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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On 7th September 1863 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland was born to [her father] Thomas Dallas Yorke at Murthly Castle Perthshire.
On 6th December 1879 William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland (age 79) died unmarried at his London residence Harcourt House Cavendish Square Marylebone. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery [Map]. His first cousin once removed [her future husband] William (age 21) succeeded 6th Duke Portland, 7th Earl of Portland.
On 11th June 1889 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 31) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 27th February 1890 [her daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 32) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 26). She married 25th November 1918 Michael John Erskine-Wemyss.
In 1891 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 27) became the first, and longest serving, president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds until her death in 1954.
On 16th March 1893 [her son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 29). He married 12th August 1915 his third cousin once removed Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland and had issue.
On 7th August 1893 Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover (age 58) died. Her step-son Her ninth cousin [her husband] William (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire.
1899. Alice Hughes (age 42). Photograph of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 35) as the "Duchess of Savoy".
Around 1900 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 36) became vegetarian.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1900 [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) was appointed 812th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 80).
On 27th July 1900 [her son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 36).
In 1902 John Singer Sargent (age 45). Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 38).
On 9th August 1902 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 60) was crowned VII King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England (age 57) was crowned Queen Consort by Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan (age 76).
Winifred, Duchess of Portland (age 38), wearing the Portland Diamond Tiara, commissioned esppecially for the event, served as a canopy bearer to Queen Alexandra.
In 1907 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 43) was elected as the third President of the Nottinghamshire Beekeepers' Association
1912. Philip de László (age 42). Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 48).
1912. Philip de László (age 42). Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 48).
In 1913 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 49) was appointed Mistress of the Robes to Queen Alexandra (age 68).
From 1913 to 1925 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 49) was Mistress of the Robes to Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England (age 68).
On 12th August 1915 [her son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 28) were married. He the son of [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 57) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 51). They were third cousin once removed.
On 25th November 1918 [her son-in-law] Michael John Erskine-Wemyss (age 30) and [her daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck (age 28) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 60) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 55).
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 26th April 1943 [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 85) died. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. His son [her son] William (age 50) succeeded 7th Duke Portland, 8th Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire. [her daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 55) by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 22nd August 1950 [her son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck (age 50) died.
On 30th July 1954 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 90) died. She was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck.