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 3rd March 1912 Kathleen Woodward was born at Edgbaston, Warwickshire.
In October 1914 or on 5th December 1914 [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 23] and Anaïs Melisande Folin were married in Chelsea. She became his model for most of his early etchings of young womanhood from 1920 till 1934.
In 1928 [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 37] was appointed Visitor to the Royal Academy Schools. It was at this time that he met the sixteen-year-old artist's life model Kathleen Woodward [aged 15] who he named Dorette.
1932. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 41]. "Adolescence". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward [aged 19].
1934. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 43]. "Jeunesse Dorée (Gilded Youth)". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward [aged 21]. Painted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It was bought for £1000 by William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme [aged 45], for his Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] on the very first day of the show.
Around 1935. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 44]. "Dorette". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward [aged 22].
In 1937 Kathleen Woodward [aged 24] gave an interview to the Sunday Express in which she described her relationship with [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 46].
In August 1939 [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 48] and Kathleen Woodward [aged 27] moved to America. They lived at Franklin Lakes New Jersey.
On 12th April 1940 [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 49] and Anaïs Melisande Folin were divorced.
1942. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 51]. "Ophelia". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward [aged 29].
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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1942. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 51]. Portrait of Kathleen Woodward [aged 29].
In 1947 Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 56] and Kathleen Woodward [aged 34] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
Before 1978 [her husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 87]. "Dorinda". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward [aged 65].
On 4th May 1978 [her husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 87] died at Franklin Lakes New Jersey.
On 23rd April 1995 Kathleen Woodward [aged 83] died at Ridgewood Village, Bergen, New Jersey, USA.