Wars of the Roses Federation

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• Welcome
• and thank you for taking the time to view this
  presentation

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• The Wars of the Roses Federation contains many of
  the more authentic re-enactment groups for the
  period 14501500
• The society exists to reconstruct and re-enact
  late medieval life, recreating the period known
  as The Wars of the Roses. whether as gentry,
  servants and tenants, or as soldiers, recreating
  sieges and battles.
• We pride ourselves on our authenticity and
  professional attitude to the portrayal of late
  15th century life, providing events that are
  educational, informative and entertaining to the
  public.
• as well as fun to take part in.

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Wars of the Roses Federation

• Our Aims
• To accurately portray the life and times during
  the Wars of the Roses
• To educate people about this often neglected
  period of our history.
• To enact the key events of the period on a
  spectacular scale
• To entertain by bringing history to life.

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Examples of typical highlight activities for
a Federation event
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• Large medieval camp
• Authentic cooking
• Living History displays
• Fifteenth century trades and crafts
• All the above happening throughout
• the day

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• MOUNTED DISPLAYS
• INCLUDING
• Knightly jousts
• Mounted skill _at_ arms
• Mounted combat during the main battle

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• Medieval
• Firepower
• Archery
• crossbows
• handguns
• artillery

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Medieval military drill and kiddie drill
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Music Dance
Costume talks
Mumming Plays
Morality Plays
Arms and armour
Dressing a knight
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ESPECIALLY .. THE BATTLE. WITH MOUNTED
TROOPS, GUNS, ARCHERS, KNIGHTS , AND
BILLMEN!
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• CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS
• Black Company
• Buckinghams Retinue City of Coventry
  Militia
• City of Rochester Levy Clarence Household
• Company of Canterbury Company of Palm Sunday
• De Warennes Destrier
• Fauconberg Household Ferrers Household
• Gascoigne Fellowship Gelres Overkewartier
• Gloucester Household Guild of St Edmund
• Hastings Household
• Herbert Household Howard Household
• John Nesfields Retinue Klauwerts
• Lord Burghs Retinue Lincoln Castle Garrison
• Neville Household
• Ormonds Oxford household
• Rosa Mundi Thomas Stanley
• William Stanley Throckmorton Household
• Tudor Household Wales and Borders
• Woodville Household York City Levy

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For Kynge, God and Englande!

• For further information please contact
• www.wotrf.org
• Secretary Allan Harley
• Tel [phone]
• secretary_at_wotrf.org
• Chair Steve Arnold
• Tel [phone]
• chairman_at_wotrf.org