Paternal Family Tree: Lamb
In 1705 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet was born to [his father] Matthew Lamb of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.
In or before 1743 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet (age 37) and Charlotte Coke (age 23) were married. She brought Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map] to the Lamb family.
In 1743 [his daughter] Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg was born to Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his wife] Charlotte Coke (age 23). She married 29th May 1766 Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg, son of Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg, and had issue.
In 1744 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb (age 41) was appointed Dean of Peterborough which position he held until 1764.
On 29th January 1745 [his son] Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne was born to Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet (age 40) and [his wife] Charlotte Coke (age 26). He married 13th April 1769 Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne, daughter of Ralph Milbanke 5th Baronet, and had issue.
In 1746 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet (age 41) purchased Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire [Map] commissioned a new hall to the designs of the architect Sir James Paine in around 1760.
In 1755 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.
In 1758 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb (age 55) was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1764 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb (age 61) was elected Bishop of Peterborough.
On 29th May 1766 [his son-in-law] Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg (age 24) and [his daughter] Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Fauconberg. He the son of Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg (age 67).
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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On 6th November 1768 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet (age 63) died. His son Penistone (age 23) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.
On 3rd November 1769 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb (age 66) died unmarried. His younger brother Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet inherited his estate.
Around 1770 [his former wife] Charlotte Coke (age 50) died.