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 18th February 1828 [his father] Ernst Christian Carl Hohenlohe Langenburg I Prince (age 33) and [his mother] Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine Leiningen Princess were married at Kensington Palace. She by marriage Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg.
On 11th December 1833 Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen was born to [his father] Ernst Christian Carl Hohenlohe Langenburg I Prince (age 39) and [his mother] Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine Leiningen Princess.
On 12th April 1860 [his father] Ernst Christian Carl Hohenlohe Langenburg I Prince (age 65) died.
On 24th January 1861 Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen (age 27) and Laura Seymour (age 28) were married. Their marriage was morganatic. Almost two weeks before her marriage she was created Countess von Gleichen by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In 1870 she was granted her the rank and style of the daughter of a marquess by Royal Warrant of Precedence, entitling her to prefix Lady to her name.
On 20th December 1861 [his son] Countess Feodora Gleichen was born to Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen (age 28) and [his wife] Princess Laura Williamina Seymour (age 29).
After 20th January 1870. Church of the Holy Trinity Arrow, Warwickshire [Map]. Monument to [his father-in-law] Admiral George Francis Seymour-Conway (deceased) sculpted by Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen (age 36).
On 25th August 1870 Richard Seymour-Conway 4th Marquess Hertford (age 70) died in Paris [Map]. His second cousin [his brother-in-law] Francis (age 58) succeeded 5th Marquess Hertford, 5th Earl Hertford, 5th Earl of Yarmouth, 5th Viscount Beauchamp, 6th Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire, 6th Baron Conway of Killultagh in Antrim. Frances Elizabeth Anson Marchioness Hertford (age 60) by marriage Marchioness Hertford.
On 1st February 1873 [his daughter] Helena Gleichen was born to Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen (age 39) and [his wife] Princess Laura Williamina Seymour (age 40).
On 2nd February 1880 George Hamilton Seymour-Conway (age 82) died. Monument at Church of St Nicholas, Alcester [Map] sculpted by Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen (age 46). Seated figure on Pedestal.
George Hamilton Seymour-Conway: On 21st September 1797 he was born to George Seymour-Conway and Isabella Hamilton. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Around 1883. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Count Gelichen (age 49).
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 25th January 1884 [his brother-in-law] Francis George Hugh Seymour-Conway 5th Marquess Hertford (age 71) died. His son Hugh (age 40) succeeded 6th Marquess Hertford, 6th Earl Hertford, 6th Earl of Yarmouth, 6th Viscount Beauchamp, 7th Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire, 7th Baron Conway of Killultagh in Antrim. Mary Hood Marchioness Hertford (age 37) by marriage Marchioness Hertford.
On 31st December 1891 Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen (age 58) died.
On 13th February 1912 [his former wife] Princess Laura Williamina Seymour (age 79) died.
Father: Ernst Christian Carl Hohenlohe Langenburg I Prince
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen
GrandFather: Emich Carl Leiningen
Mother: Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine Leiningen Princess
Great x 1 Grandfather: Heinrich Reuss
GrandMother: Henriette Reuss