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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
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Maternal Family Tree: Frances Twysden 1753-1821
In March 1770 [his father] George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 34) and [his mother] Frances Twysden (age 17) were married. She just past her 17th birthday, he twice her age. He the son of [his grandfather] William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey and [his grandmother] Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford.
On 19th August 1773 George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 38) and Frances Twysden (age 20).
On 23rd May 1804 George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 30) and Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 19) were married at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She the daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 44) and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 68) and Frances Twysden (age 51).
On 22nd August 1805 [his father] George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 70) died. His son George (age 32) succeeded 5th Earl Jersey, 8th Viscount Grandison, 5th Viscount Villiers, 5th Baron Villiers. [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 20) by marriage Countess Jersey.
On 4th April 1808 [his son] George Child-Villiers 6th Earl Jersey was born to George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 34) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 23).
In 1810 [his son] Augustus John Villiers was born to George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 36) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 24).
On 26th June 1811 [his brother-in-law] John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland (age 27) and Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 18) were married. She the daughter of William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington (age 48) and Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington (age 50). He the son of [his father-in-law] John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 52) and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland.
In 1815 [his son] Frederick William Child-Villiers was born to George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 41) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 29).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 11th October 1819 [his son] Francis John Robert Child-Villiers was born to George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 46) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 34).
On 25th July 1821 [his mother] Frances Twysden (age 68) died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. She was buried in the Villiers Vault, All Saints' Church, Middleton Stoney.
In 1822 [his daughter] Sarah Frederica Caroline Child-Villiers was born to George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 48) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 36).
In 1824 [his daughter] Clementina Augusta Wellington Child-Villiers was born to George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 50) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 38).
In 1828 [his daughter] Adela Corisande Maria Child-Villiers was born to George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 54) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 42).
On 20th September 1831 [his son] Augustus John Villiers (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Georgiana Elphinstone (age 21) were married. He the son of George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 58) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 46).
On 12th July 1841 [his son] George Child-Villiers 6th Earl Jersey (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Julia Peel Countess Jersey were married. He the son of George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 67) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 56).
On 15th December 1841 [his father-in-law] John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland (age 82) died. His son [his brother-in-law] John (age 57) succeeded 11th Earl of Westmoreland. Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 48) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. From Badminton we went on a visit to Lord Forester at Willey Park, Shropshire, where I met [his wife] Lady Jersey (age 56) and her daughter, [his daughter] Lady Clementina Villiers (age 18).
Lady Jersey was the greatest grande dame in London Society, and her house in Berkeley Square, Mayfair was the centre of the Tory party. She knew all the artistic and literary celebrities of the day, and her popularity was most remarkable. Lady Clementina Villiers was a beautiful and accomplished girl, and everybody loved her. Once when some one said to her father (age 68) that "no one was perfect", Lord Jersey replied: "There is one who is perfect - there is Clementina". Many suitors proposed for her, a most persistent one being the Duke d'Ossuna, a grandee of Spain, and an immensely rich man. He must have been deeply in love with the beautiful English girl, for he used to keep many drawings and portraits of Lady Clementina in his palace at Madrid.
"Those whom the gods love die young", and so it was with Clementina Villiers; she was taken ill during a visit to Germany with her mother and only returned to England to die.
Her portraits were in all the "Books of Beauty" of the day, but although they faithfully portray her perfect features, they cannot convey the beauty of colour and changing expression that were her greatest charms.
On 6th or 7th of November 1845 [his son-in-law] Captin Charles Parke Ibbetson (age 27) and [his daughter] Adela Corisande Maria Child-Villiers (age 17) were married at Gretna Green, Dumfrieshire having eloped from Brighton on the 5th of November. She the daughter of George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 72) and [his wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 60).
8th November 1845. The Lady [his daughter] Adela Villiers (age 17). Brighton, Nov. 5. The name of the gentleman with whom the young lady has fled is pretty well known, and there is very little doubt, from the inquiries that have since been instituted, that she has gone off with [his son-in-law] Captain Ibbetson (age 27), of the 11th Hussars.
East Lodge is situated opposite Upper Rock Gardens, and Captain Ibbetson lodged with his mother for some time at a house in Lower Rock Gardens, and he has been frequently seen looking towards East Lodge, which was about a couple of hundred yards from his abode, with an opera glass to his eye. He left his lodgings about & fortnight ago, and quitted Brighton; but on Wednesday morning he came down by the train and was seen in Brighton. It has been already stated that the young lady left her home about five o'clock in that afternoon. On inquiry we find that she proceeded short distance down St. James's-street, turned down the New Steine, and engaged a fly opposite the Chain-pier, to convey her to the terminus of the London and Brighton Railway. As the fly-man was mounting his box another fly-man asked him if he knew who he had taken up, and on answering in the negative, he was told that it was Lady Adela Viliers, the daughter of the Earl of Jersey (age 72). On arriving at the terminus, a gentleman with a moustache handed the lady from the fly, and having paid him his fare, the lady and gentleman went immediately into the office. On inquiry at the railway termious, we ascertained that a lady and gentleman, answering the description of Captain Ibbetson and Lady Adela, came into the office about the time alluded to, and there was one circumstance which induced the clerk to notice the gentleman, 'When he came into the office he held a handkerchief to his mouth, but being attacked with rather a severe cough, the handkerchief was removed, and the clerk saw that he wore a light moustache. We have it from another party, who knew Capt. Ibbetson well, that he saw him in the train seated by a lady who was closely veiled, so that there is very little doubt that Captain Ibbetson is the man under whose protection the young lady has placed herself. Captain Villiers, the brother of the young lady as soon as he became acquainted with the clandestine departure of his sister from her parents, lost no time in going in pursuit of the fugitive, and since his departure, the Earl of Jersey has received letters from him to the effect that he is in the track of the fair runaway, and her companion in flight; but that he has not been able to overtake them. Although the elopement took place on Wednesday evening, very few persons knew anything of it till they saw it in one of the London morning papers on Friday.
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SUNDAY MORNING. We understand that the young lady succeeded in removing a great portion of her wardrobe, but that she left her jewels on the bed. The Earl of Jersey received a letter from his son, Captain Villiers, this morning, informing him that he bad been to Gretna, and had ascertained that his sister and Captain Ibbetson had been married by the old blacksmith. Captain Villiers had returned to London.
We understand that the Earl of Jersey received a letter this morning from the Commander.in-chief, in reply to one which his lordship had sent to the duke, and that his grace spoke highly of the character of Captain Ibbetson.
Captain Ibbetson has leave of absence till the 14th inst., and it is supposed that after the marriage ceremonies were completed he proceeded at once to join his regiment in Ireland.
The character which the Earl and Countess of Jersey have of the partner of their daughter's fight has, so softened the grief into which her sudden m home had thrown them.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey and the Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy intend to take their departure to-morrow for London.
Lady Adela Villers is seventeen years of age, and Captain Ibbetson, we believe, about six or seven and twenty,
The "mystery" attendast upon the departure of this young lady from the temporary residence of her noble parents in Brighton, has been cleared up, and resolves itself into the exceedingly unpleasant fact that her ladyship has eloped with a gallant captain of the 11th Hussars—a gentleman, as we are informed, wholly unknown to the family, and, if report speak truly, a very recent devotee at the shrine of his youthful innamorata.
We believe we are correct in stating that the first clue to a discovery of the nature of the young lady's flight was obtained from an admission made by the female attendant of her ladyship to the following effect: During the temporary absence of the Earl of Jersey from Brighton, a few days since (his lordship having been called to town), Lady Adela expriased a desire to take a walk on the beach before breakiast one morning. In this walk she was accompanied by the female attendant alluded to, and the latter now states that while upon the shingles (beach) her ladyship was addressed by a gentleman of military appearance (whose person she so accurately described as to leave no doubt as to his identity), that words were exchanged between the parties, but that of the nature of the conversation which passed, she (the attendant referred to) is entirely ignorant.
A comparison of the personal appearance of the gentleman referred to with that of an individual who had been more than once observed to pay particular attention to Lady Adela in the walks and drives about Brighton, and who upon one occasion, a few Sundays since, obtained admission into the pew occupied by the Earl of Jersey's family at the parish church, satisfied the officers that it must be the same person, and upon inquiry being made at the lodgings of the gentleman in question, it was ascertained that he had left Brighton on Wednesday evening. More corroboration could scarcely have been required; but the one clue having been obtained, a train of elucidations followed, which, we believe, warrants the announcement that Captain Charles P, Ibbetson, of the 11th Hussars, is the officer under whose protection Lady Adela has fled her home.
Captain Ibbetson, we understand, is the eldest son of Henry Ibbetson, Esq., a proctor of long standing and extensive practice, and is much esteemed both in his regiment and in general society. It appears that Lady Adela or Wednesday afternoon addressed letters to her mother and to both her sisters. The nature of these communications may be readily guessed. — They were left by her ladyship on the drawing-room table for the evening's post. Shortly after leaving the drawing-room, Lady Adela rang the bell and desired her attendant to bring her dressing-case up stairs, which she immediately did. Her ladyship then it seems hastily dressed herself (very plainly), and left the house unobserved, as above stated. The small bundle which the old porter says her ladyship carried, was doubtless the case in question.
Upon reaching the Steine or East Cliff, her ladyship was observed by a "chairman," who knew her person, to enter a fly which was upon the stand near the pier steps. The driver of this fly has been discovered, and he perfectly remembers the circumstance. He states that he drove the lady to the railway station, and that before she alighted from the carriage, a gentleman, answering the description above given, advanced to the window and spoke to her ladyship—. subsequently assisting her to alight and paying him his fare.
At the Euston station, on Wednesday night, at a few minutes before nine o'clock, the hour for the departure of the York train, the parties were observed on the platform, and the gentleman, addressing one of the officials, requested to be accommodated with a coupé for himself and his fair companion, an act of attention which was immediately afforded. We regret exceedingly to learn, that the Earl of Jersey is overwhelmed with grief at the imprudent step his child has taken, The [his wife] countess (age 60) bears the affair as well as can be expected.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1847 [his son] Augustus John Villiers (age 37) died.
In 1853 [his daughter] Sarah Frederica Caroline Child-Villiers (age 31) died.
In 1858 [his daughter] Clementina Augusta Wellington Child-Villiers (age 34) died.
On 3rd October 1859 George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey (age 86) died. His son [his son] George (age 51) succeeded 6th Earl Jersey, 9th Viscount Grandison, 6th Viscount Villiers, 6th Baron Villiers. [his daughter-in-law] Julia Peel Countess Jersey by marriage Countess Jersey.
On 26th January 1867 [his former wife] Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey (age 81) died.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 1st Earl Jersey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Unknown Chiffinch
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Chiffinch
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Chiffinch Countess Jersey
GrandFather: William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Jeanes
GrandMother: Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Winston Churchill
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Drake
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Boteler 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jennings
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Jennings
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gifford Thornhurst 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Thornhurst
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Temple
George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandFather: Bishop Philip Twysden
Mother: Frances Twysden