| Description | Hinchingbrooke House pageant. A group of pikemen assembled in front of Hinchingbrooke House gatehouse. The pikemen appear to have taken part in Episode Two of the pageant, the Expulsion of the Nuns from the Priory at Hinchingbrooke, 1535. The article in the Hunts Post of the 12th July 1912 lists the pikemen or soldierss as Messrs. A. French, C. Seward, M. Smith, L. Whitney, E. Butler, F. Burr, B. Harradine, W. Cox, S. Larkins, P. Payne, F. Yorke, P. Green, M. Marshall, D. Higgins, S. Farley, W. Newman, G. Boxall, Dew and Turk. See Accession 817 for an alternative photograph in the official album of the event (on p.9). |