Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Around 1607 Edmund Pye 1st Baronet was born.
On 6th May 1635 Edmund Pye 1st Baronet (age 28) and Catherine Lucas Lady Pye were married.
On 23rd April 1641 Edmund Pye 1st Baronet (age 34) was created 1st Baronet Pye of Leckhampstead. [his wife] Catherine Lucas Lady Pye by marriage Lady Pye of Leckhampstead.
On 27th April 1641 Edmund Pye 1st Baronet (age 34) was knighted.
Around 1642 [his daughter] Martha Pye Baroness Lovelace was born to Edmund Pye 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his wife] Catherine Lucas Lady Pye. She married 1662 John Lovelace 3rd Baron Lovelace, son of John Lovelace 2nd Baron Lovelace and Anne Wentworth 7th Baroness Wentworth Baroness Lovelace, and had issue.
In 1661 Edmund Pye 1st Baronet (age 54) was elected MP Wycombe in the Cavalier Parliament.
In 1662 [his son-in-law] John Lovelace 3rd Baron Lovelace (age 21) and [his daughter] Martha Pye Baroness Lovelace (age 20) were married.
On or before 28th April 1673 Edmund Pye 1st Baronet (age 66) died. Baronet Pye of Leckhampstead extinct. He was buried on 28th April 1673.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Pye was born to Edmund Pye 1st Baronet and Catherine Lucas Lady Pye. She married in or before 1684 Charles West, son of Charles West 5th Baron De La Warr.