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The Chinese Room #71
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st December 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,chinese,japanese,armour,mediaval,Yoki Yasutsuna,sword,Burmese,Great Hall,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Covid-19
...ioner’s sword and apparently Japanese swordsmiths were the greatest that the world has ever known. The method of making them goes back over 1000 years and was introduced by a blacksmith called Hoki Yasutsuna. He was the first person to make the single-edged curved sword and the method used by him is still used today. However, the way they tested the swords on criminals back in the day was very gory and I won’t go into it here!
Japanese armour with sword
As I said, this room was originally the Dining Room for the family and overlooked the terrace and gardens. In the corner of the room was a large bay window which gave views to the west side...
Mediaeval Weaponry #84
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th September 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,History,mediaeval banquets,mediaeval weaponry,swords,halberds,suits of armour,daggars,Tudors,stately homes,downton abbey,aristocracy,middle ages,my dad bought a mansion
...When we moved to Hoar Cross Hall in the 1970s, my father owned the largest private collection of arms and armour in the UK at that time! He owned about 20 suits of armour and numerous items of ‘arms’, which is another word for weapons. The word ‘arms’ comes from the Latin ‘arma’ which means ‘tools of war’; this word passed into the English language from the French in 1200.
Mediaeval weapons consisted of halberds, double-edged swords, daggers, battle axes, crossbows and longbows to name but a few, these being the most common. Knives were also used but mainly for eating and repairing, although I’m sure they got to be used as weapons too...