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English civil war Reenactment with the Marquess of Winchesters Regiment.

Over years the regiment has grown through the hard work of its members producing the “company” of English Civil War foot you see today. Well respected for its appearance and re-enactment performance the regiment is busy throughout the country displaying the many aspects of the English civil war period to the public. In addition to military side with pikemen and musketeers of the English Civil War we have a growing core of members who are taking on civilian roles at our living history events. These roles include a brewer, sutler, armourer – providing shot and match, washer women, herbalist and carpenter whom all can be seen at our large living history re-enactment displays.

The Marquess of Winchesters Regiment has a membership that covers Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Buckinghamshire, with large numbers of members in the Newbury, Oxford and Aylesbury areas, with members as far a field as Northumberland and Norfolk. So wherever you live we are pretty sure there would be a member of the regiment nearby to contact and ask about our reenacting hobby. If you are interested in taking part in our English Civil War reenactments either as a musketeer, pikeman or another role then please don't hesitate to get in touch, we have a fantastic introductory membership offer with plenty of battles, living histories, drill displays and friends to make your 1st and subsequent events unforgettable weekends away.

Aymez Loyaulte
David Ashbolt 
Sergeant-Major 
The Marquess of Winchesters Regiment

Whitehall Parade

Every year, on the last Sunday in January, the Marquess of Winchesters Regiment along with the rest of the King's Army (the Royalist part of the English Civil War Society) is privileged to be allowed to commemorate the execution of King Charles I with a parade along the route taken by the king from the St James' Palace to his place of execution outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall.

The event takes place on Sunday, 31st January this year. The Army will assemble in The Mall in front of St James Palace from 11.00am. Starting at about 11.30am, the Army proceeds to march at a funeral pace along The Mall, across Horsguards Parade and, crossing over Whitehall into Horseguards Avenue, assembles for a short ceremony alongside the Banqueting House.

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News on next year's events.
Our 2010 event listing is coming together quite nicely with a varied range of events from the 2 English Civil War Society Major battles down to the more intimate venues like Llancaiach Fawr in Wales.

We have a possible "regimental" holiday week between 2 of our events which see's a number of our member's choosing to have a weeks holiday by means of the free camping offered by one of the venues.

Membership offer.
The regiment is after many new members to fill out the ranks, not only would we like to invite new soldiers to join us but also those interested in the civillian aspects of English Civil war reenactment. Our events cater for all the family with younger members having the opportunity to take an active role in our displays too.

The regiment is therefor offering free temporary membership for your 1st event for you and your family, with clothing and all the weapons loaned to you by the regiment.

Should you then decide you would like to join us, new members can then take advantage of our reduced subscription rates for their 1st season with us.

Details of the reduced subsciption rates can be found Here.

Basing House - Our spiritual home

In 2009 Basing house in Hampshire was awarded £1 million lottery grant to improve the access, facilities and to restore & repair parts of the remaining buildings.

In October 2009 the site was closed and will remain so until late 2010 to allow the works to be completed. There is a blog which keeps us informed of the latest news on the progress of the development.

It can be found here - Basing House Blog

Basing House official website here- Basing House

A Flickr photo stream here - Flickr