Portraying an English Military during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

Welcome to the home of the English Militia as portrayed by the Guild of Saint Michael-Bristol! Our aim is to present the impression of a militia of England prior to the onset of the first Spanish Armada. We are mostly pikemen, but do have a small contingent of shot and artillery. Our main place of interaction is at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Kenosha, WI; however, we also do presentations and demonstrations at other faires, schools, and community events. Please browse our pages here to find out more about what we do, how to join, the history of our group, and more!

NEWS!

We are looking for pikemen/shot to join us for our musters! If you are at all interested, please contact us by email. We are currently mustering for fall events, so get in touch with us soon! For more information about working at Bristol, please check the link to their site above.

The Guild of St. Michael is looking to help the communities that have supported us. We are looking for charity work to help out with. For information about how you can help us in our goal of helping the communities that support us, contact us.

Our Web Forum is back up and running, with our new software suite. Please be patient with us as we work on cosmetics. Please contact us to check out Guild activities and to talk about the history of the 16th and 17th Centuries!

Our Muster List page has been updated. If you see any corrections needed or things that we forgot, please contact us.

Lots of updates to the site, if anything is broken send us an email.

This site is still very much under construction, and we promise we'll make it much more interesting as we have the time and inclination.

This site is maintained by the GSM-Bristol Web Staff. If you experience any problems with this site, or have any suggestions on how we could make it better, feel free to send us an email.