DCRS AGM CONFERENCE 2023
DEVON AND CORNWALL RECORD SOCIETY
Charity Registration no. 1011931
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE:
‘The Cloth Book of Claude Passavant of Exeter, 1763-6’
Saturday 13th May 2023
Rougemont Room, Exeter Library, Castle Street, Exeter, EX4 3PQ
09.30 Tea/Coffee
10.00 Annual General Meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Record Society
10.30 Todd Gray: Welcome and Introduction to the Conference
10.45 Michael Nix: ‘Norwich and Exeter: Pattern Books and their Purpose’
11.30 Peter Maunder: ‘Tiverton’s Role in Exeter Cloth’
12.15 John Allan: ‘The Archaeology of the Devon Cloth Industry’
1.00 Lunch break (members may have their own lunch in the hall or visit one of the many
venues nearby)
venues nearby)
2.00 Martin Watts: ‘Devon’s Tucking Mills’
2.45 Jenny Balfour-Paul & Isabella Whitworth, ‘The Life and Times of Samuel Poole, Exeter
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3.30 General discussion
4.00 Tea/Coffee
The Society’s AGM at 10 am is open to all DCRS members free of charge without
registration. Non-members will be very welcome at the Conference.
We expect the Conference to be a popular event and capacity is limited. Once the capacity is
reached we will close registration.
The fee for the Conference will be £12.50 per person for members and non-members (£14.25
if paid via Eventbrite, to cover the charge Eventbrite make to the Society). If you wish to
avoid the Eventbrite fee, please choose the ‘free Reservation’ option on Eventbrite and make
payment in advance direct to the Society’s bank : Lloyds Bank plc Sort Code: 30-93-14
Account number: 00155236 Account name: Devon & Cornwall Record Society
Book using this link : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agm-conference-tickets-526606152177
