Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1840 [his father] Thomas Crane [aged 31] and [his mother] Marie Kearsley were married.
On 15th August 1845 Walter Crane was born to Thomas Crane [aged 37] and Marie Kearsley in Liverpool, Lancashire [Map] at Maryland Street, Liverpool [Map]. Her father was a "maltster," a prosperous man in a good position in Chester. His mother seems to have died early, and her father married a second time.
1846. [his father] Thomas Crane [aged 37]. Portrait of his son Walter Crane.
In July 1859 [his father] Thomas Crane [aged 51] died.
Between 1861 and 1871. Walter Crane [aged 15]. "The Enchanted Boat". This drawing illustrates an episode from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound, Asia's song, Act II, sc. V: "My soul is like an enchanted boat, Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing; And thine doth like an angel sit Beside a helm conducting it, Whilst all the winds with melody are ringing."
1862. Walter Crane [aged 16]. "The Lady of Shalott". Exhibited at the Royal Academy.
1865. Walter Crane [aged 19]. "La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats".
On 6th September 1871 Walter Crane [aged 26] and Mary Frances Andrews [aged 25] were married at All Souls, Marylebone [Map]. See An Artist's Reminiscences.
In 1873 [his daughter] Beatrice Crane was born to Walter Crane [aged 27] and [his wife] Mary Frances Andrews [aged 27] in Rome.
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 6th May 1876 [his son] Lionel Francis Crane was born to Walter Crane [aged 30] and [his wife] Mary Frances Andrews [aged 30]. He married (1) July 1913 Gertrude Sandes, daughter of Frederick Sandys and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive" (2) 1921 Winifred Gertrude Sandes, daughter of Frederick Sandys and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive".
1877. Walter Crane [aged 31]. "The Renaissance of Venus".
1878. Walter Crane [aged 32]. "The Fate of Persephone".
In 1880 [his son] Lancelot Crane was born to Walter Crane [aged 34] and [his wife] Mary Frances Andrews [aged 34].
1882. Walter Crane [aged 36]. "The Roll of Fate".
1882. Walter Crane [aged 36]. "The Bridge of Life".
1883. Walter Crane [aged 37]. "Diana and Endymion".
1885-86. Walter Crane [aged 39]. "The Apotheosis of Italian Art". Models for the central Florentine Group: Lisa Romana Stillman [aged 19] as Fiammetta, the artist Walter Crane as Cimabue [in the white costume], the artist's [his wife] wife [aged 39] as Beatrice, and their son the young Giotto. See An Artist's Reminiscences.
Lisa Romana Stillman: On 2nd December 1865 she was born to William James Stillman and Marie Spartali aka Stillman. On 11th February 1946 she died.
Mary Frances Andrews: In 1846 she was born. On 6th September 1871 Walter Crane and she were married at All Souls, Marylebone [Map]. See An Artist's Reminiscences. On 18th December 1914 Mary Frances Andrews committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. Her death was attributed to temporary insanity.
1886. Walter Crane [aged 40]. "Laura Reading". Laura was a young woman for whom the poet Petrarch nursed an unrequited passion. The story has obvious parallels with that of Dante and Beatrice, but it attracted far less attention from artists working in the romantic tradition.
1886. Frederick Hollyer [aged 47]. Photograph of Walter Crane [aged 40].
1887. Walter Crane [aged 41]. Illustration for Baby's Own Aesop.
1892. Walter Crane [aged 46]. "The Horses of Neptune".
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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1893. Walter Crane [aged 47]. "The Union Street Fire".
1895. Walter Crane [aged 49]. "Lohengrin".
1895. Walter Crane [aged 49]. "A Garland for May Day 1895".
1900. Walter Crane [aged 54]. "Britomast". Spenser's Fairie Queene, Book III. See The Faerie Queene by Spenser.
Before 1904. George Frederick Watts [aged 86]. Portrait of Walter Crane [aged 58].
1905. Walter Crane [aged 59]. "The Briar Rose".
1909. Walter Crane [aged 63]. "The Mirror". Illustration for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales.
In July 1913 Lionel Francis Crane [aged 37] and Gertrude Sandes [aged 41] were married. an example of Married to Two Siblings - following her death in 1920 he married her sister Winifred Gertrude Sandes [aged 42]. She the illegitmate daughter of Frederick Sandys and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive" [aged 68]. He the son of Walter Crane [aged 67] and Mary Frances Andrews [aged 67].
On 18th December 1914 [his wife] Mary Frances Andrews [aged 68] committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. Her death was attributed to temporary insanity.
On 14th March 1915 Walter Crane [aged 69] died at Horsham Hospital, West Sussex. His body was cremated at the Golders Green Crematorium, where his ashes remain.