Anniversary activities planned for 2015 (as at 7 June 2014)

Northern Barons HELMSLEY North Yorkshire Magna Carta events in Market Square Sunday 14 June 2015 (Robert de Ros) Falconry; theatre festival; castle activities (English Heritage); Contact: Martin vander Weyer Robert de Ros heritage trail (including Rievaulx Abbey, Kirkham [email protected] Priory); facsimile Magna Carta exhibition; King John oak tree SKIPTON North Yorkshire Planning after Tour de France; facsimile Magna Carta exhibition (William de Forz) Collaborating with Helmsley Contact: Dave Parker [email protected] THIRSK North Yorkshire Collaborating with Helmsley (William de Mowbray) Contact: David Tucker [email protected] TOPCLIFFE North Yorkshire Collaborating with Helmsley; Magna Charta rose (Richard de Percy) Contact: Garry Key [email protected] East of Barons CASTLE HEDINGHAM Pageant at castle (privately owned) Sunday 21 June 2015 (Robert de Vere) Talks on Magna Carta and Robert de Vere; embroidery; drama Contact: Robert Worley performance at local school; music CD of Magna Carta and King [email protected] John; heritage trail to Clare; facsimile Magna Carta exhibition LITTLE DUNMOW Essex facsimile Magna Carta exhibition; community tapestry () Collaborating with Stansted Mountfichet Contact: Kate Atherton [email protected]

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Anniversary activities planned for 2015 (as at 7 June 2014)

PLESHEY Essex Collaborating with Stansted Mountfichet (Geoffrey de Mandeville) Contact: Kate Atherton above STANSTED MOUNTFICHET Essex Medieval fair at Stansted Hall (privately owned) Date to be fixed (Richard de Montfichet) Church service, bell-ringing and ‘LiberTea’ Sunday 14 June 2015 Contact : Nigel Collingwood Three-panel embroidery; heritage trail with Pleshey and Little [email protected] Dunmow; renewed village signs CLARE Suffolk Study Day: ‘Magna Carta, the de Clares & Clare Castle’ Saturday 6 June 2015 (Gilbert and Richard de Clare) Medieval procession Saturday 13 June 2015 Contact: Peggy Smith Medieval Fayre and Cultural Fayre in castle park Saturday 13 June 2015 [email protected] Bell-ringing Sunday 14 June 2015 de Clare exhibition at Clare Ancient House Museum April – September 2015 Mummers and Madrigals evening; medieval-themed banquet; specially commissioned Magna Carta ale; heritage trail to Castle Hedingham; new ‘Liberties of Clare’; de Clare arms bunting FRAMLINGHAM Suffolk Events at castle (English Heritage) Dates to be fixed (Hugh and Roger Bigod) History Society lecture Contact: John Lilley [email protected] HUNTINGFIELD Suffolk Medieval games, music and drama Saturday 13 – Sunday 14 June 2015 (William de Huntingfield) Church service Sunday 14 June 2015 Contact: Sally Simpkin Lighting beacon Monday 15 June 2015 [email protected] Heritage walk; new village signage; facsimile Magna Carta exhibition WALKERN Hertfordshire Magna Carta talk Thursday 30 October 2014 (William de Lanvalei) Medieval fair, re-enactment, archery, siege engine Saturday 27 – Sunday 28 June 2015 Contact: Dr Janet Woodall competition, costume parade [email protected] Church service, bell-ringing and ‘LiberTea’ Sunday 14 June 2015 Magna Carta themed school-day Friday 26 June 2015 Formation of longbow archery group; embroidery of heraldic tabard; replica of William de Lanvalei great helm; creation of medieval costumes; fun run and cycle race; participation of twinning partners in Lanvallay (Brittany): facsimile Magana Carta exhibition; Magna Charta roses; King John oak tree Page 2 of 4

Anniversary activities planned for 2015 (as at 7 June 2014)

Rest of England ALNWICK Northumberland (Eustace de Vesci) Contact: Bill Batey [email protected] WARKWORTH Northumberland (John FitzRobert) Contact: Diana Webber [email protected] PONTEFRACT West Yorkshire Magna Carta dinner at King’s Croft Hotel Date to be fixed (John de Lacy) Sponsoring brewing of local Magna Carta ale; facsimile Magna Contact: Bill O’Brien Carta exhibition [email protected] HORNBY Lancashire (Roger de Montbegon) Contact: Mrs Michelle Norris [email protected] LEICESTER Leicestershire Magna Carta themed annual festival (unconfirmed) Saturday 22 – Monday August 2015 (Saer de Quincy) Cathedral bell-ringing and ‘LiberTeas’ with city cafes Sunday 14 June 2015 Contact: Sally Coleman (unconfirmed) [email protected] Possible ‘weights and measures’ exhibition in market and medieval-themed film season; facsimile Magna Carta exhibition at Guildhall BELVOIR Leicestershire (William d’Albini) Contact: Geoff Petchey [email protected] CURRY MALLET Somerset Re-enactment and street party Saturday 13 June 2015 (William Malet) Church service, bell-ringing and ‘LiberTea’ Sunday 14 June 2015 Contact: Lionel Frazer Talk by local archivist; short-story competition judged by poet [email protected] and author Julia Copis; story-walks and history trail; field design; flags and banners; embroidery; Magna Carta mugs and rose-bed; facsimile Magna Carta exhibition

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Anniversary activities planned for 2015 (as at 7 June 2014)

TROWBRIDGE Wiltshire Magna Carta Symposium at Civic Hall Saturday 25 April 2015 (Henry de Bohun) Church service, bell-ringing and ‘LiberTea’ Sunday 14 June 2015 Contact: Angela Milroy Charter Fair Friday 24 – Sunday 26 July 2015 [email protected] Magna Carta 800-mile bike ride by Town Clerk starting at Curry Mallet June and ending Trowbridge July 2015, visiting other baron towns and villages; castle trail; exhibition with banners and pennants; medieval-themed film season and ‘Trowbridge in Bloom’; speaker competition; facsimile Magna Carta exhibition; Magna Charta roses; King John oak tree LONG CRENDON Buckinghamshire Pageant and jousting tournament Saturday 13 June 2015 (William Marshal, the younger) Church service, bell-ringing and ‘LiberTea’ Sunday 14 June 2015 Contact: John Hooper Falconry; archery; children’s games and costume competition; [email protected] exhibition with special tapestry; Morris Men WEST GREENWICH Royal Borough of (Geoffrey de Say) Greenwich Contact: Tracy Stringfellow [email protected] LONDON Working with the 800th Anniversary Committee (William Hardel, Mayor of London) Contact: Tony Halmos [email protected]

Peter Sinclair, Chair, Magna Carta Barons Association, 41 High Street, Barkway, Hertfordshire, SG8 8EA [email protected] Direct and fax 01763 848001 Messages 01763 849067 Mobile 07557 129350 www.magnacartabarons.info

Items in red are being organised by the Magna Carta Barons Association

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