The Richard III Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce its 2015 annual conference “England during the Reign of the Yorkist Kings”. Students of (high) Medieval Yorkshire will find much of interest in the programme, which includes some old friends from the Medieval Section lecture programme.
Saturday, October 17
Our conference will be held at the Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth. Registration begins at 8:30 with the conference starting promptly at 9 am and ending at 5:00 pm.
Our speakers and topics are:
- Professor Peter Hancock—William, Lord Hastings and the Turbulent Summer of 1483
- Kate Giles—The Middleham Jewel and Richard III
- David Hipshon—The Renaissance and the Yorkists
- Helen Cox— Revisiting the Battle of Wakefield
- Bob Woosnam-Savage —Killed the Boar, Shaved his Head’; the Violent Death of Richard III
- Group Captain Clive Montellier RAF—Sending King Edward to Military Staff College
- Dominic Smee—Richard III: Sharing the experience of a King
- Susan Troxell—”Wherefore the White Boar? Yorkist Symbolism
The Conference Package, which includes conference and membership in the Foundation for one year, costs £50.
To reserve your seat, please mail your registration form along with your check payable to “The Richard III Foundation, Inc.” and submit to Ms. Dorothy Davies, Half Moon House, 32 Church Lane, Ryde. Isle of Wight PO33 2NB. For further questions, please email the Foundation at Richard3Foundation@aol.com. Website: www.richard111.com.
Medieval Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society 