A Castle Siege in 1464 recreated

Castle siege! Arrows! Armour! Knights! Cannon! Arquebus! Fighting! Drama! Heraldry! Wars over roses! Explosions!

The Beaufort Companye staged a siege of Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland. I was there, and recorded the action and interviewed the participants. The Wars of the Roses were re-enacted for an appreciative audience.

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[thraxhunter]

I heard most of the fighting was done at night since fire arrows looked cooler in the lower light.

[marshalt]

"I've just won the battle of Hexen."


"Oh, well done!"

[charlesdrew]

I would like to correct myself. I'm the chap with the 'falchion' it would probably more correctly be called a hanger, but I bet it was probably just called a sword at the time. Have been waiting for this since filming am glad it has finally been released.

[therunningidiot]

Fun fact about blueing: It is still used today. A lot of modern firearms still use blueing. Also, it is technically not "stopping" rusting, it IS rusting, just rusting that has been treated to stop at a specific point.

[josephstalin]

I like how all the gear was accurate, love the kettle hats and sallets!

[Fedac]

The nice thing is about getting 1 video every couple of months is that we are only at 2015 by Lindy's video editing date

[Xighor]

This reminds me wasn't Lindy supposed to have his own custom armour but there's been no update for years lol

[cboyslim]

in Pennsylvania we have a lot of civil war reenactors at Gettysburg and they go hard on accurate clothing... but the lord with the gold kettle hat is on another level. that is so badass

[greyareaRK]

Yes, one of those get-out-of-jail-free cards, please. Loved how everyone knew every last detail of their of their kit.

[Highice]

The slaughter of English claiments to the throne was so devastating, and costly that they decided to crown a Welshman instead. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[TSZatoichi]

That bit of acting at the end was brilliant, Lord Montagu was pissed!

[DudeWatIsThis]

7:55 "It's a falchion, 'cause this is a battle, and I'm English."

So nice and humble of him to give credit to the French, then, who in turn got it from the Spaniards.

[thegreatskinkpriest]

I love that Lloyd always asks them questions that he knows the answer to give them the opportunity to do so.

[BigBrianStormer]

They seem like a good bunch. It also seems like they enjoyed talking to someone that knows his stuff.

[tannerthepanman]

The Spanish kingdoms and Portuguese were very fond of kettle hats. I don’t think it would be uncommon or to see a very high ranking noblemen wear one with his armor.

[HSPGelton]

Yes! A Lindybeige video - perfect finish to my evening!

[rpgify]

Really enjoyed the interviews with the reenactors. I live near a historic dockyard and always enjoy talking to the volunteers in character. It brings so much more to the learning experience talking to someone in period costume who knows the ropes.

[paulpaxtop]

Prudhoe castle is one of Northumberland’s virtually unknown gems, it’s a fantastic castle with probably the best Barbican and gates house in the north, also amazingly complete surrounded by trees with a pretty moat/lake. Jolly good item too!

[quietone]

@7:00 "Black knights" were too poor for armor polishers OR bluing, and instead used pitch. This was a sign that the knight was NOT landed, and they were seen as honorless compared to "shining armor" types that could afford retainers to polish every piece.

[CodaMission]

20:50 "Under ideal conditions, an arquebusier could fire three shots in a minute"
Now that's soldiering!