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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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Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine is in Prehistory.
Boyton Church, in the Vale of Wylye.
Tumulus [Monkton Fields Long Barrow] at Winterbourne-Monkton. Discovery of an Ancient Tumulus, At Winterbourne-Monkton.
On the Barrow of Lanhill near Chippenham. with remarks on the site of, and the events connected with The Battles of Cynuit and Ethandun, A.D. 878 By John Thurnam (age 45), M.D. F.S.A.
Account of a Barrow On Roundway Hill near Devizes, Opened In April, 1855. By Mr. Cunnington, F.G.S.
On a Cromlech-tumulus called Lugbury, near Littleton Drew by John Thurnam (age 45), M.D., F.S.A.
Abury By William Long, Esq., M.A.
Account of a Barrow on Oldbury Hill, Wilts. Opened by Mr Cunnington, F.G.S, February 1853.
An Account of the British and Anglo-Saxon Barrows on Roundway Hill, in the Parish of Bishop's Cannings, by Mr Cunnington, F.G.S.
Examination of the Barrows on the South Downs of North Wiltshire in 1853-1857 by John Thurnam (age 48), M.D., F.S.A.
Silbury. By the Rev. A. C. Smith, M.A. Read before the Society at Avebury during the annual Meeting at Marlborough, September, 1859-
Facsmililes of Aubrey's Plans of Abury.
Wayland Smith's Cave or Cromlech, near Lambourn, Berks. By Professor T. L. Donaldson, Architect, Ph. D.
On Wayland's Smithy, and on the Traditions connected with it by John Thurnam (age 51), M.D., F.S.A.
Notes on Barrow-Diggings in the Parish of Collingbourne Ducis. By the Rev. W. C. Lukis (age 48).
On A Piece Of Perforated Slate Found at Aldington, Worcestershire, And Illustrative of the Ancient use of Slate discovered in Barrows in Wiltshire. By the Rev. A. H. Winnington Ingram, F.G.S., Hon. Canon.
Examination of a Chambered Long Barrow [West Kennet Long Barrow], at West Kennet, Wiltshire. By John Thurnam (age 55).
Excavations at Avebury. Under the Direction of the Secretaries of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, September 29th,— October 5th, 1865.
On Four Lozenge Shaped Flint Javelin Heads from an Oval Barrow near Stonehenge; and On the Leaf Shaped Type of Flint Arrow-Head and its Connection with Long Barrows by John Thurnam (age 57), M.D., F.S.A.
A Report of Diggings made in Silbury Hill, and in the Ground Adjoining. By the Rev. Prebendary Wilkinson.
Notes of a Long Barrow on Oldbury Hill
On Long Barrows and Round Barrows by John Thurnam (age 61), Esq, M.D., F.S.A. Report of an Address delivered on Bratton Down, during an Execursion of the Society, August 8th, 1872.
Supposed Stone-Circle near Abury
Abury Notes. By William Long, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.
Avebury — The Beckhampton Avenue. By the Rev. Bryan King (age 66), M.A.
Some Undescribed Articles in the Stourhead Collection by W. Cunnington, Esq., F.G.S.
Extracts from a Note Book by Sir R C Hoare.
Ringsbury Camp.
Notes on Bowl's Barrow. By Mr Cunnington.
Opening of Barrows, &c., near Haxon. By William Cunnington.
The attention of the Committee has been called during the year, amongst other things, to the proposed cleaning and scraping of the Market Cross at Salisbury, and to the injury being done to the fine long barrow at Winterbourne Stoke cross roads. The Salisbury Town Council yielded to the representations made by our Society and by the Society of Antiquaries, and has decided not to scrape the stonework of the Market Cross. The Secretary lost no time in interceding for the preservation of one of the finest of the long barrows, and it is hoped that further damage to it is averted.
Notes on the Opening of a Bronze Age Barrow at Manton [Manton Barrow aka Preshute G1a], near Marlborough By Mrs M E Cunnington (age 37).
Avebury, Orientation of the Avenues. Sir Norman Lockyer, in Nature, Jan. 16tb, 1908, pp. 249—251.
The Discovery Of A Chamber In The Long Barrow At Lanhill [Lanhill Long Barrow aka Hubba's Low], Near Chippenham. By Maud E. Cunnington (age 40).
Notes On Barrows [King's Play Hill Long Barrow, King's Play Hill Round Barrow 1, King's Play Hill Round Barrow 2] On King's Play Down, Heddington. By Maud E. Cunnington (age 40).
June 1913. The Re-Erection of Two Fallen Stones [Longstones Cove aka Devil's Quoits], and Discovery of an Interment with Drinking Cup, At Avebury. By Mrs. M. E. Cunnington (age 43).
June 1914. List Of The Long Barrows Of Wiltshire. By Mrs. M. E. Cunnington (age 44).
"Blue hard stone, ye same as at Stonehenge," found in Boles [Bowles] Barrow (Heytesbury, I.)
1921 to 1922. Notes on Field-Work In N. Wilts, 1921—1922. By A. D. Passmore.
1924. The "Blue Stone" From Boles Barrow By B. Howard Cunnington (age 63), F.S.A., Scot.
Figsbury Rings. An Account Of Excavations In 1924. By Mrs. M. E. Cunnington (age 55).
The "Sanctuary" On Overton Hill, Near Avebury. By M. E. Cunnington (age 60). Being an account of excavations carried out by Mr. and Mrs. B. H, Cunnington in 1930.
The Meux Excavation at Avebury.
