Capt. Sterling

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Sorry alcohol and weapons of any kind don't mix... our crew holds to a strict policy of no drinking until after the public goes home. I think all the events we have ever attended adhere to this policy as well...anyone breaking such a policy should be reported as they are not only a danger to themselves but to everyone else who is following the rules laid down by the event organizers... not only can someone get hurt but the actions of the arse who "thinks" he is getting away with being under the influence on the field, opens the door to the possibility of shutting down the entire event. I have been dealing with an event where the staff is so used to seeing drunken pirates that they are not too sure they want to even work with the living history side of the GAoP. If you can't control your drinking and/or smoking something other than tobacco, and you can't abide by the safety rules laid down by the event, stay away from the battle or stay home.

There goes the neighborhood!

Please add to the Archangel Crewe... Doubleshot, Gigi, Mae, Emma and Abbington Normal. Thank you.

Oh hell, we'll pick you up..... IF.... you win....

Good question...at this point, I don't know. I have yet to find the originals that the black and whites are based on... hopefully when and if I do, that will provide more assistance... I do know that as our time frame progressed that the high hair styles eventually began to lower. I have some info on that, will hunt it down.

The bottom picture could be a comb or maybe tis just ribbon...

There will be a pot luck dessert at the Hide on Friday evening. Those interested please bring a dessert to feed at least ten folks. Anyone wishing to contribute as well as play musical instruments.. please chime in here. Thank ye.

Lace seems to be manufactured in quite a number of places during our time frame, such as Flanders, Italy, France, not just Spain. As to mantillas, no, I have not done any research on the article as of yet, perhaps some day. As to influencing other cultures, France seems to be taking the lead in that area during our time frame, not Spain, as Louis had a very intelligent bloke (Colbert) in charge of "marketing style"... Now as to combs and veils.. I have a couple of illustrations showing them being worn will have to check and see if there is any information as to whether this is Spanish influence or not

I would think that should obviously be included in the footprint as that is part of the tent... but to those who are new at this... remember to include your rope perimeter in the footprint... thank ye.

Thanks Iron Jon...

Those who have reported in so far, and my thanks to you: ZeeWolves IN Fairge Iolaire (Island Trader) IN Cutter's Crew IN Pyrates of the Coast (Crewe of the Blackheart) IN Crimson Crew IN Mecury Crew William Red Wake Iron Jon Mooseworth Dana Farnsworth Mickey Souris MadPete Anne Coates-Sharpe Buccaneer Camp Patrick Hand Animal Willie Wobble Crewe of the Archangel IN Independent Pirates Stynky Tudor Crew of the Harbinger IN

William please add Brian and Gnat to the Archangel Crewe rolls. Thank you.

HE better win...again.

Be interesting just to see how many school kids show up to watch that at three o'clock in the morning! OH I volunteer to do guard duty at the gate when Maddogge wants to get back in the Fort. I'm locking the gate up tight and not letting him in.

Ah even better... thank ye Hurricane.

Spoke to Fayma, for them participating in the Walk the Plank contest, odds are, no it isn't nailed down yet, but odds are the contest will be on Thursday some where around 4-6pm

For those interested in doing demos for the public at PiP, please sound off here. Once again we are hoping to have the schools come in and that is being looked into, more information to follow on that as soon as it is nailed down. But there will be demos done on the weekend as well... Crewe of the Archangel will be providing demos on Weapons, Sword fighting Clothing Indentured Servitude Cargo Games Navigation Shaving demo Those from other crews who are also interested in demoing the above are welcome to join in. We can arrange times/breaks for during the day.

Ahoy folks... we will be needing tent footprints for setting up at PiP this year due to the number of folks attending. IF you are a member of a crew, such as The Archangel or The Mercury, you will need to get these measurements to those in charge of your group. We need to make sure that everyone coming will have a space allotted to them for the event. The measurements or the space needed to contain a certain crew will be forwarded to the event organizers in order to coordinate the space. You may arrange your tents as you please within the space given to you. So start measuring! Thank ye! This weekend, folks should be measuring off the areas on the beaches and more information will be forthcoming.

**WHACK!!!**

Some where, someone asked about a bit of colour for women's head coverings... beginning on page 185, from "Historic Dress in America", by Elizabeth McClellan Hood: (original lent to the author): is made of drab camlet and lined with silk to match, for it belonged to a colonial Quakeress. The fashionable dames of the times made them of gay silk, according to contemporary sources. The hood which in the previous reign was commonly of black silk, velvet or sarsenet, we now find in various colours; and cherry coloured hoods were all the rage in 1712. A group of ladies in coloured silk hoods at the theatre is described in The Spectator as "One of them was blue, another yellow and another philomot; the fourth was of a pink colour and the fifth was of a pale green. I looked upon this little parti-coloured assembly as upon a bed of tulips." and vocabulary for them that know not.... (Philomot Phil"o*mot\, a. [see Filemot.] Of the color of a dead leaf. [Obs.] --Addison.) sarce⋅net   /ˈsɑrsnɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sahrs-nit] noun a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used esp. for linings. Also, sarsenet, sarsnet. Origin: 142575; late ME sarsenet < AF sarzinet, prob. equiv. to sarzin- Saracen + -et -et Montgomery states: Sarcenet: A thin, transparent silk of plain weave. The name is derived fromt he Latin Saracenus, "From first having been woven by Saracens, probably in Spain." Beck suggested that it was not used extensively until the fifteenth century and probably displaced "the older kindred fabric cendal." Thicker than persian, sarcenet was woven twilled, as well as plain, and in all colours. (Perkins). Sarcenet is listed in the 17th century Ham House inventories in wide variety- changeable, clouded, florence, persian and striped -where it was used for sun blinds, protective bed and furniture cases, and wall curtains in front of finer materials. (Thornton and Tomin. pp 21, 52 and passim). page.339 cam⋅let   /ˈkæmlɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kam-lit] noun 1. a durable, waterproof cloth, esp. for outerwear. 2. apparel made of this material. 3. a rich fabric of medieval Asia believed to have been made of camel's hair or angora wool. verb (used with object) 4. to decorate (fabric, book edges, etc.) with a colorful, marbled design. Origin: 13501400; ME camelet < MF, perh. < Ar khamlah kind of plush fabric, akin to khaml nap, pile Montgomery states: "Of plain weave, ... woven in many widths, lengths, qualitites and in all colours. Some of goat's hair, some partly of silk, or linen, and some entirely of wool; they are made for men's and women's clothing, bed hangings, furniture, and church hangings. (Chambers, Postlethwayt). Worsted camlets became harateens and moreens, grograms and grogrinetts. chinas, or cheneys, when given different finishes. These both Chambers and Postlethwayt describe. Figured camlets (FR. gaufres) are "those of one colour, whereon are stamped various figures, flowers, foliages, & etc. by means of hot irons, which are a kind of moulds pressed together with the stuff under a press." Water camlets: (Fr. a Eau) are "those which, after weaving, receive a certain preparation with water, and are afterwards passed under a hot-press, which gives them a smoothness and lustre." Waved camlets (FR. ondes) are "those whereon waves are impressed, as on tabbies, by means of a Calender, under which they are passed and repassed several times." Roland de la Platiere in Art du fabricant d'etoffes said that camlets with heavy, or coarse, weft yarns, called grosgrains, were suitable for a waved finish similar to modern moire. Those with finer wefts, more nearly equal in size to the warps, were suited to stamped patterns. He further stated that six threads in each selvedge should be of a different color to indicate that the cloth is made up of yarns dyed before weaving.(pg 28). John Evelyn visited Tours in 1644: "I went to see their manufactures in silk, (for in this town they drive a very considerable trade with silk-worms), their pressing and watering the grograms and camlets, with eights of an extraordinary poise, put into a rolling-engine"(1:111). In his letter book of 1719/20, Samuel Sewall was explicit in his order for bed hangings: "To be Bought. Curtains and Vallens for a Bed, with Counterpane. Head-Cloth and Tester, of good yellow watered camlet, with Trimming, well made and Bases, if it be the fashion. A good fine large Chintz Quilt well made. Send also of the same Camlet and Trimming, as many be enough to make Cushions for the Chamber Chairs." page 188

Many happy returns of the day to ye!

Oi Matt look for a pm from Fayma. Figure out how much fire wood you will need.

Hmmm good question about using the forge. With the park under new management that might be a question that needs to be asked again. will talk to Fayma about it.

The word down here is it overlaps certain easements... so Montpelier just increased theirs by some 700 acres or so Honestly if you took all the civil war walking/driving tours... we wouldn't be allowed to build any where...snigger..