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On 26th July 1749 John Warwick Smith was born.
On or after 6th February 1783 John Warwick Smith [aged 33] and Elizabeth Gerrard were married at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. She was a minor, and therefore much younger than her husband, who was now thirty-three. The ceremony was performed by the vicar, the Rev. Marmaduke Mathews, and the witnesses were Thomas Bentley and John Hands. The bride's first name is altered in the register from Sarah to Elizabeth.
1788 . John Warwick Smith [aged 38]. "The Ferry at Goodrich Castle [Map] on the Wye, South Wales".
Around 1789 . John Warwick Smith [aged 39]. "Tintern Abbey [Map] by moonlight".
1790. John Warwick Smith [aged 40]. "Ruins of Criccieth Castle [Map] and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan, East View, Caernarfonshire".
12th July 1790. John Warwick Smith [aged 40]. "General view of the town & castle of Caernarvon [Map] from Tut Hill".
1792. John Warwick Smith [aged 42]. "Harlech Castle [Map]".
18th July 1792. John Warwick Smith [aged 42]. "The ascent to the ruins Harlech Castle [Map]".
Before 1831 . John Warwick Smith [aged 81]. "Bullslaughter Bay, Pembrokeshire [Map]".
Before 1831. John Warwick Smith [aged 81]. "Cilgerran Castle [Map]".
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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Before 1831. John Warwick Smith [aged 81]. "St Michael's Mount, Cornwall".
On 22nd March 1831 John Warwick Smith [aged 81] died.