Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Alcester, Warwickshire, South-Central England, British Isles [Map]

Alcester, Warwickshire is in Warwickshire.

See: Beauchamp's Court, Alcester, Church of St Nicholas, Alcester [Map], Ragley Hall, Alcester.

Icknield Street 18a Bourton to Alcester. From Bourton-on-the-Water [Map] the Icknield Way travels to Slaughter Pike [Map] where it changes direction northwards to Lower Swell, Gloucestershire [Map], Condicote, Gloucestershire [Map], Hinchwich, Gloucestershire [Map], Springhill, Gloucestershire [Map], Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucestershire [Map], Ullington, Warwickshire [Map] to Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire [Map] where it crosses the Warwickshire River Avon before continuing through Wixford, Warwickshire [Map] to Alauna [Map] aka Alcester.

Icknield Street 18b Alcester to Wall. From Alauna [Map] aka Alcester Icknield Street travels through King's Coughton, Warwickshire [Map], Studley, Warwickshire [Map], Beoley [Map], Forhill Hilltop, Warwickshire [Map], King's Norton, Warwickshire [Map], Metchley Roman Fort, Warwickshire [Map], Kingstanding, Warwickshire [Map], Little Aston, Staffordshire [Map], Shenstone, Staffordshire [Map] before arriving at Ermine Street 2 just south of Letocetum, Staffordshire [Map] aka Wall.

In 1283 Giles Beauchamp was born to Walter Beauchamp [aged 40] and Alice Tosny [aged 45] at Alcester, Warwickshire [Map]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. He married Catherine Bures and had issue.

Around 1295 Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Lisle was born to Walter Beauchamp [aged 52] and Alice Tosny [aged 57] at Alcester, Warwickshire [Map]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She married 9th July 1301 her fourth cousin twice removed Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle, son of Warin Lisle and Alice Montfort Baroness Fitzwalter, and had issue.

On 16th February 1303 Walter Beauchamp [aged 60] died at Alcester, Warwickshire [Map]. He was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].

On 29th October 1582 Richard Verney 14th Baron Latimer 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 19] and Margaret Greville 14th Baroness Latimer 6th Baroness Willoughby of Broke [aged 21] were married at Alcester, Warwickshire [Map].

In 1780 Pyne Crosbie Lady of the Bedchamber was born to Reverend Maurice Crosbie [aged 47] and Pyne Cavendish in Alcester, Warwickshire [Map]. She married 24th July 1806 General Henry Otway Trevor 21st Baron Dacre 20th Baron Multon, son of Thomas Brand Baron Dacre and Gertrude Trevor Roper 19th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland, and had issue.

Beauchamp's Court, Alcester, Warwickshire, South-Central England, British Isles

On 27th January 1447 Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick [aged 12] and Elizabeth Stafford [aged 12] were married at Beauchamp's Court, Alcester. They were half fourth cousins.

On 3rd October 1554 Fulk Greville 13th Baron Latimer 5th Baron Willoughby 1st Baron Brooke was born to Fulke Greville 12th Baron Latimer 4th Baron Willoughby [aged 18] and Anne Neville Baroness Latimer at Beauchamp's Court, Alcester.

Church of St Nicholas, Alcester [Map]

Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, South-Central England, British Isles

In 1639 William Keyt 2nd Baronet was born to John Keyt 1st Baronet [aged 23] at Ragley Hall, Alcester. He married before 1668 Elizabeth Coventry Lady Keyt and had issue.

On 14th June 1794 Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford [aged 75] died. His son Francis [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Marquess Hertford, 2nd Earl Hertford, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth, 2nd Viscount Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire, 3rd Baron Conway of Killultagh in Antrim. Isabella Anne Ingram Marchioness Hertford [aged 35] by marriage Marchioness Hertford. The estate was worth £70000 a year, and included Ragley Hall, Alcester, Sudbourne Hall, Sudbourne and estates in Ireland.

In 1807 Francis Ingram Seymour-Conway 2nd Marquess Hertford [aged 63] took his wife Isabella Anne Ingram Marchioness Hertford [aged 47] to Ireland in an attempt to prevent King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 44] taking her as a mistress. By the summer King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland was a regular visitor at Ragley Hall, Alcester and Hertford aka Manchester House Manchester Square Marylebone.