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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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South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral is in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to the 78th Highland Regiment who had been posted to Sinde and who were tragically affected by Cholera.
"To the memory of two officers, twenty one serjeants, twenty seven corporals, nine drummers, four hundred and thirty nine privatess, forty seven women and one hundred and twenty four children, of the Seventy Eighth Highland Regiment in all amounting to six hundred and sixty nine, who died on the banks of the River Indus in Sinde, between the sixth day of September one thousand and eight hundred and forty four, and the fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
Sculpted by John Steell (age 45), 1850. See Captain Keogh's Diary, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 76 and The Asiatic Journal and Montly Miscellany
After 1858. South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders who died during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58 sculpted by William Brodie (age 42).
After 1881. South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to the men of the 93rd Gordon Highlanders who lost theoir lives in Afghanistan and South Africa.
After 1902. South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Boer War Memorial to The Royal Scots.
On 9th May 1909 a memorial at the South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map] to General William Lockhart by sculptor George Frampton (age 48) was unveiled by General Edward Pemberton Leach (age 62).
General William Lockhart: On 2nd September 1841 he was born to Reverend Laurence Lockhart. On 18th March 1900 General William Lockhart died of malaria. His funeral occurred the following day and the service was taken by James Welldon the Bishop of Calcutta, and former headmaster of Harrow School. Lockhart's good friend and Viceroy Lord Curzon attended.
After 1918. South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. WWI Memorial to the 4th Battalion Royal Scots - Queen's Edinburgh Rifles who died in the Battle of Gully Ravine (Sachir Dere), Gallipoli Peninsular on the 28 June 1915.
After 1918. South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. WWI Memorial to the 5th Battalion Royal Scots - Queen's Edinburgh Rifles sculpted by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (age 30).
After 1918. South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. WWI Memorial to the Ninth Battalion (Highlanders) The Royal Scots.
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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After 1918. South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. WWI Memorial to the Sixth Battalion The Royal Scots.