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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On 6th May 1829 [her father] George Waugh (age 28) and [her step-mother] Mary Walker (age 24) were married.
In 1847 Marion Edith Waugh was born to [her father] George Waugh (age 45).
On 28th December 1865 [her future husband] William Holman Hunt (age 38) and [her half-sister] Fanny Waugh (age 32) were married at Christ Church Paddington. William Michael Rossetti (age 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 (age 18); an example of Married to Two Siblings.
1868. [her future husband] William Holman Hunt (age 40). "The Birthday". Model his future second wife Marion Edith Waugh (age 21) on her twenty-first birthday (sister of his deceased first wife [her half-sister] Fanny Waugh).
In November 1875 William Holman Hunt (age 48) and Marion Edith Waugh (age 28) were married at Neuchâtel, Switzerland since marrying your late wife's sister was illegal in England - see 1835 Marriage Act. She his first wife's younger sister contrary to English Law; an example of Married to Two Siblings. His brother-in-law Thomas Woolner (age 49) considered the marriage immoral; they never spoke again.
In 1878 [her daughter] Gladys Hunt was born to [her husband] William Holman Hunt (age 50) and Marion Edith Waugh (age 31) at Jerusalem [Map].
On 6th May 1879 [her son] Hilary Lushington Hunt was born to [her husband] William Holman Hunt (age 52) and Marion Edith Waugh (age 32) at 2 Warwick Gardens, Kensington.
1880. [her husband] William Holman Hunt (age 52). Portrait of Mrs Edith Holman Hunt (age 33).
3rd April 1881. Census. 2 Warwick Gardens, Kensington
[her husband] William Holman Hunt (age 54). Head. 54. Artist.
Marion Edith Waugh (age 34). Wife. 34.
[her daughter] Gladys Hunt (age 3). Daughter. 4.
[her son] Hilary Lushington Hunt (age 1). Son. 1.
Mary A Ottaway. 42. Nurse.
Josephine M Murphy. 23. Housemaid.
Ada M Clemens. 23. Nurse.
Annie Burton. 26. Cook.
Gladys Hunt: In 1878 she was born to William Holman Hunt and Marion Edith Waugh at Jerusalem [Map].
Hilary Lushington Hunt: On 6th May 1879 he was born to William Holman Hunt and Marion Edith Waugh at 2 Warwick Gardens, Kensington.
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5th April 1891. Census. Draycott Lodge
[her husband] William Holman Hunt (age 64). Head. 64. Artist of figure and landscape. Sculp.
Marion Edith Waugh (age 44). Wife. 44.
[her daughter] Gladys Hunt (age 13). Daughter. 14. School Girl.
[her son] Hilary Lushington Hunt (age 11). Son. 11. School Boy.
Edith Spark. 24. Governess.
Mary A Ottaway. 53. Nurse.
Eugenie P A Bassel. 17. Housemaid.
Ella A Rich. 31. Cook.
Ann Butler. 63. Servant
Richard Butler. 60. Servant.
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Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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31st March 1901. Census. Draycott Lodge
[her husband] William Holman Hunt (age 73). Head. 73. Artist and Sculptor crossed out. Painter.
Marion Edith Waugh (age 54). Wife. 54.
Cyril Hunt (age 34). Son. 34. Tea Planter.
Florence Venney. Servant. 16. Under-housemaid.
Margaret Murdock. Servant. 37. Cook.
Cyril Hunt: On 27th October 1866 he was born to William Holman Hunt and Fanny Waugh. It is likely that this birth caused the death of his mother since she and William Holman-Hunt has only been married one year.
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On 7th September 1910 [her husband] William Holman Hunt (age 83) died. He was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].