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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: Howard
Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera 1356
In 1614 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 26) and [his mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 48) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 35). He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 52) and [his grandmother] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 50). They were fourth cousins.
In 1615 Charles Howard 2nd was born to [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 27) and [his mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 19).
In 1621 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 33) was created 1st Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 1st Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. [his mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 25) by marriage Baroness Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
In 1625 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 37) was appointed 422nd Knight of the Garter by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 24).
On 7th February 1626 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 38) was created 1st Earl Berkshire. [his mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 30) by marriage Countess Berkshire.
On 10th April 1637 Charles Howard 2nd (age 22) and Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire were married. She the daughter of Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 56). He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 49) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 41). They were third cousin once removed.
Around 1648 [his niece] Mary "Moll" Davis was born illegitimately to [his brother] Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire (age 28). She may possibly have been a daughter of his older brother Charles Howard 2nd (age 33).
Around 1650 [his daughter] Anne Howard was born to Charles Howard 2nd (age 35) and [his wife] Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire. She married before 1682 her fourth cousin once removed Henry Bedingfield 2nd Baronet, son of Henry Bedingfield 1st Baronet and Margaret Paston.
On 16th July 1669 [his father] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire (age 81) died. His son Charles (age 54) succeeded 2nd Earl Berkshire, 2nd Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 2nd Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. [his wife] Dorothy Savage Countess Berkshire by marriage Countess Berkshire.
All About History Books
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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
In 1672 [his mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 76) died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th July 1675. Our cause was pleaded in behalf of the mother, Mrs. Howard (age 49) and her daughters, before Baron Thurland (age 68), who had formerly been steward of Courts for me; we carried our cause, as there was reason, for here was an impudent as well as disobedient son (age 26) against his mother, by instigation, doubtless, of his wife, one Mrs. Ogle (age 23) (an ancient maid), whom he had clandestinely married, and who brought him no fortune, he being heir-apparent to the Earl of Berkshire (age 60) [Note. The reference to heir apparent is incorrect insofar as Charles Howard 2nd having a younger brother [his brother] Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire (age 55) who did inherit the Earldom]. Craven in line to inherit in the event the 2nd or 3rd Earl didn't have issue which proved to be the case but Craven had died by that time so his son Henry Bowes Howard 4th Earl Berkshire 11th Earl Suffolk became the 4th Earl. We lay at Brickhill, Bedfordshire, in Bedfordshire, and came late the next day to our journey's end.
In April 1679 Charles Howard 2nd (age 64) died. His brother [his brother] Thomas (age 59) succeeded 3rd Earl Berkshire, 3rd Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 3rd Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Audley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset
Father: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Knyvet 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Pickering 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe
Charles Howard 2nd Earl Berkshire 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Dicons
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heckington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cheke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Cheke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Cheke
GrandFather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 
3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 
3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Mother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Drury
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Drury 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Drury 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sothill
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sothill
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Empson
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Drury 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dinley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Audrey Rich
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jenks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich
GrandMother: Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Stafford 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fogge
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fogge
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Haute
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Pole 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of