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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On 6th May 1861 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley was born at Knockmaroon. He was educated at Clifton College Bristol, Jesus College, Cambridge University and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
On 15th March 1879 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 17] was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 6th West York (London Gazette 14 March 1879 p2140).
On 20th September 1879 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 18] was promoted to Lieutenant (London Gazette 19 September 1879 p5550).
On 29th July 1882 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 21] was transferred from the 3rd Battalion the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) to the 4th Dragoon Guards (London Gazette 28 July 1882 p3515).
On 7th March 1888 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 26] promoted to Captain (London Gazette 23 March 1888 p1779).
On 5th March 1891 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 29] was seconded for service with the Ordnance Store Department.
On 13th July 1891 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 30] was made deputy-assistant commissary-general of ordinance.
On 3rd March 1892 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 30] and Evelyn Everard Hutton [aged 32] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 17th February 1895 [his daughter] Violet Kathleen Brinkley was born to Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 33] and [his wife] Evelyn Everard Hutton [aged 35] at Tongham, Surrey. She married 1929 Joseph Crosland Graham.
On 16th February 1898 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 36] was promoted to major in the 4th Dragoon Guards.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 19th February 1902 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 40] retired after which he also served as Chief Constable for Lincolnshire.
On 31st July 1903 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [aged 42] died.
On 4th August 1903 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley [deceased] was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Abbots Leigh. Some letters from Charles Brinkley are held in the Denbighshire Record Office. DD/PR/69vi has a letter from Charles M.E. Brinkley in Queenstown, to his future wife, Evelyn Hutton, Bath, regarding voyage to Ireland in April 1891 and DD/PR/69(xxxix-lxiii) has letters from Charles M.E. Brinkley to his wife in Bath, relating to his voyage on SS Arabia from India in 1900, and a voyage to Madeira in 1903.
On 17th July 1937 [his former wife] Evelyn Everard Hutton [aged 77] died.