Richard SharpeRichard Sharpe FBA (1954-2020) Professor of Diplomatic in the University of Oxford, and President of the Surtees Society from 2002, was one of Britain's most eminent manuscript scholars with over 200 publications before he died. He left unfinished hs study of the early deeds of the great Benedictine abbey of St Mary in York, which has been completed in his memory by the society. Read More Read Less