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Knyghtly Armes is dedicated to bringing history back to life. We carefully choose our clothing and equipment to be as closely as possible to the originals.

Knyghtly Armes provides interactive, educational demonstrations for schools and organizations, making history both engaging and entertaining to people of all ages. We strive to recreate the past as realistically and faithfully as possible, thereby erasing many of the previously-held misconceptions that have been long perpetrated by American television, cinema and popular culture. In the end, we hope to cultivate an appreciation of the Medieval knight in the next generation.

28/04/2024

Another wonderful painting by Graham Turner. This one of a knightly standoff at St. Michael’s Mount.

Another of my original paintings to recently find a buyer and now settled in its new home, where I’m delighted to to be told that it ‘looks gorgeous’.

STANDOFF AT ST. MICHAEL’S MOUNT

Having taken St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall on 30th September 1474, John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, proceeded to put to the test the idea that the ‘stronge place and a mygty’ was impregnable, for if well victualled ‘xx. menne may kepe it ageyne alle the world.’

Obtaining victuals was the key though, and their need for supplies saw them sally out regularly. On one occasion this resulted in the death of Sir John Arundell, one of the commanders of the besieging force, and his body is here seen lying on the beach at the feet of Oxford, Viscount Beaumont and their men, who are daring anyone else to step forward and risk the same fate while their comrades take the valuable provisions back along the causeway towards the fortress, before the tide cuts them off once more.

Gouache, image size 18”x 14” (45cm x 35cm)

‘And in the same yere he was in the see withe certeyne schippes, and gate grete good and rychesse, and afterewarde came into westecountre, and, with a sotule poynte of werre, gate and enteryd Seynt Michaels Mount in Comwayle, a stronge place and a mygty, and can not be geett yf it be wele vytaled withe a fewe menne to kepe hit ; for xx. menne may kepe it ageyne alle the world.’ (Warkworth’s Chronicle)

If you are possibly interested in acquiring one of my original paintings or drawings, details can be found in this section of my website – https://www.studio88.co.uk/acatalog/Original_Paintings_historical.html

This painting is one of the 120-plus paintings and drawings that are reproduced in my new large book ‘THE WARS OF THE ROSES: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner’, signed copies of which are available direct from me through my website - https://www.studio88.co.uk/acatalog/The_Wars_of_the_Roses_the_Medieval_Art_of_Graham_Turner.html

24/11/2023

Among several original paintings that I’ve recently sold are some of the new ones created for my forthcoming big Wars of the Roses book (thank you for all the pre-orders – for those who haven’t read about it yet, details are on my website - https://www.studio88.co.uk/acatalog/The_Wars_of_the_Roses_the_Medieval_Art_of_Graham_Turner.html

CLIFFORD’S END

Almost within sight of the main Lancastrian army formed up near Towton, Lord Clifford and his company are cut off by a Yorkist force at Dintingdale.

For 25-year-old John, Lord Clifford - ‘beyng in l***y yought, & of francke corage’ – the Wars of the Roses were intensely personal. The death of his father at the Battle of St. Albans in 1455 would come to dominate the rest of his short life, as he sought vengeance on those that he held responsible. As a teenager he was involved in the skirmish at Heworth Moor, taking the side of the Percy family in their feud with the Nevilles (subject of another new painting), and, after he inherited his father’s title and the family seat at Skipton Castle, he firmly attached himself to King Henry and Queen Margaret’s cause. Finally, at Wakefield (where he was knighted by the duke of Somerset before the battle) he was at last able to quench some of his thirst for revenge with the deaths of duke of York and earls of Salisbury and Rutland (new painting); responsibility – or credit - for the latter being laid squarely at his door and the story, heavily embroidered with each retelling, earning him the sobriquet ‘Butcher Clifford’ long after the event (subject of a new drawing).

Having successfully delayed the Yorkist army at Ferrybridge, Clifford’s small force was forced to withdraw to avoid being outflanked, and they ‘departed in great haste’ back towards the main Lancastrian army at Towton, Yorkist horsemen in hot pursuit. In a shallow valley called Dintingdale, tantalisingly close to Towton and relief, Clifford’s men were caught and butchered; ‘the lord Clifforde, either from heat or payne, putting of his gorget, sodainly w[ith] an arrowe (as some say) without an hedde, was striken into the throte, and incontinent rendered hys spirite, and the erle of Westmerlandes brother [John Neville, the turncoat at Wakefield] and all his company almost were there slayn, at a place called Dintingdale, not farr from Towton.’ (Hall’s Chronicle)

The subsequent battle of Towton, fought on Palm Sunday, 29th March 1461, is considered to be the bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil.

Gouache, image size 16.9”x 12.3” (43cm x 31cm).

For details of this and my other new Wars of the Roses paintings, please visit this section of my website - https://www.studio88.co.uk/acatalog/Original_Historical_paintings_by_Graham_Turner.html

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Knyghtly Armes is dedicated to bringing history back to life. Our mission is to promote a greater understanding of fifteenth-century equestrian martial arts through the authentic display of knightly arms, armour and accoutrements. Knyghtly Armes provides interactive, educational demonstrations for schools and organizations, making history both engaging and entertaining to people of all ages.

We strive to recreate the past as realistically and faithfully as possible, thereby erasing many of the previously-held misconceptions that have been long perpetrated by American television, cinema and popular culture. We carefully choose our clothing and equipment to be as closely as possible to the originals. In the end, we hope to cultivate an appreciation of the medieval knight in the next generation.

We are also proud to provide an ever-growing collection of photographs that are provided as a resource to students of medieval arms and armour. Last year alone, we were fortunate enough to view some of the finest medieval collections in Europe including the Wallace Collection in London, Royal Armouries in Leeds, Musée de l'Armée in Paris, Legermuseum in Delft, and, most recently, La Real Armería in Madrid. Users of the Knyghtly Armes site are permitted to reproduce the digital images without notice. All that is required is for Knyghtly Armes to be acknowledged as the source.

Knyghtly Armes now has its own imprint, Knyghtly Armes Publishing, dedicated to the publication of historical fiction and fantasy horror titles that are set against a well-researched medieval backdrop and feature a member of the knightly class as a principal character. All titles are available in trade paperback and eBook formats.