Canonsleigh, Crediton, and the Demise of Monasticism

The DCRS Annual General Meeting and Conference

When: to May
Where:Boniface Centre, Church Lane, Crediton, EX17 2AH
Who:Devon and Cornwall Record Society

10.15 Arrival / Welcome / tea/coffee available

10.45 Des Atkinson, ‘Some reflections on Canonsleigh Abbey as a monastic lord’, following the publication by the society of his The Lands of a Medieval Devon Nunnery

11.30 Paul Cockerham, ‘Crediton Church and its Monumental Heritage’

12.15 Break

12.30-1.00 1.00-2.15 Annual General Meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Record Society

Lunch (not provided, but can be consumed on the premises), with time to visit the church, and to access the Governors’ Room there, as well as to see the exhibition in the Crediton Museum

2.15 James Clark, ‘The Last Monks and Nuns of Medieval Devon’

3.00 3.45 Jo Mattingly, ‘“The Spoils of Barlynch” or how some parish churches got to benefit from Monastic Dissolution’

Closing remarks / tea/coffee available before departure 

The Society’s AGM at 12.30 pm is open to all DCRS members free of charge without registration.

The fee for the Conference is £10 per person for members and non-members. You can make payment in advance direct to the Society’s bank as below:

Lloyds Bank plc, 234 High Street, Exeter EX4 3NL

sort code: 30-93-14

account number: 00155236

account name: Devon & Cornwall Record Society

Alternatively, you can pay in cash or by cheque on the day at the Conference.

To ensure that we cater for the correct numbers, please confirm that you intend to attend (and your means of payment) either by e-mail to:

membershipDCRS@btinternet.com

or to our postal address, to arrive no later than Saturday 2nd May : Devon and Cornwall Record Society, c/o Devon Heritage Centre, Great Moor House, Bittern Rd, Sowton, Exeter, EX2 7NL.

www.devonandcornwallrecordsociety.co.uk 

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