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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Perth is in Perthshire.
See: Blackfriars, Carthusian Charterhouse, Dunblane, , , Kinnoull, Perthshire.
John of Fordun's Chronicle. 109. The King of England scours the plains and hills and brings the Kingdom of Scotland under peaceful subjection to himself
In revenge for the foregoing outrages, the king of England [aged 63], with a very large force, both by sea and by land, entered Scotland, in the year 1303, with the deliberate design of once for all fully bringing it, and the dwellers therein, under his yoke; or, of sweeping out the inhabitants altogether, and reducing the land itself to an utter and irreclaimable wilderness. Having, therefore, scoured the hills and plains, both on this side of the hills and beyond them, he, in person, reached Lochindorb [Map]; and, after making some stay there, he received the submission of the northern districts, and appointed officers of his in all the castles and fortified towns surrendered to him. Returning thence leisurely, he received the submission of all the communities, as well as fortresses and castles they passed through, with none to withstand or attack him; and, after much winding about through the land, he got to Dunfermline [Map], where he lingered a long time, wintering there until Candlemas. The same year, his son and heir, Edward of Carnarvon [aged 18], Prince of Wales, made a long stay in the town of Perth [Map]. Food was in such plenty there, for the whole of the aforesaid time, that a laggen, Scottish measure, of good wine sold for fourpence.
On 30th September 1336 John of Eltham 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 20] died at Perth [Map]. Earl Cornwall extinct. He was buried at the east side of the doorway to the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His monument comprises a head of the statue encircled by a coronet of large and small leaves, remarkable for being the earliest specimen of the kind. The details of plate-armour, surcoat, gorget, coroneted helmet, with other accessories, give great antiquarian interest to this work. It was formerly surmounted by a canopy, of which, however, no traces are now visible.
In 1362 Philippa Strathbogie was born to David IV Strathbogie 12th Earl Atholl [aged 35] and Elizabeth Ferrers Countess Atholl [aged 26] at Perth [Map]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 27th February 1382 Walter Leslie Earl of Ross died at Perth [Map].
On 25th December 1424 Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France was born to King James I of Scotland [aged 30] and Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 20] at Perth [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 25th June 1436 her half fourth cousin once removed King Louis XI of France, son of Charles "Victorious" VII King France and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France.
In 1517 John Gordon died at Perth [Map].
On 21st January 1524 Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntley died at Perth [Map]. His grandson George [aged 10] succeeded 4th Earl Huntley.
After 1843 Alice Gray was born to George Gray [aged 45] and Sophia Margaret Jameson [aged 35] at Perth [Map].
On 28th October 1843 Sophie Gray was born to George Gray [aged 45] and Sophia Margaret Jameson [aged 35] at Perth [Map]. She married 1873 James Caird 1st Baronet and had issue.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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John of Fordun's Chronicle. Now this was how this struggle came about, and the manner thereof. After the battle fought at Falkirk, the king of England came not in person, for the nonce, this side of the water of Forth; but sent a good large force, which plundered the whole land of Fife, with all the lands lying near the town of Perth [Map], after having killed a great many of the dwellers in those lands.
On 21st February 1437 King James I of Scotland [aged 42] was assassinated at Blackfriars. He was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth. His son James [aged 6] succeeded II King Scotland. His wife, Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 33], managed to escape.
In 1478 George Seton 3rd Lord Seton [aged 63] died at Blackfriars. His grandson George [aged 47] succeeded 4th Lord Seton.
Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire [Map] was founded in as a Carthusian Charterhouse in 1398 by Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey [aged 24]. It was the last monastery established in Yorkshire, and one of the few founded anywhere in Britain in the period between the Black Death and the Reformation.
The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais V1 Chapter 8. [After 3rd July 1855] The newly-married couple set out for their honeymoon to the west of Scotland; and after a lovely fortnight in Argyleshire, Bute, and Arran, where deep-sea fishing formed their principal amusement, they returned to Perth and took possession of Annat Lodge [Map], a typical old house with a cedared garden near Bowerswell.
1856. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 26]. "Autumn Leaves". Left to right: Alice Gray [aged 12], Sophie Gray [aged 12] and two local girls, Mathilda Proudfoot and Isabella Nicol who were said to be wards of an orphanage/industrial school in Perth, charitably recruited for these tasks by Effie Gray Millais [aged 27], apparently the original Sussex blind girl who was painted over. In the collection of Manchester Art Gallery. The painting was painted whilst Millias was living at Annat Lodge, Kinnoul [Map].
Alice Gray: After 1843 she was born to George Gray and Sophia Margaret Jameson at Perth [Map].
Around 1856, or sometime before, John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 26] and Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais [aged 27], lived at Annat Lodge, Kinnoul [Map].
On 30th May 1856 Everett Millais 2nd Baronet was born to John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 26] and Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais [aged 28] at Annat Lodge, Kinnoul [Map]. Millais wrote to his cousin: "Just a line to say that I am the distinguished owner of a little gentleman. The nurse, of course, says it is like me, adding that it is an extremely handsome production! But what nurse does not say the same thing? However, it has blue eyes and a little downy brown on the top of its head." He married 10th April 1886 Mary St Lawrence Hope-Vere and had issue.
John Thomas Ruskin: In 1809 Bowerswell House, Kinnoul [Map] was rented to John Thomas Ruskin, grandfather of John Ruskin.
Tayside House, Kinnoul [Map].
