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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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Paternal Family Tree: Gore
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne 1751-1818
On 21st February 1865 [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 26) and [his mother] Edith Jocelyn (age 20) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Philip Gore 4th Earl Arran (age 63) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Marianne Napier Countess Arran (age 45).
On 14th September 1868 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran was born to [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 29) and [his mother] Edith Jocelyn (age 23).
On 3rd October 1871 [his mother] Edith Jocelyn (age 26) died.
On 25th June 1884 [his grandfather] Philip Gore 4th Earl Arran (age 82) died. His son [his father] Arthur (age 45) succeeded 5th Earl Arran, 4th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 4th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 7th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo.
On 17th May 1887 [his brother-in-law] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 25) and [his sister] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 48) and [his mother] Edith Jocelyn. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 57) and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury (age 60).
On 20th November 1889 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran (age 21) was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards.
On 26th July 1894 [his brother-in-law] Frederick Smith 2nd Viscount Hambleden (age 25) and [his sister] Esther Georgiana Caroline Gore Viscountess Hambleden (age 24) were married. They had five children. She the daughter of [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 55) and [his mother] Edith Jocelyn.
On 30th March 1895 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran (age 26) was commissioned a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards.
In February 1900 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran (age 31) sailed for South Africa in the SS Narrung to join the Boer War. He was the commanding officer in charge of the various cavalry drafts on board the ship, a total of 200 men.
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 14th March 1901 [his father] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 62) died. His son Arthur (age 32) succeeded 6th Earl Arran, 5th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 5th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 7th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo.
On 16th August 1902 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran (age 33) and Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn.
On 31st July 1903 [his son] Arthur Gore 7th Earl of Arran was born to Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran (age 34) and [his wife] Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran.
On 22nd August 1903 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 73) died. Monument at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map] by William Goscombe John (age 43). His son [his brother-in-law] James (age 41) succeeded 4th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 10th Earl Salisbury. [his sister] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 36) by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire. Note the St George Pendant signifying his being a Knight of the Garter.
Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury: On 15th July 1867 she was born to Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. On 17th May 1887 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury and she were married. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury. On 5th February 1955 Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury died.
On 5th July 1910 [his son] Arthur Gore 8th Earl of Arran was born to Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran (age 41) and [his wife] Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran. He married in or before 1938 Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran, daughter of Iain Colquhoun 7th Baronet and Geraldine Bryde Dinah Tennant Lady Colquhoun, and had issue.
In August 1913 Emily Danvers 1st Viscountess Hambleden died. Her son [his brother-in-law] Frederick (age 44) succeeded 2nd Viscount Hambleden of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire. [his sister] Esther Georgiana Caroline Gore Viscountess Hambleden (age 43) by marriage Viscountess Hambleden of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire.
In 1927 [his wife] Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran died.
In 1929 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran (age 60) and Lilian Constance Quick Countess of Arran were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn.
In or before 1938 [his son] Arthur Gore 8th Earl of Arran (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Fiona Colquhoun Countess of Arran (age 19) were married. He the son of Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran (age 69) and [his former wife] Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke Countess of Arran.
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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In 1955 [his sister] Esther Georgiana Caroline Gore Viscountess Hambleden (age 85) died.
On 5th February 1955 [his sister] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 87) died.
On 19th December 1958 Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran (age 90) died. His son Arthur (age 55) succeeded 7th Earl Arran, 6th Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 6th Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 8th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo. He committed suicide nine days later.
In 1961 [his former wife] Lilian Constance Quick Countess of Arran died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Gore 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Saunders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Saunders
Great x 1 Grandfather: William John Gore 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Chales Annesley of Thorganby 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Annesley 1st Viscount Glerawly 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Annesley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Marcus Beresford 1st Earl Tyrone 
10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Beresford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Power Countess Tyrone 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Philip Gore 4th Earl Arran 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hales 2nd Baronet 16 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hales 3rd Baronet 17 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Hales 4th Baronet 18 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Hales 19 x Great Grand Daughter of
Father: Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Francis Patrick Napier
GrandMother: Elizabeth Marianne Napier Countess Arran
Arthur Gore 6th Earl of Arran 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Jocelyn 1st Earl Roden
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Jocelyn 2nd Earl Roden 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Earl Clanbrassil 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton Countess Roden 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Harriet Bentinck Countess Clanbrassil 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden 13 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: Robert Jocelyn 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stapleton 4th Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stapleton 5th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Paul Lady Stapleton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stapleton 12th Baron Despencer 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fane 
10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fane Lady Stapleton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Wynne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Samuel Eliot of Antigua
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Eliot Baroness Despencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel William Byam of Byams in Antigua
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Byam
Mother: Edith Jocelyn 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Clavering Countess Cowper 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Nassau 1st Earl Grantham 15 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Nassau 2nd Countess Cowper 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Butler Countess Grantham 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Gore
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Cockerill
GrandMother: Frances Elizabeth Cowper 14 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Lamb of Southwell in Nottinghamshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Coke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Coke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Lamb Countess Cowper 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Milbanke 4th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Milbanke 5th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Delaval Lady Milbanke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of