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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Paternal Family Tree: Sassoon
In 1818 [his father] David Sassoon [aged 25] and [his mother] Hannah Joseph were married. They had two sons and two daughters.
On 25th July 1818 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet was born to David Sassoon [aged 25] and Hannah Joseph at Baghdad.
In 1826 [his mother] Hannah Joseph died.
In 1828 [his father] David Sassoon [aged 35] and [his step-mother] Farha Hyeem [aged 16] were married. They had six sons and three daughters.
On 9th December 1839 [his daughter] Aziza Abraham Sassoon was born to Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet [aged 21].
On 20th June 1856 [his son] Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet was born to Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet [aged 37] in Bombay, India. He married 19th October 1887 Aline Caroline de Rothschild and had issue.
Before 7th November 1864. [his father] David Sassoon [aged 72], seated, with his sons Elias David, Albert Abdallah [aged 46] and [his half-brother] Sassoon David [aged 32].
Sassoon David Sassoon: In August 1832 he was born to David Sassoon and Farha Hyeem at Bombay, India. In 1858 Sassoon David Sassoon travelled to London where he opened a bank on Leadenhall Street [Map]. On 24th June 1867 Sassoon David Sassoon died.
On 7th November 1864 [his father] David Sassoon [aged 72] died.
In 1866 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet [aged 47] was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1872 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet [aged 53] was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath.
In 1873 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet [aged 54] received the freedom of the City of London.
On 19th October 1887 [his son] Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet [aged 31] and [his daughter-in-law] Aline Caroline de Rothschild [aged 19] were married two days before her twentieth birthday in a ceremony in the synagogue at the Rue de la Victoire in Paris. The couple set up home at 25 Kensington Gore, where Aline, a talented artist, set up her own studio.
The London Gazette 26019. Whitehall, January 31, 1890. THE Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom unto Sir Albert Abdallah David Sassoon [aged 71], of Kensington-gore, in the parish of St. Mary Abbots,. Kensington, in the county of London, and of Eastern-terrace, in the borough of Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Knight, Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
In 1896 [his daughter] Aziza Abraham Sassoon [aged 56] died.
On 24th October 1896 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet [aged 78] died. His son Edward [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Baronet Sassoon of Kensington-gore in London.
Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet
Mother: Hannah Joseph