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Earl Donegal is in Earl Ireland.
In 1647 Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal (age 40) was created 1st Earl Donegal. Mary Digby Countess Donegal (age 35) by marriage Countess Donegal.
On 13th August 1651 Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal (age 45) and Letitia Hicks Countess Donegal (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Donegal. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 18th March 1675 Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal (age 68) died. He was buried at St Nicholas' Church, Carrickfergus, County Antrim. His nephew Arthur succeeded 2nd Earl Donegal, 3rd Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus, 4th Baron Chichester of Belfast. Jane Ichyngham Countess Donegall by marriage Countess Donegal.
On 26th October 1678 Arthur Chichester 2nd Earl Donegal died. His son Arthur (age 12) succeeded 3rd Earl Donegal. Barbara Boyle Countess Donegall (age 16) by marriage Countess Donegal.
On 10th April 1706 Arthur Chichester 3rd Earl Donegal (age 40) was killed in action at Fort Montjuïc, Barcelona. His son Arthur (age 11) succeeded 4th Earl Donegal.
In 1757 Arthur Chichester 4th Earl Donegal (age 62) died. His nephew Arthur (age 17) succeeded 5th Earl Donegal.
On 11th September 1761 Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal (age 22) and Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Donegal. She the daughter of James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon and Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon (age 51).
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 5th January 1799 Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal (age 59) died. His son George (age 29) succeeded 2nd Marquess Donegal, 6th Earl Donegal, 2nd Baron Fisherwick of Fisherwick in Staffordshire.