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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Savoy Chapel Royal is in Savoy.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 26th July 1556. The xxvj day of July was bered at the Sayvoy [Map] a whyt monke of the Charterhowsse, and bered in ys monke('s) wede with grett lyght.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th December 1556. The x day of Desember was bered at the Sawvoy [Map] master Clarenshus' syster, with a herse mayd with ij stores [stories], and a c. whytt candyllstykes, and in evere candyllstyke a grett qwarell of alff a lb. of wax, and her armes apon the herse, and a dosen of torchys and her armes apon.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 3rd February 1661. Lord's Day. This day I first begun to go forth in my coat and sword, as the manner now among gentlemen is. To Whitehall. In my way heard Mr. Thomas Fuller [aged 52] preach at the Savoy [Map] upon our forgiving of other men's trespasses, shewing among other things that we are to go to law never to revenge, but only to repayre, which I think a good distinction.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12th May 1661. At noon went with my Baroness Montagu at the Wardrobe, but I found it so late that I came back again, and so dined with my wife in her chamber. After dinner I went awhile to my chamber to set my papers right. Then I walked forth towards Westminster and at the Savoy [Map] heard Dr. Fuller [aged 53] preach upon David's words, "I will wait with patience all the days of my appointed time until my change comes;" but methought it was a poor dry sermon. And I am afeard my former high esteem of his preaching was more out of opinion than judgment.
John Evelyn's Diary. 4th November 1662. I was invited to the wedding of the daughter of Sir George Carteret [aged 52] (The Treasurer of the Navy and King's Vice-Chamberlain), married to Sir Nicholas Slaning [aged 19], Knight of the Bath, by the Bishop of London [aged 64], in the Savoy chapel [Map]; after which was an extraordinary feast.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18th March 1683. I went to hear Dr. Horneck [aged 42] preach at the Savoy Church [Map], on Phil. II 5. He was a German born, a most pathetic preacher, a person of a saint-like life, and hath written an excellent treatise on Consideration.
On 2nd September 1684 Lancelot Blackburne [aged 25] and Catherine Talbot were married at the Savoy Chapel Royal [Map].
In 1685 Anne Killigrew [aged 25] died of smallpox. She was buried at Savoy Chapel Royal [Map].
On 7th April 1877 Thomas Lister 4th Baron Ribblesdale [aged 22] and Charlotte Monckton "Charty" Tennant [aged 19] were married at Savoy Chapel Royal [Map].
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 18th October 1881 Henry Cornwallis Eliot 5th Earl St Germans [aged 46] and Emily Harriet Labouchere Countess St Germans [aged 37] were married at Savoy Chapel Royal [Map]. She by marriage Countess St Germans. He the son of Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans and Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans.
On 11th November 1928 John Charles Peniston Milbanke 11th Baronet [aged 26] and Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm [aged 30] were married at the Savoy Chapel Royal [Map]. Their wedding 1928 caused chaos in central London with people climbing on to parked cars to get a glimpse of the couple.
