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captain.richard.grenville

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  • Birthday 03/28/1973

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  1. Greetings, I am looking for kits or replica full firing matchlocks, snapchances, or doglock (flintlocks) that are relatively elizabethan in nature or comes close to the period. I would even commission a period peice if the price is right and I know several individuals approximately 10 to 15 that would snap at the chance for someone to locate them or do the custom work. Please PM if you can assist or have any information to point me towards. Thanks, Capt'N Sin
  2. Greetings, I have been looking at PiP for years and I believe that a contingent of Elizabethan Captains from The Guild of St. George of BRF might undertake a trip if the winds are right. We play actual historical characters from the court of Elizabeth and do educational immersion theater IE we are the people when in costume and I am sure if we can finalize the whats and whatfores we could assist with the educational aspects, fight circles and such. Just bring the rum... Captain Sin
  3. I have been looking for similar arrangements. Although the site is very well done for Product they have not gotten back to me on doing any type of custom work such as creating a good looking document that is useable for say your own crew documentation. Cap'N Sin
  4. A most epic of battles and one rightly to go down in history with the likes of Lepanto, The Armada, and Trafalgar!!! Cap'n Sin
  5. I agree completely the more you research the more questions that arise everything from the big ones to the minute day to day affairs and if you are like me that researches from mid 15th Century through the early 1800s the permutations and keeping things straight is somewhat difficult however, it is interesting to say how common sense, naval tradition and mythos (superstition) spanned from the early days through even today. When I get too wrapped up in research I just ask myself what might seem an odd question. "If I was put in those conditions with those resources what would I do?" The interesting thing is that after posing that question and revising my line of research I am able to quickly find supporting evidence to match simple common sense based on naval tradition and mythos (superstition). Cap'n Sin
  6. One other thought after discussing the matter "off board" with several individuals we came to the conclusion that basic shoe/boot design of the day did not have "tread" as we know it today. Most shoe soles were flat with no cross cuts or roughing done to them. This coupled with the thick tarred ropes and finer hemp rope in moderate sea conditions could be slippery at best and downright wet in others which would lead me to believe that most that went aloft would definately prefer no footware than slippery flatbottomed soles even if they had footware for the "beach". These individuals are costume fanatics so, I will try and post typical sailor footware from mid 15th Centurty through the early 19th when we get it assembled. Please contact me directly if you have individual questions and I can see if I can get answers. Cap'n Sin
  7. Simple meaning very cheap maybe not in construction but in materials such as cotton or linen as the fabric versus a more durable fabric or leather. Buckles versus ties would be dependant on the style of shoe/boot etc more than the cost or design.
  8. I am an Elizabethan reenactor focusing on the reign of Elizabeth I as Captain Sir Richard Grenville son of Captain Grenville who drowned when the Mary Rose floudered under the reign of King Henry VIII. My research spans from approximately the begining of Henry VIII through Elizabeth to the end of the Golden Age of Piracy just prior to the Napoleonic Wars my research has found thus much overall. First and foremost everyone had some type of footware be it simple shoes through leather shoes and tall boots. For sailors the former would be typical attire while the later for the Captain and/or "gentlemen" and eventually "the officers" aboard. Onboard however, I would agree that artistic license has been taken over the years depending on what the artist is to portray and/or was commissioned. From my research until the late 1600s when a more formal "uniform" for the British Navy was becoming more and more standardized weather and comfort ruled the day. There was no specific shoe/no shoe rule aboard with the exception of the "gentlemen" of the boat who typically as onboard or ashore would wear their clothing denoting their station more than anything else. For the general sailor unless it was required for example the Captain's review or Sunday Services I believe it was a matter of personal preference. But ashore unless they did not own shoes they would have some form of footware.
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