Sherborne, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Sherborne, Dorset is in Dorset.

In March 1253 Humphrey Beauchamp was born to Robert V Beauchamp (age 36) and Alice Mohun (age 25) at Sherborne, Dorset [Map].

On 25th October 1265 Robert V Beauchamp (age 48) died at Sherborne, Dorset [Map].

On 27th November 1752 William Digby 5th Baron Digby (age 91) died at Sherborne, Dorset [Map]. His grandson Edward (age 22) succeeded 6th Baron Digby of Geashill in County Offaly.

Bradford Abbas, Dorset, Sherborne, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Sherborne Castle, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Sherborne Castle is also in Castles in Dorset.

In 1297 John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 28) lived the Sheriff of Dorset having been ordered by the King to provide housing at Sherborne Castle [Map].

In 1645 John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 59) was captured for supprting the King's cause during the Civil War at Sherborne Castle [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 18th September 1698 William Digby 5th Baron Digby (age 37) inherited Sherborne Castle [Map].

Sherborne Lake, Sherborne Castle, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Sherborne Railway Station, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

St Augustine's Hospital, Sherborn, Sherborne, Dorset, South-West England, British Isles

1803. John Buckler (age 32). St Augustine's Hospital, Sherborn.

Thornford, Dorset, Sherborne, South-West England, British Isles [Map]