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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Baronet Pearson of St Dunstan's in London

Baronet Pearson of St Dunstan's in London is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically.

                    The London Gazette 29730. Whitehall, August 30, 1916. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the creation of the undermentioned Baronets:—
                
                    Sir Robert Hudson Berwick, of Eden Lacy, in the Parish of Lazonby, in the County of Cumberland;
                
                    Sir Thomas Lane Devitt, of Chelsea, in the County of London;
                
                    Sir Arthur Philip Du Cros [aged 45], of Canons, in the County of Middlesex;
                
                    Sir Thomas Dunlop, of Woodbourne, in the County of Renfrew, Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow;
                
                    Sir Edward Holt, of Cheetham, in the County Palatine of Lancaster;
                
                    Sir Ernest William Moir, of Whitehanger, in the Parish of Fernhurst, in the County of Sussex;
                
                    Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson [aged 50], 1stof St. Dunstan's, in the County of London; and 
                
                    Sir William James Tatem, of St. Fagans, in the County of Glamorgan.

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                    On 9th December 1921 Cyril Arthur Pearson 1st Baronet [aged 55] died. His son Neville [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Baronet Pearson of St Dunstan's in London.
                
                    Dark, Sydney (1922). The life of Sir Arthur Pearson. pp. 203–204:
                
                    The details of his death may be told in a few sentences. He was awakened at a quarter-past seven in the morning, and a quarter of an hour afterwards he went unaided to the bathroom. He had no valet to wait on him and he always insisted on preparing his bath himself. The bath was enamelled and, on the day before, he had mentioned that it was rather slippery. On the morning of his death he must have slipped forward, striking his head on the nozzle of the tap. The blow stunned him. He fell face forward into the water and died from asphyxia. He generally took an hour to dress, and breakfasted at half-past eight. As he did no1 come down to breakfast, his secretary went to his son, the present Sir Neville Pearson, at a quarter to nine. When Sir Neville went to the bathroom, his father had been dead for at least half an hour.

On 6th November 1982 Neville Arthur Pearson 2nd Baronet [aged 84] died. Baronet Pearson of St Dunstan's in London extinct.