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Information for Sponsors
The Tudor Group is available for live events, filming work, talks, courses and schools' work. As a group we have many years of experience in all these areas whilst individual members of the group also have extensive, professional involvement in each area.
We have a passionate and genuine interest in history which we enjoy communicating to the public. We are interested in the daily life of ordinary people, whether engaged in military, domestic, urban or rural life.
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We are happy to tailor events to the needs of clients, and enjoy the variety and challenge of doing something new
The range of events that we have
presented in the past is wide and includes: |
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A Tudor Feast at Christmas. Initially put together for the BBC programme of the same name we have repeated this as a live event for the public to attend. The Kitchens are brought back to life with the two original medieval bread ovens fired in rotation throughout the day to supply the table with sufficient bread, pies, tarts, cakes and biscuits. In the still room, gentlewomen prepare the sweetmeats, whilst in the pantry, linens and pewter is prepared for dinner. |
In the Hall, our members use the elaborate etiquette of the day to dress the cup-board, the carver prepares his table, the cloths are laid and the liveried waiting staff assemble. Following strict order and ceremony, the food is served in the early afternoon and the gentry finally emerge to eat. |
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Life on a small Welsh farm. This early Tudor Longhouse was originally high in the Clwydian hills. We furnish this house and live in it for a week, following the period daily routine of rising, washing, cooking and cleaning. We engage in some of the winter maintenance jobs that would have been essential on such a farm, such as fence mending. |
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We like to take the opportunity at this site to immerse ourselves in the rural Tudor lifestyle and to that end we sleep on straw palliasses, rise at dawn and eat only a period diet - with all its Lenten restrictions. Such experiences help one to get a feel for the realities of life, rather than the chocolate-box version. |
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An Elizabethan painter and stainer's workshop. An event which highlights both a fascinating craft and a slice of urban life. We grind pigments, make paints, and prepare canvases and panels as well as painting. The workshop gives us an opportunity to talk about how people decorated their homes, the apprenticeship and guild systems, as well as the practical craft skills.
We often accompany this presentation with a children's hands-on workshop where they can have a go at painting with period brushes and some of the simpler (and non-toxic) paints. |
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Christmas entertainments at Haddon. A new departure for us this year. Having assisted in decorating the hall and parlour with Tudor Christmas decorations, we performed a number of short fun period entertainments. In the kitchen we sang popular ballads - not refined upper class music but bawdy songs from the taverns and kitchens of Britain. The hall provided the setting for the performance of a short period farce called a jig. These were often performed alongside the main billed play in a theatre as part of the afternoon's entertainment. |
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The jig we performed was called "Singing Simpkin". The plot involved an unfaithful wife, several lovers, a hoodwinked husband and lots of hiding in chests! Throughout the day, music and dancing was interspersed with the other short performances. |
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Cooking at the Mary Rose. A demonstration of the cooking methods that may have been employed upon Henry VIII's flag ship, drawing on the extensive archaeological finds and centred around the unique reproduction galley. This demonstration is designed to enhance and expand upon the display of the original artefacts in the museum. |
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Recent sponsors include:
Booking Information - To book the Tudor Group, or for more information, please contact Mark or Ruth Goodman at - admin[anti-spam]@tudorgroup.co.uk
Fees - Fees reflect the number of people and the amount of equipment required and also the preparation and material costs involved. As a rough guide, fees are usually between £400 and £3000.
Insurance - The Tudor Group holds third party liability insurance to a value
of £3 million. |
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