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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On 7th September 1863 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland was born to [her father] Thomas Dallas Yorke at Murthly Castle Perthshire.
On 6th December 1879 William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland [aged 79] died unmarried at his London residence Harcourt House Cavendish Square Marylebone. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery [Map]. His first cousin once removed [her future husband] William [aged 21] succeeded 6th Duke Portland, 7th Earl of Portland.
On 11th June 1889 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland [aged 31] and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 27th February 1890 [her daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland [aged 32] and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 26]. She married 25th November 1918 Michael John Erskine-Wemyss.
In 1891 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 27] became the first, and longest serving, president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds until her death in 1954.
On 16th March 1893 [her son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland [aged 35] and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 29]. He married 12th August 1915 his third cousin once removed Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland and had issue.
On 7th August 1893 Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover [aged 58] died. Her step-son Her ninth cousin [her husband] William [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire.
1899. Alice Hughes [aged 42]. Photograph of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 35] as the "Duchess of Savoy".
Around 1900 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 36] became vegetarian.
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 27th July 1900 [her son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland [aged 42] and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 36].
In 1902 John Singer Sargent [aged 45]. Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 38].
On 9th August 1902 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 60] was crowned VII King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 57] was crowned Queen Consort by Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan [aged 76].
Winifred, Duchess of Portland [aged 38], wearing the Portland Diamond Tiara, commissioned esppecially for the event, served as a canopy bearer to Queen Alexandra.
In 1907 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 43] was elected as the third President of the Nottinghamshire Beekeepers' Association
1912. Philip de László [aged 42]. Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 48].
1912. Philip de László [aged 42]. Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 48].
From 1913 to 1925 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 49] was Mistress of the Robes to Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 68].
In 1913 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 49] was appointed Mistress of the Robes to Queen Alexandra [aged 68].
On 12th August 1915 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland [aged 22] and Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland [aged 28] were married. He the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland [aged 57] and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 51]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 25th November 1918 [her son-in-law] Michael John Erskine-Wemyss [aged 30] and Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland [aged 60] and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 55].
On 26th April 1943 [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland [aged 85] died. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. His son William [aged 50] succeeded 7th Duke Portland, 8th Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire. Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland [aged 55] by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 22nd August 1950 [her son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck [aged 50] died.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 30th July 1954 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland [aged 90] died. She was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck.