Stepping Back STOP! Grab your shields and listen.
Transcript of Stepping Back STOP! Grab your shields and listen.
Stepping Back
STOP!Grab your
shields and listen
Rockingham Castle was wooden in the 11th Century, it was re built in stone within 30 years by William 2nd. Edward 3rd was the last Monarch to visit while it still
belonged to the crown.
The children all said ‘WOW’ when they saw this view.
In 1270 Henry 3rd added the twin D tower gatehouse.
In the last few centuries servants lived at the top of the building at the end of this
cobbled street. Underneath them was the laundry.
Medieval
Birch Bark
Hibiscus
Goldenrod
Queen Anne’s Lace(Alum and Iron)
Onion Skins
Queen Anne’s Lace(Alum)
Natural dyes and the colours they make
Knights went to mass at dawn and said prayers.
• Page at 7 (a servant for a knight)
• Around the age of fifteen, the page would become a squire. As a squire, the young man would have a new set of tasks. He would take care of the knight's horses, clean his armour and weapons, and accompany the knight to the battlefield.
• They trained with real weapons and were taught fighting skills by the knight. They had to be in good shape and strong. Squires continued to practice their horsemanship, perfecting their skills at jousting and fighting from the saddle. Most future knights worked as a squire for five or six years.
Dubbing Ceremony If a squire had proven his bravery
and skill at battle, he would become a knight at the age of
twenty-one. He gained the title of knight at a "dubbing" ceremony. At this ceremony he would kneel
before another knight, lord, or king who would then tap the
squire on the shoulder with his sword making him a knight.
At the ceremony, the new knight would take an oath to honour and protect his king and the church.
He would be presented with a pair of riding spurs and a sword.
Sop in Wine
Quintain and Pell
The Lords and Ladies ate in the Great Hall. The servants slept in there at night.
There was usually entertainment
after dinner.
Ladies did sewing in the
afternoons while the men looked around the grounds of
the manor house or castle, or trained their
birds of prey and horses.
Lots of people worked in the kitchen
Water was heated over a fire and had to be carried up the stairs in buckets to fill the barrel.
This person has their food on a special
board across their bath
The Solar was a room in the castle called the Lords and Ladies Chamber, or the Great Chamber. The Solar was intended for use as a bedroom and used by the lord and lady of the castle - it also afforded some privacy for the noble family of the castle. This type of
chamber was originally a partitioned room which was added to the end of the Great Hall.
Our final song
It might seem crazy what we’re about to sayKnights in castles- they saved the day.
Protecting our land from the enemySometimes having battles so far away.
Because I'm happyClap along if you think that castles are really big
Because I'm happyClap along if you think moats took forever to dig.
Because I'm happyClap along if you know that the doors were really wide
Because I'm happyClap along if you know that horses often went inside.
Jousting on a horse with a lance, yeah,Court Jesters made us happy with a dance, yeah,
We all ate bread and drank some wine, yeah,Living in a castle was just fine.
Here's why