On 17th September 1783 Samuel Prout was born.
1805. Samuel Prout [aged 21]. The Western Front of the Priory Church, Dunstable [Map], Bedfordshire.
Around 1805. Samuel Prout [aged 21]. Water-colour of "Stonehenge".
Around 1805. Samuel Prout [aged 21]. West Door of Rochester Cathedral [Map].
1818. Samuel Prout [aged 34]. Drawing of the Ruined Gateway at Helmsley Castle, Yorkshire [Map].
1818. Samuel Prout [aged 34]. Water-colour of Netley Abbey [Map].
1818. Samuel Prout [aged 34]. Drawing of the Chantry Chapel, Wakefield Bridge [Map]. Prout visited Wakefield in his tour to Yorkshire and Scotland.
1818. Samuel Prout [aged 34]. Drawing of the Chantry Chapel, Wakefield Bridge [Map]. Prout visited Wakefield in his tour to Yorkshire and Scotland.
Before 1852. Samuel Prout [aged 68]. Water-colour of The Chapel of St Joseph of Arimathea Glastonbury Abbey [Map] from the south-east.
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 1852. Samuel Prout [aged 68]. Stone Cross in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire [Map] churchyard.
Before 1852. Samuel Prout [aged 68]. Calshot Castle, Hampshire [Map].
Before 1852. Samuel Prout [aged 68]. "Trematon Castle, Devon [Map]".
Before 1852. Samuel Prout [aged 68]. The Great Hall of Conwy Castle [Map].
Before 1852. Samuel Prout [aged 68]. "Launceston Castle [Map]".
On 10th February 1852 Samuel Prout [aged 68] died.