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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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Walter Stoneman is in Photographers.
On 6th April 1876 Walter Stoneman was born.
1920. Walter Stoneman (age 43). Photograph of Ralph Beckett 3rd Baron Grimthorpe (age 28).
Ralph Beckett 3rd Baron Grimthorpe: On 3rd May 1891 he was born to Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe and Lucy Tracy Lee. His mother died from childbirth six days later. On 3rd September 1914 Ralph Beckett 3rd Baron Grimthorpe and Mary Alice Archdale Baroness Beckett were married. On 9th May 1917 Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe died at a sanatorium in Banchory, Aberdeenshire. His son Ralph succeeded 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, 7th Baronet Beckett of Leeds. Mary Alice Archdale Baroness Beckett by marriage Baroness Grimthorpe. His ashes are interred in the gardens of Villa Cimbrone, Ravello. In 1963 Ralph Beckett 3rd Baron Grimthorpe died. His son Christopher succeeded 4th Baron Grimthorpe, 8th Baronet Beckett of Leeds. Elizabeth Lumley Baroness Grimthorpe by marriage Baroness Grimthorpe.
On 14th May 1958 Walter Stoneman (age 82) died.