The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Canada is in North America.
In 1818 Charles Augustus Fitzroy [aged 21] and Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond [aged 53] (whose daughter he subsequently married two years later) travelled to Lower Canada.
On 4th March 1761 Henry Gage 3rd Viscount Gage was born to General Thomas Gage [aged 41] in Montreal.
On 24th February 1829 Eliza Amelia Gore Countess Erroll was born to Charles Stephen Gore [aged 35] and Sarah Rachel Fraser [aged 26] in Montreal. She married 20th September 1848 William Harry Hay 19th Earl Erroll, son of William Hay 18th Earl Erroll and Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll, and had issue.
In 1839 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Clitheroe Gore was born to Charles Stephen Gore [aged 45] and Sarah Rachel Fraser [aged 36] in Montreal. He married (1) 1875 Maria Harriet Elizabeth Cator (2) 24th October 1882 Lavinia Fitzroy.
On 20th September 1848 William Harry Hay 19th Earl Erroll [aged 25] and Eliza Amelia Gore Countess Erroll [aged 19] were married in Montreal. She by marriage Countess Erroll. He the son of William Hay 18th Earl Erroll and Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence Countess Erroll [aged 47].
On 23rd April 1888 Georges Philéas Vanier was born at Montreal.
On 28th March 1898 Marie Eugénie Pauline Archer was born to Justice Charles Archer [aged 29] at Montreal. She married 9th September 1921 Georges Philéas Vanier.
On 31st March 1790 Amelia Caroline Morison King was born illegitimately to George King 3rd Earl Kingston [aged 18] and Amelia Caroline Morison at Fredicton.
On 21st May 1845 Ellen Margaret Hepburn [aged 28] died at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Tissington [Map], family home of her husband Richard Henry Fitzherbert [aged 35].
Ellen Margaret Hepburn: Around 1817 she was born to James Hepburn of Tovil in Kent. On 8th October 1841 Richard Henry Fitzherbert and she were married.
Richard Henry Fitzherbert: On 29th October 1809 he was born to Henry FitzHerbert 3rd Baronet and Agnes Beresford Lady Fitzherbert. On 12th October 1896 Richard Henry Fitzherbert died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1858 George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby [aged 38] was appointed Governor of Nova Scotia. During his term he hosted King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 16] and Prince Alfred Windsor [aged 13] at Government House.
On 30th September 1831 Colonel Allan Napier MacNab 1st Baronet [aged 33] and Mary Elizabeth Stuart [aged 19] were married at Ontario.
On 15th November 1855 William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle [aged 23] and Sophia Mary MacNab of Dundurn Castle [aged 23] were married at Dundurn Castle. He the son of George Thomas Keppel 6th Earl Albermarle [aged 56].
On 25th May 1879 Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook was born at Maple, Ontario.
On 6th January 1942 Arthur Richard Doble Banker [aged 70] died. He was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
On 3rd February 1907 Victoria Sybil Mary Grey [aged 28] died at Ottawa.
On 26th April 1943 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 28] died at Ottawa. He was buried at St Ninian's Chapel, Mar Lodge Estate. Duke Connaught and Strathearn extinct. The diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles [aged 56], King George VI's [aged 47] private secretary, published in 2006, recorded that both the regiment and Athlone had rejected him as incompetent, and he fell out of a window when drunk and perished of hypothermia overnight.
On 15th November 1778 Jean Baptiste Roy Audy was born in Quebec.