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pointing index finger Saturday 10 May 2.30 - 8 pm: Oxford
Hertford College Chapel — Hertford College, Oxford
 A Tyndale Society Event as part of the year-long commemoration of the Dedication of the Chapel in 1908.
See flyer for details and booking form.
When, centuries after its foundation, Hertford College determined to build its own Chapel, the great Victorian architect Sir Thomas Graham Jackson was commissioned. Jackson was already famous for several Oxford buildings — notably the Examination Halls — and was widely praised for ‘new’ designs that fitted seamlessly into their Oxford setting.
 
Hertford Chapel was judged equally successful. Many years later it was further enhanced by the gift of the Tyndale window, make in 1911 for the British & Foreign Bible Society with glass from a favourite firm of Jackson's, and now installed in the antechamber. In its original mahogany frame (Venetian in form — which was a characteristic motif of the architect), the window accords splendidly with the style of Jackson's Chapel.
 
After lectures on associated subjects, the event will end with a concert by the English Chamber Choir, who have sung for us gloriously many times before. Their programme will include music composed by Sir Nicholas Jackson, the architect's distinguished grandson and Honorary Fellow of Hertford.
  • 2.30 pm Lectures — Cream Tea
  • 7 pm Concert by the English Chamber Choir
  • Tickets: Full Programme £15/$30 Concert only £10/$20
Apply to: tyndale.sec@btinternet.com
pointing index finger Thursday pm 12 June - Saturday pm 14 June: Bristol/Iron Acton
‘Tyndale's Gloucestershire’ — Trinity College, Bristol University
 Two day event to include excursion by coach to nearby sites associated with Tyndale followed by lectures. Click photo montage for pictures of the venue. A few places are still available for this summer event in Bristol and Gloucestershire.
  • Thursday: Welcome & Opening Paper
  • Friday: Coach excursion to nearby sites connected with the Tyndale and Poyntz families, including Sodbury Manor.
  • Saturday am: lectures at Trinity College. Papers on Saturday will include re-appraisals of the identity of William Tyndale and of Ann Walsh.
    Saturday pm: optional guided walking tour of old Bristol
See flyer for details and booking form.
Click photo montage for pictures of the venue.
pointing index finger Thursday to Sunday, 3-6 July : Hope University, Liverpool
‘Tyndale, More and their Circles Persecution and Martyrdom Under the Tudors’
 In 2008 Liverpool is a European Capital of Culture with over 350 events (details: http://www.nwculture.co.uk). Among Tall Ships race and strains of the Beatles, Liverpool Hope University will host this international conference, with a major participation by the Tyndale Society.
 
Liverpool Hope is an ecumenical foundation dedicated — as its name suggests — to fostering understanding between different Christian traditions in this city famous for its rival cathedrals. There could not be a more apt subject for such a conference, which promises to be as intensely reasoned as any debates of the 16th century.
 
Principal speakers will include:
  • Prof. Brian Cummings, University of Sussex
  • Prof. Eamon Duffy, University of Cambridge
  • Rev. Dr. Ralph S. Werrell, The Tyndale Society
Further details at: http://www.hope.ac.uk/tyndale-more
 
See flyer for details and booking form.
Information also from:
pointing index finger Saturday 5 July 5pm : St Mary's Church, Westerham, Kent
A Celebration of the Life and Martyrdom of John Frith

John Fryth was born, raised and schooled in Sevenoaks where many places he would have known still stand. He is proudly commemorated as a local hero, especially on this 425th anniversary of his cruel death. In the parish church of the nearby village of Westerham, there will be choral music by the Sackville Singers and – including words of William Tyndale, and using the original trial language – a dramatic presentation of Fryth's life.

For Members without the opportunity to travel to Liverpool, this event, celebrating the tragic short life of Tyndale's friend and brilliant fellow scholar will be unmissable.

Further details – contact: David Whitmore tel: 01959 561330

pointing index finger Wednesday 24 September 6pm : London
The Fourteenth Annual Lambeth Tyndale Lecture at Lambeth Palace, London, chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury to be given by Dr Rupert Sheldrake FRS: ‘Revising the Reformation’.
 
Dr Sheldrake has degrees in natural science and biochemistry (Cambridge) and philosophy (Harvard). He is the author of 9 books, among them ‘Dogs that know when their Owners are Coming Home’ and ‘The Sense of Being Stared At’. An academic who challenges orthodoxies, he is moreover a Christian.
 
Admission by ticket only —
£12/$24/€8 lecture
Please apply to Mrs Karen Wortley, Membership Secretary, The Tyndale Society, Barnyard, Purdy Street, Salthouse, NR25 7XA, UK. tyndale.sec@btinternet.com
pointing index finger Thursday 23 October 5pm : Oxford
The Fourteenth Annual Hertford Tyndale Lecture at the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. The speaker will be Professor John Craig, Dept of History, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada.

It will be followed by a reception in the Principal's Lodgings, Hertford College. All members, friends and their guests are welcome.
pointing index finger Monday-Friday 24-28 November 2008, 6.30 and 8.30pm. : London
Medieval Mystery Play
at St Clement Eastcheap, Clement's Lane (off King William Street), City of London. (nearest tube: Monument, leave via King William Street exit). Scenes from the Chester Cycle of plays. Before William Tyndale, mystery plays were the only form of the Bible available to the ordinary folk and plays would have been performed at Eastcheap. So start your Christmas season with this enjoyable pageant and gain a greater appreciation of Tyndale's contribution. Suggested ticket donation: £8.00 at 6.30 pm and £7 at 8.30 pm
Tickets from: The Players of St Peter PO Box 3040, London E1W 3TQ
pointing index finger Wednesday 17 December 2008, 12.30pm. : London
SERVICE of LESSONS AND CAROLS A one-hour service at St Mary Abchurch, Abchurch Lane, City of London. (nearest tubes: Monument, Bank, Cannon St) Map
Followed by Mince Pies & Wine in the Vestry.
It will be followed in the evening by the traditional Christmas party. Further details to be announced.
    
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Rowland Taylor Conference
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Folger Libray Event
 Folger Shakespeare Library
    
    PAST CONFERENCES:
    Friday 30 August 2002 - Monday 2 September 2003 : Antwerp
4th International Tyndale Conference
Abstracts are posted.
    Friday 24 October 2003 - Sunday 26 October 2003 : Geneva
Third Geneva Tyndale Conference
Not for Burning: The Marian Exiles in 16th century Europe
    Tyndale Conference, Thursday, 23 September to Sunday 26 September 2005 : Virginia Beach, USA
“The Bible as Battleground:
The Impact of the English Bible in America”
Chaired by Dr Barry Ryan.
For the conference schedule, click here.
    The Fourth Oxford International Tyndale Conference, 15 - 18 Sep 2005 : Hertford College
Opening the Word to the World
Held at Hertford College, Oxford. This was an especially large and significant occasion, one of the events marking the Tyndale Society's tenth birthday. See also:
the Conference details with the list of speakers.
Friday 26 May to Sunday 28 May : Lichfield, Staffordshire
A Tyndale mini-conference
titled ‘The Bible and Theology — Wyclif to the Early English Reformation. Main speakers were: Prof Anne Hudson, University of Oxford, Prof Donald Smeeton and Revd Dr Ralph Werrell
This conference was organised by the West Midlands Ploughboys' Group.
The book, Theology of William Tyndale was launched at this conference and a research support group, "The Fellowship of Tyndale Theologians", has also been formed.
Please see:
Papers & Speakers
More information
For further information Revd Dr Ralph Werrell, 2A Queens Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1JQ; tel/fax: +44 (0) 1926 858 677; email: rswerrell@hotmail.com
Thursday 8 March - Saturday 10 March: Worcester Conference
‘Tasting the Word of God’ with Dr Carl Trueman, associate Professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, as keynote speaker

An opportunity to learn about the lives of the reformers Latimer and Hooper, bishops and martyrs. The programme will include a visit to Gloucester and a tour of Tyndale sites in the area.
See full programme and registration form to print out and send in.

For further details contact Mary Clow, 17 Powis Terrace, London W11 1JJ Tel. +44 (0) 207 221 0303 email: maryclow@aol.com