Alyce Chaucer Festival in Ewelme

Everyone is warmly invited to Ewelme on the weekend of 16-18 May, to celebrate the life and times of Alyce Chaucer (1404-1475).  Alyce built the almshouses and the school in Ewelme and rebuilt the church. They form a unique complex of medieval buildings, all of which will be open throughout the festival. There will be a concert of late medieval music on the Friday, followed by a full programme of talks on Saturday and Sunday; with a special commemoration service on Sunday sung to a medieval setting of the mass. 

Saturday’s talks  Who was Alyce Chaucer?  Ewelme’s medieval buildings. Life in a medieval school. Medieval food, and farming.  Dressing the part: 15th century fashion.

Sunday’s talks  Alyce Chaucer in fiction.  Alyce’s tomb: a masterpiece with different messages. Surviving medicine in the Middle Ages.  Alyce’s legacy, and the downfall of her family.