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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Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire is in Sudbury, Derbyshire [Map].
1664. Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire [Map] was commissioned around 1664 by George Vernon (age 29) and his wife Margaret Onley (age 22). The armorial above the door in the photo below shows the Vernon Arms impaled with the Onley Arms with the date 1664. The initials being a V with a G and M below are probably Vernon, George and Margaret.
On 10th October 1757 Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was born to George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon (age 48) and Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton (age 42) at Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. He married 5th February 1784 Anne Leveson-Gower, daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford and Louisa Egerton Countess Gower, and had issue.
In 1851 Alfred Gatley (age 34) produced a bust in marble of Augustus Henry Vernon 6th Baron Vernon (age 21) of Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire [Map].
The River Dove rises on Axe Edge Moor, Derbyshire [Map] after which it travels broadly south past Longnor, Saffordshire [Map], Pilsbury [Map], Hartington, Derbyshire [Map], Milldale, Derbyshire [Map], Thorpe, Derbyshire [Map], just before whic it is joined by the River Manifold, Mapleton, Derbyshire [Map], Mayfield, Staffordshire [Map], Norbury, Derbyshire [Map], Rocester, Staffordshire [Map], Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire [Map] and Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire [Map] before joining the River Trent at Newton Solney, Derbyshire [Map].