On 17th June 1838 Frederick Hollyer was born to Samuel Hollyer [aged 41].
1866. Frederick Hollyer [aged 27]. Photograph of Simeon Solomon [aged 25].
1870. Frederick Hollyer [aged 31]. Photograph of Charles Dickens [aged 57].
1874. Frederick Hollyer [aged 35]. Photograph of the Burne-Jones and Morris families including William Morris [aged 39], Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 34], Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 40] and Georgiana Macdonald Lady Burne-Jones [aged 33].
1874. Frederick Hollyer [aged 35]. Photograph of Ellen Terry [aged 26] and person unknown.
1874. Frederick Hollyer [aged 35]. Photograph of Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 40] and William Morris [aged 39].
Around 1882. Frederick Hollyer [aged 43]. Photograph of Georgiana Macdonald Lady Burne-Jones [aged 41].
In 1883 [his father] Samuel Hollyer [aged 86] died.
1884. Frederick Hollyer [aged 45]. Photograph of Thomas Hardy [aged 43].
Thomas Hardy: On 2nd June 1840 he was born. On 11th January 1928 he died.
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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1886. Frederick Hollyer [aged 47]. Photograph of Walter Crane [aged 40].
Around 1887. Frederick Hollyer [aged 48]. Photograph of Mary "May" Morris [aged 24].
Around 1887. Frederick Hollyer [aged 48]. Photograph of William Morris [aged 52].
1890. Frederick Hollyer [aged 51]. Photograph of Aubrey Beardsley.
Around 1890. Frederick Hollyer [aged 51]. Photograph of Emma Margaret "Margot" Tennant [aged 25].
Emma Margaret "Margot" Tennant: On 2nd February 1864 she was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet and Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant. On 10th May 1894 Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith and she were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. On 28th July 1945 Emma Margaret "Margot" Tennant died.
Around 1890. Frederick Hollyer [aged 51]. Photograph of Octavia Laura Mary Tennant.
Octavia Laura Mary Tennant: In 1862 she was born to Charles Tennant 1st Baronet and Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant. In 1885 Arthur Lyttelton and she were married. The couple lived at 4 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair. In 1886 Octavia Laura Mary Tennant died from childbirth.
Around 1890. Frederick Hollyer [aged 51]. Photograph of William Butler Yeats.
Around 1890. Frederick Hollyer [aged 51]. Photograph of Sir Aston Webb.
1890. Frederick Hollyer [aged 51]. Photograph of Richard Le Gallienne.
1890. Frederick Hollyer [aged 51]. Photograph of Ellen Terry [aged 42].
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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1894. Frederick Hollyer [aged 55]. Photograph of John Ruskin [aged 74].
1896. Frederick Hollyer [aged 57]. Photograph of Simeon Solomon [aged 55].
On 21st November 1933 Frederick Hollyer [aged 95] died.