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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: Liddell
Maternal Family Tree: Jean Nicholson 1778
On 26th March 1796 [her father] Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 21) and [her mother] Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 23) were married.
On 20th April 1798 Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby was born to Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 23) and Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 25).
In 1818 Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby (age 20) and Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby (age 19) were married. He the son of Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave (age 62) and Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave.
On 23rd July 1819 [her son] George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby was born to [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby (age 22) and Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby (age 21).
On 7th April 1831 [her father-in-law] Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave (age 76) died. His son [her husband] Constantine (age 33) succeeded 2nd Earl Mulgrave, 2nd Viscount Normanby, 4th Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford and 2nd Baron Mulgrave. Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby (age 32) by marriage Countess Mulgrave.
The London Gazette 19629. Whitehall, June 23, 1838. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Marquess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto [her husband] Constantine Henry Earl of Mulgrave (age 41), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Marquess of Normanby, in the county of York. [Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby (age 40) by marriage Marchioness Normanby.]
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the said United Kingdom, unto William Baron King (age 33), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Ockham, of Ockham, in the county of Surrey, and Earl of Lovelace. [Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace (age 22) by marriage Countess Lovelace. She was a descendant of the previous Baron Lovelace of Hurley in Berkshire.]
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of an Earl of the said United Kingdom, unto Laurence Baron Dundas (age 72), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Earl of Zetland.
11th February 1840. Tuesday. Supplement to the London Gazette.
St James's Palace [Map]. February 10, 1840.
THIS day the Marriage of the QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY (age 20) with Field Marshal His ROYAL HIGHNESS FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL, DUKE OF SAXE, PRINCE OF SAXE COBOURG AND GOTHA, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (age 20), was solemnized at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by his Suite, proceeded from Buckingham-Palace [Map] this day, about half past eleven o'clock, to St. James's-Palace [Map], in the following order:
The first Carriage,.
Conveying General Sir George Anson, G.C.B. (age 43); George Edward Anson, Esq (age 27); and Francis Seymour, Esq (age 26); the Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour.
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of Uxbridge (age 42) (who afterwards returned to Buckingham-Palace [Map], to attend in Her Majesty's Procession), and the Officers of the Suite of His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, viz. Count Kolowrath (age 62), Baron Alvensleben, and Baron De Lowenfels.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Colourg and Gotha (age 56) (father), and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha (age 21) (elder brother).
Her Majesty, attended by Her Royal Household, accompanied by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (age 53), proceeded, at twelve o'clock, from Buckingham-Palace [Map] to St James's Palace [Map], in the following order:
The first Carriage,
Conveying two Gentlemen Ushers, Charles Heneage, Esq (age 33) and the Honourable Heneage Legge (age 51); Yeoman of the Yeomen of the Guard, Charles Hancock, Esq,; and the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour (age 51).
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget (age 23); two Pages of Honour, Charles T. Wemyss, Esq and Henry William John Byng (age 8), Esq j and the Groom in Waiting, the Honourable George Keppel.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying the Clerk Marshal, Colonel the Honourable H. E. G. Cavendish (age 50); the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Belfast, G. C. H. (age 43); and the Comptroller of the Household, the Right Honourable George Stevens Byng (age 33).
The fourth Carriage,.
Conveying the Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Mrs. Brand (age 60); the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Earl of Ilchester (age 52); the Master of the Buck Hounds, Lord Kinaird; and the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Surrey (age 48).
The fifth Carriage,.
Conyeying the Maid of Honour in Waiting, the Honourable Caroline Cocks (age 45); the Duchess of Kent's Lady in Waiting, Lady K Howard; the Gold Stick, General Lord Hill, G. C.B., G. C. H.; and the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Torrington (age 27).
The sixth Carriage,.
Conveying the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting, the Countess of Sandwich (age 27); the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Albemarle, G. C.H. (age 67); the Lord Steward, the Earl of Erroll, K.T. G.C.H. (age 38); and the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Uxbridge.
The seventh Carriage,.
Conveying Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN; Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; and the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mistress of the Robes to Her Majesty (age 33).
The illustrious Personages, and others composing the Procession, then assembled in the Throneroom, and, having been called over by Garter Principal King of Arms, the Processions, moyed in the following order, to the Chapel Royal:
THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM.
Drums and Trumpets.
Serjeant Trumpeter.
Master of the Ceremonies, Sir Robert Chester, Knt.
Lancaster Herald, George Frederick Beltz, Esq K.H (age 65), York Herald, Charles George Young, Esq (age 44).
The Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour, viz. Francis Seymour, Esq Gen. Sir George Anson, G.C B. George Edward Anson, Esq.
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Belfast, G.C.H., Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Uxbridge.
Continues ...
THE QUEEN. Wearing the Collar of the Order of the Garter.
Her Majesty's Train borne by the following twelve unmarried Ladies, viz.
Lady Adelaide Paget (age 20), Lady Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox (age 20), Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Villiers (age 18), Lady Elizabeth Anne Georgiana Dorothea Howard (age 23), Lady Frances Elizabeth Cowper (age 20), Lady Ida Harriet Augusta Hay (age 18), Lady Elizabeth West (age 21), Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston (age 20), Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie (age 20), Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget (age 12), Lady Mary Charlotte Howard (age 18).
Assisted by the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour.
Master of the Horse, The Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H., Mistress of the Robes, The Duchess of Sutherland.
Ladies of the Bedchamber, The Marchioness of Normanby (age 41), The Duchess of Bedford (age 56), The Countess of Burlington (age 28), The Countess of Sandwich, The Baroness Portman (age 30), The Dowager Lady Lyttleton (age 52), The Lady Barham (age 25).
Maids of Honour, The Hon. Amelia Murray, The Hon. Harriet Pitt, The Hon. Caroline Cocks, The Hon. Henrietta Anson, The Hon. Matilda Paget, The Hon. Harriet Lister, The Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish.
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In 1844 [her son] George Phipps 2nd Marquess Normanby (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law] Laura Russell Marchioness Normanby (age 27) were married. He the son of [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby (age 46) and Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby (age 45).
In 1845 [her mother] Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe (age 72) died.
On 7th March 1855 [her father] Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth (age 80) died. His son [her brother] Henry (age 57) succeeded 2nd Baron Ravensworth of Ravensworth Castle in County Durham, 7th Baronet Liddell of Ravensworth Castle.
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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 28th July 1863 [her husband] Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby (age 66) died. His son [her son] George (age 44) succeeded 2nd Marquess Normanby, 3rd Earl Mulgrave, 3rd Viscount Normanby, 5th Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford and 3rd Baron Mulgrave. [her daughter-in-law] Laura Russell Marchioness Normanby (age 47) by marriage Marchioness Normanby.
On 20th October 1882 Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby (age 84) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Liddell 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Liddell 3rd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Vane 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Liddell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bright 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Bright
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hawksworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Liddell 12 x Great Grand Son 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 Grandmother: Jane Clavering 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Benjamin Ellison of Newcastle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Ellison
GrandFather: Henry George Liddell 5th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bowes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bowes
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bowes of Streatlam
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Bowes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Blakiston 3rd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blakiston
Father: Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: John Simpson
Mother: Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lyon 2nd Earl Kinghorne 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick Lyon 3rd Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Maule Countess Kinghorne and Linlithgow 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lyon 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Middleton 1st Earl Middleton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Middleton Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grizel Durham Countess Middleton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stanhope 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Anne Lyon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jean Nicholson