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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Knight of the Bath is in England.
1465 Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville
1483 Coronation of King Richard III
1490 Arthur Tudor created Prince of Wales
1501 Marriage of Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon
1504 Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales
1509 Marriage and Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
1610 Prince Henry invested as Prince of Wales and Earl Chester
On 13th October 1399 King Henry IV of England [aged 32] was crowned IV King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel [aged 46] officiated. Bishop Robert Braybrooke carried the sacraments and said mass.
The future King Henry V of England [aged 13] carried the Sword Curtana. Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick [aged 61] and/or John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 26] carried a sword wrapped in red and bound with golden straps symbolising two-fold mercy. Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland [aged 57] carried the Lancaster Sword.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 56] carried the Steward's baton. Thomas Erpingham [aged 44] carried a Sword.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford [aged 21] was appointed Knight of the Bath. John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 10], John Arundell [aged 33] and Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 17] were knighted.
Archbishop Richard Scrope [aged 49] attended.
Before 1413 Roger Mortimer [aged 19] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Before 1417 John Cavendish [aged 42] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1461 John Stafford 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 33] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 27th June 1461 Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel [aged 11] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Brothers Robert Markham and John Markham were appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1465 John Woodville [aged 20] was created Knight of the Bath.
In 1465 John Savage [aged 21] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 26th May 1465 John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford [aged 22] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 26th May 1465 Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 28] was crowned Queen Consort England by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier [aged 47] at Westminster Abbey [Map].
King Edward IV of England [aged 23] attended.
John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne [aged 23], Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 25], Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers [aged 12] and William Calthorpe [aged 55] were created Knight of the Bath.
Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 21] carried her train.
Richard Choke [aged 45] was created Knight of the Bath.
In 1475 Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns [aged 8] was invested as Knight of the Bath.
In 1475 Edward Woodville Lord Scales [aged 19] was created Knight of the Bath.
In 1475 George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 7] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
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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In 1475 George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster [aged 15] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 18th April 1475 Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland [aged 19] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 18th April 1475 Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire [aged 5] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1478 Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 10] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1478 William Gascoigne [aged 26] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 6th July 1483 King Richard III of England [aged 30] and his wife Anne Neville [aged 27] at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Gloucester, Earl Richmond forfeit merged with the Crown. Cardinal Thomas Bourchier [aged 65] officiated. Anne Neville Queen Consort England by marriage Queen Consort England.
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 58] was appointed Lord High Steward. William Brandon [aged 58], Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel [aged 33], Thomas St Leger [aged 43], Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby [aged 50], Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 46], Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk [aged 39], Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney [aged 32] and Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 59] attended.
Robert Dymoke [aged 22] attended as the Kings' Champion.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent [aged 66] carried The Pointed Sword of Justice. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 40] carried the Crown. Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell [aged 27] carried the Third Sword of State. John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk [aged 40] carried the Sceptre. John de la Pole Earl Lincoln 1st [aged 21] carried the Cross and Ball. Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham [aged 28] carried the king's train. Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire [aged 13] bore the Queen's Crown.
Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby [aged 48] carried the Lord High Constable's Mace. Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 40] held Queen Anne's train. Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland [aged 34] carried The Blunt Sword of Mercy. Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby [aged 30] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland attended.
Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York [aged 68] refused to attend the Coronation of King Richard III. History doesn't record her reason.
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On 28th October 1485 Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford [aged 53] was created 1st Duke Bedford by Henry VII [aged 28] for having supported Henry's claim to the throne. Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford [aged 27] by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby [aged 50] was created 1st Earl Derby.
Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon [aged 26] was created 1st Earl Devon. It is believed he was restored as 11th Baron Okehampton at the same time?
Reginald Bray [aged 45], John Fitzwalter, Thomas Cokesge, Roger Lewknor, Henry Haydon and John Verney were appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 29th November 1489 Prince Arthur Tudor [aged 3] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 27th February 1490 Prince Arthur Tudor [aged 3] was created Prince of Wales at Westminster Palace [Map].
Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West [aged 33] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1494 Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 22] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1494 Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 16] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In November 1501 George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 14] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 14th November 1501 Arthur Prince of Wales [aged 15] and Catherine of Aragon [aged 15] were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map] by Archbishop Henry Deane assisted by William Warham Bishop of London [aged 51] and a further eighteen bishops. She wore a white satin dress with a farthingale and over her head wore a veil of fine silk trimmed with gold and pearls. She would, eight years later, marry his younger brother King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 10] - see Marriage and Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She the daughter of Ferdinand II King Aragon [aged 49] and Isabella Queen Castile [aged 50]. He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland [aged 44] and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England [aged 35]. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Prince Henry who escorted her up the aisle and gave her away.
Cecily York Viscountess Welles [aged 32] bore the train, Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 24] was Chief Answerer.
Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 18] and Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham [aged 23] attended.
Thomas Englefield was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Immediately after their marriage Arthur Prince of Wales and Catherine of Aragon resided at Tickenhill Manor, Bewdley [Map] for a month. Thereafter they travelled to Ludlow, Shropshire [Map].
On 18th February 1504 Henry VIII [aged 12] was created Prince of Wales and 1st Earl Chester. John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt [aged 24] was created Knight of the Bath. Richard Empson [aged 54] was knighted.
On 23rd June 1509 King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 17] created Knights of the Bath..
Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 26]
Henry Scrope 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 27]
George Fitzhugh 7th Baron Fitzhugh [aged 23]
William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy [aged 31]
Henry Daubeney 1st Earl Bridgewater [aged 15]
Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 39]
Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 16]
Maurice Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley [aged 42]
Thomas Knyvet [aged 24]
Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor [aged 42]
Thomas Parr [aged 26]
Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 32]
Richard Wentworth 5th Baron Despencer [aged 29]
Henry Ughtred 6th Baron Ughtred
Francis Cheney [aged 28]
Henry Wyatt [aged 49]
George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 22]
Sir Thomas Metham of Metham, Yorkshire
Sir Thomas Bedingfield
John Shelton [aged 32]
Either Giles Alington [aged 26] or his son Giles Alington [aged 10].
Sir John Trevanion
Sir William Crowmer
Sir John Heydon of Baconsthorpe in Norfolk
Henry Sacheverell [aged 34].
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On 24th June 1509 Henry VIII [aged 17] was crowned VIII King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Catherine of Aragon [aged 23] was crowned Queen Consort England.
Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham [aged 31], Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 32] and Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 66] attended. Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 16] was knighted. Robert Dymoke [aged 48] attended as the Kings's Champion. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 26] was created Knight of the Bath and served as Lord Sewer.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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In 1533 Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 16] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 22nd February 1547 Thomas Fitzherbert [aged 33] was knighted. Anthony Cooke [aged 43] was created Knight of the Bath.
On 29th September 1553 Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon [aged 26] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1603 Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary [aged 58] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 5th January 1605 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 4] was created 1st Duke York and Knight of the Bath by his father King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 38]
Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 27] and Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset [aged 26] was @@appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1610 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 14] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1610 William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 17] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 1st June 1610 Prince Frederick [aged 16] was created Prince of Wales and 1st Earl Chester. Peregrine Bertie [aged 26] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 3rd June 1610 Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 30] was created Knight of the Bath.
In 1616 Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth [aged 19] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 3rd November 1616 Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton [aged 15] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 4th November 1616 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 15] was created Prince of Wales. Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex [aged 43] carried the Purple Ermined Robe.
James Wriothesley [aged 11], brothers Robert Howard [aged 32] and William Howard, George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley [aged 15], Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland [aged 41] and John Cavendish were appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1626 John Jennings was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1661 Henry Belasyse [aged 22] was created Knight of the Bath.
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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In April 1661 John Vaughan 3rd Earl Carbery [aged 21] was invested as Knight of the Bath.
On 23rd April 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 30] was crowned II King England Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 44], Francis Fane [aged 23] and Edward Hungerford [aged 28] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Francis Godolphin [aged 55] was knighted.
Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland [aged 16] attended.
James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk [aged 42] was appointed Earl Marshal.
On 23rd April 1661 John Monson [aged 35] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
On 23rd April 1661 Henry Capell 1st Baron Capell Tewkesbury [aged 23] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1725 Michael Newton 4th Baronet [aged 30] was created Knight of the Bath.
On 26th October 1768 Horace Mann 1st Baronet [aged 62] was created a Knight of the Bath.
John Norreys was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl March 7th Earl of Ulster was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Charles Somerset was appointed Knight of the Bath.