Tom Foolery Pilgrimage

Muncaster Castle


On November 2 2005 members of The National Guild of Jesters were invited to Muncaster for a Feast of Fools.


Thomas Skelton and his recent successor Jem Famous were host to a dozen or so Motley Guests. All of whom slept in Britains most haunted castle.

All of the brilliant photos of Muncaster and the feast were taken by Brian Sherwen






Members from as far South as Wiltshire and as far North as Dumfries arrived throughout the day to be greeted by the Pennington Family.

Dee Famous, Jonathan the Jester, Joel Dickinson, Louise Lear, The Pixie, Sir Christopher, and respective partners were all treated to a special showing of "Darkest Muncaster," a special light show that has been wowing tourists over halloween and half term.

Then after a stroll around the grounds they were taken inside and served the finest food in the Castle Dining room by the Penningtons themselves.

There was a place set out for Tom and he joined us. Jonathan the Jester swears Tom gave him permission to rest his hat on the back of Toms chair. "I was taking it away from the table to hang it up and I swear I felt Tom saying "Hang it here." I really felt as though Tom accepted me. I wanted to sit next to him - so I did."



Of Course, being jesters we had to stand directly under the sacred tree (Toms Tree) and throw a bit of fire about.


Be fair though. It was bucketing it down with rain most of the night. At one point the entire Pennington family were up on the roof sweeping water and clearing the gutters prevent a flood.



The National Guild of Jesters would like to thank Peter Frost Pennington and his wonderful family for their superb hospitality and the warm welcome they have extended to Jesterkind. We would also like to thank Tom Skelton for having us and we pay tribute to you Mr Foolery.




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