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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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Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard 1593-1632

Paternal Family Tree: Barkham

Before 19th December 1591 [her father] Edward Barkham [aged 21] and [her mother] Jane Crouch [aged 18] were married. Some sources report their marriage as 1593 which is inconsistent with the date of birth of their eldest son [her brother] Edward Barkham 1st Baronet on 19th December 1591.

Around 1593 Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard was born to Edward Barkham [aged 23] and Jane Crouch [aged 20].

Masque of Beauty

                    On 10th January 1608 the Ben Johnson [aged 36] Masque of Beauty was performed at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map] to celebrate the completion of its refurburbishment. King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 41] attended.
                
                    The performers included:
                
                    Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland [aged 33].
                
                    Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk [aged 23].
                
                    Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 28].
                
                    Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby [aged 32].
                
                    Susan Vere Countess Montgomery [aged 20].
                
                    Lettice Perrot Baroness Chichester [aged 48].
                
                    Audrey Shelton Lady Walsingham [aged 39].
                
                    Catherine Somerset Baroness Windsor [aged 33].
                
                    Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 17].
                
                    Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard [aged 15].
                
                    Elizabeth Somerset [aged 18].
                
                    Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton [aged 30].
                
                    Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer [aged 54].
                
                    Catherine Somerset Baroness Windsor.
                
                    Arabella Stewart [aged 33].

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In or before 1614 John Garrard 1st Baronet [aged 23] and Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard [aged 20] were married.

Around 1614 [her son] John Garrard 2nd Baronet was born to [her husband] John Garrard 1st Baronet [aged 24] and Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard [aged 21].

In 1622 [her husband] John Garrard 1st Baronet [aged 32] was created 1st Baronet Garrard of Lamer. Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard [aged 29] by marriage Lady Garrard of Lamer.

On 17th April 1632 Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard [aged 39] died.

On 15th January 1634 Edward Barkham [aged 64] died. His eldest son Edward Barkham 1st Baronet [aged 42] inherited all his estates except Waynflete which were inherited by his younger son Robert Barkham [aged 35]. In 1652 Jane Crouch [aged 61] died.

Church of St George, South Acre [Map].

A very rich and stately altar monument, of marble and alabaster, ornamented with several deaths heads, bones, &c. in basso-relievo, on this rests a large black marble slab, supported at each corner by a column of black marble of the Dorick order; on this slab lies a mat or bass of alabaster, curiously carved; and on that lie the statues of Sir Edward Barkham and his lady, on their backs, in their full length and proportions in alabaster, Sir Edward in armour, and (what is somewhat incompatible) with his scarlet gown and golden chain about his neck, as Lord Mayor of London, over his armour; so that the statuary was of the same opinion with the Roman orator, Cedant arma togœ (Let the arms yield to the toga or Let the sword yield to the toga); he has also a book in his right hand, and rests his head on a cushion: his lady is in a dress agreeable to the age she lived in, her hands across, and rests her head on a cushion; at the head and foot of this monument are the effigies of two sons (Edward Barkham 1st Baronet and Robert Barkham) and three daughters (Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard, Margaret Barkham [aged 29] and Jane Barkham [aged 38] Note. one daughter Susan Barkham had predeceased her father) all kneeling on cushions. To this monument is a wall-piece of the same materials, on the summit of which is this shield, argent, three pallets gules over all a chevron or, Barkham; and under it this motto, diligentia, fortunæmater (fortune, prosper through diligence, care, economy); on each side of this, is a figure; that on the right hand representing Victory, with a laurel crown in her right hand, and on the pedestal that supports her, Barkham impaling quarterly 1&4, arg. on a pale sable three crosses pattee, or, in a bordure engrailed of the 2d, Crouch; in the 2&3 arg. on a chevron sable three helmets closed, or, Scot: the figure on the left hand is, a skeleton representing death, and on the pedestal the arms of Crouch and Scott quarterly, and by these figures are two hour-glasses with wings.

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