Biography of Walter Marshal 5th Earl Pembroke 1199-1245

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Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

In August 1189 [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 43) and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 17) were married at Temple Church, London [Map]. The title Earl Pembroke (1C 1138) was not included in the settlement since it had been rescinded as a consequence of Isabel's father having supported King Stephen. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke and [his grandmother] Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham.

In 1199 [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 53) was created 1st Earl Pembroke.

Around 1199 Walter Marshal 5th Earl Pembroke was born to [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 53) and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 27).

On 7th May 1202 Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey (age 73) died. His son [his future brother-in-law] William succeeded 5th Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map]. He undertook further building work including the Great Hall and service buildings in the Inner Bailey. [his sister] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 8) by marriage Countess Surrey.

Around December 1206 [his brother-in-law] Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk (age 24) and [his sister] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 12) were married. She the daughter of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 60) and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 34). He the son of Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 62) and Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk (age 50). They were third cousins.

After 1208 [his brother] Anselm Marshal 6th Earl Pembroke and [his sister-in-law] Maud Bohun Countess Pembroke and Winchester were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex (age 4) and Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex. He the son of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 62) and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 36). They were half third cousin once removed.

In September 1214 [his brother] William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 24) and [his sister-in-law] Alice Béthune Countess Pembroke were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Baldwin Béthune Count Aumale and Hawise Blois 2nd Countess Albemarle and Essex. He the son of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 68) and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 42).

Second Battle of Lincoln

                    On 20th May 1217 [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 71) and Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln (age 47) fought at Lincoln, Lincolnshire [Map] during the Second Battle of Lincoln.
                
                    Rebels William Mowbray 6th Baron Thirsk (age 44) and William Ros (age 17) were captured. William D'Aubigny (age 66) fought for the rebels. Thomas Chateaudun I Count Perche (age 22) died fighting for the rebels.
                
                    Bishop Peter de Roches led a division of the royal army and earned some distinction by his valour.

In or before 1218 [his brother-in-law] Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford (age 37) and [his sister] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 71) and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 45). He the son of Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford and Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 14th May 1219 [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke (age 73) died. His son [his brother] William (age 29) succeeded 2nd Earl Pembroke.

In 1220 [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke (age 48) died. She was buried in the choir of Tintern Abbey [Map].

In 1221 John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 29) and [his future wife] Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 15) were married. She by marriage Baroness Halton, Baroness Pontefract. She the daughter of Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln and Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln (age 41).

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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.

In 1221 Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 77) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Hugh (age 39) succeeded 3rd Earl Norfolk. [his sister] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 27) by marriage Countess Norfolk.

Around 1222 [his brother] Richard Marshal 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 31) and [his sister-in-law] Gervase Dinant Countess Pembroke were married. He the son of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke.

On 23rd April 1224 [his brother] William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester (age 9) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 36). He the son of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. They were fifth cousins.

On 13th October 1225 [his brother-in-law] William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey and [his sister] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 31) were married. She the daughter of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey. They were half second cousin once removed.

On 30th March 1231 [his brother-in-law] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 22) and [his sister] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 30) were married at Fawley, Lambourn. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 43). They were fifth cousins.

On 6th April 1231 [his brother] William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 41) died. His brother [his brother] Richard (age 40) succeeded 3rd Earl Pembroke. [his sister-in-law] Gervase Dinant Countess Pembroke by marriage Countess Pembroke.

On 23rd November 1232 [his future wife] Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 26) succeeded 3rd Countess Lincoln. Her mother Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln (age 52) had gifted her the title only a year after having been gifted it by her uncle Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln (deceased). John Lacy Earl Lincoln (age 40) by marriage Earl Lincoln.

On 16th April 1234 [his brother] Richard Marshal 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 43) died from wounds at Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny. His brother [his brother] Gilbert (age 37) succeeded 4th Earl Pembroke.

On 1st August 1235 [his brother] Gilbert Marshal 4th Earl Pembroke (age 38) and [his sister-in-law] Marjorie Dunkeld Countess Pembroke (age 35) were married at Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map]. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of [his father] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 17th January 1240 [his sister] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 39) died.

On 27th June 1241 [his brother] Gilbert Marshal 4th Earl Pembroke (age 44) was killed in a tournament at Ware, Hertfordshire [Map]. He was buried at Temple Church, London [Map] next to his father. His brother Walter (age 42) succeeded 5th Earl Pembroke; he had also attended the tournament. The King King Henry III of England (age 33) had expressly forbidden the tournament leading to anger at his disobeying the King's orders.

Chronica Majora. "Whilst the mutability of time was thus sporting with and deluding the world with its variable occurrences, [his brother] Earl Gilbert, marshal (age 44), had, with some other nobles, arranged a sort of tilting-match, called by some adventure," but wliich might rather be called a "misadventure;" they tried their strength about a crossbow-shot from Hertford [Map]; where he by his skill in knightly tactics, gained for himself the praise of military science, and was declared by all, considering his small size of body, to have justly distinguished himself for his valour. This was what the said earl chiefly aimed at; for he was, in the first place, destined to clerical orders, and was reported to be weak and unskilful in warlike exercises. He was, at this tournament, mounted on a noble horse, an Italian charger, to which he was not accustomed, accoutred in handsome armour, and surrounded by a dense body of soldiers, who soon afterwards, however, left him, and dispersed, intent on gain. Whilst the earl, then, was amusing himself by checking his horse at full speed, and anon goring his sides with his sharp spurs, to urge him to greater speed, and, as the case required, suddenly drew rein, both the reins suddenly broke off at the junction with the bit. By this accident the horse became unmanageable, and tossing up his head, struck his rider a violent blow on the breast. Some there were who imhesitatingly asserted that the bridle had been treacherously cut by some jealous person, in order that, being thus left at the mercy of his horse, he might be dashed to pieces and killed; or, at least, that he might be taken by his adversaries at will. Moreover, he had dined, and was nearly blinded by the heat, dust, and sweat, and his head was oppressed by the weight of his heavy helmet. His horse, too, could not be restrained by him, or any one else; but he, at the same time, fainted away, began to totter in his saddle, and soon after fell, half-dead, from his horse-with one foot, however, fixed in the stirrup; and in this manner he was dragged some distance over the field, by which he suffered some internal injuries, which caused his death. He expired in the evening of the 27th of June, amidst the deep and loudly-expressed sorrow of those who beheld him, at a house [Map] of the monks of Hertford. When he was about to breathe his last, having just received the viaticum, he made a bequest to the church of the blessed Virgin at Hertford, for the redemption of his soul. His body was afterwards opened, when his liver was discovered to be black and broken, from the force of the blows he had received. His entrails were buried in the said church, before the altar of St. Mary, to whom he had committed his spirit when dying. On the following day, his body-preceded by his brother (age 42), and accompanied by the whole of his family - was carried to London, to be buried [Map] near his [his father] father. At this same tournament, also, was killed one of the earl's retinue, named Robert de Saye, and his bowels were buried with those of the earl. Many other knights and men-at-arms were also wounded and seriously injured with maces, at this same tournament, because the jealousy of many of the parties concerned had converted the sport into a battle. The affairs of the cross and the interests of the Holy Land suffered great loss by the death of the said earl, for he had intended to set out for Jerusalem in the next month, without fail, having collected money from all in the country who had assumed the cross; for permission to do which, he had paid two hundred marks to the pope; following the prudent example of [his former brother-in-law] Earl Richard (age 32).

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On 6th January 1242 Walter Marshal 5th Earl Pembroke (age 43) and Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 36) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. He by marriage Earl Lincoln. A dynastic marriage that brought together the Earldom's of Pembroke and Lincoln. She the daughter of Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln and Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 27th November 1245 Walter Marshal 5th Earl Pembroke (age 46) died at Goodrich Castle, Gloucestershire [Map]. He was buried at Tintern Abbey [Map] next to his mother [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke His brother [his brother] Anselm (age 37) succeeded 6th Earl Pembroke although he only enjoyed the title for one month dying on 23rd December 1245.

On 23rd December 1245 [his brother] Anselm Marshal 6th Earl Pembroke (age 37) died at Chepstow Castle [Map]. He was buried at Tintern Abbey [Map] next to his brother Walter Marshal 5th Earl Pembroke (deceased), who had died only a month before, and mother [his mother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. Earl Pembroke extinct.

In March 1266 [his former wife] Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke (age 60) died. Her grandson Henry (age 15) succeeded 4th Earl Lincoln.

Biography of Walter Marshal 5th Earl Pembroke 1199-1245

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