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The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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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.
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.
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The 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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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.