DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:32:30
Edward I Longshanks King of England
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King: Nov. 20, 1272 - July 7, 1307.
"In build he was handsome and of great stature, towering head and shoulders above the average.....His brow was broad, and the rest of his face regular, though a drooping of the left eyelid recalled
his father's expression. He spoke with a stammer (or lisp), but did not lack a ready power of persuasion in argument." (Nicholas Trevet, "Annals of Six Kings of England", in The Oxford Illustrated
History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
".....tall of stature, higher than ordinary men by head and shoulders, and therefore called longshanks; of a swarthy complexion, strong of body but lean.. ...his eyes in anger sparkling like fire.
The hair of his head black and curled." Sir Richard Baker. (Majesty magazine; Nov. 1985)
He was 6 feet 2 inches tall.
He was an autocratic, short-tempered man who was intolerant of criticism, and he could be cruel and violent even towards his children. Yet he had a great talent for leadership, fearlessness and
energy, and vision. He reformed royal government and developed the common law. (The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
In the Barons War (1264-1267), he defeated the Baron at Evesham (1265). As King, he is noted for encouraging Parliamentary institutions at the expense of feudalism and for subduing Wales on which he
imposed the English system of administration. He later tried to assert his authority over Scotland and died while on his way to fight Robert Bruce. (Internet)
He was a devotee of the crusade, going to Egypt and Syria in 1270 for 4 years.
(The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
He once filled a boat with gingerbread, sugar loaves, figs and raisins. The boat was to fetch a 6-year-old bride from Norway to marry his eldest son. (Majesty magazine)
He grieved more at the loss of his father than at the death of his young son. He said there could always be other sons -- but never another father. (Majesty magazine; July 1984)
Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, was begun by King Edward I in 1283 after the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales. It was designed to help ensure the conquest of Llywelyn's principality. (The
Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
Edward was so moved by the death, in 1290, of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, that he ordered that the route followed by the cortege bringing her body from Nottinghamshire, where she died, to
Westminster, where she was buried, should be marked by a succession of "Eleanor Crosses" that are among the most notable examples of royal architectural patronage in the Gothic age. (The Oxford
Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
He died of dysentery and bowel hemmorhage at 68 years old. (Brown, via Internet)
"Hammer of the Scots" was inscribed on his tomb. (The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
DATE 14 OCT 1999
TIME 16:46:01
Alianore Eleanor Leonor Princess of Queen of England
NSFX Queen of England
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:17
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:33
AFN 8WKN-81
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:33
AFN 8XJ8-M7
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:33
Juliana Katherine Princess of England
AFN 8WKN-BC
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:33
Alphonso Prince of England [Earl of Chester]
NSFX [Earl of Chester]
AFN 8WKN-CJ
DATE 14 OCT 1999
TIME 16:44:30
Berengaria Princess of England
AFN 8WKN-FV
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:33
Isabella Princess of England [twin]
NSFX [twin]
AFN 8XJ8-RW
DATE 12 JUL 1999
TIME 15:02:14
Alice Princess of England [twin]
NSFX [twin]
AFN 8WKN-H7
DATE 12 JUL 1999
TIME 15:02:24
AFN 8WKN-KK
DATE 14 OCT 1999
TIME 16:45:02
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:33
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:22
Robert Throckmorton [Right Honorable Sir]
NSFX [Right Honorable Sir]
He was a Knight; a Justice of the Peace for county Warwick; one of the King's Privy Council, 1485 (Henry VII); and Knight of the Bath, 1501.
He initiated the marked vein of Catholic piety in the house of Coughton. He erected a fine monument for himself in the church at Coughton. Coughton lies not far from Alcester, royal Kenilworth and
Stratford-on-Avon, the highway to London.
The pious Sir Robert achieved nothing much, except a good match with a daughter of a Lord Mayor of London, and a mass of children. We find him serving quietly, as we should expect, in the commission
of the peace for Warwickshire. Sir Robert was to be justified, or at least distinguished, by his sons. With the eldest, George, who early became an esquire for the body to Henry VIII, the family
resumed its official station with a still more promising position in the royal household. It was this that led to its rapid ascent to power and influence, the opportunities and dangers, of the
Reformation decades. (Sir Walter Ralegh, His Family and Private Life, by A. Rowse, 1962)
"Sir Robert was remarkable for piety, and undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Land at an advanced period of life, but died in the attempt, beyond the seas."
He died in Italy in 1519 on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
DATE 9 NOV 1999
TIME 15:50:58
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:27
NSFX [High Sheriff]
In the 5th year of the reign of Henry V, 1417, he was appointed the high sheriff of Gloucestershire. Two years later, being one of those persons of quality in the county of Gloucester, who, bearing
ancient arms from his ancestors, and holding by tenure, "he had summons" to serve the king in person for defense of the realm. Sheriff, 1417; M.P., 1419.
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:14NPFX Sir
NSFX [Knight; Sheriff]
He was Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1512 and 1513, during the reign of Henry VIII.
"He was a gentleman of excellent parts and sound learning", and is memorable for being one of the first who embraced the reform religion in England, as appears by his last will, dated Henry VIII 22
(1530). After his decease this will was condemned in the Bishop of London's court and an order sent to Parker Chancellor to raise his body (1532). But the Chancellor too officiously burned the
corpse, the recorder only warranting him to raise the body according to the law of the church. In consequence he afterwards fined the Chancellor 400 pounds and turned him out of the Chancellorship.
This is a portion of his will:
"IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN."
I William Tracy, of Toddington, in the county of Gloucester, make my testament and last will as hereafter followeth:
First and before all things I commit myself to God, and to his mercy, believing, without doubt or mistrust, that by his grace, and the merits of Jesus Christ, and by the virtue of his passion, and
the Resurrection, I have and shall have, remission of all my sins, and Resurrection of body and soul, according as it is written:
"I BELIEVE THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH, AND THAT AT THE LAST DAY I SHALL RISE OUT OF THE EARTH, AND IN MY FLESH SHALL SEE MY SAVIOUR." This my hope is laid up in my bosom.
And tuching the wealth of my soul the faith that I have taken and rehearsed, is sufficient, as I suppose, without any other Man's Works or Merits. My ground and belief that there is but one God and
one Mediator between God and Man, which is Jesus Christ: so that I accept none other in Heaven or in Earth to be Mediator between me and God, but only Jesus Christ: all others to be but as
Petitioners in receiving of Grace, but none able to give Influence of Grace; and therefore will I bestow no part of my goods for that Intent, that any man shall say or do to help my soul, for
therein I trust only to the promise of Christ; "HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTISED SHALL BE SAVED, AND HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT, SHALL BE DAMNED."
As tutching the burying of my body, it availeth me not whatsoever be done thereto: for St. Augustine said, DE CURA AGENDA PRO MORTUIS. As the funeral Pomps are rather the Solace of them that live,
then the Wealth and comfort of them that are dead, therefore I remit it only to the discretion of my Executors. And tutching the distribution of my temporal Goods, my purpose is, by the Grace of
God, to bestow them to be accepted as the Fruits of Faith; so that I do not suppose that my Merit shall be by the good bestowing of them, but my Merit is the Faith of Jesus Christ only, by whom such
Words are: good; according to the words of our Lord:
"I WAS HUNGRY AND THOU GAVEST ME MEAT &c." And it followeth, "THAT WHICH YE HAVE DONE TO THE LEAST OF MY BRETHERN: YE HAVE DONE IT TO ME:" and ever we should consider the true saying, "That a good
work maketh not a good man, but a good man maketh a good work; for faith maketh a man both good and righteous, for a righteous man liveth by faith, and whatsoever springeth not of faith, is sin."
For my temporal goods &c.
DATE 24 APR 2000
TIME 18:47:03
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NSFX [Esquire]
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:24
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:19