The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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Paternal Family Tree: Grey
Before 1480 [her father] Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 47] and [her mother] Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle were married. He by marriage Baron Lisle. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around 1480 Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle was born to Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 48] and Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle.
In 1483 [her father] Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 51] was created 1st Viscount Lisle. [her mother] Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle by marriage Viscountess Lisle.
In 1487 [her mother] Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle died. Her son [her brother] John [aged 6] succeeded 4th Baron Lisle.
On 17th July 1492 [her father] Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 60] died at Astley, Warwickshire. He was buried at Church St Mary the Virgin, Astley. His son [her brother] John [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Viscount Lisle.
Around 1494 [her future husband] Edmund Dudley [aged 32] and Anne Windsor [aged 28] were married.
After 13th July 1494 [her brother-in-law] Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire [aged 24] and [her sister] Margaret Grey Countess Wiltshire were married. She by marriage Countess Wiltshire. He the son of John Stafford 1st Earl Wiltshire and Constance Green Countess Wiltshire. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1502 Edmund Dudley [aged 40] and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle [aged 22] were married. They were half third cousin three times removed.
Around 1502 [her sister] Margaret Grey Countess Wiltshire died.
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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Before 1504 [her brother] John Grey 2nd Viscount Lisle [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Lisle. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 60] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey. They were third cousins.
In 1504 [her brother] John Grey 2nd Viscount Lisle [aged 23] died. Viscount Lisle extinct. Some sources suggest his daughter [her niece] Elizabeth Grey Countess Devon inherited the Viscountcy whereas as others suggest she inherited the Barony only.
In 1504 [her son] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland was born to [her husband] Edmund Dudley [aged 42] and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle [aged 24]. He married 1525 his fourth cousin once removed Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland and had issue.
Around 1507 [her son] Andrew Dudley was born to [her husband] Edmund Dudley [aged 45] and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle [aged 27].
On 17th August 1510 [her husband] Edmund Dudley [aged 48] and Richard Empson [aged 60] were beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] for constructive treason for having carried out King Henry VII's rigorous and arbitrary system of taxation. The new King King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 19] attempting to distance himself from his father's policies.
On 12th November 1511 Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 47] and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle [aged 31] were married. He the illegitmate son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Waite. They were fifth cousins.
In 1513 [her daughter] Bridget York was born to [her husband] Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 48] and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle [aged 33]. She a granddaughter of King Edward IV of England.
In 1516 [her daughter] Elizabeth Plantagenet was born to [her husband] Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 51] and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle [aged 36]. She a granddaughter of King Edward IV of England.
In 1519 [her daughter] Frances Plantagenet was born to [her husband] Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 54] and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle [aged 39]. She a granddaughter of King Edward IV of England. She married (1) Thomas Monke of Potheridge Devon and had issue (2) 1535 John Bassett IV of Umberliegh, son of John Bassett of Tehidy and Umberleigh and Honor Grenville Viscountess Lisle, and had issue.
In 1519 [her niece] Elizabeth Grey Countess Devon [aged 13] died. Her aunt Elizabeth [aged 39] succeeded 6th Baroness Lisle.
In 1523 [her husband] Arthur Plantagenet [aged 58] was created 1st Viscount Lisle. Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle [aged 43] by marriage Viscountess Lisle.
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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In 1525 [her son] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 21] and [her daughter-in-law] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 16] were married. They had grown up together since John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland had become her father's ward. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 22nd January 1525 Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle [aged 45] died. Baron Lisle abeyant between the daughters of her second marriage: Frances Plantagenet [aged 6], Elizabeth Plantagenet [aged 9] and Bridget York [aged 12], and their heirs. It isn't clear why the children of her first marriage to Edmund Dudley were excluded from inheriting the barony since their father's attainder would only affect his titles?
In 1529 [her former husband] Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 64] and Honor Grenville Viscountess Lisle [aged 35] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Lisle. The difference in their ages was 29 years. He the illegitmate son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Waite.
On 3rd March 1542 [her former husband] Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 77] died at the Tower of London [Map]. Viscount Lisle extinct.
[her son] Jerome Dudley was born to Edmund Dudley and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Basset Baroness Grey Wilton 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Strange 1st Baron Strange Blackmere 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Giffard Baroness Strange Blackmere 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Herdeburgh Baroness Wem and Oversley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Edward Grey Baron Ferrers of Groby 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Astley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Astley 3rd Baron Astley
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Astley 4th Baron Astley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Astley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Deincourt Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Willoughby Baroness Astley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Roscelyn Baroness Willoughby and Latimer
Father: Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hoo Baroness Ferrers Groby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel St Leger 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Ferrers 6th Baroness Ferrers Groby 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Baroness Mowbray 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Segrave 4th Baron Segrave 
5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Plantagenet 1st Duchess of Norfolk 
Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 
5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton 
Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 2nd Baron Talbot 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 3rd Baron Talbot 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Comyn Baroness Talbot 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronella Butler Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 4th Baron Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fitzalan Baroness Strange Blackmere 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
GrandFather: John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Ferrers Groby 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 9th and 4th Baron Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 10th and 5th Baron Berkeley, Baron Lisle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Berkeley 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle 
6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Lisle Baroness Berkeley 3rd Baroness Lisle 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Pipard Baroness Lisle
Mother: Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cheddar
GrandMother: Joan Cheddar Viscountess Lisle