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: Vernon
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Windsor 1466 1500
On 25th August 1802 [his father] George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon [aged 22] and [his mother] Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon [aged 18] were married.
On 22nd June 1803 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon was born to George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon [aged 23] and Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon [aged 19].
On 30th October 1824 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon [aged 21] and Isabella Caroline Ellison [aged 19] were married.
Around 1826 [his daughter] Caroline Maria Venables-Vernon was born to George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon [aged 22] and [his wife] Isabella Caroline Ellison [aged 20]. She married 7th May 1845 her second cousin once removed Frederick Anson.
On 1st February 1829 [his son] Augustus Henry Vernon 6th Baron Vernon was born to George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon [aged 25] and [his wife] Isabella Caroline Ellison [aged 23]. He married 7th June 1851 his third cousin Harriet Frances Maria Anson Baroness Vernon, daughter of Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield, and had issue.
On 27th March 1829 [his grandfather] Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon [aged 81] died at Sudbury, Derbyshire [Map]. His son [his father] George [aged 49] succeeded 4th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. [his mother] Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon [aged 44] by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
On 1st April 1834 [his son] William John Venable-Vernon aka Borlase-Warren-Venables-Vernon was born to George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon [aged 30] and [his wife] Isabella Caroline Ellison [aged 28]. He married (1) 8th May 1855 Agnes Lucy Boileau, daughter of John Peter Boileau 1st Baronet and Catherine Sarah Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Lady Boileau (2) 25th February 1884 Annie Georgiana Eyre.
On 18th November 1835 [his father] George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon [aged 55] died. His son George [aged 32] succeeded 5th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
On 14th September 1837 [his mother] Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon [aged 53] died.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 7th May 1845 [his son-in-law] Frederick Anson and [his daughter] Caroline Maria Venables-Vernon [aged 19] were married. They were second cousin once removed.
On 7th June 1851 [his son] Augustus Henry Vernon 6th Baron Vernon [aged 22] and [his daughter-in-law] Harriet Frances Maria Anson Baroness Vernon [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 55] and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 51]. They were third cousins.
On 14th October 1853 [his wife] Isabella Caroline Ellison [aged 48] died. She was buried at Kingsbury, Middlesex.
On 8th May 1855 [his son] William John Venable-Vernon aka Borlase-Warren-Venables-Vernon [aged 21] and [his daughter-in-law] Agnes Lucy Boileau [aged 22] were married.
On 12th June 1855 [his son-in-law] Admiral Reginald John Macdonald of Clanranald [aged 34] and [his daughter] Adelaide Louisa Venables-Vernon were married.
On 14th December 1859 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon [aged 56] and Frances Maria Emma Boothby were married. They were first cousins.
On 31st May 1866 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon [aged 62] died in Gibralta. His son Augustus [aged 37] succeeded 6th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Harriet Frances Maria Anson Baroness Vernon [aged 38] by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
After 31st May 1866. Memorials to George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon [deceased] and [his former wife] Frances Maria Emma Boothby at All Saints Church, Sudbury [Map].
Frances Maria Emma Boothby: she was born to Reverend Brooke Boothby and Louisa Henrietta-Venables-Vernon. On 14th December 1859 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon and she were married. They were first cousins. On 29th May 1907 Frances Maria Emma Boothby died.
After 31st May 1866. Memorial to George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon [deceased] and his first wife Isabella Caroline Ellison at All Saints Church, Sudbury [Map].
Isabella Caroline Ellison: On 15th May 1805 she was born to Cuthbert Ellison. On 30th October 1824 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon and she were married. On 14th October 1853 she died. She was buried at Kingsbury, Middlesex.
On 29th May 1907 [his former wife] Frances Maria Emma Boothby died.
1908. John Collier [aged 57]. Portrait of George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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[his daughter] Louisa Warren Venables-Vernon was born to George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon and Isabella Caroline Ellison. She married 16th April 1873 Reverend Thomas Parry Garnier, son of Dean Thomas Garnier and Caroline Elizabeth Keppel.
[his daughter] Adelaide Louisa Venables-Vernon was born to George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon and Isabella Caroline Ellison. She married 12th June 1855 Admiral Reginald John Macdonald of Clanranald.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 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 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 19 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Vernon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Vernon 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Vernon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Vernon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Weston 
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Pigot of Chetwynd in Shropshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pigot
GrandFather: Henry Venables-Vernon 3rd Baron Vernon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Harcourt 
14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Evelyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: John The Younger Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Browne 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Father: George Charles Venables-Vernon 4th Baron Vernon 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sedley 2nd Baronet 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Sedley 5th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Savile 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Sedley 1st Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Sedley 2nd Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Rebecca Anne Sedley 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Warren of Stapleford in Nottinghamshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Borlase Warren 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Borlase
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Borlase 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Popham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Borlase Warren 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Admiral John Borlase Warren 1st Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Frances Maria Warren Baroness Vernon 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Clavering 1st Baronet 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Clavering of Greencroft 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Madisson
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Clavering 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Benjamin Ellison of Newcastle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Ellison
Great x 1 Grandfather: Lieutenant-General John Clavering 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Yorke of Gowthwaite 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Yorke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Yorke
GrandMother: Caroline Clavering Lady Warren 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles West 5th Baron De La Warr 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John West 6th Baron De La Warr 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John West 1st Earl De La Warr 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Diana West 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Callaghan MacCarty 3rd Earl Clancarty 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Donough MacCarty 4th Earl Clancarty 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte MacCarty Baroness De La Warr 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Clancarty 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Digby Countess Sunderland 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England