Conference poster (click on image for larger version)

Conference poster (click on image for larger version)

The Henry III Fine Rolls Team held an end of project conference, which was open to everyone who wished to attend, on 24 and 25 June 2011 in the Edmond J. Safra Theatre at the Strand Campus of King's College London. The programme (given below) included papers on a diverse range of material drawn from the rolls: Henry III's piety and itinerary; royal finance; judicial writs; the Church; the Jews; women; and royal record-keeping.

Conference Programme

Friday, 24 June (Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre).
9.30am Welcome
9.45am "The Fine Rolls of King henry III" - David Carpenter, King's College London
10.30am "Early escheators in the fine rolls" - Scott Waugh, University of California, Los Angeles
11.15am Break
11.45am "Another fine mess... tracing the source of Henry III's revenue" - Nick Barratt, Historian and Broadcaster
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm "The use of debt in the fine rolls" - Beth Hartland, King’s College London
2.15pm "The relationship of fines to Henry III's itinerary" - Julie Kanter, King’s College London
3pm "The fine rolls and the period of baronial reform and rebellion, 1258-67" - Adrian Jobson, Independent Scholar, San Francisco
3.45pm Break
4pm "The fine rolls as a source for the legal historian" - Paul Brand, All Souls College, Oxford
4.45pm "Fines for judicial writs and the expansion of the central courts during the reign of Henry III" - Tony Moore, University of Reading
Saturday, 25 June (Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre).
9.30am Welcome
9.45am "Henry III's piety in the fine rolls" - Sally Dixon-Smith, Tower of London
10.30am "Exploring the boundaries of ecclesiastical law through the fine rolls" - Philippa Hoskin, University of Lincoln
11.15am Break
11.30am "Women in the fine rolls" - Louise Wilkinson, Canterbury Christ Church University
12.15pm "Modelling entities in the Fine Rolls Project" - Paul Caton, King’s College London
1pm Lunch
2pm "The relationship between the fine and originalia rolls" - Paul Dryburgh, The Borthwick Institute
2.45pm "Enrollment in medieval Scottish government: some points of comparison" - Alice Taylor, University of Cambridge
3.30pm Closing remarks