Early Modern Archives - KCHH

Cinque Ports conference – Maison Dieu, Dover

4 July 2026

Now to Dover, and last Friday and Saturday (26 and 27 June) was the Cinque Ports conference at Dover’s Maison Dieu – thereby keeping the hospital theme going and the…

Lewes and Canterbury – more fascinating history

3 July 2026

Well, it has been another action-packed week from last Wednesday until we move into July which means sandwiched between talks for the Lewes Priory Trust and the Canterbury Commemoration Society,…

Celebrating Kent at MEMS Fest

21 June 2026

I thought because things are currently very busy, it makes sense to report on the latest meeting of the Kent History Postgraduates, the Kent topics in three presentations at MEMS…

Exciting times – bringing leading historians to Kent

11 April 2026

To start where I left off last time, there has been progress on the exhibition to go with the Canterbury Medieval Weekend, which will be based at the Templeman Special…

Thinking pilgrimage – Canterbury, Eastbridge and Maison Dieu, Dover

26 March 2026

This week marks the installation (in former times called the enthronement) of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to hold that office. As I’m sure you will…

Showcasing medieval studies – from troublesome kings to international trade

11 March 2026

As we are now into the second full week of March, we are less than 2 months away from the Canterbury Medieval Weekend on the 1-3 May.

Medieval Kent – shipbuilding, coins and the Canterbury Blackfriars

25 February 2026

For the last two weeks of February, I have several events to report on involving Canterbury and Kent’s history that I hope will be of interest. These are shipbuilding in…

Exploring aspects of Kent’s past

15 February 2026

Before I come to the main report about the highly successful ‘Exploring Kent History’ day that took place yesterday (Saturday 14th February) in Special Collections and Archives at the University…

Why Kent maps (and friars) are exciting

28 January 2026

It was exciting this week to see the advert for the Canterbury Medieval Weekend in the monthly History Extra magazine. Thanks too for publicity through the Kent Archaeological Society and…

Top Ten of 2025

23 December 2025

Well, 2025 has been an interesting year, especially the move from CKHH to KCHH and the new website beautifully designed by Ben Cornwell – many thanks Ben. However, because of…