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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett 1889-1947 is in Actors.
On 4th October 1889 Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett was born to William Frederick Clayton Storey.
After 1900. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 10)
In 1908 William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 24) and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett and Rosa Melville Countess Poulett.
On 23rd June 1909 [her son] George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett was born to [her husband] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 25) and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 19).
On 29th January 1912 [her daughter] Bridget Poulet was born to [her husband] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 28) and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 22).
The Era 1899 Dec 02 Page 13. 2nd December 1913. Review of Rip Van Wincle. Produced at the Princess of Wales's Theatre, Kennington, on Monday, Nov. 27th starring Sylvia Storey (age 24) as Little Meenie.
On 11th July 1918 [her husband] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 34) died in the flu pandemic. His son [her son] George (age 9) succeeded 8th Earl Poulett, 11th Baron Poulett.
In 1935 [her son] George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Muriel Mary Swinstead aka Oriel Ross Countess Poulett (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of [her former husband] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 45).
In 1941 [her son] George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 31) and [her daughter-in-law] Muriel Mary Swinstead aka Oriel Ross Countess Poulett (age 33) were divorced.
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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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1941 [her son] George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 31) and [her daughter-in-law] Olga Lorraine Lawrence Countess Poulett were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of [her former husband] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 51).
On 20th July 1947 Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 57) died.