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Summer
/ Fall 2007
As a continuing step towards our goal of providing a complete year-round living history experience,
Camlann comes to life on scheduled weekends , with portrayals of medieval
villagers and every-day village activities.
Saturdays / Sundays (see
Calendar)
Noon
to 5 pm
Admission:
$5.00 per person
Noon to 4:00 pm
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Demonstrations
include medieval blacksmithing, textile production,
animal care, artwork, kitchen techniques, gardening, soap and candle making, culinary and
medicinal herbs, shoemaking, spinning, weaving, clothing design and other household
skills. Presentations provide an in-depth focus on these
village activities with the opportunity to interact with villagers, who
portray medieval people,
discussing their work, their life in the 14th century, and perhaps
some village gossip. The Shops
are open, and the Bors Hede serves hot
hearth-cooked meals throughout the afternoon. For seasonal Festivals and
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Roger
of Glastonbury, innkeeper
Portrayed
by Roger Shell
Retired
from his former career as a minstrel in the household of Guichard d'Angle,
Roger manages the Bors Hede Inne gifted to him by his patron, hosting and
entertaining travelers who stop over on their journey between London and
Exeter. Roger also maintains a painted feast hall where banquets are
hosted for Feast Days, for Sir Geffrey, the village lord, and for other
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Diana
atte Wells, Village Scribe
Portrayed
by Diana Peterson
Trained
as a scribe in her father's workshop in Wells, Diana traveled with a noble
retinue before settling down in Camlann Village. She now serves Sir
Geffrey's household as a scribe, and serves the villagers as a notary. In
her workshop Diana demonstrates the art of
illumination, mixing of colors, calligraphy techniques, and decorative
designs for furniture and wall murals. |
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Alys
of Rochester, cook
Portrayed
by Sally Shell
Widowed
by her mason husband, who fell from a building scaffold, Alys prepares
wondrous meals on the open hearth in the Bors Hede Inne.
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Timothy
Hewen, blacksmith
Portrayed
by Timothy Plourd
Our
village smith works iron on his portable forge, making tools and hardware
for the medieval villagers. His experience in France on
campaign with our lord, Sir Geffrey, has taught him the skills of hammering out plate armor, and the working of maille. |
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Richard
of Westwood, fletcher
Portrayed
by Scott West
Member of our Freemen Company of village archers, Richard is always busy
trimming feathers which he binds carefully with cord onto the arrow
shafts. These he puts to his heavy war bow when archery is
demonstrated on Sir Geffrey's tourney field |
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Kristen,
servant
Portrayed
by Chris Waterhouse
As
a free woman in the village, Kristen finds employment cooking for the innkeeper,
and does apprentice herself in the scribe's shop, where she is occupied
learning the skill of cutting quills for Diana. |
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Lucy,
village
chandler
Portrayed
by Michelle Hanson
Villagers
make most of their own household necessities. Candles and oil lamps
are primary sources of indoor
lighting. You can help Lucy dip beeswax candles over a hearth fire
for use in Sir Geffrey's great hall, or purchase some to take home
to your own manor.
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Mary
Shearer, cottar
Portrayed
by Diana Peterson
Her family has been serfs at Camlann as long as they can remember.
She is a cottar, married to one of Sir Geoffrey's shepherds, and often
does the hand shearing of our Cotswold
sheep, a very old breed associated with the west country in England.
She shears the Camlann's sheep twice a year: their full fleece at the May festival and
tagging and trimming on the
weekend of our Michelmasse Feast. The
rest of the year she spins wool and milks the ewes in the lord's manor. |
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Jonathan
Seaton, carpenter Portrayed
by Jonathan Seaton
Post and beam construction, using mortise and tenon techniques, are
featured as we construct our wattle and daub peasant cottage.
Jonathan is expertly skilled in using
the froe, broad axe, draw knife, frame saw, planes, chisels,
augers, and other carpenters' hand-tools available in
medieval Europe.
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Isabel
Darner, servant
Portrayed
by Sonya Dezarn
Since
her mother left the village to cook for Sir Courteney, Earl of Devon,
Isabel has worked in her stead in the Bors Hede and now is apprenticed in the clothier
shop, learning to weave, spin, and to fashion kirtles and gowns. |
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David
Bowyer, freeman
Portrayed
by Dave Tinsley
David
is yeoman of Camlann's company of freemen. Skilled at archery and
the fine art of making of bows from yew wood, David is charged by Sir
Geffrey to maintain a high level of skill among the village freemen. |
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