JUNE
TUDOR MANUSCRIPTS
JULY
PAINTING DAY
WILDLIFE BROADCASTING
OWL PROWLS
THE SERVANTS’ TOUR
ARCHAEOLOGY DAY
ARCHAEOLOGY TOURS
AUGUST
ARCHAEOLOGY TOURS
CANDLELIT TOURS
THE KING’S PAVAN

Friday 10 August Evening

Sunday 12 August Evening

Tuesday 14 August Evening

Candlelit Tours with Lady Joan

The wife of Sir Nicholas Poyntz invites you to visit her home and share memories of her family and the people they knew through the momentous reigns of four Tudor monarchs, from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I. This theatrical tour offers a rare opportunity to experience Acton Court by night.
Lady Joan Poyntz – Brenda Page
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Sunday 19 August

The King’s Pavan

Renaissance ensemble, The York Waits, present a programme of music and readings from the life and times of Henry VIII. Henry’s tumultuous reign is reflected in narration and music, using original texts and authentic stringed and wind instruments of the period, such as shawms and sackbut, lute, gittern and harp, recorders and flutes.

Broadcaster Tim Healy of the Oxford Waits performs the narration.

The Waits: Tim Bayley, William Marshall, John Peel, Roger Richardson with Susan Marshall, renaissance violin and rebec.
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