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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Kinnersley, Herefordshire is in Herefordshire.
Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire is also in Castles in Herefordshire.
Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map] was probably first constructed between 1100 and 1135 during the reign of King Henry I. It was subsequently rebuilt as an Elizabethan house. That house has been subject to many restorations.
In or before 1617 Francis Smallman [aged 51] purchased Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map] from the son of Roger Vaughan.
On 7th September 1633 Francis Smallman [aged 68] died. He was buried at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] on 9th September 1633. He had made his will on 20th July 1633 leaving his only daughter a portion of £1,000. His son William Smallman of Kinnersley Castle [aged 18] inherited Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
In 1643 William Smallman of Kinnersley Castle [aged 28] died. Lucy Smallman and her husband James Pytts [aged 16] inherited Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
Around 1801 Leonard Parkinson [aged 57] purchased Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
On 11th July 1817 Leonard Parkinson [aged 73] died at Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. His will, proved 10th February 1818, rehearsed the marriage settlement of his son Richard [aged 35] with Lucy Lechmere under which he [the testator] had settled an annuity of £750 p.a. on the couple secured on his estates in Herefordshire, and changed the underlying package of security by pledging the lands, including tenanted farms, in Herefordshire: he entailed the underlying lands to Richard and his heirs and then to his [the testator's] children starting with his son Leonard junior. He left Kinnersley Castle in trust for the benefit of his daughter Mary Elizabeth Clarke; and the rest of his British lands to his son Leonard.
In 1872 George Frederick Bodley [aged 44] and Minna Reavely were married at Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].