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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 20th April 1695 [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 24) and [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 19) were married. They had five sons and seven daughters of whom only three surviving her. He the son of [her grandfather] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 49) and [her grandmother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 51).
On 9th June 1698 Amabel Grey was born to [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 27) and [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 23).
On 19th August 1702 [her grandfather] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 57) died. His son [her father] Henry (age 31) succeeded 12th Earl Kent. [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 27) by marriage Countess Kent.
On 1st November 1702 [her grandmother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 58) died. Her son [her father] Henry (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
In 1704 [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 33) was appointed Privy Council.
In 1704 [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 33) was appointed Lord Chamberlain.
In 1710 [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 39) was created 1st Duke Kent, 1st Marquess Kent, 1st Viscount Gooderich. [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 34) by marriage Marchioness Kent.
Before 24th May 1711 John Closterman (age 51). Portrait of Amabel Grey (age 12).
On 17th February 1718 [her brother] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas (age 22) and [her sister-in-law] Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet (age 73) and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 47) and [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 42). They were sixth cousins.
On 20th February 1718 John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 21) and Amabel Grey (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 47) and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 42). He the son of John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 55) and Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland.
On 8th November 1718 [her brother] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas (age 23) by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
Around 1721 [her son] Henry Campbell was born to [her husband] John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 24) and Amabel Grey (age 22). He died aged six in 1727.
Before 1723. Charles D'Agar (age 53). Portrait of Amabel Grey (age 24). Whole length portrait. She stands to the right on a black and white paved floor in a blue dress, leaning on a stone balustrade. There is an architectural background to the left.
In 1723. Charles D'Agar (age 54). Portrait of Amabel Grey (age 24)
On 21st July 1723 [her brother] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas (age 28) died by choking on an ear of barley the beard of which stuck in his throat. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His niece [her daughter] Jemima succeeded 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas: On 21st February 1695 he was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. On 17th February 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas and Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. They were sixth cousins. On 8th November 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 9th October 1723 [her daughter] Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey was born to [her husband] John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 27) and Amabel Grey (age 25). She married 1740 Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, son of Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke, and had issue.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Before 30th October 1724 [her brother-in-law] John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham (age 37) and [her sister] Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex. She the daughter of [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 53) and [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 49).
On 2nd August 1726 Amabel Grey (age 28) died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
On 24th March 1729 [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 58) and [her step-mother] Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent (age 27) were married. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland (age 57). He the son of [her grandfather] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent and [her grandmother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent.
On 23rd January 1730 [her former husband] John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 33) and Arbella Pershall Countess Breadalbaine and Holland were married. He the son of [her former father-in-law] John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 67) and [her former mother-in-law] Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland.
On 26th January 1782 [her former husband] John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 85) died. His third cousin John (age 19) succeeded 4th Earl Breadalbaine and Holland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Grey 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Grey 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Grey 9th Earl Kent 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerard Salvaine of Croxall, County Durham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Salvaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Purefoy 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Purefoy 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Magdelane Purefoy Countess Kent 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Benn
Great x 1 Grandmother: Amabel Benn Countess Kent
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Evelyn of Long Ditton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Godstone
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rose Williams
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Evelyn
Father: Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lucas 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fermor 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fermor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Vaux 
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield
GrandMother: Mary Lucas Countess Kent 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Neville 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Brome
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Neville 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lennard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Lennard Baroness Bergavenny
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Neville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 
10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Darcy 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Vincenzo Guicciardini
Great x 3 Grandmother: Camilla Guicciardini
Amabel Grey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Randulph Crewe 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crew
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Crew
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Crew 1st Baron Crew
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Bray 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Bray of Stene and Hinton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Temperance Bray
GrandFather: Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Waldegrave 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Waldegrave 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Drury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Waldegrave 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jemima Waldegrave Baroness Crew 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Higham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Higham
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Yelverton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Yelverton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amy Fermor
Mother: Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Armyn of Osgodby South Kesteven Lincolnshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Armine 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Eure 2nd Baron Eure 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Eure 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dymoke 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Armine 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hicks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Hicks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hicks Lady Armine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Colston
GrandMother: Anne Armine 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Crane 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Crane
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Alington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Alington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Alinton