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Paternal Family Tree: Clavering
In 1685 Mary Clavering Countess Cowper was born to [her father] John Clavering and [her mother] Susanna Thompson.
In November 1705 William Cowper 2nd Baronet (age 66) died. His son [her future husband] William (age 40) succeeded 3rd Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
In 1706 William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 41) and Mary Clavering Countess Cowper (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 14th December 1706 [her husband] William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 41) was created 1st Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent. Mary Clavering Countess Cowper (age 21) by marriage Baroness Cowper of Wingham in Kent.
On 13th August 1709 [her son] William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper was born to [her husband] William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 44) and Mary Clavering Countess Cowper (age 24). He married 27th September 1732 Henrietta Nassau 2nd Countess Cowper, daughter of Henry Nassau 1st Earl Grantham and Henrietta Butler Countess Grantham, and had issue.
Around 1712 [her son] Reverend Spencer Cowper was born to [her husband] William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 47) and Mary Clavering Countess Cowper (age 27).
On 18th March 1718 [her husband] William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 53) was created 1st Earl Cowper for having suppressed the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. Mary Clavering Countess Cowper (age 33) by marriage Countess Cowper.
On 10th October 1723 [her husband] William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 58) died. His son [her son] William (age 14) succeeded 2nd Earl Cowper, 2nd Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 4th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
On 5th February 1724 Mary Clavering Countess Cowper (age 39) died.
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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1804. School of Godfrey Kneller. Portrait of Mary Clavering Countess Cowper.
[her father] John Clavering and [her mother] Susanna Thompson were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 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 19 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clavering of Callaley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Clavering
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fenwick
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Clavering 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey of Horton 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Grey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Ogle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John James Clavering 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Robert Clavering 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: John Clavering 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mary Clavering Countess Cowper 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Henry Thompson
Mother: Susanna Thompson