Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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Gilmour Place, Edinburgh
1 South Bridge, Edinburgh
Rome, Italy
St Katherine's Church, Rowsley
St Mary's Church Tickhill Doncaster
115 Ebury Street, Chester Square
Kensal Green Cemetery
On 28th February 1811 [his father] William Marshall and [his mother] Annie Calder were married at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh.
On 18th March 1813 William Calder Marshall was born to William Marshall and Annie Calder, probably at Gilmour Place, Edinburgh [Map]. His father was a Goldsmith who had a shop at 1 South Bridge, Edinburgh [Map]. He attended the Edinburgh Royal High School and Edinburgh University before enrolling at the Edinburgh Trustees Academy in 1830.
In 1834 William Calder Marshall [aged 20] enrolled in the Royal Academy where he studied under Francis Leggatt Chantrey [aged 52] and Edward Hodges Baily [aged 45]. In 1835 he was awarded a Silver Medal by the Royal Academy.
In 1836 William Calder Marshall [aged 22] travelled to Rome, Italy [Map] where he studied for two years.
On 14th February 1842 William Calder Marshall [aged 28] and Marianne Lawrie were married at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh. She died a month later.
In March 1842 [his wife] Marianne Lawrie died.
In 1844 William Calder Marshall [aged 30] was appointed Associate of the Royal Academy. He participated in an exhibition held at Westminster Hall to select artists to decorate the rebuilt Palace of Westminster. It proved to be the turning point of his career, leading to many commissions for public monuments not only for the new Houses of Parliament - for which he made statues of the Lord Chancellors Clarendon and Somers, and of Chaucer.
On 10th June 1845 William Calder Marshall [aged 32] and Margaret Calder [aged 28] were married at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh. The same church in which he had married his first wife three years previously.
In 1848 William Calder Marshall [aged 34] sculpted a statue of the poet Thomas Campbell for Westminster Abbey, 1862, the inventor Samuel Crompton for Bolton, Lancashire and, in 1856, the philanthropist Thomas Coram, who created the London Foundling Hospital, for the central pier of the hospital's gateway at Coram Fields.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1852 William Calder Marshall [aged 38] was appointed Academician of the Royal Academy.
On or before 22nd December 1852 [his daughter] Elizabeth Calder Marshall was born to William Calder Marshall [aged 39] and [his wife] Margaret Calder [aged 36]. She was baptised on 22nd December 1852 at St Michael's Church Pimlico who were described as living at 47 Ebury Street, Chester Square.
On 7th April 1854 Catherine Louise Georgina Marlay [aged 23] died from childbirth three weeks after giving birth to her daughter Edith Katherine Manners [deceased] who had died at twelve days old. She was buried at Highgate Cemetery on 15th April 1854. Monument by William Calder Marshall [aged 41] erected in 1862 in a chapel at St Katherine's Church, Rowsley [Map] built for the purpose commissioned by her husband John Manners [aged 35], the future 7th Duke of Rutland.
In 1863 William Calder Marshall [aged 49] produced three biblical reliefs for St. Paul's Cathedral: Unto me Men Gave Ear and Waited, and Kept Silence at my Counsel; For I am a Man under Authority, Having Soldiers under Me; and the Memorial for Captain Edward Mowbray Lyons of the Royal Navy.
On 7th October 1871 Louise Blanche Howard [aged 29] died from childbirth six weeks after the birth of a child who had died the same or next day after birth. The Foljambe Tomb. Monument in St Mary's Church Tickhill Doncaster [Map] commissioned by her husband Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 24] who had numerous monuments erected in her memory in places associated with her. Sculpted by William Calder Marshall [aged 58].
Louise Blanche Howard: On 22nd February 1842 she was born to Frederick Howard and Fanny Cavendish. On 22nd July 1869 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool and she were married. On 21st February 1877 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool and Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool were married. She was a first cousin of his first wife Louise Blanche Howard.
1883. John Pettie [aged 43]. Portrait of William Calder Marshall [aged 69].
1884. William Calder Marshall [aged 70] by J. P. Mayall from "Artists at Home".
Around 1884. Joseph Parkin Mayall [aged 45]. Portrait of William Calder Marshall [aged 70].
1885. Photograph of William Calder Marshall [aged 71].
On 19th May 1887 [his wife] Margaret Calder [aged 70] died. She was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery [Map].
1889. Photograph of William Calder Marshall [aged 75] by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by C. Whittingham & Co.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Before 1890 Patrick Allan aka Fraser [aged 76]. Portrait of William Calder Marshall [aged 76].
In 1890 William Calder Marshall [aged 76] retired from the Royal Academy and exhibited there for the last time the following year. In his lifetime, he had exhibited some 120 works at the Academy, the largest contribution of any Victorian sculptor
On 16th June 1894 William Calder Marshall [aged 81] died at his home 115 Ebury Street, Chester Square [Map]. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery [Map] in the same grave as his [his former wife] wife who had died seven years before.