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Published March 2025. 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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Paternal Family Tree: Heathcote
In 8th October 1827 [his father] Gilbert John Heathcote 1st Baron Aveland (age 32) and [his mother] Clementina Drummond Willoughby 24th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby Baroness Aveland (age 18) were married. They were sixth cousins.
On 1st October 1830 Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster was born to Gilbert John Heathcote 1st Baron Aveland (age 35) and Clementina Drummond Willoughby 24th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby Baroness Aveland (age 21).
On 14th July 1863 Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 32) and Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 71) and Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 42).
On 18th September 1863 [his father-in-law] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly (age 71) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles (age 16) succeeded 11th Marquess Huntly, 16th Earl Huntley, 7th Earl Aboyne.
On 26th August 1864 [his daughter] Evelyn Clementina Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond Lady Ewart was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 33) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 18).
On 23rd March 1866 [his daughter] Margaret Mary Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 35) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 20).
On 29th July 1867 [his son] Gilbert Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond 2nd Earl Ancaster was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 36) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 21).
On 6th September 1867 [his father] Gilbert John Heathcote 1st Baron Aveland (age 72) died. His son Gilbert (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baron Aveland, 6th Baronet Heathcote of London. [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 21) by marriage Baroness Aveland.
In 1869 [his daughter] Nina Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 38) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 22).
On 14th July 1869 [his brother-in-law] Charles Gordon 11th Marquess Huntly (age 22) and Amy Brooks Marchioness Huntly were married. She by marriage Marchioness Huntly. He the son of [his father-in-law] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly and [his mother-in-law] Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 48).
On 18th May 1870 [his son] Charles Strathavon Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 39) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 24).
On 15th October 1872 [his son] Claud Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 42) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 26).
On 24th June 1874 [his daughter] Cecilie Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 43) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 28).
On 27th June 1876 [his daughter] Alice Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 45) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 30).
In 1878 Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl Lonsdale (age 20) and [his sister-in-law] Grace Cecilie Gordon Countess Lonsdale (age 23) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly and [his mother-in-law] Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly (age 57). He the son of Henry Lowther 3rd Earl Lonsdale.
On 25th April 1878 [his daughter] Mary Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond Countess Dalhousie was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 47) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 32).
On 8th February 1882 George Henry Lowther 4th Earl Lonsdale (age 26) died at a house in London he had purchased for Connie Gilchrist (age 17) and other girls of the Gaiety Theatre. He bequeathed the house, and a sizeable legacy, to Gilchrist. His brother Hugh (age 25) succeeded 5th Earl Lonsdale, 6th Viscount Lowther, 6th Baron Lowther. [his sister-in-law] Grace Cecilie Gordon Countess Lonsdale (age 27) by marriage Countess Lonsdale.
On 2nd November 1885 [his son] Peter Robert Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond was born to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 55) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 39).
On 3rd November 1888 [his son-in-law] Major-General Peter Ewart 1st Baronet (age 50) and [his daughter] Evelyn Clementina Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond Lady Ewart (age 24) were married at Lowndes Square, Belgravia. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 58) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 42).
On 13th November 1888 [his mother] Clementina Drummond Willoughby 24th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby Baroness Aveland (age 79) died. Her son Gilbert (age 58) succeeded 25th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 42) by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
In 1892 Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 61) was created 1st Earl Ancaster in Lincolnshire. [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 45) by marriage Countess Ancaster in Lincolnshire.
On 14th July 1903 [his son-in-law] Arthur Ramsay 14th Earl Dalhousie (age 24) and [his daughter] Mary Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond Countess Dalhousie (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Dalhousie. She the daughter of Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 72) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 57). He the son of John William Maule Ramsay 13th Earl Dalhousie and Ida Louise Bennet Countess Dalhousie.
In 1905 [his son] Claud Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Florence Conyngham (age 38) were married. She the daughter of George Henry Conyngham 3rd Marquess Conyngham and Jane St Maur Blanche Stanhope Marchioness Conyngham (age 71). He the son of Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 74) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 58).
On 6th December 1905 [his son] Gilbert Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond 2nd Earl Ancaster (age 38) and [his daughter-in-law] Eloise Lawrence Breese Countess Ancaster (age 23) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He the son of Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 75) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 59).
On 9th January 1907 [his son] Charles Strathavon Heathcote-Willoughby-Drummond (age 36) and [his daughter-in-law] Muriel Agnes Stuart Erskine were married. She the daughter of Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine 14th Earl Buchan (age 57). He the son of Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 76) and [his wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 60).
On 24th December 1910 Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (age 80) died. His son [his son] Gilbert (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Ancaster in Lincolnshire, 26th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 3rd Baron Aveland, 7th Baronet Heathcote of London. [his daughter-in-law] Eloise Lawrence Breese Countess Ancaster (age 28) by marriage Countess Ancaster in Lincolnshire.
After 24th December 1910. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster (deceased).
The Times. 26th December 1910. We regret to state that Lord Ancaster (deceased) died on Saturday night at his Grimsthorpe, Bourne, Lincolnshire seat, in his 81st year.
Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, created first Earl of Ancaster in 1892, was Joint Heereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England. This dignity is held jointly by Lord Cholmondeley (age 27), Lord Ancastor, and Lord Carrington (age 67). The late peer filled it during the reign of Queen Victoria, Lord Cholmondeley during that of King Edward, and Lord Carrington fills it during the present reign.
He was born on October 1, 1830, and succeeded his [his father] father (age 12) as second Lord Aveland on September 6, 1807, and his [his mother] mother as 24th Lord Willoughby de Eresby on November 13, 1888.
Few noblemen possessed a longer lineage, for the lordship of Erresby in Lincolnshire was acquired by the family of Bee or Belec bv the marriage of Walter dc Bec with Agnes, daughter and heiress of Hugh Fitz Pincheon, a 12th century magnate of Lincolnshire. A John Beeke received permission from Edward I to make a castle of his manor house at Eresby and was summoned to Parliament as one of the barons of the realm. By his wife, Sarah, daughter of Thomas, Lord Furnival, be had, among other children, Alice, who was married to Sir William de Willoughby, one of those who went with Prince Edward to the Holy Land. His son, Robert, became first Lord Willoughby de Eresby. Subsequent holders of that title played a prominent part in the country's history at home and abroad. The 13th baron was created Earl of Lindsey. The fourth Earl of Lindsey was created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1713. That dukedom became extinct with the death of the fifth Duke in 1809. The barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between the sisters of the fourth duke until it was terminated by the Crown in 1780 in favour of the elder co-heir, Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth, whom the first Lord Gwydir married in 1779. Their eldest son [his grandfather] Peter Robert, 21st Baron Willoughby de Eresby, married the [his grandmother] daughter of the first Lord Perth, and one of their daughters became in 1840 the [his aunt] wife of the second Lord Carrington. [his uncle] Almeric, the 22nd Lord Willoughby do Eresby and third Baron Gwydyr of Gwydyr, County Carnarvon, Joint Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England, died in August, 1870. The barony of Willoughby do Eresby again fell into abeyance between his lordship's surviving sisters, and it was terminated in favour of the elder, the Dowager Baroness Aveland, who married in 1827 Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, created Baron Aveland in 1856. Their eldest son was the late Lord Ancaster, whose sister, [his sister] Clementina Charlotte (age 78), married in 1869 Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, who died in her Majesty's ship Victoria in June 1893.
The late Lord Ancaster married in 1863 [his former wife] Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon (age 64), second daughter of the [his former father-in-law] tenth Marquis of Huntly, by whom be had four sons and six daughters. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and sat as Member of Parliament for Rutland from 1856 to 1867. He was a magistrate for Kesteven and chairman of Quarter Sessions, lord of the manor of Thurlbv Baston and Langtoft, as well as chairman of the Stamford Division Conservative and Unionist Association; and was Lord Chamberlain during Queen Victoria's reign and contested the right to continue on King Edward's succession.
He is succeeded in the title by [his son] Lord Willoughby de Eresby (age 43),??? for the Hornecastle Division of Lincolnshire, who is a major and hon. lieutenant-colonel of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and was formerly an officer of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. He married in 1905 [his daughter-in-law] Eloise Laurence (age 28), eldest daughter of the late Mr. W. L. Breese, of New York, and has a son, Gilbert [his grandson] James (age 3), born in 1907, and two daughters.
The late earl's other children include [his son] Major Charles S. Heathcote-Drunmond-Willoughby (age 40), who married [his daughter-in-law] Lady Muriel Erskine, daughter of Lord Buchan (age 60); [his son] Major Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (age 38), who married [his daughter-in-law] Lady Florence Astley (age 43), youngest daughter of the third Marquis Ponyngham; [his daughter] Lady Evelyn Clementina (age 46), wife of Major-General Sir Henry Peter Ewart; the [his daughter] Hon. Margaret Mary (age 44), who was married to the late Mr. Gideon Macpherson Rutherford; the [his daughter] Hon. Cecilie (age 36), wife of Mr. T. C. E. Goff; and [his daughter] Lady Dalhousie (age 32). The late peer assumed by Royal licence in 1872 the additional surnames of Willoughby and Drummond. He was a large landowner, owning Drummond Castle Crieff, and extensive deer forests in Perthshire and land in Lincolnshire and Rutland. Recently, however, he sold considerable portion of his estates, in many instances to the tenants who had the option of purchase. He was a very generous landlord, and was highly respected. He used Normanton Castle as his chief country house till Lord Willoughby de Eresby was married; then Normanton became the latter's home, and Lord Ancester lived at Grimsthorpe. He was president of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
On 16th March 1921 [his former wife] Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon Countess Ancaster (age 74) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 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 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Dickens
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Heathcote 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote 3rd Baronet
GrandFather: Gilbert Heathcote 4th Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hudson
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hudson Lady Heathcote
Father: Gilbert John Heathcote 1st Baron Aveland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Manners 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Manners 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Smyth of Shrewsbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Corbetta Smyth
GrandMother: Catherine Sophia Manners Lady Heathcote 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 3rd Earl Dysart 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Wilbraham Countess Dysart 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 4th Earl Dysart 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Cavendish 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Heneage
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Tollemache 7th Countess Dysart 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Carteret 1st Baron Carteret 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Carteret Countess Dysart 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Worsley 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Worsley Countess Granville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Thynne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Gilbert Henry Heathcote Drummond Willoughby 1st Earl Ancaster 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Raymond
Great x 3 Grandmother: Amy Raymond
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lewis
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis
GrandFather: Peter Drummond Burrell 2nd Baron Gwydyr 22nd Baron Willoughby 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Wynn
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brownlow 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow
Great x 1 Grandmother: Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Panton of Newmarket
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven
Mother: Clementina Drummond Willoughby 24th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby Baroness Aveland 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Drummond 11th Earl Perth
GrandMother: Clementina Sarah Drummond Baroness Gwydyr and Willoughby 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Elphinstone 8th Lord Elphinstone 15 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Elphinstone 9th Lord Elphinstone 16 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Maitland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Elphinstone 10th Lord Elphinstone 17 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Clementia Elphinstone Countess Perth 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England