MDRG

Editing Medieval Records with the Medieval Documents Research Group:

Many students who had completed Latin for Local History at Liverpool and Manchester University continued with their research. They  felt the need to meet regularly to encourage one another and actively collaborate in their documentary work. In order to do so they met in the same location and on the same days as the course – one Saturday a month, usually the second, in order to benefit from the opportunity of ongoing consultation with the tutors. In due course,  it was also recognised that for administrative purposes , and when the Latin for Local History course was no longer active, an independent group would need to be formed, which would be responsible for those meetings. So the Medieval Documents Research Group was formed as a section of the Ranulf Higden Society.

The Medieval Documents Research Group (MDRG) continues to bring together the active members of the Society on a series of projects directed towards the production of editions of groups or classes of documents for publication.

The group meets once a month, on the second Saturday of each month. The meetings were formerly held in the Sydney Jones Library (University of Liverpool), from September to March, and in May. Since the pandemic meetings have been held by Zoom (the monthly link can be obtained from the secretary: ranulfhigdensoc@gmail.com).

The meetings are held to allow the members of the group to meet and discuss problems and issues that they have encountered in the work they have done at home. The planning of publication is also undertaken.

The Society has published a number of volumes of work, both in its own publications, and also through other local societies such as the Chetham Society, and The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.

 

Current active projects include:

The Cheshire Indictment Roll, 1377-99.

Staffordshire Manorial Court Rolls: Brewood, C14th-C15th.

 

Dates for meetings of the MDRG:

Saturday 11 January 2025

Saturday 8 February 2025

Saturday 8 March 2025

Saturday 12 April 2025

Saturday 10 May 2025

Saturday 7 June 2025

Saturday 12 July 2025

Saturday 9 August 2025

Saturday 13 September 2025

Saturday 11 October 2025

Saturday 8 November 2025

Saturday 13 December 2025

 

For details of how you can become involved, contact the secretary of the Society:

ranulfhigdensoc@gmail.com