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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Maternal Family Tree: Maud Vaux 1569
In 1591 [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton [aged 21] and [her mother] Katherine Darcy [aged 20] were married. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
Around 1592 Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox was born to [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton [aged 22] and [her mother] Katherine Darcy [aged 21].
In 1608 [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton [aged 38] was created 1st Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire by writ of summons enabling descent by the female line.
In 1609 Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 30] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 17] were married. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
In 1610 [her daughter] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 31] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 18]. She married 7th March 1626 her half fifth cousin Henry Howard 15th or 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk, son of Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk and Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk, and had issue.
On 6th April 1612 [her son] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 33] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 20]. He married 3rd August 1637 his half fifth cousin once removed Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond, daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham, and had issue.
In 1614 [her daughter] Anne Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 35] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 22]. She married 1628 her fourth cousin once removed Archibald Douglas 1st Earl Ormonde 12th Earl Angus, son of William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas and Margaret Hamilton Countess Angus, and had issue.
In 1616 [her son] Francis Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 37] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 24]. He died aged one in 1617.
In 1616 [her son] Henry Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 37] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 24].
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1617 [her son] Francis Stewart [aged 1] died.
In 1617 [her daughter] Frances Stewart Countess Portland was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 38] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 25]. She married 10th June 1632 Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland, son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland, and had issue.
In 1618 [her daughter] Margaret Stewart died.
In 1618 [her daughter] Margaret Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 39] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 26]. She died aged less than one years old.
On 23rd March 1618 James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn [aged 42] died. His son [her future husband] James [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Earl Abercorn.
On 17th July 1618 [her son] George Stewart 9th Seigneur D'Aubigny was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 39] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 26]. He married May 1638 his half fifth cousin once removed Catherine Howard Countess Newburgh, daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk, and had issue.
On 14th October 1618 [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton [aged 48] stabbed himself to death in the Fleet Prison [Map]. His daughter Katherine [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire. According to a letter from Reverend Thomas Lorkin the date was the 5th of October and the location "at his lodgings in Holborn" - see Letter.
In 1619 [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 40] was created 1st Earl March. Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 27] by marriage Countess March.
On 14th October 1619 [her son] Cardinal Ludovic Stewart 10th Lord Aubigny was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 40] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 27] at March House.
On 16th June 1621 [her brother-in-law] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 46] and Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond [aged 42] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 23rd October 1621 [her son] John Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 42] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 29].
On 16th February 1624 [her brother-in-law] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 49] died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Richmond and Earl Newcastle upon Tyne extinct. His brother [her husband] Esmé [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Duke Lennox. Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 32] by marriage Duchess Lennox.
On 30th July 1624 [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 45] died. His son James [aged 12] succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.
On 7th March 1626 [her son-in-law] Henry Howard 15th or 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 17] and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 34]. He the son of Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 40] and Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk [aged 41]. They were half fifth cousins.
In 1627 James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn [aged 23] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 35] were married. She by marriage Baroness Hamilton of Strabane. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn and Marion Boyd Countess Abercorn [aged 44].
In 1628 [her son-in-law] Archibald Douglas 1st Earl Ormonde 12th Earl Angus [aged 19] and Anne Stewart [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 36]. He the son of William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas [aged 39] and Margaret Hamilton Countess Angus. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1632 [her son] Henry Stewart [aged 16] died.
On 10th June 1632 [her son-in-law] Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland [aged 26] and Frances Stewart Countess Portland [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 40]. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland [aged 55] and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland [aged 55].
Around 1635 [her son] James Hamilton was born to [her husband] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn [aged 31] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 43]. He married 28th April 1653 Catherine Lenthall and had issue.
Around 1636 [her son] George Hamilton 3rd Earl Abercorn was born to [her husband] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn [aged 32] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 44].
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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In August 1637 [her mother] Katherine Darcy [aged 66] died.
On 3rd August 1637 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 25] and Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham [aged 35]. He the son of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 45]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
Before 17th September 1637 Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 45] died. She was buried on 17th September 1637. Her son James [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In 1670 [her former husband] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn [aged 66] died. His son George [aged 34] succeeded 3rd Earl Abercorn. His brother Claud succeeded 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane.
[her son] William Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox.
[her son] Bernard Stewart was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Clifton of Walsingham Parva 
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Clifton of Barrington
GrandFather: John Clifton
Father: Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Vaughan 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Vaughan 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Denise or Cecily Vaughan
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Anne Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Darcy 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Darcy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Scrope 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Templehurst 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Langton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Euphemia Langton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tempest 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Tempest
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dousabella Tempest 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dacre Baroness Clifford 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Henry Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Carew 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Hoo 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew of Beddington in Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Oxenbridge
Great x 3 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bryan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bryan
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bryan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bourchier 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Katherine Darcy 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fermor 
GrandMother: Katherine Fermor
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vaux 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vaux of Harrowden
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Vaux