The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Before 24th December 1818 [his father] Benjamin Joule (age 34) and [his mother] Alice Prescott (age 35) were married.
On 24th December 1818 James Prescott Joule was born to [his father] Benjamin Joule (age 34) and [his mother] Alice Prescott (age 35) at New Bailey Street, Salford.
In 1836 [his mother] Alice Prescott (age 53) died.
On 18th August 1847 James Prescott Joule (age 28) and Amelia Grimes (age 33) were married. They had three children.
In 1850 James Prescott Joule (age 31) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1852 James Prescott Joule (age 33) was awarded the Royal Medal by the Royal Society for his paper on the mechanical equivalent of heat, printed in the Philosophical Transactions for 1850'
On 6th September 1854 [his wife] Amelia Grimes (age 40) died.
In 1858 [his father] Benjamin Joule (age 74) died.
1882. John Collier (age 31). Portrait of James Prescott Joule (age 63).
On 11th October 1889 James Prescott Joule (age 70) died.