Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Paternal Family Tree: Hastings
Maternal Family Tree: Jeanne Sabran
1528 Sweating Sickness Outbreak
1549 Creation of Garter Knights
1553 Grey and Dudley Triple Wedding
In 1503 Walter Herbert [aged 51] and [his mother] Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 20] were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and [his grandmother] Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford. He the son of William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke and Anne Devereux.
Around December 1509 [his father] George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 22] and [his mother] Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Baroness Hastings. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and [his grandmother] Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1510 William Compton [aged 28] was involved in a public row with [his uncle] Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham [aged 31] over his affair with the Duke's married sister [his mother] Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 27]. Some speculate that she, Anne, was having an affair with King Henry VIII's [aged 18] with Compton acting as go-between. Her husband George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 23] sent her to convent. William Compton took the sacrament to prove that he had not committed adultery. Some have speculated that her affair with Henry VIII continued after 1510 and that he, Henry, may be the father of her son Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon especially in view her being second in the list of gifts given in the 1513 New Years Day Gift Giving with a gift of a cup with a gilt cover weighing 30¾ oz (only second to the Archbishop of Canterbury).
In 1514 Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon was born to [his father] George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 27] and [his mother] Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 31] at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
On 30th June 1528 William Compton [aged 46] died of sweating sickness. His son Peter Compton [aged 5] became a ward of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey [aged 55].. In his will he left [his mother] Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 45] a life interest in property in Leicestershire and founded a chantry where prayers would be said daily for her soul.
Around 1530 [his grandmother] Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns [aged 64] died at Leicester, Leicestershire [Map]. Her son [his father] George [aged 43] succeeded 5th Baron Hungerford, 3rd Baron Moleyns, 6th Baron Botreaux.
On 25th June 1532 Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 18] and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 21] were married. He the son of George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 45] and Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 49]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1533 [his daughter] Frances Hastings Baroness Compton was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 19] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 22]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%. She married before 1574 her third cousin once removed Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton, son of Peter Compton and Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke, and had issue.
Around 1535 [his son] Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 21] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 24] at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%. He married his fourth cousin once removed Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon, daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.
In 1537 [his son] William Hastings was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 23] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 26]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%.
In 1540 [his son] George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 26] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 29]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%. He married in or before 1557 Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon and had issue.
In 1541 [his son] Edward Hastings was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 27] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 30] at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%. He married 1567 his half third cousin Barbara Devereux and had issue.
On 11th August 1542 [his daughter] Catherine Hastings Countess Lincoln was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 28] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 31]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%. She married February 1557 her fourth cousin twice removed Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln, son of Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln and Ursula Stourton Baroness Clinton, and had issue.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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In 1544 [his mother] Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 61] died.
In 1544 [his son] Walter Hastings was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 30] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 33] in Braunston, Leicestershire. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%. He married 22nd May 1574 Joyce Roper and had issue.
On 24th March 1545 [his father] George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 58] died. His son Francis [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Earl Huntingdon, 7th Baron Botreaux, 6th Baron Hungerford, 4th Baron Moleyns and 4th Baron Hastings. [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 34] by marriage Countess Huntingdon.
Around 1546 [his daughter] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 32] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 35]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%. She married her third cousin once removed Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester, son of William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester and Christina North Countess of Worcester, and had issue.
On 20th February 1547 King Edward VI of England and Ireland [aged 9] was crowned VI King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer [aged 57].
John Russell 1st Earl Bedford [aged 62] was appointed Lord High Steward. Henry Fitzalan 12th or 19th Earl of Arundel [aged 34] was appointed Constable of England.
Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu [aged 18], George Vernon "King of the Peak" [aged 39], Richard Devereux [aged 34] and William Sharington [aged 52] were created Knight of the Bath.
Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 33], Edward Courtenay, William Sharington, John Shelton [aged 44] and Walter Buckler were knighted.
Edward Dymoke [aged 39] attended as the King's Champion.
Alexander Unton [aged 53] and Edward Rogers [aged 49] were knighted.
In 1548 [his daughter] Anne Hastings was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 34] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 37]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%.
In 1549 King Edward VI of England and Ireland [aged 11] created new Knights of the Garter:
322nd Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 35].
323rd George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham [aged 52].
324th Thomas West 9th Baron De La Warr 6th Baron West [aged 74].
325th William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 48].
Around 1550 [his son] Francis Hastings was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 36] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 39]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%. He married 1567 Maud aka Magdelan Longford.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 7th December 1551. The vij day of Desember at Hyd parke [Map] a gret muster of men of armes: the furst the kynges trumpeters; [then] my lord Bray, in gylt harnes, captayn of the pe[nsioners, and a] gret baner of the kynges armes; and then cam the pensyoners in caumplet harnes, and gret hars, in [white and] blake, v and v a ranke, and after them cam the[ir servants, in number] a C. with grett harse, and harnes in whyt and blake, [and speres]. The secound my lord Tresorer, a C. men of arms, broderyd cott, red and whyt, and ther spers, ys [standard] a faucon of gold. The iij was [the] duke of Northumberland [aged 47], with [C. men] of armes in welvet in-brodery, trumpeters, [his standard] a lyon crounyd gold. The iiij my lord marqws Northamtun [aged 39] a C. men of armes, in yelow and [black], spers and pensels and trumpeters. The yerlle of Bedford [aged 66] a C. men of armes and [in] red and whyt, ys standard a gott whyt, and a trumpeter, and pensels and spers, cotes red and whyt and blake. The yerle of Rottland [aged 25] a C. men of armes in yelow and bluw; ys standard a pekoke, and pensels. The yerle of Huntyntun [aged 37] men of armes 1. in bluw, and speres, and standard, and pensels. The yerle of Penbroke [aged 50] C. men of armes. My lord Cobam [aged 54] 1. men of armes, in blak and whyt. My lord Chamburlayne l. men of armes, cote(s) of whyt [and] red, and speres cotes in-brodere, and pensels. M. tresorer Cheyney a C. men of armes, all blake, and speres and pensells, by-syd costerells and geton.... and armes a-pone the blake at ... pryche the Skott of saynt Peters in Cornhyll ... the morow dyd pryche doythur Bartelett a godly ... at the berehyng was the masters and compeny of the ...
Note. Muster in Hyde Park. This is described nearly in the same terms in the King's diary. Burnet has misprinted the date Dec. 4 instead of 7.
Note. The Scot of St. Peter's in Cornhill. This preacher has been before mentioned in p. 6 as "the Skott the curett" of St. Peter's. Whether he was the same as Richardson, whose popularity as a preacher is mentioned in p. 91, has not been ascertained.
In 1552 [his daughter] Mary Hastings was born to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 38] and [his wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 41]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.23%.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th May 1552. The ix, the yerlle of Huntyngtun [aged 38], with ys men; hys standard a babyon [baboon], cottes bluw brodered [velvet;] the penselles with bulles hed, crone a-bowt ys neke.
On 25th May 1553 a triple wedding was celebrated at Durham Place, the London townhouse of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49], father of Guildford Dudley [aged 18] and [his daughter-in-law] Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon [aged 15]...
Guildford Dudley and Lady Jane Grey [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 36] and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [aged 35]. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 44]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon [aged 18] and Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon were married. She the daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland. He the son of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 39] and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 42]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 15] and Catherine Grey Countess Hertford [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk. He the son of William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 52] and Anne Parr Countess Pembroke. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
After 10th July 1553 Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 39] was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
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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Henry Machyn's Diary. 25th July 1553. The xxv day of July, the wyche was Saynt James, [there] cam in-to London, and so to the Towre, serten traturs; the first was doctur Sandes, a prest; and next hym ser Thomas Palmer, ser Hare Gattes, ser John Gattes, ser Andrew Dudley [aged 46], lord H[are Dudley] [aged 22], lord Ambrose Dudlay [aged 23], lord Hastynges, the erle of Huntingdon [aged 39], the erle of Warwyke [aged 26], the duke of Northumber land [aged 49] [attended by] iiij M1. men be-syd the garde with gettenes and trompeters, [and] with speres and gunnes to the Towre.
On 25th July 1553 John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49], John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 26], Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 21], Guildford Dudley [aged 18], Andrew Dudley [aged 46], Henry Dudley [aged 22] and Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland [aged 26] and Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 39] were imprisoned at the Tower of London [Map] for supporting Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [aged 17].
In January 1554 Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 40] was released.
In January 1554 Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 37] was arrested by Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 40].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 6th February 1554. The vj day of Feybruary was Shroyff-tuwysday in the mornyng master Wyatt [aged 33] and ys compeny retorned bake towhard Kyngton apon Temes [Map], and ther the bridge was pluckyd up, and he causyd on of ys men to swym over for to feytche a bott, and so whent at nyght toward Kensyngtun, and so forward. The sam day was ij hangyd apon a jebett in Powles churche yerd [Map]; the on a spy of Wyatt, the thodur was under-shreyff of Leseter, for carryng letturs of the duke of Suffoke [aged 37] and odur thinges.
The sam day cam rydyng to the Towre the duke of Soffoke and ys brodur by the yerle of Huntyngton [aged 40] with iij C. horse.
In or before 1557 George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon [aged 16] and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon were married. She by marriage Countess Huntingdon. He the son of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 42] and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 45].
In February 1557 [his son-in-law] Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln [aged 16] and Catherine Hastings Countess Lincoln [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 43] and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 46]. He the son of Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 45] and Ursula Stourton Baroness Clinton. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 19th January 1558 [his brother] Edward Hastings 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough [aged 37] was created 1st Baron Hastings Loughborough.
On 20th June 1560 Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 46] died. He was buried at the Hasting's Chapel, St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch [Map]. His son Henry [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Earl Huntingdon, 8th Baron Botreaux, 7th Baron Hungerford, 5th Baron Moleyns and 5th Baron Hastings. Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon [aged 22] by marriage Countess Huntingdon. See Monument [Map].
After 20th June 1560. Hasting's Chapel, St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch [Map]. Monument to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [deceased] and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 49] by Richard Parker of Burton on Trent. Chest tomb with five sons on one side, five daughters on the other side, and eldest son on the end. Elizabethan Period. Leg Garter. Garter Robes. Widow's Barbe. Lancastrian Esses and Inter-twined Knots Collar. Feet resting on the Manticore badge of the Hasting's family.
Inscription: "Here lyeth ye corps of Francys late Erle of Hutyngdun, Lord Hastyngs, Hungerford, Botreaux, Molyns, and Moyles, Knight of ye honorable order of ye Garter, which deceased ye XXth daye of June ao Dni 1561: and ye ladie Katheryn, Countisse of Hutyngdon his wife, which deceased ye XXIIId daye of Sepbr anno dni 1576". Moved at least twice. Some restoration.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 27th June 1560. The xxvij day of June the penters [painters] whent in hand with the yerle of Huntyngtun('s) [deceased] berehyng.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 14th July 1560. The xiiij day of July was bered the nob[le] erle of Hunting(don) [deceased] knyght of the garter, with a st[andard] and mony morners, and then cam ys grett baner of [arms], and then cam mo morners, and then cam iij har[olds of arms] in ther cott armurs, on bare the helme and the [crest] and the mantylles, and a-nodur cared the targett with the g[arter] and the sword, and a-nodur ys cott armur, and then [came] the cors with viij goodly grett banar-rolles a-b [out] hym; and then mony mornars; and the chyrche [Map] and the [place] and the strett hangyd with blake and armes; and ther was a goodly hers, and garnyshed with grett skochyons of armes, and a grett mageste of taffata and the valans gyldyd, and a-pone hym a nuw pall of blake velvett, and iij haroldes, master Garter [aged 50], master Clarenshux [aged 50], and (blank)
Note. P. 239. Funeral of the earl of Huntingdon. Francis second earl of Huntingdon, K.G. succeeded his father in 1554. He died at Ashby de la Zouche, June 22, 1560 (MS. Harl. 897, f. 80); and a full memoir of him will be found in Nichols's History of Leicestershire, vol. iii. pp. 580–583, and at p. 619 a description of his monument in the church of Ashby de la Zouche [Map], of which a folio engraving is given, pl. lxxxiii. It bears recumbent effigies of the earl and of his [his former wife] countess [aged 49], who was a niece of cardinal Pole, and acted in 1569 as administratrix of the cardinal's will.
On 1st January 1562 the New Years Gift Giving was held. Those who gave gifts provide an interesting who's who of the Elizabethan Court soon after Elizabeth I's Coronation. Queen Elizabeth [aged 28] was present since a number are described as "With the Qene her Majestie."
For 'dimy' read 'demi' ie half-sovereigns.
Neweeyeur's Gyftes gevon to the Quene her Majestie by those Parsons whose Names hereafter ensue, the first of January, the Yere above wrytten.
By the Lady Margaret Strainge [aged 22], a little round mounte of golde to conteyne a pomaunder in it. With the Qene her Majestie. Note. Lady Margaret Strange married Henry Stanley Lord Strange [aged 30] on 07 Feb 1555. In 1561 he had not succeeded to Earldom of Derby and was known by the courtesy title Lord Strange. She is listed first since she was one of the few remaining direct descendants of Henry VII, being a great-granddaughter by his daughter Mary Tudor. Margaret Clifford was first in line to succeed in 1568 but died in 1596 before Elizabeth I.
Dukes, Marquises and Earls.
By the Duke of Norfolke [aged 25], in a purse of purple silke and golde knit, in sundry coynes of golde £20 0s 0d.
By the Marquis of Winchester [aged 79], High Threasourer of Englande, in a purse of crymsen satten, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Marquis of Northampton [aged 50], in a purse of crymsen silke and gold knit, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Arundell [aged 49], Lord Steward, in a paper, in angels, £30 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Shrewesburye [aged 34], in a red silke purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Darbye [aged 52], in a purse of crymsen satten, embraudered with golde, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Pembroke [aged 61], in a purse of black silk and silver knit, in new angells £30 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Bedforde [aged 35], in a purse of black silk and golde knytt, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Rutlande [aged 35], in a purse of red silk and golde knytt, in dimy soveraigns and angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Huntingdon, in a red silk purse, in angells £15 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Westmerlande [aged 37], in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns £10 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Oxforde [aged 46], in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns £10 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Northumberlande [aged 34], in a purse of black silke and silver knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d. With the Quene her Highness.
By the Earle of Warwike [aged 32], a smocke wrought with black silk, a peire of slevis, and a partelett wrought with gold, silver, and black silke. Delivered to the Baroness Cobham [aged 23].
By the Viscounte Mountague [aged 33], in a purse of cloth of golde, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
Bishops. The list of Bishops ends with "With her said Majestie"; unclear whether this refers to all the Bishops listed.
By the Archbusshop of Caunterbury [aged 57], in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns £40 0s 0d.
By the Archbusshop of York [aged 61], in soveraigns £30 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Duresme [aged 42], in a purse of crymson silk and gold knytt, in angells £30 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Ely [aged 69], in a red vellat purse, in angells £30 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Wynchester [aged 52], in a purse of crymsen silk and gold knytt and set with pearles, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of London [aged 43], in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Salisbury [aged 39], in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Worcester [aged 43], in a black vellat purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Lyncoln [aged 42], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Chychester [aged 64], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Norwich [aged 50], in a blew silk purse £13 6s 8d.
By the Busshop of Hereforde [aged 52], in a green silk purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Lychfield and Coventry [aged 48], in a red satten purse, in angells £13 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Rochester [aged 48], in a red purse, in gold £13 6s 8d.
By the Busshop of Saint Davies [aged 55], in a red silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Bathe, in a purse of red silk, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Exetour, in a blew silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Peterborowe, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Chester, in a red purse, in angells and soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
Duchesses and Countesses.
By the Duchess of Norfolke [aged 22], in a prse of crymsen silk and gold knyt, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Duchess of Somerset [aged 65], in a purse of silver and black silk, in royalls and ducketts £14 0s 0d. Probably the Dowager Duchess of Somerset since her husband Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset had been executed in 1552, and their children disinherited as a result.
By the Countess of Surrey, in a purse of tawny silk and gold, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d. Dowager since her husband Henry Howard 1516-1547, by courtesy Earl Surrey, had been executed in 1547.
By the Countess of Pembroke [aged 38], in a cherry bag of crymsen satten, in new angells £15 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Bedford [aged 36], in a purse of crymsen silk and silver knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Darby [aged 51], in a purse of crymson sattin embrodred with gold, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Oxford [aged 36], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Shrewisbury, Dowager [aged 62], in a purse of black silk knytt, in dimy soveraignes £12 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Shrewisbury [aged 37], in a red silk purse knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Huntingdon, Dowager [aged 51], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Huntingdon [aged 24], in a red purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Northumberland [aged 24], in a purse of black silk and silver knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Rutland [aged 29], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £13 6s 8d.
Viscountesses.
By the Vicountess Hereford, Dowager [aged 42], six hankercheffes edged with gold delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Vicountess Mountague [aged 23], in a purse of cloth of gold, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
Lordes.
By the Lorde Keeper of the Great Seale, Bacon [aged 51], in a purse of silver knytt, in angells £13 6s 8d.
By the Lorde William Howard, Lord Chamberlen [aged 52], in a purse of crymsen silk and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Pagett [aged 56], in a greene purse in dimy soveraignes £13 6s 8d.
By the Lorde Clynton, Lord Admyrall [aged 50], in gold £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Riche [aged 65], in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Lorde North [aged 66], in a purse of purple silk and silver, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Lumley [aged 29], in a paper, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Hastings of Loughboro [aged 41], in a red silk purse, in French crowns £13 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Stafford [aged 60], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Windsor [aged 30], in a purse of crymsn silk and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
by Lorde John Graye [aged 38], a haunce pott of allabaster garnished with silver gilt. Delivered in charge to John Asteley, Esq Master and Threasourer of her Highnes Jewels and Plate. Lord John Grey assumed to be a courtesy title his father being Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset.
By the Lorde Barkeley [aged 27], in a red purse, in gold £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Mountejoye [aged 29], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Abergavennye [aged 36], in a purse of red silke, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Scrowpe [aged 28], in a purse of blak silk and silver knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Caree of Hundesdon [aged 35], in a purse of crymsen silk, in double ducketts £13 6s 8d.
By the Lorde Strainge, in a purse of red silk and gold, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d. Lord Strange being the courtesy title for the Earldom of Derby. He wouldn't inherit until 1572.
By the Lorde Darcey of Chichey [aged 30], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes, £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Shefild [aged 24], in a red silk purse, in gold £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Shandowes [aged 40], in a blak silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
Ladyes.
By the Baroness Howarde [aged 47], in a purse of crymsen silk and knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
By the Baroness Clinton [aged 35], a peire of sleevis of gold, pulled out with lawne. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Baroness Genevillet, in gold £6 13s 4d.
By the Lady Barkeley [aged 24], Lord Barkeley's wife, in gold £5 0s 0d.
By the Lady Mountejoye [aged 30], in a red silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Lady Abergavenny, in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Lady Caree of Hundesdon [aged 33], in a blak purse knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Lady Taylboyes, Sir Peter Carewe's [aged 48] wyfe, in a purse of blak silk and silver, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
By the Baroness Cobham, a partelett and a peire of sleeves of sypers wrought with silver and blak silke. Re-delivered to herself.
By the Lady Dakers [aged 21], a warming ball of gold, per oz. 3 oz. dim. With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Shefilde [aged 20], a paire of sleeves wrought with fringe of blak silk and lozeng of gold. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Margaret Baroness Scrope [aged 18], in a purse of blak silk and silver, in angells £7 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Shandowes [aged 38], a peire of sleeves and a partlett of gold and silver knytt, cawle fashion. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Lady Knowlles [aged 38], a feyne carpett of needleworke, theverende frienged and buttoned with gold and silk. Delivered to John Torneworth, Groom of the Privy Chamber.
By the Lady Butler, in a little white purse, in French crowns £6 0s 0d. With her said Majestie. Unclear as to who Lady Butler refers to.
By the Lady Raclyef, a peire of sleeves of cameryk, all over sett with purle, and two sweet bags. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
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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On 23rd September 1576 [his former wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 65] died. She was buried in the Hasting's Chapel, St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch [Map] with her husband Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon who had died sixteen years before. See Monument [Map].
On 11th August 1694 Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon [aged 43] wrote to Laurence Cromp of the Herald's Office "I have been this summer, att a considerable charge, to repair and Beautifie a monument to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon, in Ashby Church".
1698. Hasting's Chapel, St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch [Map]. Part of the monument to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and [his former wife] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon constructed at the request of Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon [aged 47] in 1698 to repair damage caused during the Civil War at which time the monument was moved to the side of the chapel. The inscription of the Urn reads "Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon, as a last service, caused this chapel to be decorated, and this tomb to be restored, in glorious memory of his most illustrious forefathers whose remains are buried here. Done in faith, 1698"."
The top armorial is of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon.
The bottom armorial is Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon. Hers possibly bigger, and more prominent as a consequence of her royal ancestry. Quarters, some of which are also quartered. From top to bottom, left to right, somewhat speculatively:
Top Left Quarter: Left Side: 
Hastings Arms, Unknown Arms, Hungerford Arms, Unknown Arms. Right Side: Unknown Arms, Unknows Arms with frogs which may be a mis-represented version of 
De La Pole Arms.
Top Right Quarter: 
York Arms, Unknown Arms, 
Neville Arms differenced with a label three points argent, 
Beauchamp Arms, 
Beaumont Arms.
Bottom Left Quarter: Possible 
St John Arms, Unknown Arms, 
Hungerford Arms, 
Montagu Arms [Note. The or (gold) colour should be argent (white)?].
Bottom Right Corner. 
Holland Arms, Unknown Arms, Unknown Arms, Quartered: 
Clare Arms and 
Despencer Arms.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Hastings
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Hastings
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Herle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Sutton 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Sutton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Camoys 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Latimer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Louches
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Louches Baroness Camoys
GrandFather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Father: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne
Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester 
Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
GrandFather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 10th and 5th Baron Berkeley, Baron Lisle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lisle Baroness Berkeley 3rd Baroness Lisle 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Woodville 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp
GrandMother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy of Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Ligny 
8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Chatillon Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Count of Enghien
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Nicholas Orsini 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Sabran