The present day Sir Nicholas Slanning's Regiment is part of the Sealed Knot Society. It's members now come from all walks of life, and from all over the country, with members in Yorkshire, the Midlands, Thames Valley, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucester and South Wales as well as from the more traditional recruiting ground of Devon and Cornwall. The regiment consists of a pike block, a musket block an artillery battery, drummers camp followers, and other non-combatants including children.

A pikeman is armed with a 14' to 16' wooden pike, he or she must wear a metal 'morion' helmet and may wear a back-and-breast plate for additional protection.

A musketeer is armed with a muzzle loading flintlock or matchlock musket. The muskets are registered as shot-guns so users must have a shot-gun license, a black powder certificate and a certificate of competence from the Sealed Knot's safety inspectors. Musketeers may carry a sword in addition to their musket, once the appropriate safety test has been passed.

Each artillery piece is commanded by a gun-captain and manned by a matross, their task is to support the light infantry with their heavy firepower.

One way that we differ from our historical predecessors is that women as well as men can achieve any rank in any of the above arms of service in today's Slanning's. The goodwives, or camp followers, are non-combatants who accompany the regiment onto the battlefield. They perform a vital role providing water, collecting lost or dropped equipment, and helping with first aid and emergency kit repair. (The simple act of tying one's shoe becomes extremely difficult when wearing a breast plate). There are many children in the Sealed Knot, those aged between 11 and 16 have the opportunity of becoming apprentice soldiers and once they are 16 they may enter the field of battle.

The fun doesn't have to stop when the fighting does, most campsites have equipment and food traders and a beer tent open to young and old alike. In October, with the campaign season behind us, the banquet season begins. Musicians, tables groaning with food, lively dancing and a chance to talk over battles fought and those yet to come. As well as battle re-enactments Slanning's get involved school displays, parades, living history events and training sessions to fine tune the fighting skills for which Slanning's have such a reputation. There are also regular social gatherings.