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Team captain Toby Capwell
claims he was born wanting to joust. Exaggeration or not, Toby fell
in love with all things medieval at a very early age, and began riding
at the age of 11 in order to be ready for joust training when it
appeared. Appear it did, and he realized his childhood dream when
he started jousting at 19. Toby has been living his dream by jousting
in the UK and America ever since. He was a founding member of the Royal
Armouries jousting team, and worked full-time at the Armouries for
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Toby was part of the Freelance Team
who won the “Sword of Honour
at the Royal Armouries in 2002. An intriguing combination of academia
and testosterone, in 2004 he was awarded a PhD in Medieval Studies,
which focused on English armour design in the 15th century. He is the
current holder of the Scottish Sword of Chivalry, presented in July
2005 by the National Trust for Scotland and the Royal Armouries. |
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Toby’s magnificent black harness of armour is famous
and recognized by armour enthusiasts worldwide. Styled after English
armours of the 1450’s, the armour is comprised of over 250 pieces
of specially tempered steel which is exceptionally strong and light.
After forming, each of the plates was blackened before being assembled
with custom made, gold plated fittings and mounts. The helmet is surmounted
by a stunning gold plated and pearl encrusted crest in the shape of
a bird of prey's clawed foot. |
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Sable, a crescent and three chevronels
interlaced Or.
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