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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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The Press

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The Press, Volume 56, Issue 16741, 26th January 1920. DUCHESS OF WESTMESTER, A SECRET MARRIAGE.

(By Cable—Press Associatior—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received January 25th. 5.5 p.m.)

LONDON. January 23. The Duchess of Westminster, whose divorce decree was made absolute on December 19th, was secretly married to Captain James Lewis, formerly of the Royal Air Force.

They met when Captain Lewis was undergoing treatment at the Duchess's hospital, in France. Lewis, prior to. the war, was in business at Lloyd’s. He is a sportsman, a billiard player, and an amateur actor. For some time he has been the Duchess’s private secretary. He is a few years her junior

[Constance Edwina [aged 42], C.B.E., Duchess of Westminster, is the youngest daughter of the late Mr W. C. Cornwallis-West. She was married in 1901 to the Duke of Westminster [aged 40], there being two daughters of the marriage. She obtained a deorce nisi from the Duke of! Westminster a few months ago on the grounds of adultory and desertion, the case causing considerable stir in London.]

John Fitzpatrick Lewis: On 14th January 1920, just over three weeks after her divorce from Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster, he and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster were married.

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