Events
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Annual General Meeting
Saturday, 13th July 2019
Oxford
The formal business of the Annual General Meeting will be held at The Oratory,
25 Woodstock Road OX2 6HA at 11.00a.m.The afternoon programme organised by Jerome Bertram and David Meara will commence at 2.00p.m. with rare access to the Norman church of
St. Peter-in-the-East, now used as the library for St. Edmund Hall
(Queen’s Lane, OX1 4AR). The building contains nine mainstream brasses.
This will be followed by a privileged visit to the church of St. Cross
(St. Cross Road, Holywell, OX1 3TX) that now serves as the
Balliol College Archive. The two 17th-century brasses include
Eliza Franklin who, dying at the age of 35 in 1622, is shown in
bed with three children in shrouds and one in swaddling clothes
on the coverlet!The afternoon will conclude with a visit to the Cathedral Church of
Christ Church (St. Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1DP) containing a magnificent
array of medieval brasses together with a number of notable Victorian examples.
Edward Courtenay, engraved c.1450, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford -
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General Meeting
Saturday, 28th September 2019
Walthamstow, Essex
This meeting at St. Mary’s church will be held in association with the Walthamstow Historical Society.
Walthamstow Flyer
Sir George Monoux, Lord Mayor of London, 1543, Walthamstow, Essex -
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General Meeting
Saturday, 26th October 2019
Willesden, Middlesex
This meeting will continue the popular series of visits to Middlesex churches. It is proposed to produce a comprehensively illustrated booklet that will be available free to members attending the meeting.
Willesden Flyer
William Lichefeld, vicar, 1517, Willesden, Middlesex -
General Meeting
Saturday, 28th March 2020
Rothwell, Northamptonshire
The first meeting of 2020 will be held at Holy Trinity church in the delightful Northamptonshire town of Rothwell. The speakers will include Ann Rowlett who will focus on the monumental brass commemorating Owen Ragesdale, 1591, founder of Jesus Hospital (M.S.III).
Further details will be available shortly.
William de Rothewelle, archdeacon of Essex, 1361, Rothwell, Northamptonshire -
Annual General Meeting
Saturday, 18th July 2020
Saffron Walden, Essex (subject to confirmation)
Further details will be available shortly.
Pelican in piety from the brass of a priest in mass vestments, engraved c.1430, Saffron Walden, Essex -
Conference
Friday, 25th September 2020
King's Lynn, Norfolk
Arrangements are in hand for the Society’s Conference to be held at King's Lynn.
On the Friday afternoon it is planned to visit the Minster church of St. Margaret.
It is proposed to have a keynote talk on the Friday evening and five presentations
on the Sunday focused on the theme of ‘Status and Display’.An excursion is being organised for the Saturday that will include visits to the churches at Narborough, Rougham and South Acre.
Accomodation will be centred on the Duke’s Head with delegates able to make alternative arrangements. The event is being jointly organised with the Church Monuments Society.
Further details and a booking form will be available shortly.
Sir John Spelman, Secondary Justice of the Kings Bench, 1545, Narborough, Norfolk -
General Meeting
Saturday, 3rd October 2020
Trotton, Sussex
Further details will be available shortly.
Margarete de Camoys, engraved, c.1310, Trotton, Sussex