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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On 11th June 1426 Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford was born to William Moleyns [aged 20] at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.
On 8th May 1429 [her father] William Moleyns [aged 23] died at the Siege of Orléans.
Around 1441 Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns [aged 10] and Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford [aged 14] were married. They were third cousins.
In 1445 [her husband] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns [aged 14] was created 1st Baron Moleyns. Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford [aged 18] by marriage Baroness Moleyns.
In 1459 [her father-in-law] Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford [aged 59] died. His son [her husband] Robert [aged 28] succeeded 3rd Baron Hungerford. Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford [aged 32] by marriage Baroness Hungerford.
In or before 1464 [her son] Walter Hungerford was born to [her husband] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns [aged 32] and Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford [aged 37]. He married Jane Bulstrode and had issue.
On 17th May 1464 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map]
Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 36] was beheaded. His son Edmund [aged 9] succeeded 10th Baron Ros Helmsley. Thomas' lands however, including Belvoir Castle [Map], were given by King Edward IV of England [aged 22] to William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 33].
[her husband] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns [aged 33] was beheaded. He was buried at the Hungerford Chapel at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. His daughter [her granddaughter] Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns became the ward of William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings whose son [her grandson-in-law] Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns she subsequently married.
On 17th January 1469 Warwick's supporters were executed in Salisbury Marketplace [Map] in the presence of King Edward IV of England [aged 26]:
[her son] Thomas Hungerford was beheaded. His father [her former husband] Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns had been executed five years previously after the Battle of Hexham.
Henry Courtenay was beheaded.
In or before 1476 Oliver Manningham and Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford [aged 49] were married.
In 1476 Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford [aged 49] died.
[her son] Thomas Hungerford was born to Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns and Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford. He married his fifth cousin once removed Anne Percy, daughter of Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Louis VIII of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: William de Moleyns
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Moleyns
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Bacon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Bacon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Bacon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Poynings 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Poynings
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bardolf 
GrandFather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Comyn 4th Countess Buchan 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alphonse Vere 
8 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford 9 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Foliot 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: William Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England