Conference at Essex Record Office
The Fighting Essex Soldier: Recruitment, War and Remembrance in the Fourteenth Century
During the fourteenth century, successive English kings sent their armies to do battle in Scotland, France and Ireland. As a result, the number of men involved in warfare increased dramatically. What’s more, these soldiers are well documented, enabling us to find out more about the men who served in these campaigns than any earlier ones, especially those drawn from the gentry and nobility. This conference will take a look at the impact these many conflicts had on Essex society, and how soldiers were remembered after their deaths.
Speakers include:
Dr Jennifer Ward – Essex and the Hundred Years War: Taxation, Justice, and County Families
Dr David Simpkin – The Essex Gentry and the Wars of the English Crown. From Edward I to Richard II (c.1277-c.1400)
Dr Craig Lambert – Shipping the Troops and Fighting at Sea: The Participation of Essex Maritime Communities in England’s Wars, 1320-1400
Martin Stuchfield – Remembering the Soldier: Fourteenth Century Essex Brasses
Plus other expert speakers and lunchtime medieval music sung by members of Gaudeamus
Saturday 8 March 2014, 9.30am-4.15pm
Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6YT
£15 including refreshments and buffet lunch
Please book in advance on 01245 244614
Information taken from the Essex Record Office blog: www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/conferences/
The Essex Society for Archaeology and History will be having a lunchtime book stall at the event giving those who come to buy back numbers of 'Transactions' for £2.00 each.
During the fourteenth century, successive English kings sent their armies to do battle in Scotland, France and Ireland. As a result, the number of men involved in warfare increased dramatically. What’s more, these soldiers are well documented, enabling us to find out more about the men who served in these campaigns than any earlier ones, especially those drawn from the gentry and nobility. This conference will take a look at the impact these many conflicts had on Essex society, and how soldiers were remembered after their deaths.
Speakers include:
Dr Jennifer Ward – Essex and the Hundred Years War: Taxation, Justice, and County Families
Dr David Simpkin – The Essex Gentry and the Wars of the English Crown. From Edward I to Richard II (c.1277-c.1400)
Dr Craig Lambert – Shipping the Troops and Fighting at Sea: The Participation of Essex Maritime Communities in England’s Wars, 1320-1400
Martin Stuchfield – Remembering the Soldier: Fourteenth Century Essex Brasses
Plus other expert speakers and lunchtime medieval music sung by members of Gaudeamus
Saturday 8 March 2014, 9.30am-4.15pm
Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6YT
£15 including refreshments and buffet lunch
Please book in advance on 01245 244614
Information taken from the Essex Record Office blog: www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/conferences/
The Essex Society for Archaeology and History will be having a lunchtime book stall at the event giving those who come to buy back numbers of 'Transactions' for £2.00 each.
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