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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Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck is in Kilpeck, Herefordshire, Churches in Herefordshire.
Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck [Map]. Chancel.
Kilpeck Castle adjcent to the Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck [Map].
Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck [Map]. Internal arch.
Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck [Map]. Corbelling.
Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck [Map]. Detail of the carvings on the columns of the north door.
Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck [Map]. South door with tympanum. Fine example of the Herefordshire School of Carving.
The Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck [Map] was built around 1140, and almost certainly before 1143 when it was given to the Abbey of Gloucester. It may have replaced an earlier Saxon church at the same site, and the oval raised form of the churchyard is typical of even older Celtic foundations.
Archaeologia Volume 30 Section 5. 14th April 1842. A Letter from Joun Gage Rokewode, Esq. F.R.S., Director, to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., F.RS., Secretary, on the sculptured Figures of Welsh Knights at Kilpeck Church in Herefordshire [Map].
Read 14th April, 1842.
1904. John Benjamin Stone [aged 65]. Photograph of the Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck [Map].