Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Gerbod the Fleming, 1st Earl of Chester
Gerbod the Fleming, of Oosterzele, 1st Earl of Chester, was a hereditary advocate of the Abbey of Saint Bertin at Saint- Omer, Flanders( now France) and Earl of Chester in 1070.
Edward I of England
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots , was King of England from 1272 to 1307.
Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly referred to as The Lord Edward.
The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons.
In 1259, he briefly sided with a baronial reform movement, supporting the Provisions of Oxford.
After reconciliation with his father, however, he remained loyal throughout the subsequent armed conflict, known as the Second Barons' War.
After the Battle of Lewes, Edward was hostage to the rebellious barons, but escaped after a few months and defeated the baronial leader Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
Within two years the rebellion was extinguished and, with England pacified, Edward joined the Ninth Crusade to the Holy Land.
Edward was on his way home in 1272 when he was informed that his father had died.
Making a slow return, he reached England in 1274 and was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 19 August.
Edward spent much of his reign reforming royal administration and common law.
Through an extensive legal inquiry, he investigated the tenure of various feudal liberties, while the law was reformed through a series of statutes regulating criminal and property law.
Increasingly, however, Edward's attention was drawn towards military affairs.
After suppressing a minor rebellion in Wales in 1276–77, Edward responded to a second rebellion in 1282–83 with a full-scale war of conquest.
After a successful campaign, he subjected Wales to English rule, built a series of castles and towns in the countryside and settled them with English people.
Next, his efforts were directed towards Scotland.
Initially invited to arbitrate a succession dispute, Edward claimed feudal suzerainty over the kingdom.
The war that followed continued after Edward's death, even though the English seemed victorious at several points.
Simultaneously, Edward found himself at war with France (a Scottish ally) after the French king Philip IV had confiscated the Duchy of Gascony, which until then had been held in personal union with the Kingdom of England.
Although Edward recovered his duchy, this conflict relieved English military pressure against Scotland.
At the same time there were problems at home.
In the mid-1290s, extensive military campaigns required high levels of taxation, and Edward met with both lay and ecclesiastical opposition.
These crises were initially averted, but issues remained unsettled.
When the King died in 1307, he left to his son Edward II an ongoing war with Scotland and many financial and political problems.
Edward
I was a tall man (6'2") for his era, hence the nickname "Longshanks".
He was temperamental, and this, along with his height, made him an intimidating man, and he often instilled fear in his contemporaries.
Nevertheless, he held the respect of his subjects for the way he embodied the medieval ideal of kingship, as a soldier, an administrator and a man of faith.
Modern historians are divided on their assessment of Edward
I: while some have praised him for his contribution to the law and administration, others have criticised him for his uncompromising attitude towards his nobility.
Currently, Edward I is credited with many accomplishments during his reign, including restoring royal authority after the reign of Henry III, establishing Parliament as a permanent institution and thereby also a functional system for raising taxes, and reforming the law through statutes.
At the same time, he is also often criticised for other actions, such as his brutal conduct towards the Welsh and Scots, and issuing the Edict of Expulsion in 1290, by which the Jews were expelled from England.
The Edict remained in effect for the rest of the Middle Ages, and it was over 350 years until it was formally overturned under Oliver Cromwell in 1657.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Alphonso, Earl of Chester
Alphonso or Alfonso (24 November 1273 – 19 August 1284), also called Alphonsus and Alphonse and styled Earl of Chester, was an heir apparent to the English throne who never became king.
Alphonso was the ninth child of King Edward I of England and his Castilian wife Eleanor.
He was born in Bayonne, Gascony, a duchy claimed by his maternal uncle King Alphonso X of Castile until his parents' marriage in 1254.
Edward and Eleanor's friendship with the King of Castile was also confirmed when they named their son in his honour, a "remarkable choice" given the name's rarity in England.
Queen Eleanor even persuaded her brother to travel to Gascony and serve as godfather at the young prince's baptism.
Alphonso's eldest brother, John, had died in 1271; the death of another older brother, Henry, in 1274, made Alphonso the couple's only son up until the last months of his life.
As his parents were often required to travel, Alphonso had a household of his own.
Queen Eleanor was nevertheless invested in the upbringing of her son, who even had a Spanish cook.
At the age of ten, Alphonso was engaged to Margaret, daughter of Floris V, Count of Holland.
An opulent psalter was being prepared for the marriage when he fell ill and died a few months before the wedding was to take place.
The Alphonso Psalter was completed a decade later when his sister Elizabeth married Margaret's brother, John I, Count of Holland, making the pairing of arms again appropriate.
Alphonso's death at Windsor occurred shortly after the birth of his younger brother Edward, who became the oldest surviving male heir of Edward I. Alphonso was interred in The Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey, although the exact location is unknown.
His heart, however, was buried at the priory of Blackfriars, London (now destroyed).
As heirs apparent to the throne, both Alphonso and Edward bore the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a label azure.
Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester
Richard d' Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester( 1094 – 25 November 1120) was the son of Hugh d' Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, and wife Ermentrude of Clermont.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel
William d' Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel, also known as William de Albini V( b. 1203 – before 7 August 1224) was the eldest son of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Mabel of Chester( born c. 1173), daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort of Évreux.
He became Earl of Arundel and Earl of Sussex on 30 March 1221.
He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk.
There is no evidence that he married or had children.
He was the Chief Butler of England and was succeeded by his brother, Hugh.
John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon
John of Scotland( or John de Scotia), 9th Earl of Huntingdon and 7th Earl of Chester( c. 12076 June 1237), sometimes known as" the Scot", was an Anglo- Scottish magnate, the son of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon by his wife Matilda of Chester, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc.
John married
Elen ferch Llywelyn, daughter of Llywelyn the Great, in about 1222.
John became Earl of Huntingdon in 1219 on the death of his father.
On the death of John's maternal uncle, Ranulph de Blondeville, Earl of Chester, on 26 October 1232, the Earldom of Chester was inherited by John's mother Matilda( Maud) of Chester( Ranulph's eldest sister).
Less than a month later with the consent of the King, she gave an" inter vivos" gift of the earldom to her son John who became Earl of Chester by right of his mother.
He was formally invested by King Henry III as Earl of Chester on 21 November 1232.
He became Earl of Chester in his own right six weeks later on the death of his mother in January 1233.
John died childless on 6 June 1237, aged 30.
He too, like his uncle Ranulph before him, left four sisters as his co-heirs.
They agreed to share the estates between them, and to make the husband of the eldest sister Christian, William de Forz, Earl of Chester and Huntingdon by right of his wife.
However Henry III decided that the earldoms should be annexed to the crown" lest so fair a dominion should be divided among women".
In 1246, Henry bought the honour( estate) of Chester from John's four sisters.
The earldom of Chester was recreated for Simon de Montfort in 1264, and the earldom of Huntingdon was recreated in 1337 for William de Clinton.

Question: When did Alphonso, Earl Of Chester's father die?
Answer: 7 July 1307