by Blitzkid » Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:19 pm
It was said that in ancient times, some terms that were of a delicate nature had been overheard. The Duke of Hereford demanded a single combat to restore his good name. In these barbarous times, 1398 the act of chivalry came foremost, King Richard Lion Heart and so a great stage was set in Gosford Green for the Combat. Knights came from all over England and France to see the combat, both Dukes had been fully trained for these combats. These combats had to have Marshalls and men with sharp pointed staffs to keep order, it was all done under strict rules. The Lord Marshal (Thomas Holland, Duke of Surrey came to the barriers of the lists ( the entrance to the start either end ) inspected the lances to see they were the right length and equal, each embroidered in green and brown and silver, but trumpets blew and the king and all his council arrived, his heralds called 'Silence', the Kings Secretery read out they both were banned from the Country, for ten years, they should never see each other again and a whole list of details forbidding them never to visit his realm on the pain of death.