Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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SandrIngham, Norfolk is in Norfolk.
On 6th February 1952 King George VI of the United Kingdom [aged 56] died at Sandringham Estate, Norfolk. He was buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth [aged 25] succeeded II Queen of the United Kingdom; she was at her Kenyan home Sagana Lodge.
On 1st July 1961 Diana Spencer Princess Wales was born to John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 37] and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 25] at Park House, Sandringham Estate. She was baptised on 30th August 1961 by Bishop Percy Herbert [aged 76] at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Sandringham. She married 29th July 1981 King Charles III, son of Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and had issue.
On 6th April 1871 Alexander John Windsor was born to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 29] and Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 26] at Sandringham House, Norfolk. She died aged less than one years old.
On 7th April 1871 Alexander John Windsor died at Sandringham House, Norfolk.
On 14th January 1892 Prince Albert Victor "Eddy" Windsor [aged 28] died of pneumonia at Sandringham House, Norfolk.
On 20th November 1925 Alexandra of Denmark Queen Consort England [aged 80] died at Sandringham House, Norfolk at 5.25pm following a heart attack.
On 14th December 1895 King George VI of the United Kingdom was born to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 30] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 28] at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. The second son at birth he became King when his elder brother King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom [aged 1] Abdicated. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.86%. He married 26th April 1923 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England, daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and had issue.
On 31st March 1900 Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester was born to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 34] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 32] at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.86%. He married 6th November 1935 Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester, daughter of John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury, and had issue.
On 20th December 1902 Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent was born to King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 37] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 35] at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.86%. He married 29th November 1934 his second cousin Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent and had issue.
On 7th June 1897 Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood was baptised by Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan [aged 70] at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Sandringham.
In 1959 Bishop Percy Herbert [aged 73] became Rector of St Mary Magdalene's Church, Sandringham.
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 1st July 1961 Diana Spencer Princess Wales was born to John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 37] and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 25] at Park House, Sandringham Estate. She was baptised on 30th August 1961 by Bishop Percy Herbert [aged 76] at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Sandringham. She married 29th July 1981 King Charles III, son of Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and had issue.