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: Mitford
Maternal Family Tree: Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury 1807-1895
On 31st December 1874 [his father] Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 37) and [his mother] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 20) were married.
On 14th December 1876 Clement Freeman-Mitford was born to [his father] Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (age 39) and [his mother] Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (age 22). The second of nine children.
On 15th November 1899 Clement Freeman-Mitford (age 22) was commissioned into the 10th Hussars, promoted to lieutenant on 3rd October 1900, captain 10th October 1904, major 7th August 1912. He took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, including actions at Houtnek (Thoba fountain), Vet River and Zand River; in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill; in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, to 29 Nov 1900, including action at Elands River; in Orange River Colony, including action at Wittebergen; again in the Transvaal 30 Nov 1900 to July 1901, and operations in Cape Colony, Aug 1901 (twice wounded, slightly and severely; Queen's Medal with four clasps).
In February 1904 [his brother] David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale (age 25) and [his sister-in-law] Sydney Bowles (age 24) were married.
On 14th May 1904 Clement Freeman-Mitford (age 27) was appointed adjutant of the 10th Hussars. He was wounded twice during the Boer War.
On 25th November 1909 Clement Freeman-Mitford (age 32) and Helen Alice Wyllington Ogilvy (age 19) were married at the Private Chapel, Cortachy Castle, Angus. They had two daughters, Rosemary and Clementine who both died in 2005. She the daughter of David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie and Mabell Gore Countess Airlie (age 43). They were first cousins.
Before 13th May 1915. Unknown Photographer. Photograph of Clement Freeman-Mitford (age 38).
His death occurred in heroic circumstances, during an attack made by the 10th Hussars that also resulted in the deaths of the CO Lt-Col Shearman and Captain Gerald Stewart. Clem, as he was called by his fellow officers, lived at Batsford Park, Moreton-in-Marsh.
On 13th May 1915 Clement Freeman-Mitford (age 38) was killed in action at the Battle of Loos. He was buried at Grave Reference: I. E. 8., Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium. The wrought iron gates at the cemetery were presented in his memory by the family of the late [his father] Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (age 78), Lord Redesdale and [his mother] Clementina (age 60), Lady Redesdale.
On 11th July 1918 Henry Courtney Brocklehurst (age 30) and [his former wife] Helen Alice Wyllington Ogilvy (age 27) were married. She the daughter of [his uncle] David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie and [his former mother-in-law] Mabell Gore Countess Airlie (age 52).
In 1931 Henry Courtney Brocklehurst (age 42) and [his former wife] Helen Alice Wyllington Ogilvy (age 40) were divorced.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 21st February 1933 Harold Bligh Nutting (age 51) and [his former wife] Helen Alice Wyllington Ogilvy (age 42) were married. She the daughter of [his uncle] David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie and [his former mother-in-law] Mabell Gore Countess Airlie (age 66).
In December 1973 [his former wife] Helen Alice Wyllington Ogilvy (age 83) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 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 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Mitford
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mitford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Colonel William Mitford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Captain Henry Reveley Mitford
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Molloy of Dublin
Great x 2 Grandmother: Fanny Molloy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pye 
GrandFather: Henry Reveley Mitford
Father: Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 1st Baron Ashburnham 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Vaughan Baroness Ashburnham 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 2nd Earl Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crowley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crowley Countess Ashburham
GrandMother: Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Langdale Smithson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amy Raymond
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lewis 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis
Clement Freeman-Mitford 7 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: David Ogilvy 10th Earl of Airlie
Mother: Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 5th Baronet 
13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 15 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury 16 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lewis Way
Great x 3 Grandmother: Abigail Way Countess Sheffield
GrandMother: Henrietta Blanche Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Dillon 11th Viscount Dillon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Dillon Lee 12th Viscount Dillon 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Lee Viscountess Dillon Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Phipps 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury 4 x Great Grand Daughter of