About Us
| In 1970, the City of Nottingham held a large medieval themed festival . The daily highlight all week was to be a jousting tournament. A group of stunt men were asked to arrange the jousting sequences. Mr. Robert Humphrey, the then proprietor of the School of National Equitation, Bunny Hill Top, Costock, was asked if he could supply the horses for the stunt men to ride. Because of a programming error, the jousters were booked for 6 instead of 7 days and the festival organisers asked Mr. Humphrey if he could find enough male riders to dress up and carry on the tournament for the last day. This he did with great success. The jousting tournament at Nottingham caught the imagination of festival organisers throughout England, and Mr. Humphrey was approached to stage other jousting tournaments. So, the Nottingham Jousting Association was formed. Within 2 years, what started as a hobby became a full-time, commercial enterprise, with his 3 sons, Sam, Philip and Stuart all taking part. The next generation of Humphrey boys has now joined the troop, which travels the length and breadth of Great Britain, as well as performing on the International circuit. Sam’s son, Mark, also jousts in the show, making him the third generation of the family to carry a lance and joust. This is a feat that probably has not been achieved since medieval times!! In 2006 Sam Humphrey decided to finally hang up his jousting spurs and Philip, Stuart and Mark along with several other members of the troop set up the company Medieval Entertainment and renamed the jousting troop The Knights of Nottingham, the name it proudly goes by today. |
Undefeated World Champions
The Knights of Nottingham have represented the UK in the World Jousting Championships twice in recent years and on both occasions have come away with team and individual trophies.
This feat, was made even more outstanding by the fact that the team had to use hired trekking horses from a local ranch, against US and Canadian opponents who were able to use their own mounts.
The tournament was staged over several days, with events of skill, such as taking rings, hitting the quintain and spearing targets from the horseback contributing towards the final team and individual points total.
The main event that all had come to see, was of course the jousting, where points were scored for the skill and accuracy of a Knight hitting a target on their opponents shield.
With so much pride and passion on show from our UK boys, they dazzled their opposition and deservedly took the honours each time on foreign soil.
The Knights of Nottingham truly are world champions and you can see them in all their splender at a show near you. Don't miss out on what is sure to be a day you will remember for a very long time.
BEFORE ROYALTY...The Knights of Nottingham have performed for many members of the Royal Family, notable at the Nottingham Festival, the Royal International Horse Show, and in 1985, were proudly asked to provide the entertainment for the Prince and Princess of Wales during their visit to the Battle of Bosworth Battlefield. In 1986, they performed 2 shows at Gatcombe Park, the home of the Princess Royal.
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