Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Paternal Family Tree: Lee
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
On 4th February 1663 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield was born to [his father] Francis Lee 4th Baronet (age 24) and [his mother] Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey.
Before 4th December 1667 [his father] Francis Lee 4th Baronet (age 28) and [his mother] Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Lady Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and [his grandmother] Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of [his grandfather] Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet and [his grandmother] Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 53). They were half fifth cousin once removed.
On 4th December 1667 [his father] Francis Lee 4th Baronet (age 28) died. His son Edward (age 4) succeeded 5th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.
In 1674 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 10) was created 1st Earl Lichfield as a consequence of his being betrothed to [his future wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 9), a natural daughter of [his future father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 43).
On 6th February 1677 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 14) and Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the illegitmate daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 46) and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 36). He the son of Francis Lee 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey. They were third cousins.
On 19th September 1678 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth (age 21) and Bridget Osborne Countess Plymouth were married in Wimbledon, Surrey. She by marriage Countess Plymouth. She the daughter of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 46) and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 49). He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 48) and Catherine Pegge (age 43).
In 1679 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 16) and Mary Wood Duchess Southampton (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Southampton. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 48) and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 38).
On 13th March 1679 [his daughter] Charlotte Lee Baroness Baltimore was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 16) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 14) at St James' Park [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married (1) 2nd January 1699 Benedict Calvert 4th Baron Baltimore, son of Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore and Jane Lowe Baroness Baltimore, and had issue (2) before 10th December 1719 Christopher Crowe and had issue.
In 1680 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 16) was appointed 482nd Knight of the Garter by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 49).
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 6th May 1680 [his son] Charles Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 17) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 15). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He died aged less than one years old.
On 13th October 1680 [his son] Charles Lee died.
On 17th October 1680 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth (age 23) died of dysentery at Tangier [Map] during the Siege of Tangier. Earl Plymouth, Viscount Totnes and Baron Dartmouth extinct.
In 1681 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 8) was appointed 485th Knight of the Garter by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 50).
On 6th June 1681 [his son] Edward Henry Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 18) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 16). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 13th November 1681 [his son] James Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 18) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 17). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 6th April 1683 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 17) was created 1st Duke Northumberland by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52).
In 1684 [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Fitzroy Countess Yarmouth (age 34) died.
On 5th January 1684 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans (age 13) was created 1st Duke St Albans by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 53).
On 10th January 1684 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 18) was appointed 489th Knight of the Garter by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 53).
On 14th February 1685 [his son] Francis Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 22) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 20). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 14th June 1685 the [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Duke of Monmouth's (age 36) forces commanded by Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 29) were defeated by the Dorset Militia and withdrew to Axminster.
Wadham Strangeways (age 39) was killed.
On 15th July 1685 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch (age 36) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Monmouth and Duke Buccleuch forfeit. Bishop Francis Turner (age 47) acted a Chaplain.
In 1686 John Talbot (age 21) was killed in a duel by [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 22).
In March 1686 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 20) and Catherine Wheatley were married. Soon after the marriage Northumberland and his brother, [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (age 22), allegedly attempted to privately convey her abroad to an English convent in Ghent [Map], Belgium. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 45).
On 29th June 1686 [his daughter] Anne Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 23) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 21). She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 5th June 1688 [his son] Charles Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 25) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 23). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12th March 1690 [his son] George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 27) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 25). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married before 21st May 1718 Frances Hales Countess Lichfield, daughter of John Hales 4th Baronet and Mary Catherine Bellings-Arundell Baroness Arundel Wardour, and had issue.
On 9th October 1690 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 27) was killed at Cork [Map] during the Storming of Cork. His son Charles (age 6) succeeded 2nd Duke Grafton, 2nd Earl Euston, 2nd Viscount Ipswich, 2nd Baron Sudbury.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 8th January 1692 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 19) and Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Richmond. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and Louise Kéroualle 1st Duchess Portsmouth (age 42).
On 10th September 1692 [his son] Francis Henry Fitzroy Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 29) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 28). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 26th May 1693 [his daughter] Elizabeth Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 30) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 28). She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married (1) before 1730 her first cousin Francis Lee and had issue (2) 1731 Edward Young.
In 1694 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 31) and Anne Pulteney Duchess Southampton Duchess of Cleveland (age 30) were married. She by marriage Duchess Southampton. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 53).
On 17th April 1694 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans (age 23) and Diana Vere Duchess St Albans (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess St Albans. She the daughter of Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford (age 67) and Diana Kirke Countess of Oxford. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and Nell Gwyn.
On 3rd March 1695 [his daughter] Barbara Lee Lady Browne was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 32) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 30). She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married in or before 1729 George Browne 3rd Baronet, son of Charles Browne 2nd Baronet, and had issue.
On 6th December 1697 [his daughter] Mary Isabella Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 34) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 33). She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She died aged less than one years old.
On 28th December 1697 [his daughter] Mary Isabella Lee died.
On 10th May 1698 [his son] Fitzroy Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 35) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 33). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 2nd January 1699 [his son-in-law] Benedict Calvert 4th Baron Baltimore (age 19) and [his daughter] Charlotte Lee Baroness Baltimore (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Baltimore of Longford in Leinster. She the daughter of Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 35) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 34).
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Around 1700 [his step-father] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 69) and [his mother] Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Countess Lindsey. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and [his grandmother] Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.
On 2nd January 1700 [his son] Fitzroy Henry Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 36) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 35). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 24th June 1701 [his son] William Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 38) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 36). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 25th August 1703 [his son] Thomas Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 40) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 38). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 3rd December 1704 [his son] John Lee was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 41) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 40). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 3rd July 1706 [his son] Robert Lee 4th Earl Lichfield was born to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 43) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 41). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 29th May 1745 Catherine Lee Countess of Lichfield, daughter of John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet and Penelope Dashwood.
On 3rd January 1708 [his son] Charles Lee (age 19) died.
On 9th October 1709 [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 68) died at Chiswick Mall. Her son [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles (age 47) succeeded 2nd Duke Cleveland, 2nd Earl of Southampton and 2nd Baron Nonsuch. Anne Pulteney Duchess Southampton Duchess of Cleveland (age 45) by marriage Duchess Cleveland.
In 1711 [his son] James Lee (age 29) died.
On 21st October 1713 [his son] Edward Henry Lee (age 32) died.
In 1716 [his daughter] Anne Lee (age 29) died.
After 1716. Monument in All Saints Church, Spelsbury [Map] to Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 52) and [his wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 51) (natural daughter of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland).
On 28th June 1716 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 50) died at Epsom, Surrey without legitimate issue. Duke Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland, Viscount Falmouth, Baron Pontefract extinct.
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 14th July 1716 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 53) died. His son George (age 26) succeeded 2nd Earl Lichfield, 6th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire. [his future daughter-in-law] Frances Hales Countess Lichfield (age 19) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 17th February 1718 [his former wife] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 53) died. She a natural daughter of [his former father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 26 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lee
Great x 3 Grandfather: Benedict Lee
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Lee
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Lee 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet
Father: Francis Lee 4th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas St John 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Carew 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Blount of Mapledurham in Oxfordshire 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford Heytesbury 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Danvers 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dormer 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Dormer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sidney 
GrandMother: Anne St John Countess Rochester 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Leighton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Leighton
Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pope
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Pope 1st Earl Downe
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pope 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Hopton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Owen Hopton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Owen 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hopton Baroness Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Echingham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Echingham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Watson 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Watson Lady Penyston
Mother: Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dutton 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Dutton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Dutton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Lucy Dutton Countess Downe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Bayntun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Baynton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sulyard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Bayntun
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bayntun 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sylvester Danvers
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Danvers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mordaunt 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Danvers 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Neville 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England