Deed of Arms at the Barriers in AEthelmearc

Proclamation of the Deed of Arms

Certain companions of the Company of St. Michael make known to all noble men the following matters:

Know that the said gentlemen have taken up an enterprise, for the glory of God and the blessed Virgin, his mother, and my lord Saint George, that good knight.

That is, the day of the celebration of Twelfth Night, the said gentlemen will be found in the lists, armed at all points in harness of war, guarding a barrier with lance in hand to fight against all comers with lance strokes. And afterwards, taking up the single handed sword, they will fight as long as my lords the judges wish them to.

Furthermore, the said gentlemen make known that afterwards they will be found in the lists, guarding the said barrier against all comers who wish to take up the two handed sword and fight as long as the judges wish them to.

Next the said gentlemen will be found in the lists, armed at all points, with axe in hand to fight against all comers as long as my lords the judges require.

And finally the said gentlemen will be found in the lists to take up the single handed sword and fight as long as the judges wish them to.

More concerning the deed of arms may be found here.