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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Paternal Family Tree: Cholmondeley
On 25th April 1791 [his father] George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 41] and [his mother] Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Countess Cholmondeley in Cheshire. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and [his grandmother] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
On 16th January 1792 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley was born to [his father] George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 42] and [his mother] Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 30].
On 20th October 1812 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 20] and Caroline Anne Julie Campbell were married at Gibraltar. He the son of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 63] and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 51].
On 4th October 1815 [his wife] Caroline Anne Julie Campbell died. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map]. Sculpted by Richard Westmacott [aged 40].
Caroline Anne Julie Campbell: she was born to Colin Campbell. On 20th October 1812 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley and she were married at Gibraltar. He the son of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley.
In 1817 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 24] was elected MP Castle Rising.
On 28th February 1825 [his brother] William Cholmondeley 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Marcia Emma Georgiana Arbuthnot Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 21] were married at Cholmondeley House. He the son of [his father] George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 75] and [his mother] Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 63].
On 10th April 1827 [his father] George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 77] died. His son George [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley, 5th Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 2nd Earl Rocksavage of Cheshire, 6th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 5th Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 5th Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 4th Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 4th Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford.
On 11th May 1830 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 38] and Susan Carolina Somerset Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley. She the daughter of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort [aged 63] and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort [aged 59]. He the son of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 68]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 9th August 1833 Randolph Stewart 9th Earl Galloway [aged 33] and [his sister-in-law] Harriet Blanche Somerset Countess Galloway [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort [aged 66] and [his mother-in-law] Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort [aged 62]. He the son of George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway [aged 65] and Jane Paget Countess Galloway [aged 58]. They were second cousins.
On 27th March 1834 George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway [aged 66] died. His son Randolph [aged 34] succeeded 9th Earl Galloway, 8th Baronet Stewart of Corsewall, 7th Baronet Stewart of Burray in Orkney. [his sister-in-law] Harriet Blanche Somerset Countess Galloway [aged 22] by marriage Countess Galloway.
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 23rd November 1835 [his father-in-law] Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort [aged 68] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 43] succeeded 7th Duke Beaufort, 9th Marquess Worcester, 13th Earl Worcester, 15th Baron Herbert of Raglan, 7th Baron Botetort. Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort [aged 35] by marriage Duchess Beaufort.
On 23rd June 1838 [his mother] Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 76] died.
On 17th November 1853 [his brother-in-law] Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort [aged 61] died. His son Henry [aged 29] succeeded 8th Duke Beaufort, 10th Marquess Worcester, 14th Earl Worcester, 16th Baron Herbert of Raglan, 8th Baron Botetort. Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort [aged 28] by marriage Duchess Beaufort.
On 8th May 1870 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 78] died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map]. His brother William [aged 70] succeeded 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley, 6th Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 3rd Earl Rocksavage of Cheshire, 7th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 6th Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 6th Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 5th Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 5th Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. Marcia Emma Georgiana Arbuthnot Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 66] by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley.
On 4th February 1886 [his former wife] Susan Carolina Somerset Marchioness Cholmondeley [aged 81] died. Monument in St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map].
Susan Carolina Somerset Marchioness Cholmondeley: On 10th May 1804 she was born to Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort. On 11th May 1830 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley and she were married. She by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley. She the daughter of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort. He the son of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Cholmondeley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Cholmondeley 1st Viscount Cholmondeley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Bodville
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Cholmondeley 2nd Earl Cholmondeley
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Cradock
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cradock Viscountess Cholmondley
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl Cholmondeley 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adrian Heer van Ruytenburgh
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabeth van Ruytenburgh Baroness Newborough and Newburgh 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Nassau Beverweert 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Wilhemina Anna van Nassau 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: George Cholmondeley 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Walpole of Houghton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Colonel Robert Walpole
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Crane
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Walpole
Father: George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Edwardes 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Edwardes 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Edwardes 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Warburton 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Warburton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Edwardes 4th Baronet
GrandMother: Hester Edwardes
George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Wharton 4th Baron Wharton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wandesford Baroness Wharton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owen Wynn 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Wynn 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Williams
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Wynn 
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Myddelton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Napier
GrandFather: Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brownlow 1st Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Duncombe 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Brownlow 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Freke of Stretton in Dorset
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sherard of Lobthorpe
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brownlow
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lumley Dewe of Bishop Upton in Hereforeshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dewe
Mother: Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Panton of Newmarket
GrandMother: Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven