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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Earl St Albans is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
Earl St Albans is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
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1628. Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans [aged 56] created.
12th November 1635. Son Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde [aged 31] succeeded.
July 1657. Richard Burke 6th Earl Clanricarde extinct.
In 1628 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans [aged 56] was created 1st Earl St Albans.
On 12th November 1635 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans [aged 63] died. His son Ulick [aged 31] succeeded 5th Earl Clanricarde, 2nd Earl St Albans. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 42] was blamed for his death making an enemy of Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde and his half-brother (they shared the same mother Frances Walsingham Countess Essex) Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex [aged 44].
In July 1657 Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde [aged 53] died. His first cousin Richard succeeded 6th Earl Clanricarde. Earl St Albans extinct.
Earl St Albans is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
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27th April 1660. Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans [aged 55] created. See Charles II Proclaimed.
January 1684. Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans extinct.
On 27th April 1660 Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans [aged 55] was created 1st Earl St Albans.
In January 1684 Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans [aged 78] died at St James' Square. Earl St Albans extinct. His nephew Thomas [aged 50] succeeded 2nd Baron Jermyn of St Edmundsbury in Suffolk. Mary Merry Baroness Jermyn by marriage Baroness Jermyn of St Edmundsbury in Suffolk.