- A
tiltyard (or tilt yard or tilt-yard) was an
enclosed courtyard for jousting.
Tiltyards were a
common feature of
Tudor era
castles and palaces. The Horse...
-
medieval period,
castles and
palaces were
augmented by purpose-built
tiltyards as a
venue for "jousting tournaments".
Training for such
activities included...
- Blanke.
Jousting at
Westminster took
place on a
tournament ground, or
tiltyard,
located just
beyond the
north door of
Westminster Abbey. The 1511 event...
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fighting (on the site of the
Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall) and a
tiltyard for
jousting (now the site of
Horse Guards Parade). It is
estimated that...
-
eager for a good day's entertainment.
Entry for the day's
events at the
Tiltyard in
Whitehall was set at 12d".
Although most
forms of
entertainment have...
- The
Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a
national museum that
holds the
National Collection of Arms and Armour. It is part of...
- was in his
forties and had been
badly injured earlier in the year in a
tiltyard accident. He was also
already suffering from the
health problems that would...
-
building was
designed by
William Kent, and
built during the 1750s on a
former tiltyard site,
replacing an
earlier guard-house
erected during the
Civil War. The...
-
archived from the
original on 14 June 2012 'The
Holbein Gate and the
Tiltyard Gallery',
Survey of London:
volume 14: St Margaret, Westminster, part III:...
- castle. This
causeway was
called the
Tiltyard, as it was used for tilting, or jousting, in
medieval times. The
Tiltyard causeway acted both as a dam and as...
