Morgan Arms

Morgan Arms, The
43, Morgan Street
Bow
London
E3 5AA
Tel:
+44 (0)20 8980 6389

The House details

The House
63 - 69 Canonbury Road
London
N1 2DG

Havelock Tavern Details

Havelock Tavern,
57 Masbro Road
London
W14 0LS
Tel : (0)20 7603 5374

London Gastropubs are :-

London GastroPub of the Year Winner:

The Anchor & Hope


Shortlisted

The Havelock Tavern,

The House,

The Rocket,

The Wells

History Book Club

Today went into Lorenzio's in Orpington and bout 4 books from the bookclub issue of about 20 years ago. Decided to collect the full set.Including the ones I've already bought, here is the list I have so far :-

George IV
Richard III
James II
Charles II
Mary Tudor
Richard III
James I
Edward II
George III
Henry VIII
Charles I
Richard I

Monarchy Timeline

Subject: Monarchy Timeline

Egbert 802-839
Aethelbald 855-860
Aethelbert 860-866
Aethelred 866-871
Alfred the Great 871-899
Edward the Elder 899-925
Athelstan 925-940
Edmund the Magnificent 940-946
Eadred 946-955
Eadwig (Edwy) All-Fair 955-959
Edgar the Peaceable 959-975
Edward the Martyr 975-978
Æthelred II (Ethelred the Unready) 979-1013 and 1014-1016
Edmund II (Ironside) 1016

DANISH
Svein Forkbeard 1014
Cnut (Canute) 1016-1035
Harold I 1035-1040
Hardicnut 1040-1042

SAXONS
Edward (the Confessor) 1042-1066
Harold II 1066

NORMANS
William I 1066-1087
William II 1087-1100
Henry I 1100-1135
Stephen 1135-1154
Empress Matilda (Queen Maud) 1141

PLANTAGENETS
Henry II 1154-1189
Richard I 1189-1199
John 1199-1216
Henry III 1216-1272
Edward I 1272-1307
Edward II 1307-1327
Edward III 1327-1377
Richard II 1377-1399

HOUSE OF LANCASTER
Henry IV 1399-1413
Henry V 1413-1422
Henry VI 1422-1461

HOUSE OF YORK
Edward IV 1461-1483
Edward V 1483
Richard III 1483-1485

TUDORS
Henry VII 1485-1509
Henry VIII 1509-1547
Edward VI 1547-1553
Jane Grey 1553
Mary I 1553-1558
Elizabeth I 1558-1603

STUARTS
James I 1603-1625
Charles I 1625-1649

COMMONWEALTH
Oliver Cromwell 1649-1658
Richard Cromwell 1658-1659

STUARTS (restored)
Charles II 1660-1685
James II 1685-1688
William III 1689-1702
Mary II 1689-1694
Anne 1702-1714

HOUSE OF HANOVER
George I 1714-1727
George II 1727-1760
George III 1760-1820
George IV 1820-1830
William IV 1830-1837
Victoria 1837-1901

SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA
Edward VII 1901-1910

WINDSOR
George V 1910-1936
Edward VIII 1936-1936
George VI 1936-1952
Elizabeth II 1952 - present

Recipe, Red onion Chutney

This chutney is ideal for serving with cheese, or any salad, you canseve it hot, say on top of a ramikin of goats cheese, or cold an anaccompliment to cold meats.

Ingredients

2 lb red onion, peeled and chopped, mostly in rings
4 tsp olive oil
8 tsp soft brown dark sugar
4 tbsp red wine vinegar

Method.

1. Chop and slice all the onions, remove any hard skins, and leavemostly in half rings

2. Place in large heavy frying pan, with the olive oil, and heatgently for about 30 mins, add the sugar and vinagar at intervalsdurring the cooking.

3. Towards the end, the onions should reduce to about half, this is the time to add any final flavouring that you want, here are some
examples :-

Tarragon
Lemon juice
Rosemery
Tymne

serve hot, or place in sterile glass jars and store in the fridge.

Potato Salad

Ingedients

1 lb new potatos
1 Shallot
1 tb spoon Dijon mustard
2 tb White wine vinigar
2 tb olive oil
1 Chopped parsley
1 pepper
1 sea salt

Preparation

1. Place the potatoes in sauspan so all touch the base
2. Add cold water
3. Bring to boil, and cook until tender
4. Mix all the dressing
5. Drain the pototoes
6. add the dressing while the potatoes are hot

Serving

Place on a bed of watercress

Sunday 3 April 2005

Last night met Sarah White, long time no see. She has just got incedibly broad in the bum, I just cant get over the size of her. Also the skin has gone around the front and her hair is a lot darker. Quite a nice night though, I'm sure she does'nt like me though, her body language was just all wrong. But she did seem ok though, I think it was that she just could'nt be bothered to make the effort to be nasty to me in any way. She still says that she can fit into the dress I bought her for the ladies night at sutton about 3 years ago, I thought it was dark blue, she says it was black, but I think there is no way she could ever fit into that dress again. As Remember it, she had to put it on back to front, then swivel it round. The year after that is was Penny at sutton, then Janice at Simpsons.

Dinner provided my me, 5 pizzas, 2 boxes of roast chicken, 4 bottles ulta cheap rose, and an instant dinner party.

Cilla had to retire pissed at about 9 pm, S Martin left without drinking, and the evening went down well.

Still dont know what I'm going to do about my heating breaking down though. I still need to tidy up arround the house as well.

Gabrielle D'Estrees History

Although her grandfather, Jean d'Estrees, had been distinguished in royal service, her father, Antoine d'Estrees, was much less admired. Antoine was absent-minded and prone to making mistakes, the greatest of which was to marry Francoise Babou. Almost as disastrous was his decision, when Francoise had run off, to allow his greedy sister-in-law, Isabelle de Sourdis, to bring up his children. Gabrielle was about ten years old when her mother abandoned her children. However, according to Agrippa d'Aubign‚: "Gabrielle is amiracle of sweet beauty and feminine charms. How one who is so gentle, so simple and so modest can bear to tolerate the embraces of a turncoat (Henri IV) who has loved many women surpasses all understanding".

The praise of this stern Huguenot undoes all the malicious rumours which were spread later on about Gabrielle.The sister of Henri IV, Catherine of Navarre, a devout Protestant,became Gabrielle's intimate friend and was godmother to Gabrielle'sonly daughter. When it was rumoured that Henri IV was going to take a royal bride, it was his sister who suggested he marry Gabrielled'Estrees as so did Queen Louise, the widow of King Henri III. Louisede Coligny, the dowager princess of Orange, publicly befriended Gabrielle and on at least two occassions visited Henri IV to urge him to marry her. However, shortly before Henri IV had met her, approaches had been made to arrange his marriage to Louise de Guise; but this came to nothing because of Gabrielle. Once Louise de Guise met Gabrielle d'Estrees, they became the best of friends. In 1591 Henri IV's mistress was Corisande d'Andouins, Comtesse de Guiche, but he was already tiring of her. Then Madame de Sourdis appeared with her lovely nieces, Diane and Gabrielle d'Estrees. However, Gabrielle not only rejected Henri IV's advances but, in June 1592, married Nicolas d'Amerval, a middle-aged widower whose late wife had been a cousin of Gabrielle's father. When Gabrielle discovered that this marriage had been arranged by her father, she was stricken dumb and spoke to no-one for four days. The reason her father had arranged this marriage was to protect her from the king, so that when Gabrielle became the king's mistress he was so angry he broke with her. Henri IV, previously unaware of the marriage, hastened to Gabrielle when he found out. Nicolas d'Amerval claimed he had never slept with Gabrielle who, when they divorced in 1594, in turn claimed that she regarded him impotent. On 4 September 1592 Gabrielle left her husband and the next day joined the king at Chartres, and from then on she travelled the country with him. Although in the beginning she was unfaithful with the Duc de Bellegarde, in less than a year later, by June 1593, she was transformed from an immature, lazy girl to an adulti n love with the king. Previously she had shown no interest in politics but now began to take notice. She encouraged Henri IV to become a Catholic as this would not only unite the country but also, so long as Henri IV was regarded aheretic, the pope would not allow the king a divorce from his estranged wife. Henri IV's sister Catherine first opposed the king's conversion but Gabrielle was able to change her mind. Nevertheless, political turmoil still ensued in France with several Catholic candidates for the crown: Henri IV's uncle, Infanta Isabella of Spain, the Duke de Guise and the Duke of Lorraine. Gabrielle continued herefforts to break down Henri IV's opposition to his conversion till at last he did become Catholic and the Parisians rejoiced. On separate occassions both Henri IV and Gabrielle met withthe disgruntled Huguenot leaders, promising to protect their rights. Early in 1594 Henri IV laid siege and conquered Paris. On 7 June 1594 Gabrielle gave birth to a son, Cesar. In December 1594, in Gabrielle's presence, an attempt was made on Henri IV's life. Jean Chastel, a student at a Jesuit college, and another student, Guignard, were found guilty. On 7 January 1595 Jean Chastel was publicly hanged and Guignard suffered the same fate two days later. Also on 7 January 1598 Gabrielle's marriage to Nicolasd'Amerval was dissolved on the grounds of Gabrielle's close relationship to Nicholas's first wife. A few weeks later Nicolas d'Amerval married a third time. With formal letters patent, Henri IVl egitimised their son, Cesar, but made it clear that at that time his son was ineligible to become king. Henri IV then left it to Gabrielle to deal with the pope. She also succeeded in making peace with the Duke of Mayenne. On 14 November 1596 Gabrielle gave birth to a daughter, Catherine Henriette. For the baptism, Queen Elizabeth I of England sent a special ambassador who also proposed a new treaty between England and France. Then, surprising everyone, Spain attacked Amiens. One of the first things Gabrielle did was to ask the people of France to contribute financially to the war efforts while she herself pawned her jewellery; in doing so she raised a substantial fortune. Then she rushed to the fortress at Beauvais near Amiens to be with Henri IV. While at Beauvais, Henri IV fell ill and was nursed by Gabrielle. He then had to return to Paris to obtain reinforcements but there he collapsed. It took a long time before he recovered his health. When again well, he ordered all nobles to pay tax on the land they owned and requested cardinals and bishops to contribute to the war fund. It was effective as all complied and Henri IV and Gabrielle were able to return to Amiens. Although the situation was dangerous, Gabrielle refused to leave as she wanted to visit the sick and wounded.Then the Duke of Mayenne arrived, which proved Gabrielle's saving. Secretly and suddenly, Austrian soldiers appeared to assist the Spaniards. This unexpected event confused the French so that two companies of recruits fled in disorder. Gabrielle remained calm, ignoring the artillery fire around her and urging on the French soldiers to resist. Mayenne, rallying several regiments, placed himself at their head and by midnight the Austrian offensive was blunted. Henri IV then launched a counter-attack, forcing the Austrians to retreat. The defeat of the Austrians also brought the surrender of the Spaniards in Amiens. When the Spanish soldiers were allowed to return home, the French knew that Philip II of Spain had been beaten and would be forced to keep the peace. To show his gratitude to Gabrielle, Henri IV created her Duchess of Beaufort with the stipulation that the title would go on to their son, Ceasar. She was also given a chest with fifty thousand ecus, the sum she had given him, as well as her jewelry which he had redeemed from her money-lender. All that prevented peace in France was the last of the rebels, the wealthy Philippe Emanuel and Marie, Duke and Duchess of Mercoeur and Penthievre. When they refused to submit to the king, Henri IV and Gabrielle at the head of a large army went to Brittany where Philippe Emanuel and Marie still tried to procrastinate. Only when they realised that the king had lost all patience did Marie approach Gabrielle. The result was that Cesar was betrothed to Francoise, theonly child of the Duke and Duchess of Mercoeur. This brought their extensive wealth to the king who, now, did not confiscate their lands. However, the government of the duchy was taken over by Henri IV. From then on, Gabrielle, pregnant once more, involved herself with there conciliation of Catholics and Protestants. On 13 April 1598, the Edict of Nantes, giving rights to the Protestants, was signed and four days later Gabrielle gave birth to another son, Alexandre. Also in 1598, Henri IV decided that he wished to marry Gabrielle and to achieve this had to divorce his wife, Margot, who willingly agreed. Not only had she been pressing for divorce since 1593 but she had given birth to at least one illegitimate child and as well had enormous debts. Indeed, since back in February 1597 she had even started correspondence with Gabrielle about the matter. A group ofFrench nobles were sent to the Vatican to obtain the divorce and, in November 1598, Gabrielle moved into the official bedchamber reserved for the queen. From then on she was treated by all as though she was indeed queen already. By Christmas France was at peace both abroad and at home for the first time in living memory and Gabrielle received a pension of ten thousand francs per year from the Huguenots. However, when she was asked to obtain permission for the Jesuits to return to France, she failed.Henri IV, certain that his divorce would be granted, announced that his wedding would take place on Easter Sunday. Paris celebrated and so did the nobility. But then, although it became obvious that Gabrielle was again pregnant, the pope procrastinated. What later became known was that Pope Clement would have approved of the divorce but only if Henri IV would have married Marie de' Medici. Although Gabrielle's previous pregnancies had been easy, this time was different. She had feelings of pending disaster, wept frequently and suffered from nightmares. On 5 April 1599 she was carried in a litter from Fontainebleau to Savigny, continuing the next day by boat to Paris where she went to the house of her aunt. She was able to go to church but, on returning to ther aunt's house, she fainted. Even though the baby was not due for another three months, laboUr pains setin. From then on she was in agonizing pains and by six o'clock in the evening of the next day had lost the powers of speech, hearing andsight. After giving birth to a stillborn child, she died at five in the morning on 10 April 1599.
Source: Leo van de Pas

Gabrielle D'Estrees

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London
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Day Out at Harrow

Bought a very good book from waterstones about days out in Village London. Started off with Janice a bit late, and we were going to Pinner, but spect about 30 mins waiting for a pinner train at Kings Cross, then found out we should have picked up one from Baker Street. In the end, the Harrow on the Hill came in first, so did a tour re write and went to Harrow instead.

Came out of the undergound station, south side, not the mail commercial area, crossed over the main road and walked up a very steep hill and wandered round Harrow School. Here are the main things I noticed :-

1 No commercialaztion

2 No pubs or small ships

3. They were totally rebuilding the hotel on the village square

4. about 3 estate agents

5. Antique shop run by funny old woman, and young russian who could hardly communicate in english

6. found 2 tony jugs, each about 1930, not bad but not up to my expectations

7. Had a very mediocre pizze in a wine bar called grachos, not very hot, 2 bottles of paroni beer. Total cost was 23.80, paid 24.00 and the waitress forgot the change, so hence no tip

8. Very nice church at top hill

9. Found a nice pub, Fullers, but to late as we had had lunch

10. Might be more to see when in term time

11. Byrons grave, seems ok

12. Nice houses, very well layed out lawns

13. Easter egg hunt for the children

14. Some very nice window glass and mullions

next time, if we set out early enough, pinner might be better