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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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In 1708 Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth was born to John Mordaunt (age 27) and Frances Powlett.
In 1708 [his father] John Mordaunt (age 27) and [his mother] Frances Powlett were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Paulet 2nd Duke Bolton (age 47) and [his grandmother] Frances Ramsden. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth (age 50) and [his grandmother] Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth (age 48). They were fourth cousins.
On 5th April 1710 [his father] John Mordaunt (age 29) died.
In 1715 [his mother] Frances Powlett died.
On 13th November 1727 Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 19) was educated at Balliol College, Oxford University.
Before 1735 Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 26) and Mary Cox Countess Peterborough and Monmouth were married. She by marriage Countess Peterborough, Countess Monmouth.
On 25th October 1735 [his grandfather] Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth (age 77) died. His grandson Charles (age 27) succeeded 4th Earl Peterborough, 2nd Earl Monmouth, 9th Baron Mordaunt, 3rd Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, 3rd Baron Mordaunt of Reigate.
In 1736 [his daughter] Caroline Mordaunt died. She was buried at St Mary and Christ Church, Hendon Barnet.
On 29th December 1736 [his daughter] Frances Mordaunt was born to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 28) and [his wife] Mary Cox Countess Peterborough and Monmouth.
On 25th June 1738 [his daughter] Mary Anastasia Grace Mordaunt 11th Baroness Mordaunt was born to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 30) and [his wife] Mary Cox Countess Peterborough and Monmouth.
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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.
Before 1748 [his future wife] Robiana Brown became the mistress of Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 39).
Before 17th May 1748 [his illegitimate son] Charles Mordaunt was born illegitimately to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 40) and [his future wife] Robiana Brown.
Before 15th June 1749 [his illegitimate son] John Mordaunt was born illegitimately to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 41) and [his future wife] Robiana Brown.
Before 28th July 1750 [his illegitimate daughter] Frances Mordaunt was born illegitimately to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 42) and [his future wife] Robiana Brown.
Before 30th January 1752 [his illegitimate daughter] Harriat Mordaunt was born illegitimately to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 44) and [his future wife] Robiana Brown.
Before 11th June 1753 [his illegitimate son] Harriat Mordaunt was born illegitimately to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 45) and [his future wife] Robiana Brown.
Before 11th June 1753 [his illegitimate daughter] Harriat Mordaunt (age 1) died.
In 1755 Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 47) and Robiana Brown were married. She by marriage Countess Peterborough, Countess Monmouth.
In 1755 [his wife] Mary Cox Countess Peterborough and Monmouth 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.
On 11th May 1758 [his son] Charles Henry Mordaunt 5th Earl Peterborough 3rd Earl Monmouth was born to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 50) and [his wife] Robiana Brown.
On 10th October 1765 [his son-in-law] Reverend Samuel Bulkeley (age 35) and [his daughter] Frances Mordaunt (age 28) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 57) and [his former wife] Mary Cox Countess Peterborough and Monmouth.
On 1st August 1779 Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth (age 71) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 21) succeeded 5th Earl Peterborough, 3rd Earl Monmouth, 10th Baron Mordaunt, 4th Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, 4th Baron Mordaunt of Reigate.
In 1794 [his former wife] Robiana Brown died.
[his daughter] Caroline Mordaunt was born to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth and Mary Cox Countess Peterborough and Monmouth.
[his illegitimate son] Henry Mordaunt was born illegitimately to Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth and Robiana Brown.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
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Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Spencer Countess Dorset
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Howard 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 2nd Baron St John 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne St John Lady Effingham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Dormer Baroness St John Bletso
GrandFather: Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl Peterborough 1st Earl Monmouth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carey Viscountess Mordaunt 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Smith
Father: John Mordaunt 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Fraser
GrandMother: Carey Fraser Countess Peterborough and Monmouth
Charles Mordaunt 4th Earl Peterborough 2nd Earl Monmouth 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savage 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Charles Paulet 2nd Duke Bolton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Howard Baroness Scrope Bolton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Martha Jeanes
Mother: Frances Powlett 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ramsden
GrandMother: Frances Ramsden