Bursaries
University of York
Institute of Historical Research
Society Bursaries
Other Bursaries
In 1988, the Society established a bursary at York University, to be held by a student studying for the interdisciplinary MA degree at the Centre for Medieval Studies in York. This is offered to students who are not in receipt of any other substantial award and is open to UK and EU students, but not to overseas candidates. It is restricted to those who plan to write a dissertation on a topic within the fifteenth and/or early sixteenth centuries that is of relevance to the research interests of the Richard III Society. From 2011 the bursary is jointly funded by the Richard III Society and Yorkist History Trust, and has been increased to £1000. The 2010 bursary has been awarded to Mark Williamson. The title of his dissertation is “Physiognomy, Emotion and Spectatorship in early Netherlandish Martyrdom and Judicial Scenes of the Fifteenth Century”. For more information regarding Mark and his dissertation, please refer to the September 2010 Bulletin.
The holders of this bursary have been:
| 2008 | Meghan
Kawka who, for her undergraduate final-year thesis, wrote about
Richard III as Duke of Gloucester and regional potentate for his
brother in the North
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| 2007 | Alison McManus who is researching the writings of Sir John Fortescue
and Sir Thomas Malory.
|
| 2006 | Marie Turner of Bryn Mawr College (USA) who is researching the
relationship between Myth, History, Literature and National Identity . |
| 2005 |
Philippa Turner. The role of Gemstones in Medicine
|
| 2004 |
John Wood. The Interrelations of Church and State and how they
influenced the development of the city of York |
| 2003 |
Joanne Briant. Iconography of the Illustrations in fifteenth-century
Books of Hours |
| 2002 |
Rebecca Oakes. The personal motivation behind gifts made to the
church and the influence of the Wars of the Roses and the Reformation
on these gifts |
| 2001 | No
bursary was awarded |
| 2000 |
Martin Evans. Plantagenet division and its consequences
for the legitimacy and authority of the dynasty in York and the north. |
| 1999 |
J.T. Carpenter. Sacral kingship: the piety of Henry V and Henry
VI. |
| 1998 |
Allan Barton. Ten clergymen and their churches in the later fifteenth
century. |
| 1997 |
Esther Ketskemety. Anglo-Burgundian relations. |
| 1996 |
Charlotte Carpenter. The post of bridgemaster in York 1450-1500. |
| 1995 |
Ruth Frost. The aldermen of Norwich 1461-1509. |
| 1994 |
Joanna Chamberlayne. Guinevere and the Yorkist queens: aspects
of queenship in later fifteenth-century England. |
| 1993 |
Alison McCrae Spencer. Domestic violence in the later middle ages. |
| 1992 |
Jill Rickers. The apocalypse window in York Minster, how it is
unique in its position as an east window and in the imagery for the
period. |
| 1991 |
Clara Barnett. The St Cuthbert window at York Minster, what it
was like, the iconography of St Cuthbert, what a study of the window reveals
of the patronage of the Bishops of Durham in the Minster, as well as the
anti-Lancastrian content of the art in the Minster. |
| 1990 |
David Crouch. York Corpus Christi plays. |
| 1989 |
Sara Tranter. An examination of social relationships and responsibilities
of a late medieval Yorkshire mercantile family. |
| 1988 | Ben Nilson. The shrines of St Cuthbert at Durham, St Wilfred of Ripon, St John of Beverly, St William of York, from the late fourteenth century to the Dissolution, with particular emphasis on assessing their continuing popularity as pilgrim destinations. |
Institute of Historical Research, University of London
In 1995, another bursary was established at the Institute of Historical Research at London University. This is tenable by a postgraduate student registered at the IHR as studying for a higher degree at a university in the United Kingdom. From 2011 the bursary is jointly funded by the Richard III Society and Yorkist History Trust and increased to £1000.
The 2010-11 bursary was awarded to Thomas Graham who is registered for a DPhil at Corpus Christi College (University of Oxford) who writes that he “…intends to expand my undergraduate and Master’s work on fifteenth century Exeter and its relationships with the local gentry and nobility. This area of late-medieval English history has been almost entirely neglected by previous historians, both those approaching towns from a social and political perspective and those studying purely urban history…”
The holders of this bursary have been:
| 2009 |
Simon Lambe of St.
Mary's University College, (University of Surrey) whose thesis is the
Somerset gentry during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. |
| 2008 |
Jennifer Rampling of
the University of Cambridge who is researching The Alchemy of George
Ripley. |
| 2007 |
Toni Mount
of the University of Kent who is researching the Physician's Handbook
of 1454. |
| 2006 | Merridee Bailey of Australian National University on Concepts of
Childhood in the late Medieval and Early Modern Period: Continuity and
Change, 1400-1600. |
| 2005 |
Jacqueline J. Johnson. The political value of Elizabeth of York:
propagation, dissemination and abandonment of medieval female royal identity
in the early modern period. |
| 2004 |
Yuliana Dresvina. The Cult and Lives of St Margaret in Medieval
England |
| 2003 |
Helen Coombes. The churchwardens' accounts for St Nicholas
Shambles, London |
| 2002 |
David Santiuste. Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset |
| 2000 |
Martin Heale. The dependant priories of the Benedictine monasteries
of medieval England |
| 1999 |
Miranda Threlfall-Holmes. Provisioning a medieval monastery: Durham
Cathedral Priory 1464-1520 |
| 1998 |
Craig Taylor. Diplomacy and legal debate in the Hundred Years War |
| 1997 | No
bursary was awarded |
| 1996 |
John Cooper. Allegiance, sedition and the balance of power in the
south-west of England 1500-1520. Unusually,
a second award was made in this year to David Grummitt for work on politics, government and society in Calais,
1485-1547. |
| 1995 | Adele Ryan. Immorality and the law |
In 2007 the Society created a new bursary which is open to members of the Society. The Executive Committee was aware that there are many members who are studying for higher degrees and they would like to recognise and encourage their researches. The bursary for £500 will be open to members of the Society whose theses will be related to medieval and early Tudor history.
The rules are:
- The bursary is
open to members who are graduates and whose dissertation or thesis is
related to the later medieval and early Tudor period, c. 1399-1509.
- The applicant must
have been a member of the Society for not less than two years.
- The bursary will
only be awarded to members who have not previously received any bursary
funded by the Society including those administered by the IHR and the
Centre of Medieval Studies, York.
- If unsuccessful,
an applicant may apply in future years.
- The EC reserves
the right not to make an award if the area of study is deemed unsuitable.
- The application must be supported by a letter of recommendation by the student's tutor together with the name and address of a second referee.
The Executive Committee is delighted to announce the first recipient - Matthew Ward. Matthew is a graduate of Nottingham Trent University and has registered for his MA. His proposed thesis is entitled 'The Politics of Purgatory: Power, Piety and Aristocratic Death in Lancastrian and Yorkist England, 1399-1485.
Edda Curry Bursary*
Awarded in 2002 to James Ross for his work on the de Vere earls of Oxford
An extra £250 awarded to Catherine Eagleton in 2003 for a research project on the calculation of time in the Middle Ages, due to the interesting nature of the research.
*Edda Curry was a long-standing Society member who left a considerable legacy to the Society. The bursary was created as a permanent memorial to her generosity.
Schallek program
For American students in the USA the American Branch of the Society runs a similar scheme and has a fund of $40,000 available annually.
Although it is restricted to North American graduate students, it is still a very significant achievement of the Branch and hence of the Society as a whole. To find out more click here.