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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Paternal Family Tree: Stanley
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561
Around 1579 [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby (age 20) and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 29) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby (age 47) and [her grandmother] Margaret Clifford Countess Derby (age 39).
In May 1580 Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven was born to [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby (age 21) and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 30) at Harefield. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 25th September 1593 [her grandfather] Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby (age 62) died at Lathom, Lancashire. His son [her father] Ferdinando (age 34) succeeded 5th Earl Derby, 13th Baron Strange Knockin, 9th Baron Mohun of Dunster, 6th Baron Stanley. [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 44) by marriage Countess Derby.
On 16th April 1594 [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby (age 35) died from poisoning. His brother [her uncle] William (age 33) succeeded 6th Earl Derby. Baron Mohun of Dunster and Baron Stanley abeyant.
On 20th October 1600 [her step-father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 60) and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 51) were married.
On 15th January 1601 [her brother-in-law] Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 14) and [her sister] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 13) were married. She the daughter of [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 51). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1602 William Brydges 4th Baron Chandos (age 50) died. His son [her future husband] Grey (age 22) succeeded 5th Baron Chandos of Sudeley. Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 21) by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley.
On 27th June 1602 [her brother-in-law] John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 23) and [her sister] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her father] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 53).
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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 30th December 1604 George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon (age 64) died. His grandson [her brother-in-law] Henry (age 18) succeeded 5th Earl Huntingdon, 10th Baron Botreaux, 9th Baron Hungerford, 7th Baron Moleyns and 7th Baron Hastings. [her sister] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 16) by marriage Countess Huntingdon.
On 28th February 1607 Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 27) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 57). They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Before November 1609 Thomas Smith (age 53) and [her sister-in-law] Frances Brydges (age 29) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
In 1610 Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 67) and [her sister-in-law] Frances Brydges Countess Exeter (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Exeter. The difference in their ages was 37 years.
In 1611 [her son] Robert Brydges was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 31) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 30).
Before 1612 [her future husband] Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven (age 18) and Elizabeth Barnham Countess Castlehaven (age 19) were married. He the son of George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven (age 60) and Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet.
In 1612 [her daughter] Anne Brydges was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 32) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 31).
On 7th November 1616 [her step-father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 76) was created 1st Viscount Brackley. [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 67) by marriage Viscountess Brackley.
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The 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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In 1617 George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven (age 66) died. His son [her future husband] Mervyn (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Castlehaven, 12th Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, 9th Baron Tuchet, 2nd Baron Audley of Orier in England. Elizabeth Barnham Countess Castlehaven (age 25) by marriage Countess Castlehaven.
On 15th March 1617 [her step-father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 77) died. His son [her brother-in-law] John (age 38) succeeded 2nd Viscount Brackley, 2nd Baron Ellesmere. [her sister] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 34) by marriage Viscountess Brackley.
On 27th May 1617 [her brother-in-law] John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 38) was created 1st Earl Bridgewater. [her sister] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 34) by marriage Countess Bridgewater.
In 1619 [her daughter] Elizabeth Brydges Countess Castlehaven was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 39) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 38). She married in or before 1678 James Tuchet 3rd Earl Castlehaven, son of Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven and Elizabeth Barnham Countess Castlehaven.
On 9th August 1620 [her son] George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 40) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 40). He married (1) 14th December 1637 his half fifth cousin once removed Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos, daughter of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester and Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (2) before February 1655 his third cousin once removed Jane Savage Baroness Chandos, daughter of John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker.
In 1621 [her son] William Brydges 7th Baron Chandos was born to [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 41) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 40). He married before October 1672 Susan Kerr Baron Chandos.
On 10th August 1621 [her husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 41) died. His son [her son] George (age 1) succeeded 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley.
On 22nd July 1624 Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven (age 31) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 44) were married at Harefield. She by marriage Countess Castlehaven. She the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 75). He the son of George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven and Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 14th May 1631 [her husband] Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven (age 38) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. His English titles Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire and Baron Tuchet were forfeited as a result of his attainder. His son [her future son-in-law] James (age 14) succeeded to his Irish titles 3rd Earl Castlehaven, 3rd Baron Audley of Orier in England.
He was executed for the unnatural crime of sodomy in accordance with the 1533 Buggery Act, committed with his page Laurence (or Florence) FitzPatrick, who confessed to the crime and was executed; and assisting Giles Browning (alias Broadway), who was also executed, in the rape of his wife Anne, Countess of Castlehaven (age 51), in which Lord Castlehaven was found to have participated by restraining her.
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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 1633 [her sister] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 44) died.
On 11th March 1636 [her sister] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 53) died. She has an inscription of the Great Monument at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden which reads: "ln hope of a happy resurrection, here lieth the Right Honourable and Most Noble Lady Frances Countess of Bridgewater. She was second daughter and one of the coheires of the Right Honourable Ferdinando Earl of Derby, &c. wife to the Right Honourable Sir John Egerton, Knt. of the honourable Order of the Bath, Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley, Baron of Elesmere, and Lord President of Wales, and the Marches thereof, by whom she was a happy mother of fifteene children, foure sons and, eleven daughters, five of which she buryed young, viz. the Lord James Viscount Brackley, her eldest, the Lord Charles, who succeeded him in birth and honour, seco,nd sonne; the Lady Cecila Egerton, her fourth, Mrs. Alice Egerton her eighth, and the Lady Anne Egerton her tenth daughter, who lyes here jnterred, dying in the eighth yeare of her age. Seven of her daughters she married richly and honourably, viz. the Lady Frances her eldest, the Lady Arabella her second, the Lady Elizabeth her third, the Lady Mary her fifth, the Lady Penelope her sixth, the Lady Katherine her seventh, and the Lady Magdelene her ninth; one of her daughters, viz. the Lady Alice her eleventh, she left unmarried; as she likewise did two of her sonnes, the Lord John Viscount Brackley, her third, and Mr. Thomas Egerton her fourth sonne. She was unparalleled in the gifts of nature and grace, being strong of constitution, admirable for beauty, generous in carriage, of a sweet and noble disposition, wise in her affaires, cheerefull in her discourse, liberall to the poore, pious towards God, and good to all. She lived vertuously 52 yeares; she died religiously the 11th day ,of March, in the yeare of our Lord 1635; and she reigns triumphantly for ever. Psal. cxvi. 15. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints."
On 23rd January 1637 [her mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 87) died.
On 14th December 1637 [her son] George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Susan Montagu Baroness Chandos were married. She by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley. She the daughter of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester (age 74) and Margaret Crouch Countess Manchester (age 32). He the son of [her former husband] Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 57). They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Around 8th October 1647 Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 67) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 8th Baron Strange Knockin 4th Baron Mohun Dunster 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Strange 9th Baroness Strange of Knockin 5th Baroness Dunster 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta Woodville Baroness Strange and Mohun 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Derby 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Howard Countess Derby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Tilney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk
Father: Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne St John Baroness Clifford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Margaret Clifford Countess Derby Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brandon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wingfield 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bruyn aka Darcy 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland 
3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Tudor Queen Consort France Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Empson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Empson
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
GrandFather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knightley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Knightley
Mother: Alice Spencer Countess Derby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson 
GrandMother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath