A festival, conceived and brought to fruition by Professor Robert Hazell, was held in Ewelme on the 16th  to 18th  May 2025. It was to mark the 550th  anniversary of Alyce's death to celebrate her extraordinary life and legacy.

The festival included

• Talks by leading experts

• An Exhibition of Alyce's Life and Times

• A Choral Concert of Medieval Music

• Children's Maypole Dancing

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To listen to the talks click on the links below:

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Rowena Archer: Who was Alyce Chaucer?

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A John Goodall on Ewelme’s medieval buildings

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Nicholas Orme on medieval schooling

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Agriculture and food and the rural landscape

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Maria Haywood on medieval dress

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Christina Hardyment on Alyce Chaucer in Fiction, and John Goodall on Alyce Chaucer’s tomb

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Sir John Bell on medicine in the Middle Ages

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Panel session on Alyce Chaucer’s legacy

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​A book, being a facsimile record, of the historical exhibition can be borrowed from Ewelme Archive.