Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1393-1406

The Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV offers a vivid contemporary account of one of the most turbulent periods in late medieval England. Covering the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, the chronicle records royal ceremonies, political conflict, rebellion, war, taxation, religious controversy, executions, popular unrest and remarkable portents. Its pages include a detailed description of Richard II’s coronation, the fall and deposition of the king, Henry IV’s seizure of the throne, the Percy rebellion, the execution of Archbishop Richard Scrope, the campaigns of Owain Glyndŵr, and England’s relations with Scotland, France, Portugal and Scandinavia. Alongside affairs of state, the annalist preserves reports of miracles, eclipses, prophecies, supernatural events and the experiences of ordinary townspeople, clergy, soldiers and travellers. Written from a monastic perspective, the work combines political observation with moral judgement, presenting victories and disasters as evidence of divine favour or punishment. At once a historical record and a reflection of medieval belief, the Annals provides an invaluable window into the challenges, ceremonies and conflicts of England at the turn of the fifteenth century.

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Frank Cadogan Cowper 1877-1958

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On 28th December 1876 Frank Cowper [aged 27] and [his mother] Edith Elise Cadogan [aged 17] were married. They had ten children.

On 16th October 1877 Frank Cadogan Cowper was born to Frank Cowper [aged 28] and Edith Elise Cadogan [aged 18] at Wicken, Northamptonshire.

In 1890 Frank Cowper [aged 40] and [his mother] Edith Elise Cadogan [aged 30] were divorced.

1901. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 23]. "An Aristocrat Answering the Summons to Execution".

1903. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 25]. "Fanny, Sketch of a girl in crinoline dress".

1905. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 27]. "St Agnes in Prison Receiving from Heaven the 'Shining White Garment".

1907. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 29]. "Vanity". The picture borrows motifs from Giulio Romano's portrait of Isabella d'Este at Hampton Court, a picture which had inspired the young Burne-Jones half a century earlier.

1908. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 30]. "Venetian Ladies Listening to "Rapunzel sings from the Tower."

1909. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 31]. "Venetian Ladies Listening to "The Serenade" on the Grand Canal."

1912. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 34]. "The Morning of the Nativity".

1913. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 35]. Portrait of William Walter Carlile 1st Baronet [aged 50].

William Walter Carlile 1st Baronet: On 15th June 1862 he was born. In 1885 he and Blanche Anne Cadogan were married. On 3rd January 1950 he died. Baronet Carlile of Gayhurst in Buckinghamshire extinct.

1918. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 40]. "The Bluebird". Painted at 2 Edwardes Square Studios, a southerly outpost of the artists' colony in Holland Park that had sprung up in the later nineteenth-century under the leadership of the President of the Royal Academy, Sir Frederic Leighton.

1919. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 41]. "Our Lady of The Fruits of The Earth."

1919. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 41]. "Vanity II."

1920. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 42]. Portrait of Violet Miriam Nightingale Clay Baroness Vernon [aged 25].

1928. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 50]. "Titania Sleeps."

On 28th May 1930 Frank Cowper [aged 81] died.

On 18th November 1933 [his mother] Edith Elise Cadogan [aged 74] died.

1946. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 68]. "Joan Saxton, a Student Nurse Who Trained at Cirencester Memorial Hospital".

Before 1958. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 80]. "The Ugly Duckling."

Before 1958. Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 80]. "The Golden Bowl."

On 17th November 1958 Frank Cadogan Cowper [aged 81] died.

Ancestors of Frank Cadogan Cowper 1877-1958

Father: Frank Cowper

Frank Cadogan Cowper

Grandfather: Edward Cadogan

Mother: Edith Elise Cadogan