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Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Gilmour Place, Edinburgh
1 South Bridge, Edinburgh
Rome, Italy
St Katherine's Church, Rowsley
St Mary's Church Tickhill Doncaster
115 Ebury Street, Chester Square
Kensal Green Cemetery
William Calder Marshall is in Sculptors.
On 28th February 1811 [his father] William Marshall and [his mother] Annie Calder were married at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh.
On 18th March 1813 William Calder Marshall was born to [his father] William Marshall and [his mother] Annie Calder, probably at Gilmour Place, Edinburgh [Map]. His father was a Goldsmith who had a shop at 1 South Bridge, Edinburgh [Map]. He attended the Edinburgh Royal High School and Edinburgh University before enrolling at the Edinburgh Trustees Academy in 1830.
In 1834 William Calder Marshall (age 20) enrolled in the Royal Academy where he studied under Francis Leggatt Chantrey (age 52) and Edward Hodges Baily (age 45). In 1835 he was awarded a Silver Medal by the Royal Academy.
In 1836 William Calder Marshall (age 22) travelled to Rome, Italy [Map] where he studied for two years.
On 14th February 1842 William Calder Marshall (age 28) and Marianne Lawrie were married at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh. She died a month later.
In March 1842 [his wife] Marianne Lawrie died.
In 1844 William Calder Marshall (age 30) was appointed Associate of the Royal Academy. He participated in an exhibition held at Westminster Hall to select artists to decorate the rebuilt Palace of Westminster. It proved to be the turning point of his career, leading to many commissions for public monuments not only for the new Houses of Parliament - for which he made statues of the Lord Chancellors Clarendon and Somers, and of Chaucer.
On 10th June 1845 William Calder Marshall (age 32) and Margaret Calder (age 28) were married at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh. The same church in which he had married his first wife three years previously.
In 1848 William Calder Marshall (age 34) sculpted a statue of the poet Thomas Campbell for Westminster Abbey, 1862, the inventor Samuel Crompton for Bolton, Lancashire and, in 1856, the philanthropist Thomas Coram, who created the London Foundling Hospital, for the central pier of the hospital's gateway at Coram Fields.
In 1852 William Calder Marshall (age 38) was appointed Academician of the Royal Academy.
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 or before 22nd December 1852 [his daughter] Elizabeth Calder Marshall was born to William Calder Marshall (age 39) and [his wife] Margaret Calder (age 36). She was baptised on 22nd December 1852 at St Michael's Church Pimlico who were described as living at 47 Ebury Street, Chester Square.
On 7th April 1854 Catherine Louise Georgina Marlay (age 23) died from childbirth three weeks after giving birth to her daughter Edith Katherine Manners (deceased) who had died at twelve days old. She was buried at Highgate Cemetery on 15th April 1854. Monument by William Calder Marshall (age 41) erected in 1862 in a chapel at St Katherine's Church, Rowsley [Map] built for the purpose commissioned by her husband John Manners (age 35), the future 7th Duke of Rutland.
In 1863 William Calder Marshall (age 49) produced three biblical reliefs for St. Paul's Cathedral: Unto me Men Gave Ear and Waited, and Kept Silence at my Counsel; For I am a Man under Authority, Having Soldiers under Me; and the Memorial for Captain Edward Mowbray Lyons of the Royal Navy.
On 7th October 1871 Louise Blanche Howard (age 29) died from childbirth six weeks after the birth of a child who had died the same or next day after birth. The Foljambe Tomb. Monument in St Mary's Church Tickhill Doncaster [Map] commissioned by her husband Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool (age 24) who had numerous monuments erected in her memory in places associated with her. Sculpted by William Calder Marshall (age 58).
Louise Blanche Howard: On 22nd February 1842 she was born to Frederick Howard and Fanny Cavendish. On 22nd July 1869 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool and she were married. On 21st February 1877 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool and Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool were married. She was a first cousin of his first wife Louise Blanche Howard.
1883. John Pettie (age 43). Portrait of William Calder Marshall (age 69).
1884. William Calder Marshall (age 70) by J. P. Mayall from "Artists at Home".
Around 1884. Joseph Parkin Mayall (age 45). Portrait of William Calder Marshall (age 70).
1885. Photograph of William Calder Marshall (age 71).
On 19th May 1887 [his wife] Margaret Calder (age 70) died. She was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery [Map].
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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1889. Photograph of William Calder Marshall (age 75) by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by C. Whittingham & Co.
Before 1890 Patrick Allan aka Fraser (age 76). Portrait of William Calder Marshall (age 76).
In 1890 William Calder Marshall (age 76) retired from the Royal Academy and exhibited there for the last time the following year. In his lifetime, he had exhibited some 120 works at the Academy, the largest contribution of any Victorian sculptor
On 16th June 1894 William Calder Marshall (age 81) died at his home 115 Ebury Street, Chester Square [Map]. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery [Map] in the same grave as his [his former wife] wife who had died seven years before.