Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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William James Müller is in Painters.
Memoir of the Life of William James Müller. Of this marriage three sons were born ; also one daughter, who died in infancy. The eldest son, Henry, born in 1808, was brought up to the medical profession, and having early in life obtained a country practice at Congresbury, about ten miles from Bristol, he married. But he only lived or one year after his marriage, and died in 1843. William James Müller was the second son; and the youngest, Edmund G. Muller, born in 1816, still survives. Like his brother William he has followed the profession of an artist, although educated first for the medical profession, and is a resident in the neighbourhood of Bristol.
On 28th June 1812 William James Müller was born.
1831-1833. William James Müller (age 18). "Four Stars Inn, Counterslip, Bristol".
1831. William James Müller (age 18). "Bristol Riots: The Burning of the Toll Houses on Prince Street Bridge with St Mary Redcliffe".
1831. William James Müller (age 18). Font at St Mary's and All Saints Church, Little Walsingham.
1831-1833. William James Müller (age 18). "Castle Ditch, Bristoj Castle [Map]".
1832. William James Müller (age 19). Watercolor of Stanton Drew Great Circle.
Around 1832. William James Müller (age 19). "A Street in Cario, Egypt.
Around 1832. William James Müller (age 19). Landscape with Horseman.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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1833. William James Müller (age 20). "Gateway of Caernarfon Castle [Map]".
1835. William James Müller (age 22). View of Bristol Cathedral [Map].
1837. William James Müller (age 24). "Caernarfon Castle [Map]".
1837. William James Müller (age 24). View of Bristol Cathedral [Map].
1837. William James Müller (age 24). "View of Bristol, Gloucestershire [Map] from Clifton Wood".
1837. William James Müller (age 24). "Eastern Landscape".
1838. William James Müller (age 25). "The Parthenon, Athens".
1842. William James Müller (age 29). Gillingham, Kent [Map] on the River Medway.
1842. William James Müller (age 29). Gillingham, Kent [Map].
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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1843. William James Müller (age 30). "The Pyramids".
1844. William James Müller (age 31). "Lycia: The Rocky Stair at Tlos".
1844. William James Müller (age 31). "Lycia: The Citadel of Tlos".
Before 1845. William James Müller (age 32). "Historic Stonehenge".
Before 1845. William James Müller (age 32). "The Peak Cavern [Map], Derbyshire, Peveril Castle [Map]".
Before 1845. William James Müller (age 32). "Bristol Riots: The Burning of the Bishop's Palace".
Before 1845. William James Müller (age 32). "Waterfall with Fisherman".
Before 1845. William James Müller (age 32). "The Ramesseum at Thebes".
Before 1845. William James Müller (age 32). "Bristol Harbour in ice".
Before 1845. William James Müller (age 32). Bristol Harbour with St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol.
Before 1845. William James Müller (age 32). "Santa Maria della Salute, Venice".
1845. William James Müller (age 32). "Compton Dando, Somerset [Map]".
Memoir of the Life of William James Müller. A few more lines, brief and sad, and this memoir will be finished. On Monday morning, the 8th of September [1845], Edmund Muller had commenced to set his brother's palette after breakfast, as was his wont; and William Muller (age 33), who was propped up, seemed about as well as he had been of late, when suddenly a change came over him. He appears to have broken an internal blood-vessel. He had just strength to call to his brother for help, and then said, "Remember Gooden and — and — that other." He could not pronounce the name, but it was supposed to be Charles Bentley, to whom he was much attached. Soon after this, exhausted nature gave way, his head fell, and he never spoke again. He had entered "the Silent Land," and all his work and sufferings were over.
On Friday, the 12th, he was quietly laid to rest in the old Lewin's Mead burial-ground, situated in a retired part of Bristol, leading out of Brunswick Square. Several of his mother's relatives, the Jameses, had long been buried there. It is a small and secluded cemetery, with a few trees, shrubs, and flowers ; and the grave of Muller, marked only with a flat stone and a simple inscription, is situated at its furthest end, and is placed underneath an overhanging elder-bush. As Tennyson sang in memory of another young Englishman, we may say of Muller —
"'Tis well; 'tis something ; we may stand
Where he in English earth is laid.
And from his ashes may be made
The violets of his native land.
'Tis little; but it looks in truth
As if the quiet bones were blest
Among familiar names to rest.
And in the places of his youth."
On 8th September 1845 William James Müller (age 33) died.
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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Memoir of the Life of William James Müller. Memoir of the life of William James Müller: a native of Bristol, landscape and figure painter: with original letters and an account of his travels and of his principal works by Solly, N. Neal (Nathaniel Neal). 1875.
