Cinque Ports Conference

Cinque Ports Conference - Evening reception
Friday 26 June, 6.30 to 8pm
Tickets £15 - includes a welcome drink and canapes  

Join the mayors and officials of the Confederation of Cinque Ports for canapes and drinks in the Neo-gothic splendour of the Maison Dieu's recently restored Connaught Hall, as we celebrate the end of the first day of the Cinque Ports Conference and the Confederation's long association with this magnificent building. Relax and chat to guests as we listen to live music. The evening will include short speeches by Dover representatives and David Page, Speaker of the Cinque Ports and Mayor of Winchelsea, who will be accompanied by the Admiralty Sergeant, carrying the Cinque Ports silver oar. Cinque Ports banners and items of memorabilia will be on display.

Event organised by the Kent Archaeological Society Maritime Kent Group, the Confederation of Cinque Ports, the Maison Dieu, Dover District Council, Dover Town Council and Dover Museum. Including speakers from the University of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University, the University of Southampton and Kings College, London.

Full programme:

 

Friday 26th June Timetable
9.30 Doors open
9.30 – 10.00 Registration and coffee
10 - 10.20 Welcome

10.20 - 11.30 Session 1 - Administration of the Cinque Ports
2 papers, plus questions

Justin Croft – The custumals of the Cinque Ports c. 1290-1500

Sheila Sweetinburgh – Maintaining authority: the role of church and hospital in the Cinque Ports

11.30 Coffee

11.50 - 1pm Session 2 - Administration of the Cinque Ports
2 papers, plus questions

Rob Blackmore – Title: Maritime Predation and the Cinque Ports, 1450‒1640

Craig Lambert – The Cinque Ports, c.1320-c.1630: The Myth of Decline

1pm - 2pm Lunch
Buffet lunch

2pm – 3pm Session 3 - Tours
Maison Dieu Highlights tours
3pm - 4.10pm Session 4 - Defence and the Royal Navy

2 papers, plus questions

Susan Rose – ‘That we bee maysteres of the narowe see’ Did the successful implementation of this policy by English medieval monarchs depend on the ships of the Cinque Ports?

Chris Ware – `The Wealth Safety and Strength of this Kingdome is soe much concerned’ -  Articles of War, 1661

4.10pm - 4.30pm Coffee

4.30pm - 5.40pm Session 5 - Defence and the Royal Navy

2 papers, plus questions

Andrew Lambert – Dover and the Duke: Shaping Grand Strategy, 1815-1914

Andy Plumbly – The Naval Brewhouse at Dover - a well-kept secret

5.40pm - 6.00pm
Closing remarks and response

6.30pm – 8.00pm Evening Reception (ticket cost £15.00)

Speeches and live music. Welcome drink and canapes included.

Saturday 27th June Timetable
9.30 Doors open
9.30 – 10.00 Registration and coffee
10 - 10.20 Welcome

10.20 - 11.30 Session 1 – Cinque Ports Maritime Communities
2 papers, plus questions

Gillian Draper – ‘ People and Places : the Cinque Ports, London and other connections’

Claire Bartram – “We are both friends to Dover Harbour”: Scripting Performances of Community in late Elizabethan Dover

11.30 Coffee

11.50 - 1pm Session 2 – Cinque Ports Maritime Communities
2 papers, plus questions

David Carpenter – Hubert de Burgh castellan of Dover, earl of Kent and saviour of England

James Lloyd - "The Runaway Armorial of the Constables of Dover"

1pm - 2pm Lunch
Buffet lunch

2pm – 3pm Session 3 - Tours
Maison Dieu Highlights tours
3pm - 4.10pm Session 4 – Cinque Ports Maritime Communities

Daisy Turnbull – A wreck! A wreck!’, 19th-century Coastal Cultures of the Cinque Ports and their Shipwreck Shore

Jon Iveson – The early modern history of Dover harbour

4.10pm to 4.50pm
Closing remarks and response