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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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Paternal Family Tree: Hastings
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Pakenham 1485-1544
Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield was born to Francis Hastings and Sarah Harrington.
On 17th December 1595 [her father] Francis Hastings (age 35) died.
In 1604 Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 20) and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield were married. They were half second cousins.
In 1607 [her son] Edward Stanhope was born to [her husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 23) and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
In 1607 [her son] Charles Stanhope was born to [her husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 23) and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
In 1608 [her son] William Stanhope was born to [her husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 24) and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
In 1610 [her son] George Stanhope was born to [her husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 26) and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
In 1614 [her son] Edward Stanhope (age 7) died.
In 1614 [her son] William Stanhope (age 6) died.
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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.
In 1616 [her son] George Stanhope (age 6) died.
In 1624 [her son] Michael Stanhope was born to [her husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 40) and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
In 1627 [her son] Arthur Stanhope was born to [her husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 43) and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield at Shelford, Nottinghamshire [Map].
In 1628 [her son] Henry Stanhope and [her daughter-in-law] Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield (age 19) were married. He the son of [her husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 44) and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
In 1628 [her husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 44) was created 1st Earl Chesterfield. Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield by marriage Countess Chesterfield.
In 1629 [her mother] Sarah Harrington (age 64) died.
On 29th November 1634 [her son] Henry Stanhope died.
After 1636 [her husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 52) and Anne Pakington Countess Chesterfield (age 37) were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield.
After 1636. St Peter's Church, Shelford [Map]. Monument to Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield. Foliate surround to the inscription flanked by single vase pilasters with decorative capitals supporting the segmental pediment containing shield of arms. The apron has a decorative swag.
On 28th August 1636 Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield died.
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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.
Around 1638 Anthony Van Dyck (age 38). Portrait of Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield and Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon (age 25).
On 12th September 1656 [her former husband] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 72) died. His grandson [her grandson] Philip (age 22) succeeded 2nd Earl Chesterfield, 2nd Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire.
[her son] Henry Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
[her son] John Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
[her son] Elizabeth Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
[her son] Thomas Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
[her daughter] Sarah Stanhope Lady Hoghton was born to Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
[her son] Philip Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
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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.
[her son] Ferdinando Stanhope was born to Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fenne Baroness Bergavenny
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Father: Francis Hastings 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Port
GrandMother: Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon
Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harrington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Culpepper
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Harrington
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington
GrandFather: James Harrington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Moton of Peckleton in Leicestershire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton
Mother: Sarah Harrington
Great x 3 Grandfather: William IV Sidney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brandon
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Calthorpe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Brandon
GrandMother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pakenham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham