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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St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne is in Ashbourne, Derbyshire [Map], Churches in Derbyshire.
St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. General monuments.
Unknown. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Fluted Period.
St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. General monuments.
In 1248 Cecilia Longchamp [aged 84] died. She was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
After 21st July 1403 Edmund Cockayne [deceased] was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Monument to Edmund Cockayne and his first wife Margaret Longford. Camail and Jupon Period. Cockerel Crest. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Chest with Weepers holding Shields.
Edmund Cockayne: Edmund Cockayne and Elizabeth Harthill were married. In 1356 he was born to John Cockayne and Cecilia Vernon at Ashbourne, Derbyshire [Map].
Margaret Longford: Before 1410 John Cockayne and she were married.
In 1438 William Cockayne [aged 28] died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
On 7th June 1438 John Cockayne [aged 68] died at Pooley, Warwickshire. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
After 7th June 1438. Monument to John Cockayne [deceased] at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period. Lancastrian Esses Collar. Cockerel Crest (most of which is missing). Horned Headdress. Chest with Angels with Rounded Wings holding Shields. Possibly Sutton and Prentys.
In 1537 Francis Cockayne [aged 38] died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
After 1540 Dorothy Marrow [deceased] died. She was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
Around 1560 Barbara Cockayne [aged 42] died. She was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
In 1576 John Ferrers [aged 62] died at Ashbourne, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
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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On 17th April 1581 Humphrey Bradbourne [aged 57] died. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Around the sides of the tomb their six sons and four daughters. The tomb sculpted by Richard and Gabriel Royley of Burton-upon-Trent. Chest with Weepers holding Shields. Dress Folds at Feet. Ruffs.
Humphrey Bradbourne: Around 1524 he was born to John Bradbourne and Isabel Cotton. Date adjusted from 1537 to be consistent with father's death.
On 15th November 1592 Thomas Cockayne [aged 71] died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Monument to Thomas Cockayne and his wife Dorothy Ferrers. Elizabethan Period.
Thomas Cockayne: On 27th November 1520 he was born to Francis Cockayne and Dorothy Marrow. Before 1545 Thomas Cockayne and Dorothy Ferrers were married.
Dorothy Ferrers: she was born to Humphrey Ferrers and Margaret or Margot Pigot. Dorothy Ferrers was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
On or before 20th December 1608, the date he was baptised at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map], Aston Cockayne 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Cockayne of Ashbourne and Pooley [aged 21] and Anna Katherine Stanhope [aged 15] in Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. He married before February 1684 Mary Kniveton, daughter of Gilbert Kniveton 2nd Baronet.
After October 1677. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map] to Ann Cavendish daughter of Henry Cavendish of Doveridge wife of Brooke Boothby [aged 7].
Brooke Boothby: On 8th January 1670 he was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet and Hill Brooke. Around October 1727 Brooke Boothby died.
On 24th July 1698 Gore Boothby was baptised at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
On 24th March 1707. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Monument to William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 69] and Hill Brooke.
Hill Brooke: Around 1636 she was born to William Brooke and Pembroke Lennard. On 6th April 1657 William Boothby 1st Baronet and she were married at Chiswick. On 14th May 1704 Hill Brooke died.
On 8th November 1710 Brooke Boothby 5th Baronet was baptised at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
Before 25th November 1710 Henry Boothby 2nd Baronet [aged 28] died. His uncle William [aged 46] succeeded 3rd Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
On 25th November 1710 Henry Boothby 2nd Baronet was buried in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
After 25th November 1710. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Monument to Henry Boothby 2nd Baronet [deceased] and Gore Boothby [aged 12].
Henry Boothby 2nd Baronet: Around 1682 he was born to Francis Boothby. On 24th March 1707 William Boothby 1st Baronet died at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. His grandson Henry succeeded 2nd Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
Gore Boothby: Before 24th July 1698 he was born to William Boothby 3rd Baronet and Frances Williams. On 24th July 1698 Gore Boothby was baptised at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Before 19th August 1730 Gore Boothby died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
Before 19th August 1730 Gore Boothby [aged 32] died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [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 3rd June 1744 Brooke Boothby 6th Baronet was born to Brooke Boothby 5th Baronet [aged 33] and Phoebe Hollins Lady Boothby [aged 27]. He was baptised at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
On 16th March 1746 William Boothby 7th Baronet was baptised at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
On 16th January 1756 Hill Boothby [aged 47] died. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
Hill Boothby: On 27th October 1708 she was born to Brooke Boothby in Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map].
On 9th April 1789 Brooke Boothby 5th Baronet [aged 78] died. His son Brooke [aged 44] succeeded 6th Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map] sculpted by Josuah Evans.
After 9th April 1789. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Monument to Phoebe Hollins Lady Boothby and Brooke Boothby 5th Baronet [deceased] sculpted by Josuah Evans.
Phoebe Hollins Lady Boothby: On 4th October 1716 she was born to William Hollins. In 1742 Brooke Boothby 5th Baronet and she were married. On 5th May 1788 she died.
On 19th March 1791 Penelope Boothby [aged 5] died at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. She was buried in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
After 19th March 1791. Monument to Penelope Boothby [deceased] at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map] sculpted by Thomas Banks [aged 55]. Her epitaph reads "She was in form and intellect most exquisite. The unfortunate Parents ventured their all on this frail Bark. And the wreck was total."
Penelope Boothby: On 11th April 1785 she was born to Brooke Boothby 6th Baronet in Lichfield, Staffordshire [Map]. On 19th March 1791 Penelope Boothby died at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. She was buried in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
On 6th October 1799 Lieutenant Colonel Philip Bainbrigge [aged 44] was killed in action at the Battle of Egmont on Zee at which battle he was commanding the 20th Regiment of Foot. He was buried in the churchyard near the field of battle. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Signed Hayward Lichfield - possibly Peter Hayward.
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Bainbrigge: Around 1755 he was born.
On 22nd August 1805 Maria Elizabeth Boothby [aged 47] died. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
Maria Elizabeth Boothby: On 16th February 1758 she was born to Brooke Boothby 5th Baronet and Phoebe Hollins Lady Boothby in Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map].
On 23rd January 1824 Brooke Boothby 6th Baronet [aged 79] died at Boulogne sur Mer [Map]. His brother William [aged 77] succeeded 7th Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire. On 3rd February 1824 he was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
After 1840. Monument to George Errington sculpted by Richard "The Younger" Westmacott [aged 41]. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
On 27th June 1843 Charles Saunders Melville Dundas 6th Viscount Melville was born to Reverend Charles Dundas [aged 36] and Louisa Maria Boothby [aged 37] at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
On 23rd December 1862 Matthew Blakiston 3rd Baronet [aged 79] died. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. His son Matthew [aged 51] succeeded 4th Baronet Blakiston of the City of London.
Matthew Blakiston 3rd Baronet: On 13th May 1783 he was born to Matthew Blakiston 2nd Baronet. On 20th September 1806 Matthew Blakiston 2nd Baronet died. His son Matthew succeeded 3rd Baronet Blakiston of the City of London. Before 15th January 1811 Matthew Blakiston 3rd Baronet and Lucy Mann Lady Blakiston were married. She by marriage Lady Blakiston of the City of London.
Matthew Blakiston 4th Baronet: On 15th January 1811 he was born to Matthew Blakiston 3rd Baronet. On 3rd December 1883 Matthew Blakiston 4th Baronet died unmarried at Sandybrook Cottage, Ashbourne. His nephew Horace succeeded 5th Baronet Blakiston of the City of London.
On 16th January 1872 Reverend Arthur Alfred Wilmot [aged 26] and Harriet Cecilia FitzHerbert [aged 23] were married at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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After 1902. In Memory of four men of Ashbourne who fell in the South African Campaign 1899-1902. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
Dorothy Ferrers was buried at St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].