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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Thomas Phillips is in Painters.
On 18th October 1770 Thomas Phillips was born at Dudley, Worcestershire.
In 1790 Thomas Phillips [aged 19] travelled to London with an introduction to Benjamin West [aged 51] who found him employment on the painted-glass windows of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].
In 1791 Thomas Phillips [aged 20] became a student at the Royal Academy.
1797. Thomas Phillips [aged 26]. Portrait of Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont [aged 28].
1798. Thomas Phillips [aged 27]. Portrait of George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont [aged 46].
1799. Thomas Phillips [aged 28]. Portrait of Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont.
Around 1800. Thomas Phillips [aged 29]. Portrait of Mary Palmer Marchioness Thomond [aged 50].
1804. Thomas Phillips [aged 33]. Portrait of John Parker 1st Earl Morley [aged 31].
1805. Thomas Phillips [aged 34]. Portrait of Elizabeth Mary Anne Massingbird [aged 31].
Elizabeth Mary Anne Massingbird: Around 1774 she was born to Henry Massingbird. In 1787 Henry Massingbird died. His daughter Elizabeth Mary Anne Massingbird and her husband Peregrine Langton aka Massingberd inherited Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire. Before 29th November 1835 Peregrine Langton aka Massingberd and she were married. On 29th November 1835 she died.
1805. Thomas Phillips [aged 34]. Portrait of Charles Watson 2nd Marquess Rockingham Prime Minister 1730-1782.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Around 1805. Thomas Phillips [aged 34]. Portrait of Frances Talbot Countess Morley [aged 23] as Lavinia.
Frances Talbot Countess Morley: In 1782 she was born to Thomas Talbot of Wymondham. In 1809 John Parker 1st Earl Morley and she were married. On 6th December 1857 she died.
After 1806. Thomas Phillips [aged 35]. Portrait of Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke [aged 48].
1807. Thomas Phillips [aged 36]. Portrait of the children of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 29] and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 35].
1807. Thomas Phillips [aged 36]. Portrait of Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 35].
1810. Thomas Phillips [aged 39]. Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 66].
1810. Thomas Phillips [aged 39]. Portrait of Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 66].
1811. Thomas Phillips [aged 40]. Portrait of the children of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 33] and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot [aged 39].
1812. Thomas Phillips [aged 41]. Portrait of George Wyndham 1st Baron Leconfield [aged 24].
1814. Thomas Phillips [aged 43]. Portrait of George "Lord Byron" 6th Baron Byron [aged 25] dressed in traditional Albanian costume.
Around 1815. Thomas Phillips [aged 44]. Portrait of Henry Charles Englefield 7th Baronet [aged 63].
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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1817. Thomas Phillips [aged 46]. Portrait of Hugh Percy 3rd Duke Northumberland [aged 31].
1818. Thomas Phillips [aged 47]. Portrait of Francis Leggatt Chantrey [aged 36]. Half-length aged 37, holding a modelling tool, his left arm on a marble head; bald head with dark hair at sides, hazel eyes, dark complexion; voluminous grey coat, white filled shirt open at neck and fastened with brooch; statuette of Lady Louisa Russell [aged 5] in left background.
Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn: Memorials of Francis Chantrey RA in Hallamshire and Elsewhere Part V London Life and Works. In 1818, he exhibited a bust of John Rennie, the engineer, one of his most admirable heads, and that exquisite little statue at Woburn of Lady Louisa Russell, the present Marchioness of Abercorn. The child stands on tiptoe, with a face of the most exquisite and arch expression, proud with delight of the dove which she fondles in her bosom. All who have been at Woburn will recollect this little figure; but the trays of the Italian boys have given it a wider, and only its deserved celebrity. On 8th July 1812 she was born to John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. In 1832 James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Abercorn. She the daughter of John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford. He the son of James Hamilton and Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen.
1820. Thomas Phillips [aged 49]. Portrait of Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey [aged 55].
1820. Thomas Phillips [aged 49]. Portrait of John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham [aged 27].
On 19th March 1825 William Owen [deceased] was buried St Luke's Church Chelsea in a private ceremony attended by family and close friends, including Thomas Lawrence [aged 55], Richard Westmacott [aged 49], Thomas Phillips [aged 54] and 'Thompson' [probably Thomas Clement Thompson [aged 45]].
1826. Thomas Phillips [aged 55]. Portrait of Bishop Edward Coplestone [aged 49].
1826. Thomas Phillips [aged 55]. Portrait of John Wodehouse 2nd Baron Wodehouse [aged 54].
John Wodehouse 2nd Baron Wodehouse: On 11th January 1771 he was born to John Wodehouse 1st Baron Wodehouse and Sophia Berkeley Baroness Wodehouse. In 1796 John Wodehouse 2nd Baron Wodehouse and Charlotte Norris Baroness Woodhouse were married. On 29th May 1834 John Wodehouse 1st Baron Wodehouse died. His son John succeeded 2nd Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley in Norfolk, 7th Baronet Woodhouse of Wilberhall. Charlotte Norris Baroness Woodhouse by marriage Lady Woodhouse of Wilberhall. On 31st May 1846 John Wodehouse 2nd Baron Wodehouse died. His grandson John succeeded 3rd Baron Wodehouse of Kimberley in Norfolk, 8th Baronet Woodhouse of Wilberhall.
Before 10th February 1826 . Thomas Phillips [aged 55]. Portrait of Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 73].
Before 12th January 1834. Thomas Phillips [aged 63]. Portrait of William Wyndham Granville 1st Baron Grenville [aged 74].
William Wyndham Granville 1st Baron Grenville: On 25th October 1759 he was born to George Granville and Elizabeth Wyndham. On 12th January 1834 William Wyndham Granville 1st Baron Grenville died.
1837. Thomas Phillips [aged 66]. Portrait of Bishop Joseph Allen [aged 67].
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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1837. Thomas Phillips [aged 66]. Portrait of Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex [aged 63] sat in the chair of the President of the Royal Society.
1839. Thomas Phillips [aged 68]. Portrait of Windham Quin 2nd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl [aged 56].
Windham Quin 2nd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl: On 29th September 1782 he was born to Valentine Richard Wyndham-Quin 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl and Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways Baroness Adare. On 27th December 1810 Windham Quin 2nd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl and Caroline Wyndham Countess Dunraven and Mount Earl were married. He the son of Valentine Richard Wyndham-Quin 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl and Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways Baroness Adare. On 24th August 1824 Valentine Richard Wyndham-Quin 1st Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl died. His son Windham succeeded 2nd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 2nd Viscount Mount Earl, 2nd Baron Adare. Caroline Wyndham Countess Dunraven and Mount Earl by marriage Countess Dunraven and Mount-Earl. On 6th August 1850 Windham Quin 2nd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl died. His son Edwin succeeded 3rd Earl Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 3rd Viscount Mount Earl, 3rd Baron Adare
1839. Thomas Phillips [aged 68]. Portrait of Caroline Wyndham Countess Dunraven and Mount Earl.
Caroline Wyndham Countess Dunraven and Mount Earl: she was born to Thomas Wyndham.
Around 1845. Thomas Phillips [aged 74]. Portrait of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton [aged 54].
On 20th April 1845 Thomas Phillips [aged 74] died.