Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark is in Newarke, Churches in Leicestershire.
After 22nd September 1345 Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (deceased) was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map], or possibly the Hospital Chapel, at a ceremony attended by King Edward III of England (age 32) and his wife Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England (age 35). His son Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 35) subsequently had his remains moved to St Mary de Castro Leicester, Leicestershire [Map].
In 1353 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 43) founded at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
After 1353 Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster was reburied at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
On 23rd March 1361 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 51) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. Duke Lancaster, Earl Lincoln extinct.
Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (age 18) succeeded 5th Countess Lancaster and 2nd Countess Derby. John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 21) by marriage Earl Lancaster, Earl Derby.
Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 20) succeeded 5th Countess of Leicester.
In 1365 Edward Lancaster was born to John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 24) and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (age 22). In 1365 Edward Lancaster died. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. He a grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1365 John Lancaster (age 3) died. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
In 1366 John Lancaster was born to John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 25) and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (age 23). In 1367 John Lancaster died. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. He a grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1368 Isabel Lancaster died. She was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
On 24th March 1394 Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster (age 40) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. She was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
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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On 4th June 1394 Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark was born to King Henry IV of England (age 27) and Mary Bohun (age 26) at Peterborough Castle [Map]. Her mother died in childbirth. She was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.60%. She married 26th October 1406 King Eric of Norway, Denmark and Sweden.