Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Biography of Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley 1796-1835

Paternal Family Tree: Dashwood

On 17th July 1780 [her father] Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 34) and [her mother] Helen Graham (age 17) were married.

In 1796 Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley was born to [her father] Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 50) and [her mother] Helen Graham (age 33).

In 1796 [her mother] Helen Graham (age 33) died.

On 22nd March 1806 Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely (age 68) died. His son [her future brother-in-law] John (age 36) succeeded 2nd Marquess Ely in County Wexford, 2nd Viscount Loftus of Ely. [her sister] Anna Maria Dashwood Marchioness Ely (age 16) by marriage Marchioness Ely in County Wexford.

On 22nd May 1810 [her brother-in-law] John Loftus 2nd Marquess Ely (age 40) and [her sister] Anna Maria Dashwood Marchioness Ely (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely and Jane Myhill Marchioness Ely.

On 28th April 1817 Jacob Astley 5th Baronet (age 60) died. His son [her future husband] Jacob (age 19) succeeded 6th Baronet Astley of Hill Morton.

In 1819 Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 21) and Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 23) were married. She by marriage Lady Astley of Hill Morton.

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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On 21st March 1822 [her son] Jacob Henry Delaval Astley 17th Baron Hastings was born to [her husband] Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 24) and Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 26).

On 24th March 1825 [her son] Delaval Loftus Astley 18th Baron Hastings was born to [her husband] Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 27) and Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 29). He married before 1855 Frances Diana Manners-Sutton Baroness Hastings, daughter of Charles Manners-Sutton 1st Viscount Canterbury and Lucy Maria Denison, and had issue.

1826 Henry William Pickersgill (age 43). Portrait of Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 30).

On 10th June 1828 [her father] Henry Watkin Dashwood 3rd Baronet (age 82) died. His son [her half-brother] George (age 41) succeeded 4th Baronet Dashwood of Kirtlington Park in Oxfordshire.

On 24th June 1829 Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 33) eloped with Captain Thomas Garth (age 28).

In October 1830 Captain Thomas Garth (age 30) was committed for debt to the King's Bench Prison [Map] and Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 34) lived with him there.

In 1835 Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 39) died of scarlet fever at King's Bench Prison [Map].

On 27th December 1859 [her former husband] Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 62) died. His son [her son] Jacob (age 37) succeeded 17th Baron Hastings, 7th Baronet Astley of Hill Morton.