Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Paternal Family Tree: Roberts aka Coke
Maternal Family Tree: Jane Bond 1776
On 25th October 1775 [her father] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 21) and [her mother] Jane Dutton (age 21) were married at Sherborne, Gloucestershire.
On 25th January 1779 Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson was born to [her father] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 24) and [her mother] Jane Dutton (age 25) at Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
William de Morgan and his Wife Chapter 5. Brought up in such an atmosphere. Coke's daughters developed a resultant love of art which early bore fruition. His eldest daughter [[her sister] Jane Elizabeth Coke (age 14)], afterwards Lady Andover, was only fifteen when she painted a most remarkable picture with about five life-sized figures, of Belisarius begging — an ambitious and successful work even for an artist of more mature age; while the second daughter, afterwards Lady Anson (age 12), also showed great artistic talent. Some of her pictures, painted when she was quite young, both original portraits and copies from the old Masters, are extraordinarily clever; while the exquisite manner in which, later in life, she copied and renovated some of the delicate illuminations in the old missals at Holkham, filled Roscoe with admiration.
On 15th September 1794 Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 27) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 15) were married at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. She the daughter of Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 40) and Jane Dutton (age 40).
On 20th October 1795 [her son] Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 28) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 16). He was baptised at St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich [Map]. He was educated at Eton College [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University. He married 11th February 1819 Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield and had issue.
On 3rd October 1796 [her daughter] Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 29) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 17). She married 1819 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery, son of Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery, and had issue.
In 1797 [her son] General George Anson was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 29) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 17). He married 1830 his sixth cousin Isabella Elizabeth Annabella Weld-Forester, daughter of Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester and Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester, and had issue.
In 1799 [her son] Charles Littleton Anson was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 31) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 19).
On 2nd June 1800 [her mother] Jane Dutton (age 46) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. Monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map] sculpted by Joseph Nollekens (age 62). Flat obelisk background. Pedestal with inscription and supporting the carving which is centred around a broken column with standing figure of woman leaning on it in front of opened book. Angel on cloud above and putto below holding up a flaming heart.
Jane Dutton: On 29th November 1753 she was born to James Lenox Dutton and Jane Bond at Sherborne, Gloucestershire. On 25th October 1775 Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and she were married at Sherborne, Gloucestershire.
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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On 26th February 1801 [her son] William Anson was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 34) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 22).
In 1802 [her daughter] Georgiana Anson was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 34) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 22). She died aged less than one years old.
In 1802 [her daughter] Georgiana Anson died.
On 15th May 1804 [her son] Henry Anson was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 37) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 25).
On 21st June 1805 [her son] Edward Anson was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 38) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 26).
The London Gazette 15889. Whitehall, February 15, 1806.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Baron and Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to [her husband] Thomas Anson (age 39), Esq, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Styles, and Titles of Baron Soberton, of Soberton, in the County of Southampton, and Viscount Anson, of Shugborough and Orgrave, in the County of Stafford. [Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 27) by marriage Viscountess Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire.]
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity ef a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Most Honorable John Denis Marquis of Sligo, Knight of the Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Monteagle, of Westport, in the County of Mayo.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Hugh Earl of Eglinton, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, arid Title of Baron Ardrossan, of Ardrossan, in the County of Ayr.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable James Earl of Lauderdale (age 47), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Lauderdale, of Thirlestane, in the County of Berwick.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable George Earl of Granard (age 46), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Granard, of Castle Donnington, in the County of Leicester.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to John Crewe (age 63), Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Crewe, of Crewe, in the County-Palatine of Chester.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to William Lygon (age 58), Esq; and his Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Beauchamp of Powyke, in the County of Worcester. [Catherine Denn by marriage Baroness Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.]
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On 3rd January 1807 [her daughter] Georgiana Anson was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 39) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 27).
In 1808 [her son] Edward Harcourt Anson was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 40) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 28). He died aged nine in 1817.
On 9th January 1810 [her daughter] Frances Elizabeth Anson Marchioness Hertford was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 42) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 30). She married 9th May 1839 Francis George Hugh Seymour-Conway 5th Marquess Hertford and had issue.
In 1812 [her son] Charles Littleton Anson (age 13) was killed by an exploding gun aboard Bacchante.
On 24th August 1814 [her daughter] Frederica Sophia Anson was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 47) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 35). She married (1) Bouverie Francis Primrose, son of Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (2) 1835 Charles John Murray, son of David William Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield and Frederica Markham Countess Mansfield.
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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Around 1815 Thomas Barber (age 44). Portrait of Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 35).
On 26th February 1816 [her daughter] Elizabeth Jane Anson Baroness Waterpark was born to [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 49) and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 37). She married 1837 Henry Cavendish 3rd Baron Waterpark, son of Richard Cavendish 2nd Baron Waterpark and Juliana Cooper Baroness Waterpark, and had issue.
In 1817 [her son] Edward Harcourt Anson (age 9) died.
On 31st July 1818 [her husband] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson (age 51) died. His son [her son] Thomas (age 22) succeeded 2nd Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 2nd Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire.
In 1819 [her son-in-law] Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 35) and [her daughter] Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Camden. He the son of Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery (age 66).
On 11th February 1819 [her son] Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield (age 19) were married.
In 1821 [her daughter] Georgiana Anson (age 13) died.
In 1822 [her father] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 67) and [her step-mother] Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 48 years. She the daughter of William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle (age 49) and Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle.
In May 1827 [her son] Henry Anson (age 22) died.
In 1830 [her son] General George Anson (age 33) and [her daughter-in-law] Isabella Elizabeth Annabella Weld-Forester were married. They were sixth cousins.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 19th October 1830 [her son] William Anson (age 29) died.
In 1835 [her son-in-law] Charles John Murray (age 24) and [her daughter] Frederica Sophia Anson (age 20) were married. He the son of David William Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield (age 57) and Frederica Markham Countess Mansfield (age 61).
In 1837 [her father] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 82) was created 1st Earl of Leicester. [her step-mother] Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester (age 34) by marriage Countess of Leicester.
In 1837 [her son-in-law] Henry Cavendish 3rd Baron Waterpark (age 43) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Jane Anson Baroness Waterpark (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Waterpark. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 9th May 1839 [her son-in-law] Francis George Hugh Seymour-Conway 5th Marquess Hertford (age 27) and [her daughter] Frances Elizabeth Anson Marchioness Hertford (age 29) were married.
On 30th June 1842 [her father] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester (age 88) died. His son [her half-brother] Thomas (age 19) succeeded 2nd Earl of Leicester.
On 20th April 1843 [her half-brother] Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 20) and [her sister-in-law] Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. He the son of [her father] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester and [her step-mother] Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester (age 40). They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 23rd May 1843 Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson (age 64) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Captain Lewes Roberts
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Roberts
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Williamott
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gabriel Roberts
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Dashwood 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Dashwood
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sleigh
Great x 1 Grandfather: Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Roberts 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Wenman
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Wenman 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Sandys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Wenman 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Fettiplace 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fettiplace 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Wenman Roberts aka Coke 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Coke 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Coke 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Coke 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Osborne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Coke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Newton 2nd Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Newton 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Eyre 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Carey Newton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heveningham 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Abigail Heveningham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Carey 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Chamberlayne of Wardington
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Chamberlayne
GrandMother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rear-Admiral Thomas Hardy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Constance Hardy
Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Naper
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Naper
GrandFather: James Lenox Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dutton 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Dutton 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Duncombe 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Duncombe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grizel Poole 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Dutton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Barwick
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Barwick Lady Dutton
Mother: Jane Dutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Bond
GrandMother: Jane Bond