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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In 1870 Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston was born to [her father] Levi Zeigler Leiter [aged 35].
1887. Alexandre Cabanel [aged 63]. Portrait of Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 17].
On 22nd April 1895 George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 36] and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 25] were married.
On 20th January 1896 [her daughter] Mary Irene Curzon 2nd Baroness Ravensdale was born to [her husband] George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 37] and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 26].
On 23rd August 1898 [her daughter] Cynthia Blanche Curzon Lady Ancoats was born to [her husband] George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 39] and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 28]. She married 11th May 1920 Oswald Mosley 6th Baronet, son of Oswald Mosley 5th Baronet and Katharine Maud Edwards-Heathcote, and had issue.
On 18th March 1900 General William Lockhart [aged 58] died of malaria. His funeral occurred the following day and the service was taken by James Welldon the Bishop of Calcutta, and former headmaster of Harrow School. Lockhart's good friend and Viceroy [her husband] Lord Curzon [aged 41] attended.
On 20th March 1904 [her daughter] Alexandra Naldera Curzon was born to [her husband] George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 45] and Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 34]. Naldera baing the place in India where she was conceived. She married (1) 1925 Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe.
On 9th June 1904 [her father] Levi Zeigler Leiter [aged 69] died.
On 18th July 1906 Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston [aged 36] died at 1 Carlton Terrace, St James'.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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1909. William Logsdail [aged 49]. Portrait of Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston.
On 2nd January 1917 [her former husband] George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 57] and Grace Elvina Hinds Marchioness Curzon Kedleston [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ravensdale of Ravensdale in Derbyshire, Baroness Scarsdale. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
On 20th March 1925 [her former husband] George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [aged 66] died. Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Earl Curzon of Kedleston extinct. His nephew Richard [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Viscount Scarsdale of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, 6th Baron Scarsdale, 10th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 10th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. His daughter Mary [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Baroness Ravensdale of Ravensdale in Derbyshire.
After 20th March 1925. All Saints Church, Kedleston [Map]. Monument to [her former husband] George Nathaniel Curzon 1st Marquess Kedleston [deceased] and his first wife Mary Victoria Leiter Baroness Curzon Kedleston. Table Tomb in white marble; two angels holding the crown of life lean over the effigies designed by Bertram Mackennal [aged 61].
