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Westminster Chronicle of King Richard II, 1381-1394

The Westminster Chronicle is one of the most vivid and important narrative sources for the reign of Richard II. Written by an anonymous chronicler closely connected with Westminster Abbey, it covers the years 1381 to 1394, from the Peasants’ Revolt to the political tensions, court ceremonies, diplomatic negotiations, royal progresses, and public crises of Richard’s later reign. Rich in detail the chronicle records major events such as the conflicts between the King and Lords Appellant, King and the City of London, negotiations with France and Scotland, the death and funeral of Queen Anne of Bohemia, the illness of Charles VI of France, and the changing fortunes of leading nobles including John of Gaunt, Thomas of Gloucester, Robert de Vere, and the Earl of Arundel. The Chronicle offers readers a remarkable window into late fourteenth-century England, combining political observation, courtly spectacle, urban drama, ecclesiastical affairs, and moral judgement. It is an essential source for anyone interested in medieval monarchy, London, Westminster, and the troubled reign of Richard II.

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Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow 1667-1700

In or before 1667 [her father] Richard Mason [aged 33] and [her mother] Anna Margaret Long [aged 25] were married.

Around 1667 Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow was born to Richard Mason [aged 34] and Anna Margaret Long [aged 26].

On 18th June 1683 [her brother-in-law] Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield [aged 24] and [her sister] Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 15] were married. He the son of Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield [aged 65] and Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield.

Around 1685 John Closterman [aged 25] and John Riley [aged 39]. Portrait of Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 18].

On 8th March 1685 [her father] Richard Mason [aged 52] died.

Before 1690 William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 24] and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 22] were married.

On 16th November 1690 [her son] John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel was born to [her husband] William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 25] and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 23]. He married 1. 1712 his first cousin Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel, daughter of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow 2. 1732 Elizabeth Cartwright Viscountess Tyconnel.

In 1694 [her daughter] Anne Brownlow Lady Cust was born to [her husband] William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 28] and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 27]. She married before 1717 Richard Cust 2nd Baronet and had issue.

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On 16th July 1697 [her brother-in-law] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [aged 38] committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother [her husband] William [aged 31] succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 30] by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.

Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton [aged 58].

In March 1698 [her brother-in-law] Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield [aged 39] and [her sister] Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 30] were divorced by Act of Parliament; the first occasion on which a divorce was so granted without a previous decree of an ecclesiastical court.

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Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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On 25th April 1699 [her son] William Brownlow was born to [her husband] William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 33] and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 32].