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Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and II Volume 2

The Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and Edward II, Volume 2, comprising A Sorrowful Commendation on King Edward, the Life of Edward II by a Monk of Bridlington, Life of Edward II by a Monk of Malmesbury and Life of Edward by Thomas de la More, presents a rich collection of medieval English chronicles illuminating the political, military, ecclesiastical and social upheavals of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The volume offers contemporary and near-contemporary accounts of the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, a period marked by war with Scotland, conflict between Crown and nobility, disputes over royal government, ecclesiastical tensions, rebellion, deposition and civil violence. Particular attention is given to the struggle surrounding Piers Gaveston, Thomas of Lancaster and the Despensers, as well as the turbulent final years of Edward II and the political circumstances that shaped the early reign of Edward III. These chronicles are especially valuable for their vivid narrative detail. They preserve speeches, political arguments, descriptions of battles and executions, accounts of parliaments and royal councils, reports of diplomatic missions, ecclesiastical controversies, prodigies and natural events, and contemporary judgements on the conduct of kings, magnates and churchmen. Written from differing institutional and regional perspectives, the texts reveal not only what happened but how medieval observers interpreted events, often through ideas of divine judgement, legitimate kingship, loyalty, treason and moral retribution. An important primary-source collection for readers interested in Edward I, Edward II, medieval politics, the Scottish wars, the baronial opposition, the fall of Edward II, church history and fourteenth-century England, Volume 2 provides an indispensable window into one of the most turbulent periods of the English Middle Ages.

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St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire is in Edith Weston, Rutlandshire, Churches in Rutlandshire.

Monuments to the Halford Family in St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire [Map].

On 25th January 1733 Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet [aged 81] died. His son John [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Baronet Heathcote of London. Monument in St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire [Map]. Sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack [aged 38].

Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet: On 2nd January 1652 he was born to Gilbert Heathcote and Ann Dickens at Chesterfield, Derbyshire [Map]. In 1711 Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet was elected Lord Mayor of London. On 17th January 1733 Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Heathcote of London.

John Heathcote 2nd Baronet: In 1689 he was born to Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet. In 1720 he and Bridget White Lady Heathcote were married. She by marriage Lady Heathcote of London. On 9th February 1733 he was appointed MP Bodmin.

On 6th September 1759 John Heathcote 2nd Baronet [aged 70] died. His son Gilbert [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Baronet Heathcote of London. Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote [aged 26] by marriage Lady Heathcote of London. Monument in St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire [Map].

Gilbert Heathcote 3rd Baronet: After 1720 he was born to John Heathcote 2nd Baronet. On 22nd June 1749 he and Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote were married. She the daughter of Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke. In 1770 he and Elizabeth Hudson Lady Heathcote were married. She by marriage Lady Heathcote of London. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote: On 23rd March 1733 she was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.

On 19th August 1769 Margaret Yorke Lady Heathcote [aged 36] died. On 5th May 1772 Bridget White Lady Heathcote [aged 64] died. Monument to in St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire [Map].

Bridget White Lady Heathcote: In 1705 she was born to Thomas White of Walling Wells in Nottinghamshire.

On 2nd November 1785 Gilbert Heathcote 3rd Baronet [aged 65] died. His son Gilbert [aged 12] succeeded 4th Baronet Heathcote of London. Monument St Mary's Church, Edith Weston, Rutlandshire [Map].