• The elaborate gilded ceiling in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace, a masterpiece of Tudor carpentry
    Events - Lectures

    EHAS AGM and Gordon Moodey Lecture 2026

    “Making the starry vault of heaven:
    Unlocking a masterpiece of Tudor carpentry at Hampton Court Palace”

    April 13, 2026 at 7pm, lecture at 7:45pm

    Please join us on Zoom for our Annual General Meeting, followed by what should be a very interesting lecture by Dr. Lee Prosser, curator of historic buildings at Historic Royal Palaces, on “Making the starry vault of heaven: unlocking a masterpiece of Tudor carpentry at Hampton Court Palace”.

    The ceiling of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace, with its gilded angels, is one of England’s greatest 16th-century architectural achievements.  Yet what appears to be a stone vault is entirely constructed in timber, and stands as a complicated creation of Henry VIII’s carpenters in the 1530s. A new research project has begun to reveal the fascinating story of its conception and creation.

    To attend the AGM, please use this link after 6:45pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88136330154?pwd=40A0KTGxfzBWHmfLy5sgjDOPFasvr3.1

    Tickets for the lecture are free, and can be booked separately on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gordon-moodey-lecture-tudor-carpentry-at-hampton-court-palace-tickets-1984038159544

  • Detail from the cover of "Serfdom in Medieval England" by Mark Bailey
    Conferences - Events - Lectures

    HALH Spring Meeting and AGM

    May 16, 2026 at 11:00am

    Tewin Memorial Hall, 11A Lower Green, Tewin, Welwyn AL6 0JX

    The morning session will commence at 11.00 and will  include short talks from members of local history societies in  the county on items of current interest and research. The  afternoon session will commence with the AGM, followed by the Lionel Munby lecture.

    This year the speaker will be Professor Mark Bailey, Professor of Later Medieval History at  the University of East Anglia. He has researched extensively many aspects of late medieval social and economic history,  focussing particularly on evidence from manorial records. His  latest book, Serfdom in Medieval England, using the well documented St Albans abbey estates of Codicote, Norton and Winslow, analyses the effects of the Black Death on serfdom, its decline and how manorial lords managed their estates  thereafter.

    Admission is free for HALH members, £2 for visitors. For more information, contact the Hertfordshire Association for Local History.