Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Charles Francis Fuller is in Sculptors.
On 17th September 1829 Charles Francis Fuller was born to [his father] General Francis Fuller (age 65) at Versailles.
On 26th May 1841 [his father] General Francis Fuller (age 77) died.
In 1847 Charles Francis Fuller (age 17) joined the army, first with the 14th Foots and afterwards the 12th Lancers. In 1853 he resigned from the British army and traveled to Florence, where he studied with the American sculptor Hiram Powers; the only pupil Powers consented to accept. The London Art Journal reported that he made such progress under Powers that, "in a comparatively short space of time his own studio was much frequented by the English, who took an interest in his works." Fuller maintained his ties to England by exhibiting his works at the Royal Academy, but, like Powers and a group of other American and British expatriate sculptors, made Florence his home living at Casa Frescobaldi, Via Santo Spirito.
In 1862 George John Browne 3rd Marquess of Sligo (age 41) purchased "A Life-Size Marble Figure Of 'Rhodopis', On Plinth" from Charles Francis Fuller (age 32).
On 22nd August 1863 Charles Francis Fuller (age 33) and Helen Mary Ann Bagge (age 24) were married at Boulogne sur Mer [Map].
On 18th November 1865 Charles Henry Dillon 14th Viscount Dillon (age 55) died. His brother Theobald (age 54) succeeded 15th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.
Monument to Charles Henry Dillon 14th Viscount Dillon in All Saints Church, Spelsbury [Map] sculpted by Charles Francis Fuller (age 36).
Charles Henry Dillon 14th Viscount Dillon: On 20th April 1810 he was born to Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon at Dublin [Map].
Theobald Dominick Dillon 15th Viscount Dillon: In 1811 he was born to Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon. On 30th November 1879 Theobald Dominick Dillon 15th Viscount Dillon died. His brother Arthur succeeded 16th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.
In 1869 Charles Francis Fuller (age 39), Thomas Ball and Hiram Powers bought a triangular plot of about an acre between the Via Dante da Castiglione and the Via Farinatadegli Uberti, where they all built villas around a single landscaped park.
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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In 1875 Charles Francis Fuller (age 45) died. The Times recorded that 'the studio of the ex-Calvary officer became in a short time well known to English visitors at Florence' and that 'his "Rhodope", the Eastern Cinderella, consisting of the undraped figure of a sleeping girl, whose features are moved by some passing dream, while an eagle with arched neck stands at her feet ready to carry away her slipper to the Egyptian potentate, attracted some notice at the time.'
On 12th July 1920 [his former wife] Helen Mary Ann Bagge (age 81) died.