THE year is 1415. The Battle of Agincourt is just weeks away and Henry V, Monmouth's most famous son, has returned to the town to recruit men for his imminent assault on the French.
You can relive it all on Saturday, October 14th, as Monmouth Marketing group and the Festival Committee join forces to mount an action-packed day to celebrate one of the most famous of medieval military victories.
The town will be alive with the sights, sounds and smells of the Middle Ages - catch a glimpse of life in Monmouth almost 600 years ago, as a medieval market lays out its wares and soldiers gamble and fight in Agincourt Square.
Watch the Mummers play and see first hand the way in which justice was meted out in the 15th century as a court sitting - and subsequent sentence - are recreated. A medieval doctor will be on hand too to demonstrate his skills.
A short stroll from the Square to the Castle and you'll be able to have a go yourself as an expert offers help with archery.
Henry got more than he bargained for when he arrived in Monmouth - a failed assassination attempt by Lord Henry Scrope led to a siege of the Castle as Henry determined to make the traitor pay for the ill-judged attack. A re-enactment by Bristol's Company of Chivalrye of this dramatic turn of events will be the climax to Monmouth's medieval day of merriment, culminating in fireworks as Scrope receives his just desserts.
From the medieval parade, setting off at 11.30 am from Monnow Bridge and progressing up to Agincourt Square, through the many events taking place throughout the day, to the dramatic climax at the Castle in the evening, Saturday, October 14th, is set to be a day to remember.
Just as on St Crispin's Day, when the Battle of Agincourt was so decisively won, anyone who misses this spectacular millennial medieval day in Monmouth "shall think themselves accur'sd they were not here". (Henry V, William Shakespeare)