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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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Paternal Family Tree: Stafford
Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera 1356
In 1534 [her father] William Stafford (age 26) and Mary Boleyn (age 35) were married in secret. The marriage was discovered when she, Mary, attended Court, when pregnant, angering both the King (age 42) and her sister the Queen (age 33). They was banished from Court. She the daughter of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 57) and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 54).
In March 1544 [her father] William Stafford (age 36) with his [her mother] wife (age 17), children (Elizabeth Stafford, [her brother] Edward Stafford, [her sister] Ursula Stafford, [her brother] William Stafford, [her brother] John Stafford and [her sister] Dorothy Stafford ), sister, cousin and servants settled in Geneva to avoid religious persecution.
In 1545 [her father] William Stafford (age 37) and [her mother] Dorothy Stafford (age 18) were married. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1546 Elizabeth Stafford was born to [her father] William Stafford (age 38) and [her mother] Dorothy Stafford (age 19).
On 5th May 1556 [her father] William Stafford (age 48) died at Geneva. Calvin claimed the custody of his son [her brother] John and forbade his [her mother] widow (age 29) to leave with him. She appealed to Stafford's younger brother and the threat to invoke French aid persuaded Calvin to yield. She then moved to Basle, remaining there until January 1559.
On 19th August 1565 Thomas Keyes (age 41) and Mary Grey (age 20) were married. Elizabeth Stafford (age 19) and [her sister] Ursula Stafford (age 12) were witnesses. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk.
Before 1575 William Drury (age 24) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 28) were married.
In 1575 [her son] Robert Drury was born to [her husband] William Drury (age 24) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 29). He married 30th January 1592 his third cousin once removed Anne Bacon, daughter of Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet and Anne Butts, and had issue.
On 8th June 1576 [her daughter] Frances Drury Lady Glentworth was born to [her husband] William Drury (age 26) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 30). She married (1) in or before 1595 Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing Kent (2) before May 1601 William Wray 1st Baronet, son of Christopher Wray and Anne Girlington, and had issue.
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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 4th January 1578 [her daughter] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter was born to [her husband] William Drury (age 27) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 32). She married after 1591 her third cousin once removed William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter, son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter, and had issue.
In 1590 [her husband] William Drury (age 39) died.
After 1591 [her son-in-law] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 25) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 12) were married. He the son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 48) and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 43). They were third cousin once removed.
On 30th January 1592 [her son] Robert Drury (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Bacon (age 20) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
In or before 1595 [her son-in-law] Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing Kent and [her daughter] Frances Drury Lady Glentworth (age 18) were married.
Before 1599. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Elizabeth Stafford (age 52).
On 6th February 1599 Elizabeth Stafford (age 53) died.
[her son] Charles Drury was born to William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford.
[her daughter] Susanna Drury was born to William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford.
[her daughter] Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon was born to William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford. She married February 1618 her third cousin once removed Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon, son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Hastings 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Burdett
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Aylesbury 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury
GrandFather: Humphrey Stafford 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fray
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Danvers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Danvers
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock
Father: William Stafford 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fogge
GrandMother: Margaret Fogge
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Haute
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Haute
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Haute
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Woodville
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp 
Elizabeth Stafford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham 
Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset 
Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury
Mother: Dorothy Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Pole
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver St John
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paulet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Ursula Pole 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge 
Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester 
Great Grand Daughter of