On 28th July 1894 Winifred "Freda" May Birkin was born to [her father] Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin (age 28).
On 9th July 1913 William Dudley Ward (age 35) and Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 18) were married.
On 4th August 1914 [her daughter] Penelope Dudley Ward was born to [her husband] William Dudley Ward (age 36) and Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 20).
On 25th May 1916 [her daughter] Claire Angela Dudley Ward was born to [her husband] William Dudley Ward (age 38) and Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 21).
From 1918 to around 1929 Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 23) was the mistress of King Edward VIII (age 23).
1919. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 24)
1920. John Lavery (age 63). "The Lady in Black and Green" aka Portrait of Mrs Dudley Ward aka Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 25).
In 1931 William Dudley Ward (age 53) and Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 36) were divorced.
On 3rd April 1932 [her father] Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin (age 66) died.
On 11th November 1946 [her former husband] William Dudley Ward (age 69) died at .
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 22nd January 1982 [her daughter] Penelope Dudley Ward (age 67) died.
On 16th March 1983 Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 88) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Birkin
GrandFather: Thomas Birkin 1st Baronet
Father: Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin
GrandMother: Harriet Tebbutt