Medieval Life in the War of the Roses

As part of our Ritual Year celebrations here at the Museum. We are excited to be welcoming Black Knight Historical Living History Team. This is a unique, immersive experience for both Black Knight and the Museum, to showcase how 15th century folk may have lived, worked and survived in the depths of the long winter months, whilst looking forward to warmer times and the arrival of Spring. They will be staying at the Museum from Saturday, 25 January through to Sunday, 2 February.

The Living History Team will be living in North Cray Medieval House for the 9 days, as they will fully dress and furnish the house as it may have been. Throughout their stay, the members of Black Knight will demonstrate how a late medieval household would have dealt with winter, when the sun is still low, when the cold and damp creeps into your bones and all you want to do is to hibernate, but there are still jobs to attend to.

The team will demonstrate cooking, sleeping, living, working both in and outside the house, mending items around the museum, digging ditches, cutting hedges and inviting members of the public to watch them as they go about their day.