Scadbury Park, Chislehurst is in Scadbury, Chislehurst.
Around 1542 Dorothy Walsingham was born to Thomas Walsingham [aged 16] and Dorothy Guildford [aged 6] at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst.
Around 1558 Guildford Walsingham was born to Thomas Walsingham [aged 32] and Dorothy Guildford [aged 22] at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst.
Around 1558 Edmund Walsingham was born to Thomas Walsingham [aged 32] and Dorothy Guildford [aged 22] at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst.
Around 1562 Friedeswith Walsingham was born to Thomas Walsingham [aged 36] and Dorothy Guildford [aged 26] at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst.
Around 1563 Thomas Walsingham was born to Thomas Walsingham [aged 37] and Dorothy Guildford [aged 27] at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst. He married before 20th May 1624 Audrey Shelton Lady Walsingham.
Around 1570 Ann Walsingham was born to Thomas Walsingham [aged 44] and Dorothy Guildford [aged 34] at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst.
Around 1574 Jane Walsingham was born to Thomas Walsingham [aged 48] and Dorothy Guildford [aged 38] at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst.
Around 1577 Frances Walsingham was born to Thomas Walsingham [aged 51] and Dorothy Guildford [aged 41] at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst.
Around 1581 Elizabeth Walsingham was born to Thomas Walsingham [aged 55] and Dorothy Guildford [aged 45] at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst.
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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On 15th January 1584 Thomas Walsingham [aged 58] died at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst.