When was john blanke born

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John Blanke fl. College of Arms, Westminster Tournament Roll. Reproduced by permission of the Kings, Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms. Anglo, ed. Kaufmann , Black Tudors: the untold story Ashbee, ed. Ashbee and D. Lasocki, eds.

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This event explores and commemorates the life of John Blanke and showcases how the archival records have influenced the work of the project's artists, poets, and historians. Each team comprised a company of knights under the leadership of the lord whom they followed and served in times of war.

Tournaments also had a chivalric and romantic side. Ladies in the tournament audience had a chance to see their heroes prove their prowess, strength and courage or not, as the case may be , and the knights in their turn hoped to win over the affections of the ladies by their displays.

From the 15th century there was a growing desire to depict spectacles and ceremonials and record them for posterity.

Henry VIII wanted such a pictorial record made of his tournament to mark the birth of his male child. It is a pictorial illuminated manuscript, a continuous roll approximately 60 feet long. It is a narrative of the beginning, middle and end of the tournament, which took place over two days.

In the Westminster Tournament Roll, the king occupies a prominent position.