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Artillery gun captain in the Sealed Knot

WHAT IS THE SEALED KNOT AND HOW DID YOU FIRST GET INVOLVED?

The Sealed Knot is a reenactment society that specialises in battles from the Civil Wars (1642–51). It is the largest and oldest of its kind in Britain, with thousands of members, and we put on events all around the

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