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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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Holinshed's Chronicle 1421

Holinshed's Chronicle 1421 is in Holinshed's Chronicle.

After that done, he made great pu[...]ueyance for the coronation of his Q. & spouse, the faire Lady Katherine, whiche was done the daye of S. Mathie, beeing the 24. of February [1421], with all such Ceremonies and princelyke solemnitie as apperteined, and as in ye Chronicles of Robert Fabian is at large expressed. After the solemne feast of the Coronation once ended, the King as well to visit certayne places for devotion, by way of pilgrimage, as also to see in what state and ord[...]r diners parts of his Realm stoode, departed from the Q. appointing day and place where she should meete hym, and so journeyed forthe from place to place, thorough sundry Countreys, as well of Wales as Englande, and in every quarter where he came, hee heard with diligent eare the complaintes of sutors, & tooke order for the administration of justice both to high and lowe, causing manie mysdemeanors to be reformed. At length he came to the town of Leycester, where he foud the Quene according to the appointment before taken.