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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Monumental Effigies of Great Britain by Thomas and George Hollis Part 1 is in Monumental Effigies of Great Britain by Thomas and George Hollis.
Monumental Effigies of Great Britain by Thomas and George Hollis Part 1 was published on 1st June 1840.
A Knight Templar in Temple Church, London [Map].
Statue of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England on the West Front of Rochester Cathedral [Map].
Statue of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England on the West Front of Rochester Cathedral [Map].
on the West Front of Rochester Cathedral [Map].
A Knight Templar in St Mary's Church, Walkern.
A [member of the] Septvans [Family]. Brass in St Mary the Virgin Church, Chatham.
A Lady of the Rhyther family in All Saints Church, Rhyther.
Described by Hollis as Robert de Marmion? There is no known Robert Marmion who married Lora? The effigy is of John Grey aka Marmion and his wife Elizabeth St Quentin (age 53) at St Nicholas Church, West Tanfield, North Yorkshire [Map].
John Grey aka Marmion: In 1343 he was born to John Grey 1st Baron Grey and Avice Marmion Baroness Grey Rotherfield. Before 25th February 1387 John Grey aka Marmion and Elizabeth St Quentin were married.
Elizabeth St Quentin: Before 1347 she was born to Herbert St Quentin and Mary Lisle.
King Richard II and his Queen Anne of Bohemia. Remarkable decoration of White Harts, sunbursts, broom cods on his clothes, as well as the initials A and R. Similarly, her clothes are decorated with the Ostriches with a nail in the beak, a symbol of Bohemia, from which the ostrich feathers, and entwined knots. Note his beard as also seen in portraits.
