Paternal Family Tree: Zouche
Around 1203 Alan Zouche was born to [his father] Roger Zouche (age 28) and [his mother] Margaret Bisset at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
In or before 1242 Alan Zouche (age 38) and Helen or Ela Quincy were married. She the daughter of Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester (age 46) and Helen Galloway Countess Winchester.
Around 1242 [his daughter] Helen Zouche was born to Alan Zouche (age 39) and [his wife] Helen or Ela Quincy at Winchester, Hampshire [Map].
On 29th September 1242 [his son] Roger Zouche was born to Alan Zouche (age 39) and [his wife] Helen or Ela Quincy at Lubbesthorpe Manor Lubbesthorpe Blaby, Leicestershire. He married before 1267 his fourth cousin Ela Longespée and had issue.
Around 1250 [his son] Oliver Zouche was born to Alan Zouche (age 47) and [his wife] Helen or Ela Quincy.
Around 1251 [his daughter] Margaret Zouche Baroness Warkworth was born to Alan Zouche (age 48) and [his wife] Helen or Ela Quincy. She married after 1307 Robert Fitzroger 5th Baron Warkworth, son of Roger Fitzjohn 4th Baron Warkworth, and had issue.
On 31st October 1266 the Dictum of Kenilworth was issued. The Dictum was a peace agreement between King Henry III of England (age 59) and the rebels who were besieged in the impregnable Kenilworth Castle [Map]. The committee included: Bishop Walter Branscombe (age 46), Archbishop Walter Giffard (age 41), Bishop Nicholas Ely, Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford, Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex (age 62), Philip Basset (age 82), John Balliol (age 58), Robert Walerand, Alan Zouche (age 63), Roger Somery 2nd Baron Dudley (age 76), and Warin Bassingbourne.
Robert Ferrers 6th Earl of Derby (age 27) and Henry Hastings (age 31) were fined seven times their annual income. The Dictum, however, required the rebels to pay their fines before being restored to their lands; something of a Catch-22 since if they weren't restored to their lands, they would have no income to pay the fine.
On 23rd June 1267 Alan Zouche (age 64) was appointed Warden of London and Constable of the Tower of London which offices he held until September.
On 19th June 1270 Alan Zouche (age 67) and his son [his son] Roger Zouche (age 27) were attacked at during a trial between him and John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey (age 39). Alan was seriously injured and left on the spot, his son escaped. On 4th August 1270 John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey agreed to pay substantial compensation to the injured. Alan died eight days later.
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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On 12th August 1270 Alan Zouche (age 67) died as a consequence of the wounds he had received a month before during a skirmish with supporters of John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey (age 39).
[his father] Roger Zouche and [his mother] Margaret Bisset were married.
[his son] Henry Zouche was born to Alan Zouche and Helen or Ela Quincy.
[his daughter] Lucy Zouche was born to Alan Zouche and Helen or Ela Quincy.
[his son] Eudo Zouche was born to Alan Zouche and Helen or Ela Quincy.
[his daughter] Margaret Zouche was born to Alan Zouche and Helen or Ela Quincy.
[his daughter] Alice Zouche was born to Alan Zouche and Helen or Ela Quincy.
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [1]
King Richard III of England [2]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [2]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [1]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [2]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [3]
George Wharton [19]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [69]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [274]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [87]
Mother: Margaret Bisset
