Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 17th February 1620 Edouard Carteret was born to Josué De Carteret at Trinity Manor.
Before 30th December 1663 Edouard Carteret [aged 43] and Elizabeth Johnson were married.
On 30th December 1663 [his daughter] Lady Elizabeth Carteret was born to Edouard Carteret [aged 43] and [his wife] Elizabeth Johnson. She was baptised at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She married 1676 Philippe Carteret 2nd Baronet, son of Philippe Carteret 1st Baronet and Anne Dumaresq Baroness Carteret, and had issue.
On 25th November 1665 Edouard Carteret [aged 45] was sworn in as Bailiff, the first of six non-resident De Carteret Bailiffs, whose English engagements left little time for their Jersey duties.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 17th March 1667. Lord's Day. Up betime with my wife, and by coach with Sir W. Pen [aged 45] and Sir Thomas Allen [aged 34] to White Hall, there my wife and I the first time that ever we went to my Lady Jemimah's chamber at Sir Edward Carteret's [aged 47] lodgings. I confess I have been much to blame and much ashamed of our not visiting her sooner, but better now than never. Here we took her before she was up, which I was sorry for, so only saw her, and away to chapel, leaving further visit till after sermon. I put my wife into the pew below, but it was pretty to see, myself being but in a plain band, and every way else ordinary, how the verger took me for her man, I think, and I was fain to tell him she was a kinswoman of my Lord Sandwich's [aged 41], he saying that none under knights-baronets' ladies are to go into that pew. So she being there, I to the Duke of York's [aged 33] lodging, where in his dressing-chamber he talking of his journey to-morrow or next day to Harwich, Essex [Map], to prepare some fortifications there; so that we are wholly upon the defensive part this year, only we have some expectations that we may by our squadrons annoy them in their trade by the North of Scotland and to the Westward. Here Sir W. Pen did show the Duke of York a letter of Hogg's about a prize he drove in within the Sound at Plymouth, Devon [Map], where the Vice-Admiral claims her. Sir W. Pen would have me speak to the latter, which I did, and I think without any offence, but afterwards I was sorry for it, and Sir W. Pen did plainly say that he had no mind to speak to the Duke of York about it, so that he put me upon it, but it shall be, the last time that I will do such another thing, though I think no manner of hurt done by it to me at all.
In 1675 Edouard Carteret [aged 54] is mentioned as Keeper of the Little Park, Windsor.
In 1676 [his son-in-law] Philippe Carteret 2nd Baronet [aged 25] and [his daughter] Lady Elizabeth Carteret [aged 12] were married at St Mary le Strand Church. The marriage contract stated "On the day of the marriage Sir Edouard [aged 55] shall pay to Sir Philippe £1,000 sterling as part of the marriage settlement. The said Elisabeth shall immediately after the marriage return to her parents, and remain with them till she is fifteen years old. Then Sir Edouard shall pay to Sir Philippe for a marriage portion the sum of £1,500 sterling together with the £100 bequeathed to the said Elisabeth by Mrs Anne Skelton. If the said Elisabeth survive her husband, she shall receive one third of the revenue of the manor".
In 1676 Edouard Carteret [aged 55] became Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, a title derived from his ebony staff surmounted by a gold lion.
On 18th February 1683 Edouard Carteret [aged 63] died while on a visit to St. Ouen's Manor. The St. Lawrence Church Register declares:- "He was buried with the pomp and splendour that his dignity deserved".