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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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Paternal Family Tree: St John Mildmay
Maternal Family Tree: Jane Mildmay
In 1786 [his father] Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay 3rd Baronet (age 21) and [his mother] Jane Mildmay were married.
On 15th April 1787 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet was born to Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay 3rd Baronet (age 22) and Jane Mildmay.
In 1808 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 24) and [his future wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 17) were married. He the son of Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery (age 79) and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery (age 55).
On 11th November 1808 [his father] Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay 3rd Baronet (age 44) died. His son Henry (age 21) succeeded 4th Baronet St John-Mildmay of Farley in Southampton.
On 7th August 1809 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 22) and Charlotte Bouverie were married. He would later marry her sister Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 18); an example of Married to Two Siblings.
In 1810 [his son] Henry St John-Mildmay 5th Baronet was born to Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 22) and [his wife] Charlotte Bouverie. His mother died in childbirth.
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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.
In 1813 [his brother] Paulet St John-Mildmay (age 21) and Anna Maria Wyndham Bouverie were married. His brother Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 25) had been married to her sister [his former wife] Charlotte Bouverie, and would, in 1815 marry another sister, [his future wife] Harriet (age 22); Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings.
In 1815 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 27) and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 24) were married. She the sister of his first wife Charlotte Bouverie; an example of Married to Two Siblings. Further, his brother Paulet St John-Mildmay (age 23) had two years before, in 1813, marry Anna Maria Wyndham Bouverie, sister of Harriet and Charlotte; Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. Further still, Harriet, Charlotte and Anna Maria's first cousin William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor (age 35) married Henry and Paulet's sister Judith (age 24).
In 1815 [his son] Edmund Henry Mildmay was born to Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 27) and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 24).
In 1815 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 31) divorced [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 24) after she eloped with Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 27) who had previously been married to her sister [his former wife] Charlotte Bouverie who had died in childbirth five years previously.
In 1817 [his son] Horace Osborne Mildmay was born to Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 29) and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 26).
In 1826 [his step-daughter] Mary Anne Primrose (age 14) died.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. I made my first acquaintance with Newmarket, Suffolk when I was ten years old. I went there with my dear mother, and we stayed at the Rutland Arms Hotel, and I remember being very much interested at seeing handsome old Sir Henry Mildmay (age 46) lifted on his horse to ride to the course. People always rode or drove there, and there was only one stand, which was reserved for members of the Jockey Club and their friends.
On 9th December 1834 [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 44) died.
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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 8th March 1839 [his son] Augustus Fitzwalter Mildmay died.
24th May 1841. Richard James Lane (age 41). Portrait of Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 54).
On 17th January 1848 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 60) shot himself. His reason for committing suicide believed to be financial difficulties. His son [his son] Henry (age 38) succeeded 5th Baronet St John-Mildmay of Farley in Southampton.
[his son] Augustus Fitzwalter Mildmay was born to Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Paulet St John 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Henry St John-Mildmay 2nd Baronet
Father: Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Abraham Tucker of Betchworth Castle
GrandMother: Dorothy Maria Tucker Lady St John Mildmay
Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet
GrandFather: Carew Milday of Shawford House in Hampshire
Mother: Jane Mildmay