Curse
The fatal joust
A father's lance, a son's last joust.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Village church and old cottages
- Legend from
- Local history
- Tone
- Dark history
A joust between father and son, and a lance that should never have struck.
Calbourne is a quiet village in the west of the island, known for Winkle Street, a row of old cottages by a stream. Wikipedia records that William Montacute, son of the Earl of Salisbury and lord of Swainston manor, was killed while jousting with his own father, by his father's lance. The parish church of All Saints holds altar tombs. The same wording appears on the Winkle Street article, so this is one source. No fetched page explains whether the story is tied to any tomb in the church.