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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St Cuby's Church, Duloe is in Duloe, Cornwall, Churches in Cornwall.
St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map].
Around 550. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. St Cuby's Font stood for 1300 years at St Cuby's Well, Duloe [Map].
Around 1550. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. Below east window of chapel, slate with 2 Elizabethan ladies with their families.
In 1592 Anna Coffyn died. Slate memorial at St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. In Elizabethan dress holding gloves and book. 2 shields in spandrels with skull below.
1610. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. Beneath north window table tomb of John Killiow of Westnorth, died 1610 and wife Dorothy Trevelyan who died in 1600 and whose arms are impaled with those of her husband on panel above tomb. Strapwork decoration.
In 1629 Maria Arundel died. Slate monument at St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map].
Maria Arundel: she was born to Thomas Arundell.
On 28th March 1793 Harry Bewes [aged 52] died. He was buried at St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. Monument by William Adran, 1793, signed 'Adran Fect London'.
Harry Bewes: Around 1741 he was born.
On 15th April 1824 Edward Buller 1st Baronet [aged 59] died. Baronet Buller of Trennant Park in Cornwall extinct. He was buried at St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map].
Edward Buller 1st Baronet: On 24th December 1764 he was born to John Buller and Mary St Aubyn. On 3rd October 1808 Edward Buller 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Buller of Trennant Park in Cornwall.
After 1839. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. Memorial to John Ogilvy.
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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After 19th July 1863. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. Grave of Thomas Serpell who was "unfortunately drowned at Shallow-pool ... aged 18 years and 10 months."
After 1918. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. War Memorial.
After 18th November 1936. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. Memorial to Bennett John Toms, Churchwarden, died at sea.
On 22nd October 1942. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. C Rawlings, Regulating Petty Officer, Royal Navy. D/MX 60806. HMS Drake. Aged thirty. Died of acute appendicitis.
20th February 1945. St Cuby's Church, Duloe [Map]. Grave of William Richard Tambling, RAF. Killed on Active Service. Aged twenty-six years.
Wireless Operator on Martinet TT.I MS690 which crashed.