Mapping Medieval Chester » Minstrels’ Court http://blog.medievalchester.ac.uk Official blog for the AHRC funded Mapping Medieval Chester Project Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Chester events – recent and forthcoming… http://blog.medievalchester.ac.uk/2009/07/18/chester-events-recent-and-forthcoming/ http://blog.medievalchester.ac.uk/2009/07/18/chester-events-recent-and-forthcoming/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:55:30 +0000 cclarke http://blog.medievalchester.ac.uk/?p=184 Sue Hughes at the Grosvenor Museum has just sent us the following report on the recent ‘Minstrels’ Court’ event – it sounds like great fun. If living history and interactive events capture your imagination, then please do come and join us at the forthcoming ‘Mapping Medieval Chester Festival’ (Saturday 29th August). For further information see the earlier blog post or contact the Grosvenor Museum.

Minstrel’s Court Event

A successful Minstrels’ Court helped celebrate medieval Chester and publicise the Mapping Medieval Chester Festival on 29 August 2009.  ‘Medieval’ Musicians were presented with their licences to play by Reverend Chesters and are now safe from being arrested as vagabonds for another year.

Medieval Musician Richard York

Musician Richard York demonstrated a wide variety of Medieval instruments and allowed the public to have a go.  The 1265 group from the Midlands had volunteered to help with the day and gave a fantastic demonstration of arming a knight, whilst the women demonstrated textile and braid making and there was even a Medieval leper!  Tom Hughes did some Cheshire story-telling about the dragon of Moston and St Werburgh.  There were also displays about pilgrimage, relics and the church.

The Minstrels were joined by local musicians in a Medieval ‘jamming’ session and even the local Morris dancers got wind that there was something going on and joined in as well.

The Minstrels’ Court will be re-created again in June 2010, when we will discover how many of the musicians are granted licences this time!

A Knight in St John's ChurchStorytelling brings history to life

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