The Tudor Port of London: An archaeological investigation - pt 1
Speaker(s):
Dr Gustav Milne,
Geoff Pavitt MA FRSA,
Roy Stephenson
Date/Time: 16/05/2009, 10am
Venue: Museum of London, Docklands
2009 marks the century of the port of London Authority (PLA) and the 450th anniversary of the Elizabethan Port Reforms that established the shape of workings London's harbour until the Nineteenth Century.
This conference presents an overview of the Tudor Port, the success of which depended on men like Thomas Gresham. The papers will provide an archaeological focus on the harbour, its building, its shipping and the evidence for traffic trade. It complements and extends the picture developed in the lecture series that looked at recent research on the Sixteenth Century port by distinguished historians.
There will also be an opportunity to see a new display concerning the remains of an armed Elizabethan merchantman, the 'Gresham Ship', discovered in the Thames in 2003.
The other parts of this day-long symposium can be accessed here:
The Tudor Port of
London - part 2
The Tudor Port of
London - part 3
The Tudor Port of
London - part 4
This is the culmination of the Tudor Ports of London series celebrating the
centenary of the Port of London Authority (PLA).
The lectures in the series include:
The
Legal Quays: Sir William Paulet, First Marquis of Winchester
Richard Hakluyt: London's
role in navigation and history
Mary Rose: The First Ship
of our Standing Navy
The Livery Companies in
Tudor London
Merchants and Heroes:
London's history in the time of John Stow
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