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The Chronicle of the Abbey of Evesham is a remarkable medieval history of one of England’s great Benedictine monasteries. Beginning with the abbey’s legendary and royal foundations, it traces the fortunes of Evesham through centuries of religious devotion, political conflict, legal struggle, rebuilding, reform, and royal patronage. At the heart of the chronicle is the abbey’s determination to defend its ancient liberties. Its monks record disputes with bishops, appeals to popes and papal legates, contested elections of abbots, lawsuits over lands and privileges, and the long struggle to preserve Evesham’s exemption from episcopal control. Alongside these institutional battles are vivid accounts of saints and miracles, including St Ecgwine, St Odulf and the royal martyr St Wistan, whose relics and cult formed an important part of the abbey’s identity. The chronicle also preserves a wealth of detail about everyday monastic life. It describes the building and repair of churches, cloisters, chapels, halls, mills, granges and fishponds; the acquisition of estates and revenues; the making of vestments, shrines, bells and liturgical books; and the provision of food, clothing, recreation and medical care for the monks. Successive abbots emerge not merely as religious superiors but as administrators, builders, patrons, diplomats and defenders of the community. Extending into the later Middle Ages, the narrative reflects the changing political world around Evesham, from the Norman Conquest and the Angevin kings to the Wars of the Roses and the reign of Henry VIII. The result is both a history of a single monastery and a richly detailed record of medieval English religious, legal, economic and political life. This edition offers modern readers direct access to one of the most important monastic chronicles of medieval England, revealing how the monks of Evesham understood their saints, their privileges, their rulers and their place in history.

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Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll 1903-1973

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On 18th June 1903 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll was born to Douglas Walter Campbell [aged 26].

On 5th January 1926 [his father] Douglas Walter Campbell [aged 48] died.

On 12th December 1927 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 24] and Janet Gladys Aitken [aged 19] were married.

In January 1933 Hugh Houston Smiley 3rd Baronet [aged 28] and Nancy Beaton [aged 23] were married. The eight bridesmaids included the bride's sister Barbara "Baba" Beaton [aged 20], [his future wife] Margaret Whigham [aged 20], Lady Bridget Poulett [aged 20], and Lady Anne Wellesley [aged 22]

                    On 21st February 1933 Charles Francis Sweeny [aged 23] and [his future wife] Margaret Whigham [aged 20] were married at the Brompton Oratory, Kensington.
                
                    Barbara "Baba" Beaton [aged 21] and Bridget Poulet [aged 21] were bridesmaids.
                
                    Hartford Courant: 
                
                    Miss Margaret Whigham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hay Whifham of Ascot, England, was married in London Tuesday to Mr. Charles Sweeney, young American golfer, in Brompton Oratory. This famous Catholic church was thronged with fashionable guests. Outside another crowd, composed largely of women eager to see the brlde, was so large that forty policemen had great difficulty in maintaining traffic lines. 
                
                    The bride arrived few minutes late. She wore a pearl white satin gown embroidered with pearls. The eighteen-foot train was edged with cloud-like layers or pearl-embroidered silk net. Her veil or tulle, fitted closely like a cap, was held with a narrow filet of pearl leaves interwoven with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet or white lilies. 
                
                    There were nine bridesmaids. All dressed in whitc with wreaths or red flowers. They were Lady Bridget Poulett and Miss Shelia Berry, Miss Jeanne Stourton, Miss Margaret Livingstone-Learmouth, Miss Baba Beaton, Miss Angela Brett, Miss Dawn Gold, Miss Molly Vaughan and Miss Pamela Nicholl. The ushers included the Earl of Birkenhead [aged 25] and Mr. Randolph Churchill [aged 21]. 
                
                    The bride was given by her father, who is connected with an American business firm. The best man was Mr. Robert Sweeney, brother of the bridegroom. Mrs. Whigham, who has a home at 55 Princeiss Gate, gave the wedding reception. The couple then departed for Paris. Later they will cruise in the West Indies. 
                
                    Among the many wedding presents were a pair of gold cuff links for the bridegroom from the Prlnce of Wales, who last year selected Mr. Sweeney, then captain of the Oxford University golf team, as his partner in the Navy and Royal Marines golf tournament. Mr. Sweeney first played golf here as an American schoolboy in the boys amateur golf championship, which he was runner-up. His brother also attended Oxford and frequently was his golf partner.

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In or before 1935 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 31] and Janet Gladys Aitken [aged 26] were divorced.

In 1935 William Drogo Sturges Montagu [aged 26] and [his former wife] Janet Gladys Aitken [aged 26] were married. He the son of George Charles Montagu 9th Earl Sandwich [aged 60] and Alberta Sturges Countess Sandwich [aged 57].

On 23rd November 1935 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 32] and Louise Clews Duchess of Argyll [aged 30] were married.

On 28th August 1937 [his son] Ian Campbell 12th Duke of Argyll was born to Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 34] and [his wife] Louise Clews Duchess of Argyll [aged 32]. He married 1964 Iona Colquhoun Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Ivar Iain Colquhoun 8th Baronet, and had issue.

On 11th July 1942 Major Thomas Edward Dealtry Kidd and [his former wife] Janet Gladys Aitken [aged 34] were married.

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Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and II Volume 2

The Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and Edward II, Volume 2, comprising A Sorrowful Commendation on King Edward, the Life of Edward II by a Monk of Bridlington, Life of Edward II by a Monk of Malmesbury and Life of Edward by Thomas de la More, presents a rich collection of medieval English chronicles illuminating the political, military, ecclesiastical and social upheavals of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The volume offers contemporary and near-contemporary accounts of the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, a period marked by war with Scotland, conflict between Crown and nobility, disputes over royal government, ecclesiastical tensions, rebellion, deposition and civil violence. Particular attention is given to the struggle surrounding Piers Gaveston, Thomas of Lancaster and the Despensers, as well as the turbulent final years of Edward II and the political circumstances that shaped the early reign of Edward III. These chronicles are especially valuable for their vivid narrative detail. They preserve speeches, political arguments, descriptions of battles and executions, accounts of parliaments and royal councils, reports of diplomatic missions, ecclesiastical controversies, prodigies and natural events, and contemporary judgements on the conduct of kings, magnates and churchmen. Written from differing institutional and regional perspectives, the texts reveal not only what happened but how medieval observers interpreted events, often through ideas of divine judgement, legitimate kingship, loyalty, treason and moral retribution. An important primary-source collection for readers interested in Edward I, Edward II, medieval politics, the Scottish wars, the baronial opposition, the fall of Edward II, church history and fourteenth-century England, Volume 2 provides an indispensable window into one of the most turbulent periods of the English Middle Ages.

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In 1947 Charles Francis Sweeny [aged 37] and [his future wife] Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll [aged 34] were divorced.

On 20th August 1949 Niall Campbell 10th Duke Argyll [aged 77] died. His first cousin once removed Ian [aged 46] succeeded 11th Duke Argyll, 8th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire. [his wife] Louise Clews Duchess of Argyll [aged 44] by marriage Duchess Argyll.

Before 22nd March 1951 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 47] and Louise Clews Duchess of Argyll [aged 46] were divorced.

On 22nd March 1951 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 47] and Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll [aged 38] were married. His third marriage, her second. She by marriage Duchess Argyll.

1953. Paul Tanqueray [aged 47]. Photograph of [his wife] Margaret Whigam Duchess of Argyll [aged 40] and Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 49].

Source: National Portrait Gallery.

In 1963 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 59] and Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll [aged 50] were divorced following a scandalous divorce case. He suspected the Duchess of infidelity and, while she was in New York, engaged a locksmith to break open a cupboard at their Mayfair home, 48 Upper Grosvenor Street. A list of as many as eighty-eight men with whom the Duke believed his wife had consorted was produced. The list is said to include two government ministers and three members of the British royal family.

In 1964 Ian Campbell 12th Duke of Argyll [aged 26] and Iona Colquhoun Duchess of Argyll [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Argyll. He the son of Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 60] and Louise Clews Duchess of Argyll [aged 59].

On 10th February 1970 [his former wife] Louise Clews Duchess of Argyll [aged 65] died.

On 7th April 1973 Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll [aged 69] died. His son Ian [aged 35] succeeded 12th Duke Argyll, 9th Baron Hamilton of Hameldon in Leicestershire.

On 18th November 1988 [his former wife] Janet Gladys Aitken [aged 80] died.

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The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342

The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.

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On 25th July 1993 [his former wife] Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll [aged 80] died at St George's Nursing Home, Pimlico. She was buried with her first husband Charles Francis Sweeny, who had died four months before, at Brookwood Cemetery, Woking.

Ancestors of Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll 1903-1973

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll 5 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll 6 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Drummond Bellenden 5 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll 7 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Barnaby Gunning

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Bourke

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll 8 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Glassel

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Glassel

Grandfather: Walter Campbell 9 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sutherland 18th Earl Sutherland 6 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland 7 x Great Granddaughter of King James V of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess Argyll 9 x Great Granddaughter of King James V of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Father: Douglas Walter Campbell 10 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland

Grandmother: Olivia Milns

Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll 11 x Great Grandson of King James V of Scotland

Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll 1903-1973

Royal Ancestors of Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll 1903-1973

Ancestors of Ian Campbell 11th Duke of Argyll 1903-1973