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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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Alice Leman Countess Norwich was born to [her father] Robert Leman.
Before 1658 [her husband] Thomas Baker died.
Before 1658 Thomas Baker and Alice Leman Countess Norwich were married.
After 1658 and before 7th January 1659 Charles Goring 2nd Earl Norwich (age 43) and Alice Leman Countess Norwich were married. The earlier date based on the death of her first husband. He the son of George Goring 1st Earl Norwich (age 72).
On 6th January 1663 [her father-in-law] George Goring 1st Earl Norwich (age 77) died. His son [her husband] Charles (age 48) succeeded 2nd Earl Norwich, 2nd Baron Goring. Alice Leman Countess Norwich by marriage Countess Norwich.
On 3rd March 1671 [her husband] Charles Goring 2nd Earl Norwich (age 56) died without issue. Earl Norwich and Baron Goring extinct.
Around 20th July 1680 Alice Leman Countess Norwich died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th March 1683. I dined at Mr. Houblon's (age 53), a rich and gentle French merchant, who was building a house in the Forest, near Sir J. Child's (age 52), in a place where the late [her former husband] Earl of Norwich dwelt some time, and which came from his lady, the widow of [her former husband] Mr. Baker. It will be a pretty villa, about five miles from Whitechapel.