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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In April 1917 CRW aka Christopher Nevinson was appointed an official war artist by the Department of Information. Wearing the uniform of a war correspondent, he visited the Western Front from 5 July to 4 August 1917, a period which included the start of the Battle of Passchendaele on 31 July. Nevinson was billeted with other visitors in the Château d'Harcourt, south of Caen.
CRW aka Christopher Nevinson. "Banking at 400 Feet".
In 1884 [his father] Henry Nevinson (age 27) and [his mother] Margaret Wynne Jones (age 25) were married.
On 13th August 1889 CRW aka Christopher Nevinson was born to [his father] Henry Nevinson (age 32) and [his mother] Margaret Wynne Jones (age 31).
Around 1900. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 10). "The Weir, Charenton".
Around 1900. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 10). Portrait of Elizabeth Darley.
1911-1912. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 21). "The Railway Bridge, Charenton".
1911. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 21). Self-portrait.
1913. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 23). "The Arrival".
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 1st November 1915 CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 26) and Kathleen Knowlman were married at Hampstead Town Hall. After a week-long honeymoon, he reported back to the RAMC but was invalided out of the service in January 1916 with acute rheumatic fever.
1916. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 26). "A Taube".
1916. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 26). "The Doctor".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 27). Portrait of Edith Sitwell (age 29).
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 27). "A Group of Soldiers".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 27). "After The Push".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 27). "Paths of Glory".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 27). "Building Aircraft: Acetylene Welder".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 27). "War Profiteers".
1918. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 28). "The Harvest of Battle".
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 8th June 1932 [his mother] Margaret Wynne Jones (age 74) died.
In 1933 [his father] Henry Nevinson (age 76) and [his step-mother] Evelyn Jane Sharp (age 63) were married.
1940. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 50). "Anti-aircraft Defences" depicting anti-aircraft batteries and London Blitz spotlights.
On 9th November 1941 [his father] Henry Nevinson (age 85) died.
On 7th October 1946 CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 57) died.