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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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On 25th November 1810 Francis Cholmeley was born.
Around February 1838 Francis Cholmeley (age 27) and Harriet Fairfax (age 33) were married.
On 29th December 1845 [his father-in-law] Charles Gregory Pigot aka Fairfax (age 77) died. Gilling Castle, North Yorkshire [Map] appears to have been inherited by his two daughters [his sister-in-law] Lavinia Fairfax (age 43) and [his wife] Harriet Fairfax (age 41) and their husbands Reverend James Alexander Barnes (age 47), Rector of Gilling, and Francis Cholmeley (age 35) respectively.
On 3rd August 1855 Francis Cholmeley (age 44) died.
After 1860. Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling East [Map]. Memorial to [his former wife] Harriet Fairfax (age 55) and Francis Cholmeley.
On 17th August 1860 [his former wife] Harriet Fairfax (age 55) died at Gilling Castle, North Yorkshire [Map].
In 1885 [his former sister-in-law] Lavinia Fairfax (age 83) died without issue. Gilling Castle, North Yorkshire [Map] was inherited by the descendants of her sister [his former wife] Harriet Fairfax who had married Francis Cholmeley.