Boklerplaiers

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paul bulkley

Boklerplaiers

Legg inn av paul bulkley » 25 mai 2006 01:28:01

The London Coroner Rolls 1339:

Richard de Bulkele and William de Northamptone
Boklerplaiers. The Rolls recorded that Northamptone
was responsible for Bulkele's death.

I asked the meaning of Boklerplaier, and no one in Gen
Med responded with an explanation.

The following regulations in the "Munimenta Gildhalle
Londoniensis" Liber Albus (Riley) suggests an
explanation - the term "Bokeler" being used:

(1) No fencing school or place for Buckler exercise to
be allowed. (P.274)

(2) Persons not to go about the City armed after
curfew (P.275)

The term "Bokeller" would appear to apply to a sword.
Boklerplaiers presumably to be individuals involved in
fencing! (Sword play)

Sincerely Yours,

Paul Bulkley

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Matt Tompkins

Re: Boklerplaiers

Legg inn av Matt Tompkins » 25 mai 2006 08:28:23

paul bulkley wrote:
The term "Bokeller" would appear to apply to a sword.
Boklerplaiers presumably to be individuals involved in
fencing! (Sword play)


No, a buckler was a small round shield, similar to the targes
highlanders carried in the 17th and 18th centuries.
'Sword-and-buckler' was a style of fighting.

It did occur to me, when I saw your original post, that 'bokler' might
be 'buckler', but I couldn't come up with a plausible explanation for
the 'plaier' part, so I didn't post it - sorry.

Bucklerplayer sounds more like a recreation than an occupation. It
just might have been someone who taught sword-and-buckler fighting, but
would anyone have specialised that narrowly? - sword-and-buckler was
just one of several styles of fighting, and anyway I have an idea it
dated from a later period.

I did wonder whether might have been something to do with making
bucklers - was a boklerplaier a buckler-plyer? But did one ply
bucklers?

Matt Tompkins

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