Guild of Merchant Adventurers
Apprentice Quest
Mistress Anne Gresham has come to Staffordshire looking for youngsters to be apprentices and journeymen in the Guild of Merchant
Adventurers. Members of the Guild of Merchant Adventurers are merchants who sail between England and the Lowlands to trade goods.
Demonstrate your skills by completing the various levels of the Quest.
The Quest is divided into two sections, apprentice and journeyman, consisting of 3 parts in each section. Each part will build
upon the previous activities.
The Quest may be completed in a single visit or over the course of several visits.
Apprentice
Beginner skills - Learn the skills in letters and numbers needed for a merchant.
Become a beginner apprentice by completing 2 activities in the beginner skills. Once you finish these activities, come back to the Garden in the Militia and receive a certificate and a token of your new station.
- Use a hornbook and learn your letters - Upon request in Poppet's Glade
- Write with a quill - Upon request in Poppet's Glade
- Use a counting cloth to do your sums - Upon request, Mistress Anne in Militia encampment
Intermediate skills - Learn the skills necessary to defend yourself and the cargo.
Once you are a beginner apprentice, become an intermediate apprentice by completing 2 activities in the intermediate skills. Once you finish these activities, come back to the Garden in the Militia and receive a token for your accomplishments.
- Try the pike drill - Upon request in Militia encampment
- Use a sword - Pells Post, upon request in Militia encampment
- Watch a English long bow archery show - Scheduled at the Archery Range
- Watch a joust - Scheduled at the Little Green Field
- Watch a sword fight - Throughout the shire
Advanced skills - Learn the skills necessary to sail a merchant ship.
Once you are an intermediate apprentice, become an advanced apprentice by completing 2 activities in the advanced skills. Once you finish these activities, come back to the Garden in the Militia and receive a token for your accomplishments.
- Learn to navigate - Upon request in Militia encampment
- Learn to use a heaving line - Upon request in Militia encampment
- Learn to make rope or cord making - Upon request at Garden in Militia encampment
- Learn to make basic knots suitable for sailing - Upon request at Garden in Militia encampment
