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.
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Paternal Family Tree: Boteler
Maternal Family Tree: Audrey Saunders 1551-1588
Before 1600 [her father] John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler (age 33) and [her mother] Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield (age 26) were married.
Around 1600 Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland was born to [her father] John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler (age 34) and [her mother] Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield (age 27).
Before 1608 [her brother-in-law] Francis Anderson (age 26) and [her sister] Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester were married.
On 31st July 1617 [her brother-in-law] Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester (age 19) and [her sister] Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester were married.
After 1618 [her brother-in-law] James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 66) and [her sister] Jane Boteler Countess Marlborough were married.
On 12th April 1620 [her father] John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Boteler of Hatfield Woodhall in Hertfordshire. [her mother] Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield (age 47) by marriage Lady Boteler of Hatfield Woodhall in Hertfordshire.
On 5th February 1626 [her brother-in-law] James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 74) was created 1st Earl Marlborough by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 25). [her sister] Jane Boteler Countess Marlborough by marriage Countess Marlborough.
On 7th February 1626 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 29) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 26) were married. He the illegitmate son of Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
In July 1627 [her husband] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 30) was created 1st Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight. Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 27) by marriage Countess Newport in the Isle of Wight.
On 8th November 1627 [her husband] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 30) was captured at the Battle of the Pont du Feneau in Pont du Feneau, Île de Ré. He was released soon after.
On 8th November 1627 Ralph Bingley (age 57) was killed in action at the Battle of the Pont du Feneau.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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In 1628 [her brother-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 37) was appointed Constable of Windsor Castle.
In 1628 [her brother-in-law] Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester (age 29) was created 1st Baron Dunsmore of Dunsmore in Warwickshire with special remainder to his stepson [her nephew] John Anderson 1st Baronet who was the son of his second wife [her sister] Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester and [her former brother-in-law] Francis Anderson. John Anderson 1st Baronet predeceased Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester so the remainder had no effect.
In 1628 [her brother-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 37) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
In 1628 [her brother-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 37) was appointed Chancellor Cambridge University.
In 1628 [her brother-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 37) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.
In 1628 [her brother-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 37) was appointed Master of the Horse.
On 30th July 1628 [her father] John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler (age 62) was created 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield. [her mother] Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield (age 55) by marriage Baroness Boteler of Brantfield.
Around 1630 [her daughter] Isabella Blount was born to [her husband] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 33) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 30). She married before February 1655 her first cousin twice removed Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury, son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury.
Before 23rd April 1631 [her son] Charles Blount died.
In 1632 [her brother-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 41) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.
Before 16th September 1632 [her daughter] Henrietta Maria Blount was born to [her husband] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 35) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 32). She died aged one point nine four eight five five in 1634.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Before 10th January 1634 [her son] Charles Blount was born to [her husband] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 37) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 34).
Before 1st April 1634 [her daughter] Henrietta Maria Blount (age 1) died.
On 31st August 1634 [her husband] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 37) was appointed Master of the Ordnance; a very lucrative position. From his sale of gunpowder to the Spanish he received £1000, the King £5000.
In 1637 [her daughter] Anne Blount was born to [her husband] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 40) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 37).
On 27th May 1637 [her father] John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler (age 71) died at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. He was buried at Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire. His son [her brother] William succeeded 2nd Baron Boteler of Brantfield, 2nd Baronet Boteler of Hatfield Woodhall in Hertfordshire.
Around 1638. Follower of Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 38).
In 1642 [her brother-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 51) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
In 1644 [her brother-in-law] Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester (age 45) was created 1st Earl Chichester with special remainder to Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester (age 36) who was the husband of his daughter [her niece] Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton (age 23). [her sister] Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester by marriage Countess Chichester.
After 1646 [her brother-in-law] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 58) and Eleanor Wortley Countess Sussex Warwick Manchester were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of Richard Wortley and Elizabeth Boughton Countess Devonshire. He the son of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1647 [her brother] William Boteler 2nd Baron Boteler died. Baron Boteler of Brantfield, Baronet Boteler of Hatfield Woodhall in Hertfordshire extinct.
The Battle of St Neots on 10th July 1648 was a skirmish during the Second English Civil War at St Neots in Cambridgeshire. A Royalist force led by [her brother-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 57), who was captured, and Colonel John Dalbier, who was killed, was defeated by a hundred veteran troops from the New Model Army, commanded by Colonel Adrian Scrope (age 47).
Kenelm Digby (age 23) drowned whilst attempting to cross the River Great Ouse.
On 16th September 1652 [her sister] Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester died.
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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Before February 1655 [her son-in-law] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 24) and [her daughter] Isabella Blount (age 25) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 58) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 55). He the son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 72). They were first cousin twice removed.
Before February 1655 [her daughter] Isabella Blount (age 25) died.
On 19th April 1658 [her brother-in-law] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 70) died. His son Robert (age 46) succeeded 3rd Earl Warwick, 5th Baron Rich of Leez.
In 1666 [her husband] Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 69) died at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. His son [her son] Mountjoy succeeded 2nd Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight.
After 1666 Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland (age 56) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 66) were married. She by marriage Countess of Portland. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. They were half fifth cousins.
On 26th May 1669 Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 69) died.
In May 1688 [her former husband] Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland (age 78) died. Earl of Portland, Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk extinct.
[her son] Charles Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland.
[her son] Mountjoy Blount 2nd Earl Newport was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland.
[her son] Henry Blount 4th Earl Newport was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland.
[her son] Thomas Blount 3rd Earl Newport was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland.
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 England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Boteler
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Boteler
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Boteler
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tyrrell 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Tyrrell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Darcy 
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Boteler 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Drury of Hawstead in Suffolk
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Drury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stapleton 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Henry Boteler 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Griselda Roche
Father: John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Waller
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Waller
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Waller
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Waller
GrandMother: Catherine Waller
Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Villiers
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Villiers
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Villiers of Brooksby Leicestershire
GrandFather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Clarke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Collette Clarke
Mother: Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Saunders of Harrington Northamptonshire
GrandMother: Audrey Saunders