2019 Programme

January  No meeting

2nd February     'Janus Day' - Branch AGM

23rd February    Special Evening to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the launching of:

                        'The Looking For Richard Project' - 6.30pm at the Crown Hotel 

2nd March         'The Production of a Medieval Bestseller' - 'The Prose Brut' - a talk by Kirsten Lawton Smith.

13th April          'What Would Have Happened if Richard Had Won the Battle of Bosworth?' :

                        A talk by Richard Unwin from the greater Manchester Branch. 

11th May           'Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages' - a talk by Dr Kathryn Hurlock.

1st June            'Plantagenet Portraits in the 15th and 16th Centuries' - a talk by Dr Charlotte Bolland,

                        Curator at the National Portrait Gallery.

20th July           Archery Day at the Lichfield school of Archery.

10th August       Branch outing to Bosworth

7th September  'Richard III Loyalty Binds Me' - Matthew Lewis will be talking about his latest book.

12th October     'Archaeology and the Latest Interpretation of the Battlefields Since 2013':

                        A talk by Richard McKinder

2nd November   'Wizards' - a talk by Mark Olly and a social evening at the Crown Hotel for Halloween, 6.30pm 

9th November    'Was Richard III's Henchmen Buried in Gedling Church?':

                         A talk by Ted White about the possible fate of Francis Lovell.

7th December    Christmas lunch at the Crown Hotel

All meetings are held in the Crown Hotel Nantwich and start at 2pm unless otherwise stated