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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Around 1584 Isaac Penington was born to [his father] Robert Penington.
Around 1615 Isaac Penington (age 31) and Abigail Allen were married.
In 1638 Isaac Penington (age 54) was elected Sheriff of London.
On 29th January 1639 Isaac Penington (age 55) was appointed Alderman of Bridge Without Ward.
In April 1640 Isaac Penington (age 56) was elected MP City of London in the Short Parliament.
In November 1640 Isaac Penington (age 56) was elected MP City of London in the Long Parliament which seat he held until 1653.
In 1642 Isaac Penington (age 58) was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London [Map].
On 16th August 1642 Isaac Penington (age 58) was elected Lord Mayor of London.
In 1644 Isaac Penington (age 60) was appointed Governor of the Levant Company which position he held until 1654.
Before 16th December 1661 Isaac Penington (age 77) and Mary Young were married.
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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Before 16th December 1661 Isaac Penington (age 77) was tried for High Treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map].
On 16th December 1661 Isaac Penington (age 77) died at the Tower of London [Map].
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15th November 1665. After dinner who comes in but my Lady Batten, and a troop of a dozen women almost, and expected, as I found afterward, to be made mighty much of, but nobody minded them; but the best jest was, that when they saw themselves not regarded, they would go away, and it was horrible foule weather; and my Lady Batten walking through the dirty lane with new spicke and span white shoes, she dropped one of her galoshes in the dirt, where it stuck, and she forced to go home without one, at which she was horribly vexed, and I led her; and after vexing her a little more in mirth, I parted, and to Glanville's (age 47), where I knew Sir John Robinson (age 50), Sir G. Smith (age 50), and Captain Cocke (age 48) were gone, and there, with the company of [his daughter] Mrs. Penington, whose father, I hear, was one of the Court of justice, and died prisoner, of the stone, in the Tower [Map], I made them, against their resolutions, to stay from houre to houre till it was almost midnight, and a furious, darke and rainy, and windy, stormy night, and, which was best, I, with drinking small beer, made them all drunk drinking wine, at which Sir John Robinson made great sport.
[his daughter] Judith Penington was born to Isaac Penington and Abigail Allen.