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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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Allen Apsley and Anne Carew were married.
In 1567 Allen Apsley was born to [his father] John Apsley.
On 9th December 1599 Francis Wenman was born to Francis Wenman of Caswell. He was born posthumously three months after his father's death. He became the ward of Allen Apsley (age 32). He married in or before 1630 Anne Sandys and had issue.
On 5th June 1605 Allen Apsley (age 38) was knighted at Ireland.
On 23rd October 1615 Allen Apsley (age 48) and Lucy St John (age 22) were married at St Ann Blackfriars Church. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
In 1616 [his son] Captain Allen Apsley was born to Allen Apsley (age 49) and [his wife] Lucy St John (age 23). He married 1645 Frances Petre and had issue.
On 3rd March 1617 Allen Apsley (age 50) was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
Letters of the Court of James I 1618. 20th October 1618. London. Reverend Thomas Lorkin to Thomas Puckering 1st Baronet (age 26).
What I wrote concerning Sir Fulk Greville (age 64), the last week, holds current still; there is some alteration about his successor; for, instead of Sir Allen Apsley (age 51), they now nominate Sir Henry Spiller to be the only man. I formerly signified how his majesty, upon good grounds, had forbidden the French agent the court. To pay us back in the same coin (though not upon so just a cause), the French king hath dismissed, likewise, Mr. Becher, and means, as we hear, to second that disgust by another of more importance, the cashiering of the Scots guard.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1620 Allen Apsley (age 53) founded as New England Company.
In 1620 [his daughter] Lucy Apsley was born to Allen Apsley (age 53) and [his wife] Lucy St John (age 27). She married John Hutchinson.
On 24th May 1630 Allen Apsley (age 63) died.
On 11th October 1658 [his former wife] Lucy St John (age 65) died.