations on the paranormal.
Jack and Laura Ghost Series - The Shire Hall - Part 1
Jack and Laura are back with a brand new episode at The Shire Hall, Monmouth. The old court house was responsible for sentencing those who took part in the Newport Riots.
The building has the untouched courtroom, the cells where prisoners were kept and many other different and fascinating rooms.
The Shire Hall is haunted by the ghost of a judge, a family sentenced to death and three women accused of witch craft. Follow Jack, Laura and new team member Sarah on their investigation at The Shire Hall.
Flanesford Priory & Goodrich Castle At Herefordshire, England
During the Easter holidays we visited a lovely English countryside in the Forest of Dean at Herefordshire. The place we stayed was called the Flanesford Priory. This was a historic building and it was a quiet place to relax with full of nature and with birds singing all the time.
We visited only a few places as we stayed at the Priory with more relaxation and little filming as it was such a picturesque place to relax. There are a few captures that I intend sharing as we go on..
Flanesford Priory
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Sir Richard Talbot, then owner of nearby Goodrich Castle, founded the priory in 1346 as a house of the Canons Regular of St Augustine.
Situated next to the River Wye and Goodrich Castle, Flanesford Priory has been converted from a 14th Century Monastery into fully equipped luxury self-catering apartments, some on two floors and some three.
The surrounding countryside, including the Forest of Dean, Symonds Yat and Monmouth provide picturesque areas for exploration. The attractive town of Ross-on-Wye is ten minutes drive away. The village shop and pub at Goodrich are within easy walking distance.
Flanesford Priory now has a variety of different and alluring apartments, all with oak beamed ceilings and original stone walls, combined with modern conveniences.
Goodrich Castle
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Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat. The castle was begun in the late 11th century, by the English thegn Godric who gave it his name.
A generation later the splendidly preserved square keep which still forms its core was added, probably in the time of Richard 'Strongbow' de Clare, Earl of Pembroke and Lord of Goodrich 1148-76.
Under King Richard the Lionheart, Goodrich was granted along with the earldom of Pembroke to the famous William Marshal, a great castle builder who may have initiated work on the inner ward. Each of the Marshal's four sons inherited the fortress in turn, the last dying childless at Goodrich in 1245.
Thereafter the fortress and earldom passed to Henry VIII's half-brother, William de Valance, who rebuilt its defences and living quarters in the most up-to-date style.
Goodrich still boasts one of the most complete sets of medieval domestic buildings surviving in any English castle. William's widow Countess Joan frequently stayed here with an entourage of up to 200, entertaining her relations and friends in the most lavish style.
During the Civil War, Goodrich was held successively by both sides, Sir Henry Lingen's Royalists eventually surrendered in 1646 under threats of undermining and a deadly Parliamentarian mortar. The famous 'Roaring Meg', the only surviving Civil War mortar, has returned to the castle after 350 years. The visitor centre features an exhibition exploring life at the castle from its late 11th century origins until its dramatic fall in 1646, including Civil War artefacts.
Princess of Wales's Royal Regimental Museum
A Museum in Dover Castle in Kent. The Princess of Wales Royal Regimental Museum.
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Answering Your Questions About Reenacting
Spend enough time watching reenactment videos on YouTube, and you'll start to notice the same questions popping up time and time again. I decided to dedicate some time to sit down and answer some of YouTube's most burning questions about the hobby.
54th Regiment of Foot - Getting Started:
Will 71 and The Royal Regiment of Wales in Northern Ireland
Shortly afterwards the RRW was posted to West Germany in 1969, staying there, with two short tours of Northern Ireland, until 1973. They then transferred back to Belfast, taking up the role of the resident unit for two years until 1975, when the regiment was sent to West Berlin for two years.
The Troubles
The time the regiment spent in Belfast coincided with The Troubles, a “low-level war” fought on nationalist grounds, with Unionists favouring continued union with the UK and the Republicans wanting a united Ireland. Both sides committed atrocities, with bombings of pubs, cars, houses and streets across the UK and Ireland. Shootings were common and by the end of the conflict in the 90’s, thousands of terrorists, fighters and civilians had been killed. The RRW was in Belfast during some of the most intense fighting there. Snipers, roadside bombs, assassinations, and murder were only some of the factors the RRW had to contend with. Parts of the populace were largely sympathetic to the British Army, others not so. The difference of a street could spell death for a soldier caught out on his own.
The nature of a guerrilla war is one of constant fear and alertness; many of the soldiers of the RRW who fought in Belfast bore the psychological scars for the rest of their lives.
Jacobites and Redcoat troops musket skirmish at historic Braemar Castle in Scotland 2018
Members of Alan Breck's Prestonpans Volunteer Regiment set up camp at Braemar Castle in April 2018 for a training weekend. Members represented the Jacobites under Captain Johnstone and the Edinburgh City Guard under the command of Captain Fletcher.
The group present informative and entertaining historical events across Scotland, bringing to life the events of 1745-6.
Braemar Castle, on the frontier of Highland Aberdeenshire, was where thousands joined John Erskine, the Earl of Mar, in 1715 with the aim of restoring the ousted “Old Pretender” James Stuart to the throne of Scotland and England.
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Places to see in ( Caerleon - UK )
Places to see in ( Caerleon - UK )
Caerleon is a suburban town and community, situated on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, Wales. Caerleon is a site of archaeological importance, being the location of a notable Roman legionary fortress, Isca Augusta, and an Iron Age hillfort. The Wales National Roman Legion Museum and Roman Baths Museum are in Caerleon close to the remains of Isca Augusta. The town also has strong literary associations, as Geoffrey of Monmouth makes Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his Historia Regum Britanniæ, and Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Idylls of the King while staying there.
Caerleon is a site of considerable archaeological importance as the location of a Roman legionary fortress or castra. It was the headquarters for Legio II Augusta from about 75 to 300 AD, and on the hill above was the site of an Iron Age hillfort. Substantial excavated Roman remains can be seen, including the military amphitheatre, thermae (baths) and barracks occupied by the Roman Legion. In August 2011 the remains of a Roman harbour were discovered in Caerleon.
During the Welsh Revolt in 1402 Rhys Gethin, General for Owain Glyndŵr, took Caerleon Castle together with those of Newport, Cardiff, Llandaff, Abergavenny, Caerphilly and Usk by force. This was probably the last time Caerleon castle was ruined, though the walls were still standing in 1537 and the castle ruins only finally collapsed in 1739 - their most obvious remnant is the Round Tower at the Hanbury Arms public house. The Tower is a Grade II* listed building
The old wooden Caerleon Bridge was destroyed in a storm in 1779 and the present stone version was erected in the early 19th century. Until the Victorian development of the downstream docks at Newport Docks, Caerleon acted as the major port on the River Usk. The wharf was located on the right bank, to the west of today's river bridge which marked the limit of navigability for masted ships. A tinplate works and mills were established on the outskirts of the town, in Ponthir, around this time, and Caerleon expanded to become almost joined to Newport.
A plaque on the Mynde wall in High Street references the Newport Rising of 1839 in which John Frost of Newport was a prominent figure in the Chartist movement. John Jenkins, owner of Mynde House and owner of Ponthir Tin Plate works, built the wall to keep demonstrators out. The name of the former Drovers' Arms on Goldcroft Common bore witness to the ancient drovers' road on the old road from Malpas. It is thought that the common itself was once the site of a cattle market.
Caerleon is centred around a small common. Goldcroft Common is the only remaining of the seven commons of Caerleon. Most of the small businesses of Caerleon are near the common as is the Town Hall which has a World War I and World War II memorial garden. Caerleon library is located within the Town Hall and is associated with Newport Central Library. The intersection of High Street and Cross Street is known as The Square.
Buildings of note are Saint Cadoc's Church, the National Roman Legion Museum, the Roman Baths Museum, The Mynde, The Priory Hotel, Caerleon Catholic Church and Rectory, Caerleon Endowed School, the Round Tower, the Toll House at Caerleon Bridge, The Malt House hotel, former University of South Wales Caerleon Campus and St Cadoc's Hospital. The historic remains of the Roman Legionary Fortress Isca Augusta is popular with tourists and school parties and there is a marked heritage trail in the town. The Millennium Wildlife Garden is a small nature garden on the banks of the River Usk. The hilltop vantage point at Christchurch provides panoramic views of the Vale of Usk and Bristol Channel.
The municipal playing fields are at Caerleon Broadway and a children's playground is in Cold Bath Road. Private sport and leisure facilities are available at the Celtic Manor. Caerleon has a few restaurants, cafés and take-away food outlets and many public houses that have restaurant facilities. The Ffwrrwm is a small specialist shopping courtyard with an eclectic display of sculpture. Caerleon also has its own station of Gwent Police and an active community policing presence.
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His Majesty's 10th of Foot ca.1992
His Majesty's 10th of Foot American Contingent
Patriots Day ca. 1992
CRHnews - 2/3 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot Oaklands Park
A re-enactment by members of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot on the front lawn at Chelmsford Museum on September 25, 2010.
The rise of England as a world power in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries meant a gradual expansion of the standing army.
In 1741 what was later to be known as the 44th Regiment of Foot was one of seven infantry regiments raised during the War of the Austrian Succession.
A few years later - in 1755 - with the approach of what was to become known as The Seven Years War, ten additional foot regiments were raised.
These included the 56th Regiment of Foot.
The Pompadours
This Regiment adopted for its facing colour (collar, lapels and cuffs), a shade known today as Rose-Pompadour, the favourite colour of the Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XIV.
Their smart appearance soon earned the Corps its nickname of The Pompadours or The Saucy Pompadours, a nickname which has lasted to modern times.
Early Campaigns
Both Regiments saw action soon after formation.
The 44th Foot was present at the Battle of Preston Pans in 1745, and again saw service in Flanders in 1747.
In 1755 it was sent to North America, where it experienced the greatest hardships and suffered severe losses in the ten years' campaigning it was to experience before returning home in 1765.
It shared in the tragic march of Braddock's ill-fated column through the American forests, and in the disastrous attack on Fort Ticonderoga and the capture of Niagara, where the French were completely defeated.
The 56th first saw service at the capture of Havana, in Cuba, in 1762.
For the gallant part it played in the capture of Fort Moro, the main defence of the city, the Regiment was awarded the unique battle honour Moro, in addition to the honour Havannah given to all regiments in the expedition.
These are the oldest battle honours emblazoned on the Colours of The Essex Regiment.
The outbreak of the War of American Independence sent the 44th once more to North America.
Landing in 1775, it fought with commendable courage through that unfortunate campaign, taking part in the battles of Brandywine, Germanstown and Monmouth Court House.
In 1780 it was transferred to Canada, staying there until sent home in 1786.
Meanwhile the 56th Foot, on return from Havana, had enjoyed a short spell of garrison duty in Ireland before being sent in 1770 to Gibraltar, where it was to serve for over twelve years.
This tour of duty included service through the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by the combined forces of France and Spain, who were allied with the American colonists against Britain.
The Rock was held only by the indomitable courage of its garrison.
The Castle and Key Badge
The 56th Foot, together with the 12, 39 and 48th Regiments, was awarded the battle honour Gibraltar, 1779-83, with the right to bear on its Colour a Castle and Key with the motto Montis Insignia Calpe (the sign of the Rock of Calpe - Calpe being the ancient name for Gibraltar).
The Key is symbolic of Gibraltar being the key to the Mediterranean. The Castle and Key, continue to be part of the badge of the Royal Anglian Regiment.
Connection with Essex
In 1782 a system of linking regiments territorially with geographical areas took place.
The 44th became the 44th or East Essex Regiment, and the 56th, the Pompadours, the West Essex Regiment.
This was the first territorial connection of the two regiments with Essex.