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The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Paternal Family Tree: St John
Maternal Family Tree: Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso
In or before 1580 [his father] Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John (age 39) and [his mother] Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso were married. She by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
Around 1580 Oliver St John 1st was born to [his father] Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John (age 40) and [his mother] Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso.
In 1595 Oliver St John 1st (age 15) was educated at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 23rd October 1596 [his uncle] John St John 2nd Baron St John (age 61) died. His brother [his father] Oliver (age 56) succeeded 3rd Baron St John of Bletso.
On 20th April 1597 Oliver St John 1st (age 17) admitted at Gray's Inn.
In 1601 Oliver St John 1st (age 21) was elected MP Bedfordshire.
In April 1602 Oliver St John 1st (age 22) and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke were married.
In 1603 [his son] Oliver St John 5th Baron St John was born to Oliver St John 1st (age 23) and [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He married 1623 his fifth cousin once removed Arabella Egerton Baroness St John Bletso, daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater, and had issue.
In 1603 Oliver St John 1st (age 23) was elected MP Bedfordshire.
On 3rd June 1610 Oliver St John 1st (age 30) was created Knight of the Bath.
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.
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In 1618 [his father] Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John (age 78) died. His son Oliver (age 38) succeeded 4th Baron St John of Bletso. [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
In 1618 [his son] Anthony St John was born to Oliver St John 1st (age 38) and [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He married Ann Keynshan.
In 1619 Oliver St John 1st (age 39) entertained King James I of Scotland at his house.
In 1623 [his son] Oliver St John 5th Baron St John (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Arabella Egerton Baroness St John Bletso were married. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 44) and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 40). He the son of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 43) and [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 14th July 1623, two days after the death of his father, and his succeeding as Earl of Bath, [his brother-in-law] Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath (age 33) and [his sister] Dorothy St John Countess Bath were married. She by marriage Countess Bath. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath (deceased) and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath. They were second cousins.
On 28th December 1624 Oliver St John 1st (age 44) was created 1st Earl Bolingbroke by King James I of Scotland. [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.
On 9th May 1628 [his son-in-law] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 20) and [his daughter] Dorothy St John were married. She died eight weeks later. She the daughter of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 48) and [his wife] Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He the son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 48) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 37).
On 28th June 1628 [his daughter] Dorothy St John 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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On 20th August 1632 [his sister] Dorothy St John Countess Bath died. She was buried on 21st August 1632 at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. There are letters from her husband [his brother-in-law] Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath (age 42) and from the Earl of Bedford, both dat. 26 May 1633, referring to "the fresh sense he hath of the loss of so noble a wife," and to his unwillingness on that account to marry "Mistress Dorothy Seymour," as suggested by the King.
In 1638 [his son] Paulet St John died.
On 24th October 1642 [his son] Oliver St John 5th Baron St John (age 39) died from wounds received at the Battle of Edge Hill the day before. His nephew [his grandson] Oliver (age 9) succeeded 6th Baron St John of Bletso. [his granddaughter-in-law] Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Baroness St John of Bletso.
Around July 1646 Oliver St John 1st (age 66) died. His grandson [his grandson] Oliver (age 13) succeeded 2nd Earl Bolingbroke. [his granddaughter-in-law] Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.
[his daughter] Barbara St John was born to Oliver St John 1st and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke.
[his daughter] Dorothy St John was born to Oliver St John 1st and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. She married 9th May 1628 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover, son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.
[his daughter] Elizabeth St John was born to Oliver St John 1st and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke.
[his son] Paulet St John was born to Oliver St John 1st and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He married Elizabeth Vaughan and had issue.
[his son] Francis St John was born to Oliver St John 1st and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bradshaigh
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh
Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jenkyn ap Philip
Great x 3 Grandfather: Morgan ap Jenkin Lord of Langstone
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor
GrandFather: Oliver St John 1st Baron St John 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Waldegrave 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Waldegrave
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Waldegrave
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hussey 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Father: Oliver St John 3rd Baron St John 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fisher
Great x 2 Grandfather: Michael Fisher
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fisher
GrandMother: Agnes Fisher Baroness St John Bletso
Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke 10 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: John Reid
Mother: Dorothy Reid Baroness St John Bletso