September 1459, Fort, House of Cornish Residence, Training Courtyard Bartand had kept himself busy for the last two hours, slashing the life out of a straw target Lady Cornish’s men and guards used to train with. With a sword from the armourer, made of steel a long broad sword he had spent over two hours…
Four years had passed since St. Albans, and the small battle there between the House of York and House Lancaster on 22nd May 1455, where the Yorkists triumphed over the Lancaster army based there and captured King Henry VI in the battle. Bartand and Lady Lott “Pixie” had evaded Yorkist forces and safely made it…
The man was bleeding heavily from his thigh. The arrow had seared and torn through the chainmail that was wrapped around his leg. Blood had begun to seep through the inter-linked chainmails and into the grass as the man fought with all his strength, dragging the injured limb along as he made his way into…