On 22nd March 1942 Martin Henig was born.
From 1955 to 1960 Martin Henig (age 12) was educated at the Merchant Taylors School, Three Rivers.
From 1960 to 1963 Martin Henig (age 17) was educated at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London where he was awarded a Diploma of Archaeology.
From 1960 to 1963 Martin Henig (age 17) was educated at Worcester College, Oxford University where he was awarded a doctorate for a thesis on Engraved Gemstones from British Sites published in 1974, with new editions published in 1978 and 2007.
From 1960 to 1963 Martin Henig (age 17) was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge University where he was awarded BA and MA.
On 6th March 1975 Martin Henig (age 32) was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
In 1984 Martin Henig (age 41) published Religion in Roman Britain (Batsford).
Between 1985 and 2007 Martin Henig (age 42) was editor of the Journal of the British Archaeological Association.
In 1994 Martin Henig (age 51) published The Art of Roman Britain (Batsford).
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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Between 1997 and 2009 Martin Henig (age 54) was a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.