#HerewardsLastStand at Ely & other tales will be regaled by Hereward re-enactor Rory G with his brand of medieval street theatre 954 years to the date of the
#FallOfEly on Monday 27th October.
Introduction by David Maile.
1pm outside Ely Cathedral
1.30pm at Oliver Cromwell's House / Visit Ely
#WakeHereward #Hereward Rory G performing as Hereward the Wake will open the Hereward Wargames Show at The Cresset in Peterborough on Sunday 7th September at 10am.
Bring the kids!
Tickets £3 & details at
hereward-wargames.co.uk
Sunday 29th June, the WakeHereward Project commemorates Hereward's knighting at Peterborough 957 years ago. We will also begin the process of petitioning the Dean of Peterborough to have Hereward absolved from his excommunication following his raid on Peterborough on June 2nd 1070.
All welcome!
herewardthewake.co.uk
#WakeHereward #HerewardTheWake #Hereward #PeterboroughCathedralIn search of Hereward at Peterborough Cathedral
#HerewardCountry
Folk Hero of the Fens Hereward the Wake spotted in Peterborough Cathedral 955 years after he was Excommunicated and Outlawed for burning down Peterborough and sacking the monastery.
Hereward Rising!
2nd June 1070-2025
Legends never die...
9. Young Percy Lamb with the Hereward Standard on his way to school for a 'Show and Tell' class appearance, after representing Rahenald the Steward of Ramsey at a living history re-enactment.
8. By the end of Lewis' Hereward Charity Challenge fundraising success along the Hereward Way, where over £2.5K was raised for charity, we had found our Standard Bearer in young Percy Lamb, who has represented Hereward's Standard Bearer Rahenald the Steward of Ramsey in several events and appearances since.
#HerewardTheWake
7. It didn't come easy, Lewis and I haggled and bickered on several different suggestions. At one point Charlie left the conversation 'I'll leave you chaps to it' - but we eventually got there with a flag that got the approval of living history re-enactors and others associated. It also gained the 'seal of approval' from Johnny Wake of the Wake family from Courteenhall, which was a great honour for the WakeHereward Project.
6.Therefore, as well as the lion rampant representing Hereward's position as a military commander in the Flanders army, it is also representative of the British Lion tying him to the modern day United Kingdom.
Once we finalised our idea it was then left to Charlie from Cantanware to materialise our collective vision. The way he designed the Wake Knot into the flag/standard was ingenious and the black lion rampant gave it the power and presence one would associate with such a formidable warrior.
5. The Flanders flag today has a lion rampant in black. The lion on the Flanders flag did not appear until a decade or two after Hereward's time, but it felt appropriate as the lion rampant has been used as a royal emblem in Scotland and England.
It was first used in Scotland by William I, also known as "William the Lion".
It was also used in England after the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
It was used in the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom after the Act of Union in 1707
