DEVON AND CORNWALL
RECORD SOCIETY
Charity Registration
no. 1011931
The Annual General
Meeting of the Society will be held on
Saturday 18th May
2024 at 10.30 am
Rougemont Room,
Exeter Library, Castle Street, Exeter, EX4 3PQ
ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING AND CONFERENCE
‘From Exeter
Cathedral to the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary: Devon’s Medical History’
Saturday 18th
May 2024
Rougemont Room,
Exeter Library, Castle Street, Exeter, EX4 3PQ
10.00 Tea/Coffee
10.30 Annual General
Meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Record Society (members only)
11.00 Rachel Scott:
‘Potions and promises: discovering a medieval miscellany from Ottery St Mary’
11.45 Catherine
Rider: ‘Medieval Medicine in Exeter Cathedral Manuscripts’
12.30 Lunch break
(members may have their own lunch in the hall or visit one of the many venues
nearby)
1.30 Peter Elmer:
‘Introducing the Medical Practitioners in Early Modern Devon database’
2.00 David Radstone:
‘Tools of the trade: old medical instruments from the Devon and Exeter Medical
Heritage Trust collection’
2.45 Mike Tracey:
‘Churning out Butter: How John Butter's Memoir saw the Light of Day’
3.30 Tea/Coffee
The Society’s AGM at
10.30 am is open to all DCRS members free of charge.
The fee for the
Conference will be £12-50 per person for members and non- members. You can make
payment in advance direct to the Society’s bank as below:
Lloyds Bank plc, 234
High Street, Exeter EX4 3NL sort code: 30-93-14 account number: 00155236
account name: Devon
& Cornwall Record Society
Alternatively, you
can pay in cash or by cheque on the day at the Conference.
To ensure that we
cater for the correct numbers, we would be grateful if those who plan to attend
advise us either by e-mail to: membershipDCRS@btinternet.com or
to our postal address, to arrive no later than 13th May 2024: Devon and Cornwall
Record Society, c/o Devon Heritage Centre, Great Moor House, Bittern Rd,
Sowton, Exeter, EX2 7NL.
