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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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Nathaniel Jocelyn is in Painters.
On 31st January 1796 Nathaniel Jocelyn was born.
1825. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 28). Portrait of William C. Leffingwell.
1839. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 42). Portrait of Joseph Cinqué.
1840. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 43). Portrait of Reverend Edward Elias Atwater.
1846. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 49). Portrait of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt (age 51).
Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt: On 27th May 1794 he was born to Cornelius van Derbilt and Phebe Hand at Staten Island. On 19th December 1813 Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt and Sophia Johnson were married after which they lived at a boarding house on Broad Street Manhattan. They were half first cousins. On 21st August 1869 Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt and Frank Armstrong Crawford were married. She signed a pre-nuptial agreement, agreeing to receive $500,000 in bonds after his death. Confederate Generals Braxton Bragg and his brother, Thomas Bragg, both attended the wedding. The difference in their ages was 44 years. On 4th January 1877 Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt died at his home 10 Washington Place. He left 95% of his $105 million estate to his son William Henry Vanderbilt, who becme the rishest Amercican, and his four sons, with the remainder being divided between his other children. Litigation ensued.
1847. Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 50). Portrait of Clarissa W. Munger Badger.
On 13th January 1881 Nathaniel Jocelyn (age 84) died.