A modern format of
tournament growing in popularity in the
Society for Creative Anachronism , frequently called William Marshal tournaments after the greatest tourneyer of the ransom-tourney age. In these tournaments men entered the
lists at their own risk--if they were âdefeatedâ their horse and armour was forfeit to the capturing
knight . This was a popular way for younger sons of knights and
nobles to earn a living and to earn
renown . In the SCA form of the tourney, combatants enter the lists worth a certain number of tokens or coins or a point value ranking according to their rank within the Society. If they are âkilledâ, they must accompany their captor without hindrance to their
recess , where they must surrender their
ransom or tally their point value to the captorâs total. These tourneys have proven to be excellent fund-raisers; the
Company of Saint George first tried such a tourney as a fund-raiser for the kingdom newsletter, the Page, and the Company of the Angels held another such tourney two years later, donating their proceeds to the Tomb of William Marshal in London. See
Chronique: The Journal of Chivalry #9 and the Tournament Formats for SCA Combat monograph.
