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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Mary Francis is in Sculptors.
On 22nd June 1801 [her father] John Francis (age 20) and [her mother] Mary Evetts (age 21) were married at Thornham, Norfolk.
In 1809 Mary Francis was born to [her father] John Francis (age 28) and [her mother] Mary Evetts (age 29).
Before 1840 [her future husband] Thomas Thornycroft (age 24) became a student of [her father] John Francis (age 59). He subsequently married his daughter Mary Francis (age 30).
In 1840 Thomas Thornycroft (age 24) and Mary Francis (age 31) were married. She the daughter of John Francis (age 59) and Mary Evetts (age 60).
On 1st February 1843 [her son] John Isaac Thornycroft was born to [her husband] Thomas Thornycroft (age 27) and Mary Francis (age 34).
On 9th March 1850 [her son] William Hamo Thornycroft was born to [her husband] Thomas Thornycroft (age 34) and Mary Francis (age 41). He was baptised on 9th June 1850 at St Pancras Old Church [Map]. He married May 1884 Agatha Cox and had issue.
On 29th January 1855 [her mother] Mary Evetts (age 75) died.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 30th August 1861 [her father] John Francis (age 80) died at his home in Albany Street, Regent's Park. He was buried at Plot 3058 at Highgate Cemetery West.
On 21st February 1862 Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye (age 93) died. Baron Braye abeyant. Monument at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map] sculpted by Mary Francis (age 53) and commissioned by her daughter Catherine Otway (age 53), widow of John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp.
Catherine Otway: Before 1809 she was born to Henry Otway of Castle Otway in Tipperary and Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye. On 19th October 1826 Henry Murray and she were married. He the son of Bishop George Murray. On 11th February 1850 John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp and she were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp. On 4th November 1875 she died without issue.
Around May 1884 [her son] William Hamo Thornycroft (age 34) and [her daughter-in-law] Agatha Cox (age 19) were married at Tonbridge, Kent [Map]. He the son of [her husband] Thomas Thornycroft (age 68) and Mary Francis (age 75).
On 30th August 1885 [her husband] Thomas Thornycroft (age 70) died.
On 1st February 1895 Mary Francis (age 86) died.