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Paternal Family Tree: Cromwell
Around 1403 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell was born to Ralph Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell (age 35).
On 25th October 1415 King Henry V of England (age 29) defeated the French army at the Battle of Agincourt. King Henry V of England commanded the Main Battle. Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys (age 64) commanded the Rearguard.
Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford (age 30) commanded. Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester (age 25) was wounded, and was protected by his brother King Henry V of England.
Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle (age 42), commander of the Vanguard, was killed; the most senior English casualty. Duke Albemarle, Earl of Rutland and Earl Cork extinct. His nephew Richard (age 4) succeeded 3rd Duke York and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map].
John Fortescue (age 35), Dafydd Gam Brecon (age 35) and Edward Burnell (age 44) and Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine (age 38) were killed.
Michael de la Pole 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 21) was killed. His brother William (age 19) succeeded 4th Earl Suffolk, 4th Baron Pole.
The English included: Louis Robbessart (age 25), Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 33), William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux (age 26), William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu (age 41), Thomas Rokeby (age 22), John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke (age 51), Edward Courtenay (age 30), Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 12), Thomas Dutton (age 19), Edmund Ferrers 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 29), Roger Fiennes (age 31), Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh (age 57), John Grey (age 28), John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 31), William Harrington (age 42) as the King's Standard Bearer, Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 37), Piers Legh (age 26) (wounded), Alfred Longford, Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury (age 27), Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley (age 22), John Rodney, Richard Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 22), Robert Strelley (age 18), James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet (age 17), Robert Umfraville (age 52), Thomas West 2nd Baron West (age 35), Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby (age 30). Thomas Erpingham (age 60) commanded the archers. Thomas Rempston (age 26) was present. Thomas Strickland (age 48) carried the Banner of St George.
Thomas Tunstall (age 57) was killed.
The Welsh included: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert (age 35), Walter Sais (age 95), Roger Vaughan (age 70) and his son Roger Vaughan (age 5). Owen Tudor (age 15) is believed to have been present as a squire.
The French army suffered significant casualties. Charles Albret (age 46), Philip Valois II Count Nevers (age 26), John of Bar (age 35), Jacques Chatillon (age 48), David Rambures (age 51) and his three sons: Jean Rambures, Hugues Rambures, Philippe Rambures, Waleran Luxemburg (age 60) and Hector de Chartres were killed.
Charles Valois Duke Orléans (age 20) was captured by Richard Waller (age 20) for which he was knighted on the battlefield by King Henry V of England.
John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon (age 34) and Charles Artois Count of Eu (age 21) were captured.
Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle (age 25) was killed. His daughter Jeanne succeeded Countess Soissons.
Edward of Bar III Duke of Bar (age 38) was killed. His brother Louis (age 38) succeeded I Duke Bar.
John Valois I Duke Alençon was killed. His son John (age 6) succeeded II Duke Alençon.
Frederick Metz I Count Vaudémont (age 47) was killed. His son Antoine (age 15) succeeded Count Vaudémont.
Anthony Valois Duke Brabant (age 31) was killed. His son John (age 12) succeeded IV Duke Brabant. Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester (age 14) by marriage Duchess Brabant.
Jean II Le Maingre "Boucicaut" (age 49) was captured.
Georges de La Trémoille (age 33) was captured.
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On 2nd May 1417 [his father] Ralph Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell (age 49) died at Tattershall [Map]. His son Ralph (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baron Cromwell.
On 21st May 1420 the Treaty of Troyes was signed at Troyes. Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 43) and Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 17) negotiated the terms which included the marriage of Henry V (age 33) and Catherine of Valois (age 18), daughter of Charles VI (age 51), and the acknowledgement of King Henry V of England as Charles V's heir disinheriting the Dauphin (age 17).
In 1422 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 19) was appointed Privy Council.
After 29th September 1422 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 19) was appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King Henry VI of England and II of France.
Before 1433 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 29) and Margaret Deincourt Baroness Cromwell (age 27) were married. She by marriage Baroness Cromwell.
Around June 1433 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 30) was appointed Lord Treasurer.
In July 1443 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 40) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.
On 28th November 1449 William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme (age 34) attacked Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 46) at Star Chamber.
In 1450 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 47) was appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 28).
On or before 24th August 1453 Thomas Neville (age 23) and Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby were married. Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby was the niece and heiress of Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 50) meaning traditional Percy lands would become Neville lands. The Percy's, being the older family, especially Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 30), took umbrage with the ensuing two year feud known as the Neville-Percy Feud. He the son of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 53) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 46).
On 4th January 1456 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 53) died at South Wingfield, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at the Collegiate Church, Tattershall. Baron Cromwell abeyant between his two nieces, daughters of his sister [his aunt] Maud Cromwell: Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby of Eresby and Joan Stanhope.
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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.
Before 10th February 1474 [his former wife] Margaret Deincourt Baroness Cromwell (age 68) died. Her sister [his former sister-in-law] Alice (age 69) abeyance terminated 6th Baroness Deincourt.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Cromwell
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Cromwell 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Somery 2nd Baron Dudley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Somery Baroness Basset Drayton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Nicole D'Aubigny Baroness Dudley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Cromwell 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandFather: Ralph Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Ralph Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bernake
GrandMother: Maud Bernake 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Marmion
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Marmion Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lorette Plantagenet Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Marmion 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Marmion 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Furnival
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Furnival 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Despencer Baroness Furnivall 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England