{"id":13662,"date":"2023-05-10T22:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T21:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/kenthistory\/?p=13662"},"modified":"2023-05-18T17:45:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:45:24","slug":"future-events-and-tudor-dover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/kenthistory\/future-events-and-tudor-dover\/","title":{"rendered":"Future events and Tudor Dover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week should be much shorter because the main feature is the presentation by Kieron Hoyle <\/strong>to the Kent History Postgraduates<\/strong> group. Otherwise, I\u2019m going to mention several events that will be coming up over the next month or so, as well as a few other matters the Centre<\/strong> is involved in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The ruins of St Martin-le-Grand, Dover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This has meant I have attended meetings recently for the Fellowship of St Thomas More<\/strong> \u2013 annual lecture on 6 July<\/strong>; St Dunstan\u2019s church \u2018Big Plan\u2019<\/strong> committee; as well as met Alice Brockway<\/strong>, Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas (Kent), to discuss Maritime Kent<\/strong> \u2013 we are having a follow-up meeting with others including Dr Anthony Firth<\/strong> later this month. Additionally, there is a Lossenham Project wills group<\/strong> meeting this week, and next week I have a Friends of Canterbury Archaeological Trust<\/strong> committee, and I\u2019m meeting up with Louise Knight<\/strong> (Eastbridge) in conjunction with the Beaney<\/strong> regarding the loan of exhibition materials to Eastbridge<\/strong>. Moreover, Dr Diane Heath<\/strong> will also be in contact with Louise<\/strong> about creating another Green Dragon,<\/strong> this time in the Franciscan Gardens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now to begin the events\u2019 round-up, I thought I would mention the Photography Workshop<\/strong> that will take place on the afternoon of 14 May<\/strong> as part of Kent Archaeological Society\u2019s<\/strong> archaeological excavations at Lees Court Estate<\/strong>. The Centre is also involved through Peter Joyce <\/strong>and the workshop will be led by Julie Bramble<\/strong>, Forensic Osteoarchaeologist and Lecturer in Forensic Investigation at Canterbury Christ Church University. Students can join KAS for nothing and if any students or KAS members are interested, please email outreach@kentarchaeology.org<\/a> with Photography Workshop in the subject line.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dover castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For those in Canterbury, Dr Martin Watts<\/strong> recently gave a presentation to the Canterbury branch of the Historical Association<\/strong> entitled \u2018Canterbury and the Baedeker of 1942\u2019<\/em> at the King\u2019s School<\/strong>, while next month on 1 June Professor Kevin Ruane<\/strong> will discuss \u2018The Special Relationship at War: Britain, America and the Korean War, 1950\u201353\u2019<\/em>. This will take place in The Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, Old Sessions House, CCCU<\/strong> starting at 7pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Returning to May, I\u2019m giving a presentation to the Friends of St Mildred\u2019s<\/strong> for the benefit of church funds on Friday 19 May<\/strong> at 7.30pm<\/strong> the topic is \u2018Plays, Pageants and Processions in early Tudor Canterbury\u2019<\/em>. For further details, see posters about Canterbury and if this sounds interesting do come along (tickets \u00a37 on the door).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then on the following Monday<\/strong> and Tuesday<\/strong> (22 and 23 May) there is a split site two half-day conferences at the Kent History & Library Centre<\/strong>, Maidstone, and at the University of Kent<\/strong>. Kaye Sowden<\/strong> and I<\/strong> are involved with this because it features the Dering Manuscript of the \u2018Dover Custumal\u2019, Kaye speaking on the Dering connection, while I\u2019ll look at Dover and the Cinque Ports. Once I have more details, I\u2019ll let you know, but among the other speakers is Professor Nicholas Vincent<\/strong>, who was Professor of Medieval History at CCCU several decades ago. This will be followed on the Wednesday<\/strong> with my presentation on the place of St Mary\u2019s hospital<\/strong> (the Maison Dieu) in medieval Dover. This will start at 7.30pm<\/strong> at Dover Museum<\/strong> in the Community Cinema, for bookings see: St Mary’s hospital: the place of the hospital in medieval Dover – Maison Dieu history talk by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh (maisondieudover.org.uk)<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dover’s Maison Dieu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Staying in Dover, the Kent History Showcase<\/strong> organised by KAS<\/strong> and hosted by Dover Museum <\/strong>and the Maison Dieu<\/strong> will be on Saturday 3 June<\/strong>. Among those present will be CKHH<\/strong> and Diane Heath\u2019s<\/strong> NHLF-funded \u2018Medieval Animals Heritage\u2019, <\/strong>as well as Professor Carolyn Oulton\u2019s <\/strong>and Michelle Crowther\u2019s \u2018Kent Maps\u2019. <\/strong>Under the theme \u2018Journeys<\/em>\u2019, this will also feature other locations in the town in addition to Dover Museum and the Market Square. As Martin Crowther<\/strong> said, \u201cIt\u2019s shaping up to be an exciting and action-packed event!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully you can see that we have plenty going on in the next few weeks and beyond early June there is far more including Diane\u2019s Medieval Animals conference<\/strong>, Canterbury\u2019s Medieval Pageant <\/strong>with its theme of \u2018medieval animals\u2019 this year \u2013 remember the \u2018dragon\u2019 baseball caps. Those at the Centre are similarly working on the exhibition of the Rochester Bestiary<\/strong>, and Dover\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Working with Wills\u2019<\/em> workshops and exhibition entitled \u2018From Cradle to Grave: living, working and dying in medieval Dover\u2019<\/em>, that, following further allocation of money to CCCU, will draw on funds from Research England<\/strong>. This is great because it offers opportunities to draw in undergraduates and postgraduates into the university\u2019s research, knowledge exchange and impact activities that in time will help form part of Christ Church\u2019s KEF<\/strong> narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kieron’s presentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For the remainder of this blog, I\u2019m now turning to Kieron\u2019s <\/strong>presentation and, yes, we are back in Tudor Dover<\/strong>! Setting the Maison Dieu at the centre of a web of interconnecting players comprising the crown, town, Calais and the port of Dover, Kieron began by identifying the key features of each of these and how they took on multiple roles through their various interactions. Moreover, she thinks matters such as exploring Dover\u2019s role as a member of the Cinque Ports, its position as the first line of defence, especially after the fall of Calais, the two-way movement of people, goods and ideas between London and Dover via Canterbury and overseas, and the importance of kinship networks will all be crucial in her study of the role and place of the Maison Dieu in Dover society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next Kieron went through the issues she sees as requiring specific research for the harbour \u2013 its uses and problems and how these changed over time. The relative importance of coastal and overseas trade, and within the experience of coastal trade the ports visited by Dover ships, the cargoes transported and the networks of merchants and mariners these connections engendered. Within this the role of Calais and its hinterland is extremely significant because those living there had to be supplied from England, Dover playing a major role in this trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving on to the crown, Kieron talked about what she knows about the castle garrison and how this varied, as far as she can tell, but this is something she wants to pursue further. Other inter-related themes within this will include the role of pageantry involving those entering or leaving Dover, the political agenda behind such displays and the relative positions of castle and town \u2013 physically and symbolically. Thus, Kieron sees crown \u2013 town relations as being a tangled web with the Maison Dieu having attachments to both which required, at times, careful adjustments by, for example, the personnel at what had been the pilgrim hospital and became the victualling yard for the navy. Kieron, too, looked at what this transformation would have meant in terms of the buildings, the medieval survivors and the commissioning of new (Tudor) workshops and other buildings. Indeed, Kieron is not sure what documentary sources she will have for such changes and whether archaeology will provide more of the answers, either from the Dover Maison Dieu excavations led by Keith Parfitt, or comparatively using findings from excavations at the London victualling yard from the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n

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St James’ church, Dover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kieron spent some time discussing Dover\u2019s maritime community, the role of fishing, ferrying \u2013 crucial because of the issues of deposition through longshore drift which stopped large ships from entering the harbour, the skills of the master mariners, the role of pilots and the longevity of the ferry guild. This led her into thinking about the late Tudor harbour works, and how they differed from Henry VIII\u2019 improvements, both physically and in terms of their political impact on the town and how this affected the civic authorities. She thinks Thomas Andrewes, mayor in the 1580s will repay special study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to her presentation both those in the room and online posed several questions and offered helpful comments which engaged with specific points as well as more generally on researching \u2013 spread and depth \u2013 at this level. Thus. Kieron felt it had been an extremely useful exercise at this relatively early stage in her doctoral project, and people had been extremely interested to know what she had discovered about the Maison Dieu and its place in Dover Tudor society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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