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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In April 1841 [her father] Ford Madox Brown [aged 19] and [her mother] Elizabeth Bromley [aged 22] were married. They were half first cousins.
On 19th July 1843 Emma Lucy Madox Brown was born to Ford Madox Brown [aged 22] and Elizabeth Bromley [aged 24] at Paris [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
On 5th June 1846 [her mother] Elizabeth Bromley [aged 27] died of tuberculosis in Paris [Map]. She was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery [Map].
After 5th June 1846 following the death of her mother Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 2] was sent to live with her aunt Helen Bromley at Gravesend, Kent [Map].
On 5th April 1853 [her father] Ford Madox Brown [aged 31] and [her step-mother] Emma Matilda Hill [aged 23] were married at St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street [Map]. The witnesses were [her future brother-in-law] Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 24] and Thomas Seddon [aged 31]. Rector Edward Auriol [aged 48] performed the ceremony.
Edward Auriol: On 27th February 1805 he was born to James Peter Auriol. On 28th September 1829 Edward Auriol and Georgina Morris were married. On 7th January 1842 he was appointed Rector of St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street [Map]. On 10th July 1880 Edward Auriol died.
In 1856 Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 12] was sent to live with the household of [her future brother-in-law] Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 27].
On 11th February 1862 at twenty past seven in the morning Elizabeth Siddal [aged 32] overdosed on laudanum at 14 Chatham Place. Possibly suicide - there may have been a note that said "look after Harry (her invalid brother)" which [her father] Ford Madox Brown [aged 40] persuaded [her future brother-in-law] Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 33] to burn. Shortly after her death Sarah Cox aka Fanny Cornforth [aged 27] moved into the family home to become housekeeper to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
On 28th December 1865 William Holman Hunt [aged 38] and Fanny Waugh [aged 32] were married at Christ Church Paddington. [her future husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 36], and her brother and sister George and Emily were witnesses. She, Fanny, would die the following year eight days short of their anniversary. He would, ten years later, marry her younger sister Marion Edith Waugh [aged 18]; an example of Married to Two Siblings.
1870. Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 26]. "The Tempest".
Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1393-1406
The Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV offers a vivid contemporary account of one of the most turbulent periods in late medieval England. Covering the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, the chronicle records royal ceremonies, political conflict, rebellion, war, taxation, religious controversy, executions, popular unrest and remarkable portents. Its pages include a detailed description of Richard II’s coronation, the fall and deposition of the king, Henry IV’s seizure of the throne, the Percy rebellion, the execution of Archbishop Richard Scrope, the campaigns of Owain Glyndŵr, and England’s relations with Scotland, France, Portugal and Scandinavia. Alongside affairs of state, the annalist preserves reports of miracles, eclipses, prophecies, supernatural events and the experiences of ordinary townspeople, clergy, soldiers and travellers. Written from a monastic perspective, the work combines political observation with moral judgement, presenting victories and disasters as evidence of divine favour or punishment. At once a historical record and a reflection of medieval belief, the Annals provides an invaluable window into the challenges, ceremonies and conflicts of England at the turn of the fifteenth century.
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1870. Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 26]. Study for "The Tomb Scene from Romeo and Juliet".
1870. Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 26]. "The Duet".
1871. Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 27]. "The Tomb Scene from Romeo and Juliet".
2nd April 1871. Census. 37 Fitzroy Square.
[her father] Ford Madox Brown [aged 49]. Head. 49.
[her step-mother] Emma Matilda Hill [aged 41]. Wife. 36.
Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 27]. Daughter. 26.
[her illegitimate half-sister] Catherine Emily Brown [aged 20]. Daughter. 20.
[her half-brother] Oliver Madox Brown [aged 16]. Son. 16.
Charloote Kirkby. Servant. 29.
Mary Ann Edwards. Servant. 19.
Oliver Madox Brown: In 1855 he was born to Ford Madox Brown and Emma Matilda Hill. In 1874 he died.
1872. Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 28]. "Study for The Tempest, Ferdinand and Miranda playing chess".
1872. Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 28]. "Margaret Roper Receiving the Head of her Father".
On 3rd September 1872 [her brother-in-law] Francis Heuffer [aged 27] and [her illegitimate half-sister] Catherine Emily Brown [aged 21] were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [her father] Ford Madox Brown [aged 51] and [her step-mother] Emma Matilda Hill [aged 43].
In 1873 [her future husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 43] and Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 29] were engaged.
1874. [her future brother-in-law] Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 45]. Portrait of Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 30].
On 31st March 1874 William Michael Rossetti [aged 44] and Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Ford Madox Brown [aged 52] and Elizabeth Bromley.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 30th September 1875 [her daughter] Olivia Madox Rossetti was born to [her husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 46] and Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 32].
In February 1877 [her son] Gabriel Arthur Rossetti was born to [her husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 47] and Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 33].
In November 1879 [her daughter] Helen Maria was born to [her husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 50] and Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 36].
In April 1881 [her daughter] Mary Elizabeth was born to [her husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 51] and Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 37].
In April 1881 [her son] Michael Ford was born to [her husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 51] and Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 37]. He died in infancy.
On 9th April 1882 [her brother-in-law] Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 53] died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Birchington on Sea [Map]. There is a Celtic Cross marking his grave commissioned by his mother [her mother-in-law] Frances Mary Lavinia Polidori [aged 81], designed by [her father] Ford Madox Brown [aged 60] and erected in the presence of his brother [her husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 52] and sister [her sister-in-law] Christina Georgina Rossetti [aged 51] as written on the base of the cross.
5th April 1891. Census. 3 St Edmunds Terrace.
[her husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 61]. Head. 61.
Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 47]. Wife. 47.
[her daughter] Olivia Madox Rossetti [aged 15]. Son. 15
[her son] Gabriel Arthur Rossetti [aged 14]. Son. 14.
Helen Maria [aged 11]. Daughter. 11.
Mary Elizabeth [aged 10]. Daughter. 9.
3 x Servants.
On 6th October 1893 [her father] Ford Madox Brown [aged 72] died. He was buried at St Pancras and Islington Cemetery.
On 12th April 1894 Emma Lucy Madox Brown [aged 50] died at Hotel Victoria. Her husband William Michael Rossetti [aged 64] and daughter Olivia Madox Rossetti [aged 18] were present.
On 5th February 1919 [her former husband] William Michael Rossetti [aged 89] died. He was buried in the Rossetti Family Grave.
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Brown
GrandFather: Ford Brown
Father: Ford Madox Brown
Great x 1 Grandfather: Unknown Brown
GrandMother: Caroline Madox
GrandFather: Samuel Bromley
Mother: Elizabeth Bromley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Unknown Brown
GrandMother: Mary Madox