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Ricardian Bulletin Is Produced by the Bulletin Editorial Committee, General Editor Elizabeth Nokes and Printed by St Edmundsbury Press Ricardian Bulletin Autumn 2005 Contents 2 From the Chairman 3 Golden Anniversary Celebratory Events 5 Society News and Notices 10 Media Retrospective 14 News and Reviews 20 The Holbein Code or Jack Leslau and Sir Thomas More by Phil Stone 23 The Man Himself 25 What’s In A Year by Doug Weekes 27 Logge Notes and Queries: To My Wife, Her Own Clothes by L. Wynne-Davies 29 The Woodvilles by Christine Weightman 32 Rich and Hard By Name by Ken Hillier 34 The Debates 35 Paul Murray Kendall and the Richard III Society by John Saunders 37 Correspondence 43 The Barton Library 49 Booklist 51 Book Review 52 Letter from America 54 The 2005 Australian Richard III Society Conference 56 Report on Society Events 65 Future Society Events 66 Branches and Groups 71 New Members 72 Calendar Contributions Contributions are welcomed from all members. Articles and correspondence regarding the Bulletin Debate should be sent to Peter Hammond and all other contributions to Elizabeth Nokes. Bulletin Press Dates 15 January for Spring issue; 15 April for Summer issue; 15 July for Autumn issue; 15 October for Winter issue. Articles should be sent well in advance. Bulletin & Ricardian Back Numbers Back issues of the The Ricardian and The Bulletin are available from Judith Ridley. If you are interested in obtaining any back numbers, please contact Mrs Ridley to establish whether she holds the issue(s) in which you are interested. For contact details see back inside cover of the Bulletin The Ricardian Bulletin is produced by the Bulletin Editorial Committee, General Editor Elizabeth Nokes and printed by St Edmundsbury Press. © Richard III Society, 2005 1 From the Chairman Nowadays, the increase of historical knowledge requires more than just the study of documents and engaging in archaeology. Today, there is the prospect of using DNA to unlock secrets of the past and Ricardian studies are not exempt from this. In Media Retrospective, you can read about the work done by John Ashdown-Hill in identifying a living descendant of the House of York, traced in an all-female line from one of Richard’s sisters. In May, a press release was issued, generating a number of enquiries and keeping John rather busy. All this has opened up some ex- citing possibilities as DNA sequencing may help to identify which of the remains found in Mech- elen are really those of Margaret of York, and, perhaps, may also help in identifying the Leicester bones said to be those of King Richard. We shallwatch developments very closely and keep you updated through the pages of the Bulletin. Good progress is being made in organising events for our fiftieth anniversary celebrations next year and in this issue we introduce our anniversary logo, designed by Geoffrey Wheeler. One of the highlights of the celebrations will be the 2006 AGM in York. Some branches are al- ready planning to make a weekend of it and I would encourage others to do the same. Another event that is going ahead well is our schools competition. Prizes are being offered for schools and individual students for the best piece of written work in the 15-18 age group and the best poster design for the 11-16 age group relating to Richard III. Again, we are indebted to John Ashdown - Hill whose idea it was and who, together with Dave Perry, has done all the work to make it a reality. This year, the Annual Report comes as an insert inside your Bulletin, rather than as a separate document. This is partly a cost-saving measure but it also makes the report, which is an easy-to- use reference covering our achievements and plans, more concise. The format and content of our reports is always under review and I would welcome any comments members may have. As members will see, we are advertising for a new treasurer. This follows the retirement of Bill Featherstone, who has been a much valued member of the Executive Committee. Recently, Bill has steered us through some choppy financial waters and, to continue the metaphor, now has us on an even keel. I urge anyone interested in the post to contact me. In this issue, we remember Joyce Melhuish on the tenth anniversary of her death. Many will have their own memories, especially those who were regulars on the trips she organised. Running the visits programme was but one aspect of the prodigious amount of work she did for the Socie- ty for over forty years. She was, as I wrote my 1996 review of her Fotheringhay memorial ser- vice ‘a wonderful English Lady’. Finally, we are back in London this year for our Members’ Day and AGM, returning to the familiar venue at the former Scientific Societies, but now English Heritage, Lecture Theatre in Savile Row, after a three year gap. As I write, these are troubling times for London, but nonethe- less, I feel sure that Ricardians will not be deterred from travelling to the capital for their AGM. Phil Stone 2 Golden Anniversary Celebratory Events ur plans for next year’s celebrations to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the re- O founding of the Society are making good progress. We aim to have a programme that will appeal to all strands within our Society so that as many members as possible can participate in and enjoy the celebrations. In particular we want to ensure that it has meaning for both long- standing and newer members who now have the opportunity to become part of the Society’s his- tory. The anniversary events will of course run alongside our usual range of annual activities such as Fotheringhay, the York study weekend and Bosworth Day, which in 2006 returns to Sutton Cheney and the battlefield. We are very well aware that with more events and activities on offer there will be strains on your budgets! So we have come up with an idea that may relieve some of that strain: we propose to provide full details, including costs, for all events and associated booking forms in this year’s winter Bulletin. This will enable you to book events (or parts thereof) in advance and secure your place with a small deposit. This way, you spread the costs over a longer period than would nor- mally be possible and it will enable us to have an early indication of the likely take-up of places. If an event is unlikely to be well supported we would then have the option to cancel early and thus minimise any potential loss. The highlight of the year will be the Member’s Weekend and AGM which will take place in York over the weekend of 29 September / 1 October. Having seen what a success the Americans and Australasians have made of their weekend conventions we are unashamedly borrowing some of their ideas! However, there are other attractions on offer The preliminary programme is as follows: Members’ Day and AGM Weekend Friday 29 September 2006 A major lecture in the King’s Manor in the evening. Saturday 30 September 2006 (we have hired the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall for the whole of day.) The AGM will take place during the day and before and after we will have our usual range of attractions including Society sales, second-hand book sales, and a variety of Society stalls. Additionally we plan to run workshops on such themes as palaeography, Latin, music and costume. There will also be an exhibition of the entries for the Society’s Schools competition (see page x). We are also looking at the possibility of private tours of the Minster for members. The day will end with a banquet in the Merchant Adventurer’s Hall. Sunday 1 October 2006 This day will be focussed on Barley Hall where we are planning activities based on the tradi- tional St Nicholas’ Fair, held annually in the Hall early in December. Working with the man- agement of Barley Hall, we will be inviting craftspeople to display and sell their wares, and also we plan to engage a re-enactment group to provide some ‘living history’ 3 also we plan to engage a re-enactment group to provide some ‘living history’ displays. It is hoped that we shall be able to re-create some of the authentic atmosphere of fifteenth-century l ife in this very special place. Members will have the opportunity to attend all or some of these events. Staples’ Inn Reception There will be an evening reception in May in the hall of Staples’ Inn, London, to which we will be inviting our Patron, the Duke of Gloucester, to join members for drinks and a buffet supper. Before the reception, we hope the Duke will present the prizes for our Schools Competitions. The Tower of London The Research Committee will be organising two one-day seminars. The first of these will be held on Saturday 25 March at the Education Centre of the Royal Armouries in the Tower of London. The day will have a military theme and there will be the opportunity for members to visit the attractions within the Tower. Vicars’ Hall, Windsor Castle The second seminar will take place on Saturday 21 October in the Vicars’ Hall which is part of the complex of buildings surrounding St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. This will be a unique opportunity to see a building not usually open to the public. The theme of the day will focus on St George’s Chapel and the Order of the Garter. There will be time to visit the chapel and the day will end with Evensong.
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