Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Titchfield, Hampshire is in Hampshire.
After 22nd August 1591 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 57] arrived in Titchfield, Hampshire [Map] as a guest of Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton.
On 5th November 1624 James Wriothesley [aged 19] died of fever at Roosendaal. On 28th December 1624 he was buried at Titchfield, Hampshire [Map].
On 10th November 1624 Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton [aged 51] died. He was buried at Titchfield, Hampshire [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 17] succeeded 4th Earl of Southampton.
The River Meon is a chalk stream in Hampshire. It rises at East Meon, Hampshire [Map] and flows through West Meon, Hampshire [Map], Warnford, Hampshire [Map], Exton, Hampshire [Map], Corhampton, Hampshire [Map], Meonstoke, Hampshire [Map], Droxford, Hampshire [Map], Mislingford, Hampshire [Map], Wickham, Hampshire [Map], Knowle, Hampshire [Map], Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map], Titchfield, Hampshire [Map] to Hill Head, Hampshire [Map] where it reaches the Solent.
St Peter's Church, Titchfield is also in Churches in Hampshire.
St Peter's Church, Titchfield [Map]. The monuments to the Wriothesley family in Titchfield.The three main effigies are to Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton, his wife Jane Cheney Countess Southampton and Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 4th August 1550. The imperfect paragraph with which the Manuscript now begins relates to the funeral of Sir Thomas Wriothesley [deceased], Earl of Southampton, K,G. who died on the 31st July 1550, and was buried on the 4th of August at St. Andrew's, Holborn [Map], Sir John Hoper, priest, preaching at his funeral, - Strype, Memorials, fol. 1721, ii. (283).
Note. Thomas Wriothesley, earl of Southampton. The first person noticed by our funereal chronicler was one of the most remarkable men of his age: one who had attained the summit of the law, and who was aspiring to the summit of the state. The historian Carte attributes his death to mortified ambition, and so does Lord Campbell in his recent Lives of the Chancellors: on this part of his history see the Archaeologia, vol. xxx. p. 468.
It should be remarked that, though the body of the earl of Southampton was at first buried in Saint Andrew's Holborn, it was afterwards removed to Tichfield [Map] in Hampshire, where a sumptuous monument with his effigy still exists. There is a fine portrait of him in Chamberlain's Holbein Heads.
Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire is also in Abbeys in England.
1232. Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map] of St Mary and St John the Evangelist was founded by Bishop Peter de Roches, Bishop of Winchester, for Premonstratensian canons, an order founded at Prémontré in France and known also as the 'White Canons'. The first canons came from Halesowen Abbey, Shropshire [Map].
In 1393 King Richard II of England [aged 25] and Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England [aged 26] stayed at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map].
Before 31st July 1415 King Henry V of England [aged 28] stayed at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map] when travelling to Southampton to commence his Agincourt campaign.
In 1434 Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 8] and Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 10] were married at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map]. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. His sister Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 7] would marry her brother Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 5] two years later. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 34] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 27]. He the son of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 51] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 33]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 23rd April 1445 King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 23] and Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [aged 15] were married at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map] probably by Bishop William Ayscough [aged 50], Bishop of Salisbury. She the daughter of René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou [aged 36] and Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine [aged 45]. He the son of King Henry V of England and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England. They were third cousins.
Chronicle of Gregory. And a pon the first day of Aprylle [1545] Quene Margarete [aged 15] landed at Portysmowthe [Map], and a-pon the x day of the same monythe sche was weddyd at a lytylle velage [Map] in Hampsehyre i-namyd.
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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1537. During the Suppression of the Monasteries Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map] was given to Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton [aged 31]. He converted the main buildings into Place House.
The River Meon is a chalk stream in Hampshire. It rises at East Meon, Hampshire [Map] and flows through West Meon, Hampshire [Map], Warnford, Hampshire [Map], Exton, Hampshire [Map], Corhampton, Hampshire [Map], Meonstoke, Hampshire [Map], Droxford, Hampshire [Map], Mislingford, Hampshire [Map], Wickham, Hampshire [Map], Knowle, Hampshire [Map], Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map], Titchfield, Hampshire [Map] to Hill Head, Hampshire [Map] where it reaches the Solent.
On 28th January 1832 Henry Paulet [aged 64] died at his home Westhill Lodge, Titchfield. He was buried in the family vault at St Mary's Church, Amport.