The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont 1769-1822
Around 1769 Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont was born.
In 1785 Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 16) became the mistress of [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 33).
On 5th June 1787 [her illegitimate son] George Wyndham 1st Baron Leconfield was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 35) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 18).
In 1789 [her illegitimate daughter] Frances Wyndham Lady Burrell was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 37) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 20).
On 12th May 1790 [her illegitimate son] Henry Wyndham was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 38) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 21).
In 1792 [her illegitimate son] Edward Wyndham died.
In 1792 [her illegitimate son] Edward Wyndham was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 40) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 23).
On 29th August 1792 [her illegitimate daughter] Mary Wyndham Countess Munster was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 40) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 23).
In 1793 [her illegitimate son] William Wyndham was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 41) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 24).
In 1794 [her illegitimate son] William Wyndham (age 1) died.
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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Around 1795 [her illegitimate son] Charles Crole Wyndham was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 43) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 26).
In 1795 [her illegitimate daughter] Charlotte Henrietta Wyndham was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 43) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 26).
In 1796 [her illegitimate son] Charles Wyndham was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 44) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 27).
1797. Thomas Phillips (age 26). Portrait of Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 28).
In 1798 Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 29) submitted to the Royal Society of Arts the design for a "cross-bar lever" that she had invented, for the purpose of lifting stones. This resulted in the award of a silver medal to the future countess.
Around 1798 [her illegitimate son] William John Crole Wyndham was born illegitimately to [her future husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 46) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 29).
On 23rd August 1799 [her son] Major George Seymour Crole was born to King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 37) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 30)
In 1801 George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 49) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Egremont. He the son of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont.
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 4th July 1808 [her son-in-law] Charles Merrik Burrell 3rd Baronet (age 34) and [her illegitimate daughter] Frances Wyndham Lady Burrell (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Lady Raymond of Valentine House in Essex. She the illegitmate daughter of [her husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 56) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 39).
In 1815 [her illegitimate son] George Wyndham 1st Baron Leconfield (age 27) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Fanny Blunt were married. He the illegitmate son of [her husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 63) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 46).
On 18th October 1819 [her son-in-law] George Fitz-Clarence 1st Earl Munster (age 25) and [her illegitimate daughter] Mary Wyndham Countess Munster (age 27) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [her husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 67) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 50). He the illegitmate son of King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 54) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan".
On 30th December 1822 Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 53) died.
On 11th November 1837 [her former husband] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 85) died at Petworth House. His nephew George (age 51) succeeded 4th Earl Egremont, 6th Baronet Wyndham of Orchard in Somerset. Jane Roberts Countess Egremont by marriage Countess Egremont. His left Petworth House to his illegitimate son [her illegitimate son] George Wyndham 1st Baron Leconfield (age 50).
[her illegitimate daughter] Laura Crole Wyndham was born illegitimately to George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont.