Chanterye is a group devoted to presenting aspects of medieval life to modern audiences. In its simplest form, three performers - Helen, Alison and David Cooke - offer a range of music from the 13th to 15th centuries. But they are often supplemented by other singers and instrumentalists.

In its largest form to date, the group expands to take in actors and other entertainers to put on representations of medieval life and literature in a musical context.

Chanterye has close links with the medieval re-enactment society, The Lion Rampant.

The name "Chanterye" is a mixture of connotations: the "chanters" of medieval bagpipes; "chanter" - the medieval as well as modern French for "to sing"; and "Chantry" - the endowment or chapel building so popular in the later Middle Ages for perpetuating the memory of its founder. But to our minds, it's also an aptly Chaucerian looking word.