The Order of the Crescent
at
The Sword of Honour Jousts, The Royal
Armouries, Leeds, England, March 24-28, 2005.
When we were invited to partipate in the Sword of Honour team
jousts at the Armouries, we searched diligently for a name for our team and
decided to 'recreate' King Rene' of Anjou's order of chivalry, called the "Order
of the Crescent" that he founded in 1448, but which died with him in 1490.
We adopted some of the regalia of the original order, that being the silver
crescent hung from a gold chain interlaced with a black ribbon, and shields
bearing the silver crescent and all three of our arms. I produced the shields
and Adam desForges (formerly of the Armouries) painted them at Toby's behest.
The team included Tobias Capwell (experienced jouster and current Curator of
Arms & Armour of the Glasgow Museums), Steve Mallett (horse trainer, stunt
person & horse master of Destrier) and myself. The tournament consisted
of one day of skill at arms in soft kit, then four days of jousting with two
sessions per day. On overall points we placed second, with the Burgundian team
of Joram van Essen, Arne Koets and Fred Pirau taking the Sword of Honour.
Here are a few pictures of us. Most of the documentation of
the event is video, as my wife Gwen couldn't shoot video and photos at the same
time, and the video is a better record of the goings-on. Hopefully I'll get
some screen shots from the video and put them up on this page soon.
Enjoy these and feel free to email me if you have questions
or comments.
jeffrey@historicenterprises.com
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Hedgecock -- Armourer, Jouster, Reenactor & Owner
of Historic Enterprises™
"The Order of the Crescent"
Steve Mallet, Tobias Capwell (seated), & Jeffrey Hedgecock.
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"Carla" and her rider Jeffrey.
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"Carla" in the really cool silk caparison my wife Gwen made
for me.
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"Switch" and his rider Toby.
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The Order of the Crescent armed and ready
for action: Steve M., Toby C., and Jeffrey H.
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The Order of the Crescent on Monday after
trouncing the Royal Armouries team for a second time in the same tournament!
Steve Mallett on Seamus, Toby Capwell on Switch and Jeffrey Hedgecock
on Carla.
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