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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Paternal Family Tree: Windsor
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Thorley Baroness De La Warr Baroness West
In or before 1482 [her father] Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor [aged 14] and [her mother] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor [aged 12] were married.
Around 1491 Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham was born to Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor [aged 24] and Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor [aged 22].
In 1515 Ralph Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Masham died. His brother [her future husband] Geoffrey [aged 40] succeeded 10th Baron Scrope of Masham. Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham [aged 24] by marriage Baroness Scrope of Masham.
Before 1516 Edward Neville [aged 44] and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham [aged 24] were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1517 [her future husband] Geoffrey Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Masham [aged 42] died. Baron Scrope of Masham abeyant between his three sisters Alice Scrope, [her future sister-in-law] Margaret Scrope and Elizabeth Scrope [aged 62].
In 1519 [her daughter] Frances Neville was born to [her husband] Edward Neville [aged 48] and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham [aged 28] at Addington Park, Kent. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) 1548 Edward Waldegrave and had issue (2) 1562 her fourth cousin once removed Chideok Paulett, son of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester.
Around 1520 [her son] Henry Neville was born to [her husband] Edward Neville [aged 49] and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham [aged 29]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married (1) 1553 Winifred Losse (2) before 1561 Frances aka Elizabeth Gresham and had issue (3) May 1578 Elizabeth Bacon.
Around 1522 [her daughter] Katherine Neville was born to [her husband] Edward Neville [aged 51] and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham [aged 31]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married in or before 1545 her third cousin once removed Clement Throckmorton and had issue.
In or before 1523 [her brother] William Windsor 2nd Baron Windsor [aged 24] and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Sambourne Baroness Windsor [aged 21] were married.
Around 1526 [her son] Edward Neville was born to [her husband] Edward Neville [aged 55] and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham [aged 35]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married in or before 1550 Katherine Brome and had issue.
Before 6th April 1529 Geoffrey Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Masham and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham [aged 38] were married.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Before 25th March 1531 Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham [aged 40] died.
On 9th December 1538 at Tower Hill [Map]:
[her former husband] Edward Neville [aged 67] was beheaded
Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter [aged 42] was beheaded with a sword. Marquess Exeter, Earl Devon, Earl Devon, Baron Okehampton forfeit as a consequence of his attainder.
Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu [aged 46] was beheaded
In or before 1545 [her son-in-law] Clement Throckmorton [aged 32] and [her daughter] Katherine Neville [aged 22] were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 14th December 1573 Clement Throckmorton [aged 61] and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years; she, unusually, being older than him. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 14th December 1573 [her former son-in-law] Clement Throckmorton [aged 61] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: Thomas Windsor
Father: Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor
Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Blount 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Blount 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Blount 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Diego Gómez Toledo
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sancha Toledo
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Gresley 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Gresley
GrandFather: William Blount 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Byron 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Byron
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Byron
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helena Byron Baroness Mountjoy
Mother: Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Echingham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Echingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Echingham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Knyvet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Knyvet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Knyvet
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Botetort
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Botetort
GrandMother: Margaret Echingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas West 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas West 1st Baron West
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald West 6th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron West 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger la Warr 3rd Baron de la Warr 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ware Baroness West 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Mowbray 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret West 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Thorley Baroness De La Warr Baroness West