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The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Rev. John Whitney
President of Georgetown University
My dear Fr. Whitney
I write with regard to the picture of Mrs Dahlgren, now hanging in one of the front drawing rooms. It was my intention, had this painting been a success, to present it to the College. Both Mrs Dahlgren and I [John Vinton Dahlgren], however, are not pleased with it, and have decided not to part with it. It was sent to the College entirely on the responsibility of the artist, who did so without consulting me. I will feel under obligation to you if you will have it boxed up, and stored in some room in the College until I return to N.Y. when I would like it expressed to me. Whatever this may cost the College pray let me know, and I will take pleasure in paying the…'
Before 1866 [her father] Joseph William Drexel (age 32) and [her mother] Lucy Wharton (age 24) were married.
On 22nd April 1868 Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies was born to [her father] Joseph William Drexel (age 35) and [her mother] Lucy Wharton (age 27).
On 25th March 1888 [her father] Joseph William Drexel (age 55) died.
On 29th June 1889 John Vinton Dahlgren (age 21) and Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies (age 21) were married at St Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan.
After 1898. Adolfo Müller-Ury (age 35). Portrait of Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies (age 29).
Jan 27/98.
My dear Fr. Richards:
Last summer you suggested to me that the University would like to possess a Portrait of Mrs Dahlgren (age 29). If your Board of Director[s are possessed of] the same mind I will present to it such a work by one of the most distinguished artists in the country. I speak of Mr Muller Ury. The character of the picture will be such as will befit the dignity of an institution of learning.
Some days since I saw Mr Thoarms of Hess & Co, and directed him when next in Washington to visit the Chapel, and determine upon the proper decorations of the walls. Trusting that this order will meet with your approval I am as ever your sincere friend
[her husband] John Vinton Dahlgren (age 29).
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 11th August 1899 [her husband] John Vinton Dahlgren (age 31) died of tuberculosis. His funeral was held on 18th August 1899, in Washington, D.C. at Georgetown University's Dahlgren Chapel, which had been constructed six years earlier as a memorial to the death of Dahlgren's infant son, Joseph.
In June 1901 Henry Symes Lehr (age 32) and Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies (age 33) were married at St Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan.
1905. Giovanni Boldini (age 62). Portrait of Mrs Henry Lehr aka Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies (age 36).
On 30th July 1910 William Horsley-Beresford 4th Baron Decies (age 45) died without issue. His brother [her future husband] John (age 43) succeeded 5th Baron Decies of Decies in Waterford.
On 7th February 1911 [her future husband] John Beresford 5th Baron Decies (age 44) and Helen Vivien Gould Baroness Decies (age 17) were married. She by marriage Baroness Decies of Decies in Waterford. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
In 1912 [her mother] Lucy Wharton (age 71) died.
On 3rd January 1929 [her husband] Henry Symes Lehr (age 59) died of a brain malady at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
In 1935 Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies (age 66) published "King Lehr" and the Gilded Age.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 25th May 1936 John Beresford 5th Baron Decies (age 69) and Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies (age 68) were married. She by marriage Baroness Decies of Decies in Waterford.
In 1937 Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies (age 68) published Turn of the World.
In 1942 [her husband] John Beresford 5th Baron Decies (age 75) requested a divorce from his wife Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies (age 73).
On 31st January 1944 [her husband] John Beresford 5th Baron Decies (age 77) died. His son [her step-son] Arthur (age 28) succeeded 6th Baron Decies of Decies in Waterford.
On 13th June 1944 Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies (age 76) died at the Shelton Hotel, Manhattan. She was buried with her first husband and son in Washington, D.C. at Georgetown University's Dahlgren Chapel.
GrandFather: Francis Martin Drexel
Father: Joseph William Drexel
Elizabeth Wharton Drexel Baroness Decies
GrandFather: Thomas Lloyd Wharton
Mother: Lucy Wharton