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: Ricketts aka Jervis
On 29th January 1790 Edward Jervis Ricketts aka Jervis 2nd Viscount St Vincent [aged 22] and Mary Cassandra Twisleton [aged 15] were married.
In 1799 Edward Jervis Ricketts aka Jervis 2nd Viscount St Vincent [aged 31] and Mary Cassandra Twisleton [aged 24] were divorced.
On 5th October 1799 [his father] [aged 62] died. [his brother] Captain William Henry Ricketts aka Jervis [aged 34] and Edward Jervis Ricketts aka Jervis 2nd Viscount St Vincent [aged 32] jointly inherited the estate of Mount Ricketts in Jamaica with a deferral of twenty-one years, together with the estate of Canaan on that island.
The London Gazette 15336. Whitehall, April 21, 1801. The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honorable [his uncle] John Earl of St. Vincent [aged 66], Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, and Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten by the Name, Style, and Title of Viscount St. Vincent, of Meaford, in the County of Stafford, with Remainders severally and successively to [his brother] William Henry Ricketts [aged 36], Esq; Captain in the Royal Navy, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten; to Edward Jervis Ricketts [aged 34], Esq; Barrister at Law, Brother of the said William Henry Ricketts, and Sons of [his mother] Mary Ricketts [aged 64] by [his father] William Henry Ricketts. Esq; late of the Island of Jamaica, deceased, and Sister to the said John Earl of St. Vincent, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, and the Dignity of Viscountess St. Vincent, of Meaford, in the said County.of Stafford, to the Right Honourable [his sister] Mary Countess of Northesk [aged 32], Daughter of the said Mary Ricketts, and Widow of William Henry Ricketts aforesaid, and the Dignity of Viscount St. Vincent to the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully be gotten.
On 13th March 1823 [his uncle] John Jervis 1st Earl St Vincent [aged 88] died. Earl of St Vincent and Baron Jervis of Medsford in Staffordshire extinct. His nephew Edward [aged 55] succeeded 2nd Viscount St Vincent of Meaford in Staffordshire.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 12th March 1828 [his mother] Mary Jervis [aged 91] died.
In June 1843 [his former wife] Mary Cassandra Twisleton [aged 68] died.
In 1859 Edward Jervis Ricketts aka Jervis 2nd Viscount St Vincent [aged 91] died. His grandson Carnegie [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Viscount St Vincent of Meaford in Staffordshire.
Edward Jervis Ricketts aka Jervis 2nd Viscount St Vincent
GrandFather: Swynfen Jervis
Mother: Mary Jervis