Tournament Companies
What are Tournament Companies?
This quote, from a 15th century document, sums what
tournament companies are about:
Then hear, princes and princesses, lords, ladies, and damsels,
knights and squires, the Very High, Very Excellent, and Very Puissant Prince,
My Lord the Duke of Burgundy, Count of Flanders and Artois, Count Palantine
of Burgundy, Count of Namur, etc., makes known to all that for the reverence
of God and the maintenance of our Christian Faith, and to honour and exalt
the noble order of knighthood, and also for the following three reasons:
first to do honor to knights, who for their high and noble deeds are worthy
of being recommended; second, so that those who are at present still capable
and strong of body anddo each day the deeds pertaining to chivalry shall
have cause to continue from good to better; and third, so that those knights
and gentlemen who shall see worn the order which shall be mentioned below
should honour those who wear it, and be encouraged to employ themselves
on such customs, that by their valiance they may acquire good renown, and
deserve in their timeto be chosen to bear the said order; my said lord
the Duke has today undertaken and founded an order which is called "the
Golden Fleece", in which, with and besides the person of my lord the Duke
himself, are twenty-four knights, gentlemen of name and arms without reproach,
born and procreated in legal marriage, of whom a declaration of the names
and surnames follows...
--Opening paragraph for the Charter of the Order of the Golden
Fleece, founded 1430
The Right Noble Company of Saint George,
The Company of Saint Mark
The Company of Saint Michael
The Company of the Star
The Grand Company of the Peacocks
The Tenans of the Noble Folley
The Company of the White Hart
and The Knights of the Lion Rampant
welcome you to the home page for Tournament Societies!
Taking our inspiration from the secular orders such as the Garter,
Star and Golden Fleece or the Tournament Societies of the 14th and 15th
centurues, these companies hope to bring something new to the SCA and to
make a postive contribution to both chivalry as an ethic and to the SCA
as an organization.
Most of these groups operate within the larger context of the Society
for Creative Anachronism (SCA), and yet all strive by their examples to
explore different avenues of the tournament as a tool for re-enactment
and for the teaching of virtue.
The following is a list of the Companies included on this page.
The Company of Saint George (Western US)
The Company of Saint Mark (Southeast US)
David Kujit.....301.598.7424
2801 Ashmont Terrace, Silver Spring, MD 20906
The Company of Saint Michael (Eastern US)
The Company of the Star (Southeast US)
Joe Latta.....904.495.9967
11717 SW 99th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32608
The Grand Company of the Peacock (Middle US)
Doug Strong.....708.562.7667
240 E. Palmer, Chicago, Il 60164
The Tenans of the Noble Folley (Middle US)
The Knights of the Lion Rampant (Australia)
Damien Fegan
POB 180, Springhill, Brisbane, 4004
The Company of the White Hart (Canada)
Andrew Lowry 905.634.6631
(Richard Larmer, Captain)
951 Falcon Blvd
Burlington, ON L7T 3B8 Canada
As part of the Knighthood,
Chivalry and Tournament Resource Library sponsored by Chronique,
the Journal of Chivalry, soon you will be able to find all of the
following from this site:
We hope you enjoy this site and invite you to participate in the discussions
taking place with our IRC Round Tables and in the journal Chronique!