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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Paternal Family Tree: Compton
On 18th August 1787 [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 27) and [his step-mother] Maria Smith Marchioness Northampton (age 21) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 49) and [his grandmother] Jane Lawton Countess Northampton.
On 2nd January 1790 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton was born to [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 29).
On 7th April 1796 [his grandfather] Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 57) died. His son [his father] Charles (age 36) succeeded 9th Earl of Northampton. [his step-mother] Maria Smith Marchioness Northampton (age 30) by marriage Countess of Northampton.
In 1812 [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 51) was created 1st Marquess Northampton, 1st Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 1st Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex. [his step-mother] Maria Smith Marchioness Northampton (age 46) by marriage Marchioness Northampton.
On 24th June 1815 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 25) and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 23) were married. He the son of Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 55).
In 1816 [his son] Charles Compton 3rd Marquess Northampton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 25) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 24). He married 5th July 1859 Theodosia Harriett Elizabeth Vyner.
On 21st June 1817 [his daughter] Marianne Margaret Compton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 27) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 25). She married 1841 John Hume Egerton, son of John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow and Amelia Sophia Hume, and had issue.
In 1818 [his son] William Compton 4th Marquess Northampton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 27) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 26). He married 21st August 1844 Eliza Harriet Elliot Marchioness Northampton and had issue.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1825 [his son] Bishop Alwyne Compton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 34) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 33).
On 24th May 1828 [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 68) died. His son Spencer (age 38) succeeded 2nd Marquess Northampton, 10th Earl of Northampton, 2nd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 2nd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex. [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 36) by marriage Marchioness Northampton.
On 14th March 1830 [his daughter] Margaret Compton was born to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 40) and [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 38) in Rome, Italy [Map]. She married 1st June 1851 her half fifth cousin once removed Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower, son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville, and had issue.
On 2nd April 1830 [his wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton (age 38) died in Rome. She was buried in Naples. Monument at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map] sculpted by Pietro Tenerani (age 40) in 1836.
In 1841 [his son-in-law] John Hume Egerton (age 28) and [his daughter] Marianne Margaret Compton (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 50) and [his former wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton. He the son of John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow (age 61) and Amelia Sophia Hume.
On 21st August 1844 [his son] William Compton 4th Marquess Northampton (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Eliza Harriet Elliot Marchioness Northampton (age 24) were married at Naples [Map]. He the son of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 54) and [his former wife] Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane Marchioness Northampton.
Around 1845. Thomas Phillips (age 74). Portrait of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 54).
On 17th January 1851 Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (age 61) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]. His son Charles (age 35) succeeded 3rd Marquess Northampton, 11th Earl of Northampton, 3rd Earl Compton of Compton in Warwickshire, 3rd Baron Wilmington of Wilmington in Sussex.
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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After 17th January 1851. Monument to Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton (deceased) at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]. Angel of the Resurrection sculpted by Pietro Tenerani (age 61) in 1866. The quote from First Letter to the Corinthians Chapter 15 Verse 52. The inscription on the side Marmoris hoc sculpti eloquens silentium spe futuri patri charissimo dicavit filius.
General photos of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Easton Maudit [Map]. The floor tiles Minton installed by donated by [his son] Bishop Alwyne Compton son of Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton who lived at near by Castle Ashby House, Northamptonshire.
Floor tiles at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]: Here lies the bodies of [his grandmother] Jane the first wife of [his grandfather] Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton, [his father] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton, Mary his wife also of Spencer Second Marquis of Northampton and Margaret his wife and also his grandchildren.
Jane Lawton Countess Northampton: In 1758 Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton and she were married. On 18th October 1763 Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton died. His brother Spencer succeeded 8th Earl of Northampton. She by marriage Countess of Northampton. On 26th November 1767 she died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Noel Countess Northampton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Compton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fox of Farley Wiltshire 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Fox
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christian Palfreyman
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Fox Countess Northampton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Whittle of the City of London
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Whittle
GrandFather: Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lucy 1st Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Kingsmill Lucy 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Chapman Lady Lucy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Berkeley Lucy 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Theophila Berkeley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Massingberd Couness Berkeley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Lucy 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Cotton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Cotton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Cotton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hutchinson 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Hutchinson 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Stanhope 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Jane Lawton Countess Northampton
Spencer Compton 2nd Marquess Northampton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England