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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Summary
April 1761. Thomas Robinson 1st Baron Grantham (age 66) created.
30th September 1770. Son Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham (age 31) succeeded.
20th July 1786. Son Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey (age 4) succeeded.
14th November 1859. Nephew George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon (age 32) succeeded.
9th July 1909. Son Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquess Ripon (age 57) succeeded.
23rd September 1923. Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquess Ripon extinct.
In April 1761 Thomas Robinson 1st Baron Grantham (age 66) was created 1st Baron Grantham.
On 30th September 1770 Thomas Robinson 1st Baron Grantham (age 75) died. His son Thomas (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Grantham.
In 1780 Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham (age 41) and Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grantham. She the daughter of Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (age 59) and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey (age 56).
On 20th July 1786 Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham (age 47) died. His son Thomas (age 4) succeeded 3rd Baron Grantham.
On 14th November 1859 Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey (age 77) died. His nephew George (age 32) succeeded 3rd Earl de Grey, 4th Baron Grantham, 7th Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire. His daughter Ann (age 53) succeeded 7th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] sculpted by Matthew Noble (age 42) in 1864.
Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper: In 1806 she was born to Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey. In 1833 George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper and she were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey. He the son of Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper. In 1880 Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper died. Her son Francis succeeded 8th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 9th July 1909 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon (age 81) died. His son Frederick (age 57) succeeded 2nd Marquess Ripon, 4th Earl de Grey, 3rd Earl Ripon, 3rd Viscount Gooderich of Nocton in Lincolnshire, 5th Baron Grantham, 8th Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire. Constance Gwladys Herbert Marchioness Ripon (age 50) by marriage Marchioness Ripon.
On 23rd September 1923 Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquess Ripon (age 71) died on Dallowgill Moor Studley Royal Park, North Yorkshire having collapsed after shooting fifty-two birds that morning. Marquess Ripon, Earl de Grey, Earl Ripon, Viscount Gooderich of Nocton in Lincolnshire, Baron Grantham, Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire extinct.