Dawn Of Chivalry

Dawn Of Chivalry Dawn of Chivalry recreates the travelling knights tournament of the late 13th century. Our shows the

Dawn of Chivalry is a late 13th century (Edward I) reenactment group focusing on the display of combat skills in the context of knight tournaments. Our primary goals are to educate the public on the military equipment of the period and to entertain visitors the same way tournaments would have done in 1285. Rather than big battles, our displays are more oriented towards one-v-one foot combat where

skills at arms are prominent. Knights and their retinue (serjents at arms and levies) fight "a plaisance" to try and demonstrate that their are the most skilled in the land. We try to be as martially correct as possible while staying safe and entertaining. Our combat system requires high level of training but is also widely considered as being of high quality.

18/08/2026

Lord Sandwich, one of Simon DeMontfort’s rebel leaders at Evesham, is bested by Dawn Of Chivalry’s Sir Walter de Kirkbride… and wisely chooses to yield, rather than fight to the bitter end (see bottom third of the screen)

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This is the big one… come and see our 13th Century tournament in arguably the most spectacular castle in the north!!!
30/07/2026

This is the big one… come and see our 13th Century tournament in arguably the most spectacular castle in the north!!!

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We had great fun supporting the Misfits Motorcycle Club’s rally in Hartlepool, which raised over £1000 for the local Cat...
08/07/2026

We had great fun supporting the Misfits Motorcycle Club’s rally in Hartlepool, which raised over £1000 for the local Catcote charity.

It’s a bit warm fighting inside a marquee, but it’s fun entering the arena to rock music to fight your friends!

17/05/2026

Great fun as always at Monk Bretton Priory 😍

13/05/2026
Training at Hutton Henry tomorrow, seat of the mighty Sir Richard, will be at the slightly later time of 12pm - 2pm… whi...
07/03/2026

Training at Hutton Henry tomorrow, seat of the mighty Sir Richard, will be at the slightly later time of 12pm - 2pm… which means good Sir Walter, grumpy Sir Thomas, and sleepy Serjent Daniel might make it on time, for a change!

Brave serjent-at-arms Daniel has just about recovered from last August’s battering at the hands of our knights, and will...
07/02/2026

Brave serjent-at-arms Daniel has just about recovered from last August’s battering at the hands of our knights, and will be joining us for training at Hutton Henry tomorrow… will you?

Training at Hutton Henry today.
25/01/2026

Training at Hutton Henry today.

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Durham

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10:30am - 1pm

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