Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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Sussex is in South-East England.
On 16th June 1710 William Ashburnham 2nd Baron Ashburnham [aged 31] died of smallpox at Ashburnham. His brother John [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex.
St Peter's Church, Ashburnham is also in Churches in Sussex.
On 10th March 1737 John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham [aged 49] died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Ashburnham [Map]. His son John [aged 12] succeeded 2nd Earl Ashburham, 4th Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex
On 12th May 1924 Thomas Ashburnham 6th Earl Ashburnham [aged 69] died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Ashburnham [Map]. Earl Ashburham, Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex extinct.
In 1551 Bishop William Overton [aged 26] was appointed Rector of St Mary's Church Balcombe.
Battle Abbey is also in Abbeys in England.
Flowers of History. 1067. King William [aged 39], exulting in his victory, gave praise to God. The same year also, the king built an abbey, which, in reference to the battle that had been fought there, he called Battle [Map], in order that glory, and praise, and thanks, might be offered up in it to God for ever for the victory which he had given him, and also that offices for the souls of the dead who were slain there might be perfonned by the monks who were established in it, with the offering of salutary victims; and he endowed and enriched the church with estates and priyileges, and committed it to the patronage and protection of the kings who should reign in England after him.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1094. King William went to Hastings, and while there caused the church of Battle [Map] to be dedicated; and then crossing over to Normandy had a conference with his brother [Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy [aged 43]], under a safe conduct, but came away without being reconciled to him, and the earl went to Rouen. The king returned to Eu, and establishing himself there, took soldiers into his pay from all quarters, and induced several of the Norman nobles to forfeit their allegiance to his brother, and place their castles in his power, some by promises, others by gifts of gold, silver, and lands; and having secured their consent, he distributed liis own troops among the castles which he already held, or those which were now made over to him. Meanwhile, he took the castle of Bures, and sent some of the earl's soldiers who were taken there prisoners to England, and contined the rest in Normandy. Thus he harassed his brother in various ways, and used his utmost efforts to deprive him of his inheritance.
On 8th April 1608 Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague [aged 70] died at Battle Abbey [Map]. She was buried at Midhurst; subsequently moved to St Mary's Church, Easebourne, Sussex [Map].
Letters of Horace Walpole. 5th August 1752. Now you are fully master of Hurst Monceaux, I shall carry you on to Battel-By the way, we bring you a thousand sketches, that you may show us what we have seen. Battel Abbey [Map] stands at the end of the town, exactly as Warwick Castle does of Warwick; but the house of Webster have taken due care that it should not resemble it in any thing else. A vast building, which they call the old refectory, but which I believe was the original church, is now barn, coach-house, etc. The situation is noble, above the level of abbeys: what does remain of gateways and towers is beautiful, particularly the flat side of a cloister, which is now the front of the mansion-house. Miss of the family has clothed a fragment of a portico with cockle-shells! The grounds, and what has been a park, lie in a vile condition. In the church is the tomb of Sir Anthony Browne, master of the horse for life to Harry VIII: from whose descendants the estate was purchased. The head of John Hanimond, the last abbot, is still perfect in one of the windows. Mr. Chute says, "What charming things we should have done if Battel Abbey had been to be sold at Mrs. Chenevix's, as Strawberry was!" Good night!
On 19th November 1246 Henry Audley [aged 71] died at Bersted.
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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Around 1197 Bertrade Mainwaring was born to Ralph Mainwaring at Mainwaring Bersted. She married in or before 1218 Henry Audley and had issue.
Around 1154 Engram de Braose was born to William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber [aged 39] and Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber at Bramber.
Around 1157 Sybil de Braose Countess Derby was born to William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber [aged 42] and Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber at Bramber. She married before 1161 William Ferrers 3rd Earl of Derby, son of Robert Ferrers 2nd Earl of Derby and Margaret Peverell Countess Derby, and had issue.
Around 1160 John de Braose was born to William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber [aged 45] and Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber at Bramber.
On 18th July 1232 John "Tadody aka Fatherless" Braose 8th Baron Bramber [aged 35] died from a fall from a horse at Bramber. His son William [aged 8] succeeded 9th Baron Bramber Feudal.
Bertha de Braose Baroness Beauchamp was born to William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber and Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber at Bramber. She married before 1140 William Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp and had issue.
Bramber Castle is also in Castles in Sussex.
Around 1070 William de Braose 1st Baron Bramber commissioned the building of Bramber Castle [Map].
On 1st September 1909 Jack Russell 25th Baron de Clifford [aged 25] died in a car accident at Small Dole, Bramber [Map]. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Cowfold [Map]. His son Edward [aged 2] succeeded 26th Baron de Clifford.
On 11th October 1525 Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West [aged 68] died. He was buried at St Mary's Church Broadwater. His son Thomas [aged 50] succeeded 9th Baron De La Warr, 6th Baron West. Elizabeth Bonville Baroness De La Warr and West [aged 51] by marriage Baroness De La Warr, Baroness West.
On 1st October 1615 Cicely Baker Countess Dorset [aged 80] died in Buckhurst.
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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Around 1254 Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh was born at Burghesh.
Around 1319 Joan Burghesh Baroness Dunster was born to Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh [aged 32] and Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh [aged 19] at Burwash. She married in or before 1357 her fifth cousin John Mohun 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster and had issue.
On 10th October 1827 Catherine Bishopp Countess Liverpool [deceased] was buried Buxted.
On 2nd February 1846 Christopher Wordsworth [aged 71] died at Buxted.
Around 1427 John Dudley was born to John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley [aged 26] and Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley at Atherington Climping. He married (1) 1460 his half second cousin twice removed Katherine Neville, daughter of George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer (2) in or before 1462 Elizabeth Bramshott and had issue.
Around 1530 William Butler was born at Cuckfield.
In 1580 Margaret Greeke [aged 46] died at Cuckfield.
On 21st September 1744 William Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny [aged 49] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. On 30th September 1744 he was buried at East Grinstead. His son George [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Baron Abergavenny.
Around January 1291 William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose 9th Baron Bramber [aged 67] died at Findon. He was buried at Sele Priory [Map]. His son William [aged 31] succeeded 10th Baron Bramber Feudal, 2nd Baron Braose.
The Times. 27th January 1916. The death of Lady Ulrica Thynne [deceased] took place on Wednesday at 30, Grosvenor-gardens. She was the second daughter of the 12th Duke of Somerset and was born in 1833. She married, in 1858, Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, second son of the third Marquess of Bath, who was Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria and for over 25 years M.P. for South Wilts. There were four sons and two daughters of the marriage. The funeral will be at Findon, near Worthing, on Monday, at 1 o'clock.
On 2nd June 1898 John Pratt 4th Marquess Camden [aged 26] and Joan Marion Neville Marchioness Camden [aged 21] were married at St Alban's Church. She by marriage Marchioness Camden. She the daughter of Henry Neville 3rd Marquess Abergavenny [aged 43] and Violet Streatfeild. He the son of John Charles Pratt 3rd Marquess Camden and Clementina Augusta Spencer-Churchill Countess Camden.
On 20th August 1326 John St Leger of Offley [aged 32] died at Wartling Hailsham.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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On 22nd November 1410 William Hoo [aged 75] died at Wartling Hailsham.
Sibyl Filiol was born to William Filiol in Wartling Hailsham. She married 1278 Giles Fiennes.
Around 22nd September 1597 Thomas Pelham 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet [aged 57] and Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton [aged 33] at Halland. He married (1) 1623 Mary Wilbraham Lady Pelham (2) 7th December 1637 Judith Honywood Lady Pelham (3) 3rd June 1640 his fourth cousin once removed Margaret Vane Lady Pelham and had issue.
Around 1475 Reginald Bray [aged 35] and Katherine Hussey were married. Katherine brought him lands in Harting.
On 3rd September 1670 Edward Ford [aged 65] died at Ireland. His body was brought to England, and interred in the family burial-place at Harting.
In 1605 Edward Ford was born to William Ford of Harting [aged 35] at Up Park. He married before 22nd May 1634 Sarah Ireton and had issue.
St Giles' Church Horsted Keynes is also in Churches in Sussex.
On 9th January 1685 Elias Leighton died at the Parish of St Andrew's Holborn. He was buried at St Giles' Church Horsted Keynes [Map].
On 26th April 1366 Archbishop Simon Islip died at Mayfield. During his last three years he was unable to speak as a consequence of a stroke.
Around 1245 Cecilia Bohun was born to Ralph Bohun [aged 25] and Sibyl Ferrers in Midhurst.
Around 28th September 1247 John Bohun was born to Ralph Bohun [aged 27] and Sibyl Ferrers in Midhurst.
Around 5th December 1367 John Bohun [aged 66] died in Midhurst.
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 29th June 1592 Anthony Browne [aged 39] died at Riverbank House Cowdray Midhurst. He was buried at Midhurst.
On 8th April 1608 Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague [aged 70] died at Battle Abbey [Map]. She was buried at Midhurst; subsequently moved to St Mary's Church, Easebourne, Sussex [Map].
Around 1489 Arthur Hopton was born to George Hopton [aged 28] at Cowdray Midhurst. He married before 1515 Ann Owen and had issue.
On 29th June 1592 Anthony Browne [aged 39] died at Riverbank House Cowdray Midhurst. He was buried at Midhurst.
The River Rother rises at Empshott, Hampshire [Map] from where it flows through Liss, Hampshire [Map], Sheet, Hampshire [Map], past Rogate [Map], Trotton [Map], Chithurst [Map], Iping [Map], Stedham [Map], Easebourne Midhurst [Map] and Cowdray House [Map], South Ambersham [Map], Selham [Map], Coultershaw Bridge [Map], Lower Fittleworth [Map] after which it joins the River Arun one km before Pulborough [Map].
On 28th November 1586 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bowyer of Leighthorne, Sussex and Jane Birch. He was baptised on 4th December 1586 at Church of St Stephen, North Mudham.
Before 28th February 1651 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet [aged 64] died. He was buried at the Church of St Stephen, North Mudham on 28th February 1651. His son Thomas [aged 42] succeeded 2nd Baronet Bowyer of Leighthorne in Sussex.
On 20th April 1887 Dorothy Una Ratcliffe nee Clough was born to George Benson Clough at Preston. She married 1909 Charles Frederick Ratcliffe.
On 20th July 1639, some sources say 11th July 1639, Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland [aged 18] and Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland [aged 21] were married at Penhurst Rother. She by marriage Baroness Spencer Wormleighton. Her long-term suitor, she was the 'Sacharissa' of his poems, Edmund Waller [aged 33] wrote a letter to the bride's sister [aged 12] on the occasion of the wedding. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 41]. They were third cousins.
Madam,
In this common joy at Penshurst, I know none to whom complaints may come less unseasonably than to your ladyship, the loss of a bedfellow being almost equal to that of a mistress; and therefore you ought at least to pardon, if you consent not to the imprecations of, the deserted, which just Heaven no doubt will hear. May my lady Dorothy, if we may yet call her so, suffer as much, and have the like passion for this young lord, whom she has preferred to the rest of mankind, as others have had for her; and may his love, before the year go about, make her taste of the first curse imposed upon womankind, the pains of becoming a mother. May her first born be none of her own sex, nor so like her but that he may resemble her lord as much as herself. May she that always affected silence and retirement have the house filled with the noise and number of her children, and hereafter of her grandchildren; and then may she arrive at that great curse, so much declined by fair ladies, old age; may she live to be very old and yet seem young; be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth; and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again! My revenge being immortal, I wish all this may befall her posterity to the world's end and afterwards! To you, madam, I wish all good things, and that this loss may in good time be happily supplied with a more constant bedfellow of the other sex. Madam, I humbly kiss your hands, and beg pardon for this trouble, from
Your ladyship's
most humble servant,
E. Waller.
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Around 1430 Roger Copley was born to Richard Copley [aged 36] in Rougham.
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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On 21st December 1490 Roger Copley [aged 60] died in Rougham.
Around 6th December 1559 William Culpepper [aged 50] died William Culpepper at Salehurst.
Sele Priory is also in Priories in England.
Sele Priory [Map] was a Benedictine Order priory founded before 1126.
Around January 1291 William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose 9th Baron Bramber [aged 67] died at Findon. He was buried at Sele Priory [Map]. His son William [aged 31] succeeded 10th Baron Bramber Feudal, 2nd Baron Braose.
On 3rd January 1835 Sarah Cox aka Fanny Cornforth was born to William Cox [aged 21] and Jane Woolgar [aged 21] at Steyning, Sussex. She was baptised on 1st February 1835. She married (1) August 1860 Timothy Hughes (2) 1879 John Schott.
Around 1300 Isabella St John was born to Edward St John [aged 41] and Eve Hauterive at Stopham.
On 7th December 1816 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hollis Bradford [aged 35] died at La Vacherie from wounds he had received at the Battle of Waterloo. He was buried at Storrington.
Around 1275 William Cheney was born to Alexander Cheney [aged 27] and Agnes Saye [aged 25] at Street. He married Margaret Shurland and had issue.
Around 1351 Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys was born to John Camoys [aged 31] and Elizabeth Latimer at Trotton. He married (1) Elizabeth Louches Baroness Camoys and had issue (2) after 21st July 1403 his half second cousin twice removed Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys, daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster, and had issue.
Around 1469 Roger Lewknor was born to Thomas Lewknor [aged 25] at Trotton. He married in or before 1492 Eleanor Tuchet, daughter of John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet and Anne Echingham Baroness Audley Heighley, and had issue.
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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On 15th January 1543 Roger Lewknor [aged 74] died at Trotton.
On 3rd March 1652 Thomas Otway was born in Trotton.
On 20th April 1417 Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys [aged 46] died. She was buried at St George's Church Trotton.
On 28th March 1421 Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys [aged 70] died. He was buried at St George's Church Trotton. His grandson Hugh [aged 8] succeeded 2nd Baron Camoys.
The River Medway rises near Turners Hill [Map] from where it flows through Wood Weir Reservoir [Map], past Forest Row [Map], between Hartwell [Map] and Hartfield [Map], after which it is joined by the River Grom, past Ashurst, Kent [Map], Hedge Barton, Kent [Map], Penshurst, Kent [Map], under Ensfield Bridge, Kent [Map], through Tonbridge, Kent [Map], past East Peckham, Surrey [Map], Nettlestead, Kent [Map], under Teston Bridge, Kent [Map], under Kettle Bridge, Kent [Map] and East Farleigh Bridge, Kent [Map], through Maidstone, Kent [Map].
After Maidstone the river flows past Aylesford, Kent [Map], Burnham Causewayed Enclosure [Map] and Wouldham, Kent [Map] to Rochester, Kent [Map].
The Times. 5th January 1938. MR. J. NEVILL [aged 23] AND MISS HARRISON [aged 22].
The Duke [aged 37] and Duchess of Gloucester [aged 36] have sent a silver condiments set to Mr. John Nevill, Life Guards, elder son of Major [aged 54] and Mrs. Guy Larnach-Nevill [aged 47], of Uckfield House, and Miss Patricia Harrison, daughter of Major and the Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison, of Kings Walden Bury, Hitchin, whose marriage took place yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Rev. G. S. Shackleford officiated, assisted by the Rev. E. C. Dunford. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of ivory-tinted panne velvet, embossed with sprays of silver flowers. The bodice was fashioned with a square neckline and long sleeves, slightly full at the shoulder, and the square train was lined with silver tissue. A headdress of silver-tipped doves' wings surmounted her long tulle veil, and she carried a spray of mixed white flowers. A retinue of six little girls and four pages folowed the bride. They were Penelope Harrison (sister of the bride), the Hon. Clare Beckett, Marye Pepys (niece of the bridegroom), Margaret Rosselli, Caroline Bury, Joanna Spencer, Hugh Lawson (cousin of the bride), David Myddelton (cousin of the bridegroom), Thomas Pilkington (nephew of the bride), and Charles Smith-Bingham. The pages wore replicas of the uniform of the Life Guards of the early nineteenth century, and the little girls wore long frocks of silver lame, the high-waisted bodices cut with short, puff sleeves, and square necks. They wore caps of silver lame, trimmed with white fur, and carried white fur muffs. Lord Roderic Pratt [aged 22], Life Guards, was best man, and there was a guard of honour from the same regiment. The Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison afterwards held a reception at 28, Grosvenor Square, W1. The honeymoon wil be spent in Switzerland.
Around 1516 Thomas Cheney was born to Thomas Cheney [aged 42] at Warbleton.
In 1563 John Cheney was born to Thomas Cheney [aged 47] at Warbleton.
Around 1384 Elizabeth Cheney was born to Richard Cheney [aged 32] at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
In 1417 Alexander Cheney was born to Simon Cheney [aged 25] at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
Around 1417 William Cheney was born to Simon Cheney [aged 25] at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
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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In 1419 Richard Cheney was born to Simon Cheney [aged 27] at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
In 1421 Robert Cheney was born to Simon Cheney [aged 29] at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
In 1443 John Cheney was born to William Cheney [aged 26] at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
On 6th June 1494 John Cheney [aged 51] died at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
On 25th September 1410 Elizabeth Carew [aged 38] died at West Poyning.
In 1538 Francis Culpepper was born to William Culpepper [aged 29] and Cicely Barrett [aged 26] at Wigsell. He married Joan Pordage and had issue.
In 1321 Thomas Culpepper [aged 61] died at Winchelsea [Map].
In 1321 Walter Culpepper [aged 55] died at Winchelsea [Map].
On 29th August 1350 the English fleet defeated a Castilian fleet at Winchelsea [Map] during the Battle of Winchelsea. Around twenty Castilian ships were captured; several were sunk. For the English King Edward III of England [aged 37] and his son Edward "Black Prince" [aged 20], James Audley [aged 32], Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham [aged 37], Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 40] and John Sully [aged 67] fought.
Chronicle of Gregory. 1405. Ande that year Syr Thomas [aged 17] the kyngys son was Amerelle of the See, and he wente unto Flaundrys and brent bothe in Cachante and in Flaundrys, ande londyd at Scluse [Map] and gaffe there to a strong sawte. Alle so he toke carrekys of Jene and brought them unto Wynchylse [Map], and they were brent thorowe mysse governaunce and moche of the goode ther ynne.
John Evelyn's Diary. 4th June 1652. On Whit Sunday, I went to the church (which is a very fair one), and heard one of the canters, who dismissed the assembly rudely, and without any blessing. Here I stayed till the 10th with no small impatience, when I walked over to survey the ruins of Winchelsea [Map], that ancient cinq-port, which by the remains and ruins of ancient streets and public structures, discovers it to have been formerly a considerable and large city. There are to be seen vast caves and vaults, walls and towers, ruins of monasteries and of a sumptuous church, in which are some handsome monuments, especially of the Templars, buried just in the manner of those in the Temple at London. This place being now all in rubbish, and a few despicable hovels and cottages only standing, hath yet a Mayor. The sea, which formerly rendered it a rich and commodious port, has now forsaken it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st October 1666. This afternoon walking with Sir H. Cholmly [aged 34] long in the gallery, he told me, among many other things, how Harry Killigrew [aged 29] is banished the Court lately, for saying that my Baroness Castlemayne [aged 25] was a little lecherous girle when she was young.... This she complained to the King [aged 36] of, and he sent to the Duke of York [aged 33], whose servant he is, to turn him away. The Duke of York hath done it, but takes it ill of my Lady that he was not complained to first. She attended him to excute it, but ill blood is made by it. He told me how Mr. Williamson [aged 33] stood in a little place to have come into the House of Commons, and they would not choose him; they said, "No courtier". And which is worse, Bab May [aged 38] went down in great state to Winchelsea [Map] with the Duke of York's letters, not doubting to be chosen; and there the people chose a private gentleman in spite of him, and cried out they would have no Court pimp to be their burgesse; which are things that bode very ill. This afternoon I went to see and sat a good while with Mrs. Martin, and there was her sister Doll, with whom, contrary to all expectation, I did what I would, and might have done anything else.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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John Everett Millais 1st Baronet. "L'Enfant du Regiment" i.e. "The Child of the Regiment". The effigy of Admiral Gervase Alard effigy, c. 1312, at St Thomas' Church, Winchelsea.
In 1443 Ralph Shirley was born to Ralph Shirley [aged 30] and Elizabeth Blount [aged 27] at Wiston. He married in or before 1478 Jane Bellingham and had issue.
In 1451 Alice Shirley was born to Ralph Shirley [aged 38] and Elizabeth Blount [aged 35] at Wiston.
Around 1478 Richard Shirley was born to Ralph Shirley [aged 35] and Jane Bellingham [aged 22] at Wiston.
In 1498 William Shirley was born to Richard Shirley [aged 20] at Wiston.
On 10th November 1540 Richard Shirley [aged 62] died at Wiston.
On 9th May 1542 Thomas Shirley was born to William Shirley [aged 44] at Wiston. He married 1559 Anne Kempe and had issue.
Around 1546 Anthony Shirley was born to William Shirley [aged 48] at Wiston. He married Barbara Walsingham.
On 29th May 1551 William Shirley [aged 53] died at Wiston.
Before 1601 Henry Neville 2nd Baron Abergavenny [aged 21] and Mary Sackville [aged 16] were married at Buckhurst Withyham. She the daughter of Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset [aged 64] and Cicely Baker Countess Dorset [aged 65]. They were sixth cousins.
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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The River Medway rises near Turners Hill [Map] from where it flows through Wood Weir Reservoir [Map], past Forest Row [Map], between Hartwell [Map] and Hartfield [Map], after which it is joined by the River Grom, past Ashurst, Kent [Map], Hedge Barton, Kent [Map], Penshurst, Kent [Map], under Ensfield Bridge, Kent [Map], through Tonbridge, Kent [Map], past East Peckham, Surrey [Map], Nettlestead, Kent [Map], under Teston Bridge, Kent [Map], under Kettle Bridge, Kent [Map] and East Farleigh Bridge, Kent [Map], through Maidstone, Kent [Map].
After Maidstone the river flows past Aylesford, Kent [Map], Burnham Causewayed Enclosure [Map] and Wouldham, Kent [Map] to Rochester, Kent [Map].
Around 1474 Edward Guildford was born to Richard Guildford [aged 24] and Ann Pympe [aged 20] at Offington Worthing. He married (1) before 1496 Eleanor West, daughter of Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West and Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness De La Warr and West, and had issue (2) before 1534 Joan Pidleston.
On 25th September 1554 Thomas West 9th Baron De La Warr 6th Baron West [aged 79] died at Offington Worthing. Baron West and Baron De La Warr abeyant between the two daughters of his half-brother Owen West. A new barony Baron De La Warr was conferred on Thomas' heir-male William West 1st Baron De La Warr [aged 28].
On 11th August 1902 or 14th August 1902 George Truefitt [aged 78] died at Old House, Worthing.