A bride has well and truly married her knight in shining armour in a mock 14th century wedding ceremony in Dorset, England.Sian Jenkins and Rupert Hammerton-Fraser wed at Lulworth Castle in a lavish ceremony for which the groom wore a hand-forged steel suit of armour trimmed with brass and velvet coverings.
Following the vows, the bride watched her husband ward off challengers in a sword-fight.
Sian told the Daily Mail: "Our families were a bit surprised when we first told the
m what we wanted but they got involved and even made their own costumes for the day."Miss Jenkins wore a court dress which was based on a brass rubbing and made from 270ft of silk. She arrived at the outdoor wedding at Lulworth Castle, Dorset, riding side saddle on a white mare.
The service was the Sarum Rite, on which modern ceremonies are based. In it, Miss Jenkins had to promise to be "bonny and buxom in bed".
Can you please provide translation for the "bonny and buxom in bed". Also, is this prerequisite to marry an Englishman?
ReplyDeleteShould I be concerned?
Not any more (Unless you wish:) ) The term Comes from Thomas Cranmer's Book Of Common prayer, who later would be burned at the stake in 1556 by Henry VIII's daughter, Mary Tudor, would not live to see his prayer book restored under Queen Elizabeth, who revised the book in 1559. It was next amended in 1662, when the bride no longer was required to be "bonnie and buxom" but simply to "obey" her husband.
ReplyDeleteIn other words the new wife was required to be a rampant sex Goddess !
I don't see a problem with that.
ReplyDeleteAs long as you'll be Clyde and Buxom.