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St James' Church, Clerkenwell is in Clerkenwell [Map].
On 16th June 1585 Elizabeth Sands (age 52) died at Berkeley House. She was buried at the St James' Church, Clerkenwell where a monument was constructed.
On 30th April 1629 Robert Carr 2nd Baronet (age 14) and Mary Gargrave Lady Carr were married at St James' Church, Clerkenwell. She by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
On 12th April 1649 Charles Hussey 1st Baronet (age 23) and Elizabeth Brownlow Lady Hussey (age 19) were married at the St James' Church, Clerkenwell. They had seven sons and eight daughters.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th August 1661. Lord's Day. To our own church in the forenoon, and in the afternoon to Clerkenwell Church, only to see the two1 fayre Botelers;2 and I happened to be placed in the pew where they afterwards came to sit, but the pew by their coming being too full, I went out into the next, and there sat, and had my full view of them both, but I am out of conceit now with them, Colonel Dillon (age 34) being come back from Ireland again, and do still court them, and comes to church with them, which makes me think they are not honest.
Note 1. Mrs. Frances Butler and her sister.
On or before 5th February 1662, the date of his burial at St James' Church, Clerkenwell, Daniel Hollingworth of St James', Clerkenwell died.
On 15th July 1663 John Cropley 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Cropley (age 26) and Martha Wilson. He was baptised at St James' Church, Clerkenwell on 23rd July 1663.
On or before 10th March 1665, the date he was buried at St James' Church, Clerkenwell, Edward Cropley (age 28) died.
On 14th May 1668 Kingsmill Lucy 2nd Baronet (age 19) and Theophila Berkeley were married at St James' Church, Clerkenwell. She the daughter of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley (age 40) and Elizabeth Massingberd Couness Berkeley.
On 22nd February 1672 John Coryton 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Chiverton were married at St James' Church, Clerkenwell.
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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On or before 5th November 1676, the date he was buried at St James' Church, Clerkenwell, John Cropley 1st Baronet died. His grandson John (age 13) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cropley of Clerkenwell in Middlesex.
On or before 17th December 1680, the date she was buried at St James' Church, Clerkenwell, Elizabeth Hollingworth Lady Cropley died.
On 28th July 1686 Thomas Holt (age 70) died. He was buried at St James' Church, Clerkenwell.