Notes on Contributors

NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS

Tim Allen: has worked in Kent as a professional archaeologist and historian for 30 years and since 2004 has been the Director of Kent Archaeological Projects, an independent organisation providing archaeological and historical services. During this period he has undertaken detailed research into the evidence for changes in, and the causes of, prehistoric, Roman-period and medieval settlement patterns on the north Kent Coast, with many of the results being published in Archaeologia Cantiana.

Vince Burrows: has over ten years experience in archaeology, working with the Dover Archaeological Group and other organisations. He has attended English Heritage geophysical study/training days at University College, London and took part in training with the Valley of Visions (Medway) geophysical team from the University of Birmingham. Four years ago he formed Sub Scan geophysical company, which now regularly undertakes both archaeological and commercial survey work. In recent years, he has been training volunteers and students studying archaeology. Fieldwork training consists of all aspects of field archaeology and geophysical application. His main area of interest is prehistory dealing with lithics found by the general public. After the discovery of an important double-tiered weapons burial in the Alkham Valley, he raised funding and designed the unique replicated Anglo-Saxon burial for use as a teaching aid for schools.

John Cherry, f.s.a.: curated medieval antiquities in the British Museum from 1964 until retirement in 2002. Since then he has mainly worked on seals and seal matrices, and is engaged on publishing the Rawlinson collection of seal matrices in the Ashmolean Museum. The seal matrix from Sandwich was brought to his attention by Dr Helen Clarke, f.s.a. He is always interested in hearing of other Kentish finds of seal matrices.

Gareth Daws, b.a.(hons): is a professional Historic Buildings Conservator (Daws Building Conservation). Graduating from Canterbury Christchurch University in Built Heritage Conservation with Fine Arts in 2006, he specializes in traditional brick, stone and plasterwork repairs with lime. He has worked as a stonemason conservator for the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral and also on National Trust buildings and parish churches. A member of the Dover Archaeological Group since 1994, he has also worked as a professional field archaeologist for the CAT.

Rob De’Athe, b.sc., a.c.i.f.a: has been an archaeologist since 2001 although between 2004 and 2007 he worked for BACTEC International gaining a detailed knowledge of the UK’s defence heritage in order to report on specific risk mitigation measures for developers regarding any threat from unexploded ordnance across the UK and abroad. He has worked on a number of large-scale projects in Kent including Springhead Roman town, Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, the Farningham to Hadlow Natural Gas Pipeline and the East Kent Access Road, Thanet. More recently he has managed large excavations at Cheeseman’s Green, near Ashford.

Anthony Durham: lives in Greenwich, where many of his ancestors have lived for centuries. He is retired from scientific research and running a computer business, which taught him to dig deeply for information.

Dominic Gibbs, m.a.(cantab.), aca, atii: is a solicitor working in commerce. He is currently studying part-time for a ph.d. at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies entitled ‘The Laws of King Æthelberht’.

Michael Goormachtigh: lives in Bruges, Belgium, like many of his ancestors, near its early mediaeval port area of Koetelwijk. He used to run an ICT-database business but is now semi-retired and runs a Bed-and-Breakfast, which allows him time for historical analysis.

Laurence Hayes, b.a., m.c.i.f.a.: has 14 years of practical application of field archaeology and consultancy throughout the UK and has published on an engineered Iron Age road in Shropshire.

Peter Hobbs, m.a.(oxon), f.r.s.a., ccipd, dr hc imc: read History at University; formerly first non-police Inspector of Constabulary, a Director of the Wellcome Foundation and Wellcome plc and of the Home Office Forensic Science Service. Founder Chairman of the Employers’ Forum on Disability, he is Director of the Learning from Experience Trust and the CAT. Has worked with the Dover Archaeological Group and Keith Parfitt for many years and co-authored with him.

Emma Jeffery, b.a., m.a., a.c.i.f.a.: is currently working as a Project Officer at Headland Archaeology, based in Silsoe in Bedfordshire. She has worked on numerous projects including a number in Kent, coordinating the production of an article published last year on a ring ditch in Sittingbourne, and compiling this publication article on Roman activity in Sholden. She has also completed an m.a. dissertation on the establishment of Anglo-Saxon minsters in Kent.  

Steve Kaye, ph.d.: has professional oil industry background in geology, geophysics and computing. Retired, and using geoscience knowledge to bring a new investigative perspective to Roman archaeological and historical conundrums.

Ross Lane: is a professional archaeologist. Raised in Canterbury, he studied archaeology at the University of Southampton before returning to Kent in 2005 where he began his archaeological career at the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. He is particularly interested in the study of later prehistoric Kent and he is currently engaged in the post-excavation analysis of the large early Iron Age settlement uncovered during the development of Turing College at the University of Kent in 2013.

Rod LeGear, m.c.i.f.a.: is a retired engineer who has been an active member of the Society since 1963. His main interests are mining history and archaeology and he has spent over 50 years recording underground sites in the county. He is a Vice-President of KAS and has served on the council since 1983. He is also a member of the Industrial Archaeology Committee and a long standing member of the Fieldwork Committee.

Tim Malim, b.a., f.s.a., m.c.i.f.a.: Technical Director, SLR Consulting Ltd, has undertaken research and managed projects in England and other parts of the world over a career of 34 years. He is a specialist in Fenland studies and wetland archaeology, with research interests in the prehistoric and the Anglo-Saxon periods.  

Christopher Pickvance: is Emeritus Professor, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, and Academician, Academy of Social Sciences. His research on chests in Kent is part of an interest in pre-1700 furniture in the UK and the continent. His publications include articles on medieval chests in Kent and Oxford in Regional Furniture (2007, 2012) and the Antiquaries Journal (2014). He has been Chairman of the Regional Furniture Society since 2011.

Andrew B. Powell, b.a.: is a Senior Archaeologist working in post-excavation and publication at Wessex Archaeology, which he joined in 1991, having previously worked for the Museum of London. He has been the lead author on a number of publications of major infrastructure archaeology projects, including the M6 Toll and the London 2012 Olympics, and has reported on a number of excavations in Kent of prehistoric, Romano-British and medieval date.

Johanna Roethe, b.a. (hons), m.sc., i.h.b.c.: is an architectural historian. She has been working for the Architectural History Practice since 2010, providing historical research on a wide range of building types. This is her first contribution to Archaeologia Cantiana.

Jane Sayers, litt.d., f.s.a.: is a historian and archivist with a particular interest in ecclesiastical history and records; her first full time appointment was in Lambeth Palace Library. She has compiled catalogues, edited texts, and written books and articles, specialising in the medieval papacy. She spent many school holidays in Canterbury, becoming entranced with the history, architecture and stained glass of the cathedral. She is a litt.d. of Cambridge University and is now Emerita Professor of Archive Studies at University College London.

Leslie A. Smith, f.s.a.: long retired board member for Personnel (pre-HR) in telecom-munications industry. Amateur ecclesiologist. Sometime Deputy Chairman of CAT. Deputy Chairman Canterbury Diocesan Advisory Committee on the Care of Churches (DAC), member Rochester DAC, with special interest in church monuments and conservation of artefacts. Trustee and Grants Committee member of Friends of Kent Churches and Life Member of the Monumental Brass Society. Grants Committee member of the William and Jane Morris Fund, administered by the Society of Antiquaries of London. Currently working on second draft of book on misericords and choir stalls in Kent, and paper on 20th-century stained glass in Kent churches in preparation.

Sheila Sweetinburgh, ph.d.: is a Senior Research Fellow at Canterbury Christ Church University and an Associate Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent. She also works as a freelance documentary historian, primarily for the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Her research focus on relationships and the ways individuals, and formal and informal groups used to negotiate religious, political and social relations. Her work employs a case study approach and makes use of Kent’s rich archival sources. Her current project is an in-depth examination of urban households as centres of production and consumption using the records for 15th-century Hythe.

Peter Tann: has history degrees from Cambridge and London Universities and is a former banker and businessman. He lived in Faversham for thirty years. He has written for several different publications on a wide range of Kentish topics. He is a past chairman of the Edmund Burke Society and of the Faversham Society. His recent book The Royal Charters of Faversham has been widely praised.

Denis Gordon Taylor: educated at Harrow High (Grammar) School, the author spent school holidays on farms in Hertfordshire and Devon, the former a 15th-century moated longhouse. Interest in period buildings (especially rural) dates from this time. After 12 years in the RAF, he settled in Kent and became aware of curvilinear gabled houses due to 16½ years working in estate agency in Thanet. A former Chair of the Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society he is married and has three grandchildren. The study continues outside the county.

Diane Thomas, m.a.: has been a professional genealogist for the past 20 years and is particularly interested in mass migration movements. She has recently completed an m.a. in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent for which she produced a fuller study of the Hercules passengers during the ‘Great Migration’. She enjoys palaeography and is currently involved in the transcription of a series of early modern manuscripts for the Templeman Library.

Michael Vaile, f.r.c.p., f.p.h.: is a retired public health doctor and has written and spoken on Victorian sanitary reforms and their effects on health. He lives just outside Sandwich and is a Sandwich town guide. He is one of WaterAid’s roving volunteer speakers.

Jennifer Ward, m.a., ph.d., f.r.hist.s.: at present doing research on Elizabeth de Burgh and her household accounts, and in 2014 published Elizabeth de Burgh Lady of Clare (1295-1360). Household and Other Records (Suffolk Records Society, LVII, Woodbridge, 2014). This is an edition of a selection of the accounts. The article makes use of both published and manuscript accounts, all of which are in The National Archives.

Thomas Wellicome, b.sc., m.a., a.c.i.f.a.: is completing a part-time ph.d. on Iron Age forts at Bristol University.

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