The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Paternal Family Tree: Jerningham
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On 16th June 1767 [his father] William Jerningham of Cossey Park 6th Baronet (age 31) and [his mother] Frances Dillon (age 20) were married.
On 27th April 1771 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford was born to [his father] William Jerningham of Cossey Park 6th Baronet (age 35) and [his mother] Frances Dillon (age 24). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1774 [his grandfather] George Jerningham 5th Baronet (age 94) died. His son [his father] William (age 37) succeeded 6th Baronet Jerningham of Cossey.
On 26th December 1799 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 28) and Frances Henrietta Sulyarde were married.
In 1800 [his daughter] Charlotte Georgina Stafford-Jerningham was born to George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 28) and [his wife] Frances Henrietta Sulyarde. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 6th August 1823 Thomas Alexander Fraser 12th Lord Lovat and had issue.
In 1802 [his son] Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham 9th Baron Stafford was born to George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 30) and [his wife] Frances Henrietta Sulyarde. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married (1) 12th February 1829 his fifth cousin once removed Julia Howard (2) 12th September 1859 Emma Eliza Gerard.
On 4th August 1804 [his son] Edward Stafford-Jerningham was born to George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 33) and [his wife] Frances Henrietta Sulyarde. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 16th June 1828 Marianne Smythe and had issue.
In 1806 [his son] George Sulyarde Stafford-Jerningham was born to George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 34) and [his wife] Frances Henrietta Sulyarde. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
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 1807 Anatasia Stafford-Howard 6th Baroness Stafford (age 85) died. Her half first cousin once removed [his father] William (age 70) de jure 7th Baron Stafford
In 1807 [his son] Charles William Stafford-Jerningham was born to George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 35) and [his wife] Frances Henrietta Sulyarde. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 14th August 1809 [his father] William Jerningham of Cossey Park 6th Baronet (age 73) died. George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 38) de jure 8th Baron Stafford. His son George succeeded 7th Baronet Jerningham of Cossey.
In 1811 [his daughter] Laura Maria Stafford-Jerningham was born to George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 39) and [his wife] Frances Henrietta Sulyarde. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 21st July 1829 her half fourth cousin once removed Edward Robert Petre of Stapleton Park, son of Robert Edward Petre 9th Baron Petre and Juliana Barbara Howard Baroness Petre.
In 1812 [his son] William George Stafford-Jerningham was born to George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 40) and [his wife] Frances Henrietta Sulyarde. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1814 [his son] Francis Hugh Joseph Stafford-Jerningham was born to George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 42) and [his wife] Frances Henrietta Sulyarde. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 6th August 1823 [his son-in-law] Thomas Alexander Fraser 12th Lord Lovat (age 21) and [his daughter] Charlotte Georgina Stafford-Jerningham (age 23) were married.
In 1824 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 52) attainder reversed 8th Baron Stafford. He assumed the additional surname Stafford at the time.
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 1st March 1825 [his mother] Frances Dillon (age 78) died.
On 16th June 1828 [his son] Edward Stafford-Jerningham (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Marianne Smythe were married.
In 1829 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 57) was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
On 12th February 1829 [his son] Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham 9th Baron Stafford (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Julia Howard were married. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 21st July 1829 [his son-in-law] Edward Robert Petre of Stapleton Park (age 34) and [his daughter] Laura Maria Stafford-Jerningham (age 18) were married. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 26th May 1836 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 65) and Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford (age 46) were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford.
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton (age 73), a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton (age 41) had children.
Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 48) married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 75),
Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford,
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 43) married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 38).
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish (age 49).
On 10th July 1838 George William Frederick Osborne 6th Duke Leeds (age 62) died. His son Francis (age 40) succeeded 7th Duke Leeds, 7th Earl of Danby, 7th Viscount Osborne, 7th Viscount Latimer, 7th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 8th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton, 14th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 11th Baron Conyers. [his sister-in-law] Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 45) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
On 22nd July 1849 [his son] Edward Stafford-Jerningham (age 44) died.
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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On 4th October 1851 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 80) died. His son Henry (age 49) succeeded 9th Baron Stafford, 8th Baronet Jerningham of Cossey.
In 1862 [his former wife] Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford (age 72) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
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 Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 28 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Jerningham 1st Baronet 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Jerningham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Jerningham 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Jerningham 3rd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: George Jerningham 5th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Father: William Jerningham of Cossey Park 6th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Plowden
GrandMother: Marie Françoise "Mary" Plowden 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stafford-Howard 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Stafford Countess Stafford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Wilford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Henrietta Stafford-Howard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Strickland of Sizergh Castle 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Theresa Strickland
George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lucas Dillon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Dillon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Dillon 7th Viscount Dillon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Dillon
GrandFather: Henry Dillon 11th Viscount Dillon
Mother: Frances Dillon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Lee 4th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne St John Countess Rochester 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Dutton Countess Downe 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland 
Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers 2nd Viscount Grandison 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Bayning Countess Anglesey 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Charlotte Lee Viscountess Dillon Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Hales 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hales 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Wotton 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hales 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Windebank 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Windebank 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Hales Countess Lichfield 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Bellings
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Bellings-Arundell
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Catherine Bellings-Arundell Baroness Arundel Wardour 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell of Lanherne 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Arundell 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Roper 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England