Weapons & Food of the English Civil War

Join Steve, Danny & Pete in Episode 2 of our Man-at-Arms series and discover what the soldier of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ate; carried; wore and fired during the civil war of the 1640's.
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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Musketeer
4:59 - Rations
17:31 - Pikeman
19:23 - Bacon Pottage
23:46 - Outro
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With special thanks to Middleton Hall & Gardens for hosting us for this filming.

[@jesterofspades3903]

Great that this underrated war is getting some coverage

[@caseysilkwood47]

An excellent video, it's criminal that it hasn't garnered more views! As an American, it really scratches the itch for an often overlooked part of history on this side of the pond. I've been scrambling to learn all I can about the civil wars after finding Colonel John Hutchinson on my family tree. Cheers!

[@LivingHistoryUK]

Thanks for your kind words. Really pleased to hear you enjoyed the episode and great family history by the way!

[@drizzle952]

👍

[@CesaerRamirez]

Great 😊 job guys very necessary work and contribution

[@benjaminhulme6103]

Great vid! Good for research

[@LivingHistoryUK]

Thanks 😃

[@graemer3657]

The beauty of a potage is that it makes the large quantity of bread (the mainstay of the ration) endurable. The WW2 Wehrmacht did the same as midday meal from the mobile field kitchens was always a soup made communally so somethings perhaps don’t change that much over time.
Why were the trousers tied below the knee.

[@michaelwalters4249]

A great video! It really brings history to life to know how ordinary people lived and what they ate

[@lancerixson9984]

A really fabulous video, gentlemen!! 👏🏻

[@LivingHistoryUK]

Thanks Lance, glad you enjoyed it.

[@chrisdavies8202]

Great video as always, lads, thank you 👍

[@LivingHistoryUK]

Cheers Chris, glad you enjoyed it.

[@pe003]

So it's basically English risotto

[@bombfog1]

So how many rounds would the infantryman at the beginning have on him. In Iraq and Afghanistan I carried 210-270 rounds of 5.56 for example.

[@LivingHistoryUK]

Averages at about 12, but it really does depend - they made musket balls themselves and powder was a scarce commodity.

[@bombfog1]

@@LivingHistoryUKWow! That’s seems like a shocking paucity of ammo. So the 12 Apostles that soldiers wore were just enough powder for one shot per “Apostle”?

[@LivingHistoryUK]

@@bombfog1 yes 👍

[@joshboy1st]

PEASANTS!!!!!

[@SaRkAsMuSoNe-]

Came to the comments for something specific. Very disappointed. Maybe I am just mean. I’m not so I won’t say. Thanks.