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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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Around 1734 Mary Lyttelton was born to [her father] Launcelot Lyttelton.
On 2nd June 1753 [her future brother-in-law] Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham (age 20) and Maria Wilhelmina Head were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Anna Gabriella Head would subsequently marry his brother [her future brother-in-law] John Roper (age 18). Further, their two younger brothers [her future husband] Francis Roper (age 15) and [her future brother-in-law] Philip Roper Roper (age 13) also married siblings Mary Lyttelton (age 19) and [her sister] Barbara Lyttelton respectively.
On 21st March 1760 [her future brother-in-law] John Roper (age 25) and Anna Gabriella Head were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Maria Wilhelmina Head had previously married his brother [her future brother-in-law] Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham (age 26). Further, their two younger brothers [her future husband] Francis Roper (age 22) and [her future brother-in-law] Philip Roper Roper (age 20) also married siblings Mary Lyttelton (age 26) and [her sister] Barbara Lyttelton respectively.
On 27th June 1765 Francis Roper (age 27) and Mary Lyttelton (age 31) were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Mary Lyttelton would subsequently marry his brother Philip Roper Roper (age 25).
On 21st March 1766 [her brother-in-law] Philip Roper Roper (age 26) and [her sister] Barbara Lyttelton were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Mary Lyttelton (age 32) was previously married to his brother [her husband] Francis Roper (age 28). Further, their two older brothers [her brother-in-law] John Roper (age 31) and [her brother-in-law] Henry Roper 11th Baron Teynham (age 32) also married siblings Anna Gabriella Head and Maria Wilhelmina Head respectively.
On 9th May 1767 [her son] Henry Francis Roper-Curzon 14th Baronet was born to [her husband] Francis Roper (age 29) and Mary Lyttelton (age 33). He married (1) 21st May 1788 Bridget Hawkins Baroness Teynham and had issue (2) 16th July 1828 Sarah Brabazon Baroness Teynham.
On 21st May 1788 [her son] Henry Francis Roper-Curzon 14th Baronet (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Bridget Hawkins Baroness Teynham were married. She by marriage Baroness Teynham of Teynham in Kent.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 13th August 1793 [her husband] Francis Roper (age 55) died.
On 16th July 1828 [her son] Henry Francis Roper-Curzon 14th Baronet (age 61) and [her daughter-in-law] Sarah Brabazon Baroness Teynham were married. She by marriage Baroness Teynham of Teynham in Kent.
On 15th July 1834 Mary Lyttelton died.