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 EC students, but not to overseas candidates. It is restricted
to those who intend to register for the centre's option 'Late Medieval
Studies, 1250-1500' and 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. It consists of an award
of £500.
The
holders of this bursary have been:
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.
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Institute of Historical Research, University of London
In 1995, another bursary was established by
the Society 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. This bursary is also to the value of £500.
The
holders of this bursary have been:
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
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 Amercian students in the USA the Amercian Branch of
the Society runs a similar scheme and has a fund of $40,000 available
annually.