Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Paternal Family Tree: Amherst
Maternal Family Tree: Roosilia Drake
In 1834 [his father] William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst and [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Bishop Hugh Percy and [his grandmother] Mary Manners Sutton. He the son of William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst and Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst. They were third cousin once removed.
On 26th March 1836 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was born to [his father] William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst and [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst at Mayfair.
On 3rd May 1836 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 25th October 1854 Poulett George Henry Somerset and William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst fought.
Major-General John Douglas commanded the 79th Regiment of Foot.
General George Augustus Frederick Paget and Henry Hugh Manvers Percy fought.
On 5th November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman..
Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot and Cavendish Hubert Greville were killed.
Poulett George Henry Somerset fought; his horse was killed under him by a shell.
William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was wounded.
Hedworth Jolliffe 2nd Baron Hylton and Edwyn Sherard Burnaby fought.
Captain William Kent Allix was killed in action whilst serving with the 1st Royal Regiment.
Robert Lydston Newman 2nd Baronet was killed in action. His brother Lydston succeeded 3rd Baronet Newman of Stokeley and Mamhead in Devon.
Charles Francis Seymour-Conway was killed in action.
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On 13th March 1857 [his grandfather] William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst died at Knole House, Sevenoaks. His son [his father] William succeeded 2nd Earl Amherst, 3rd Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent. [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst by marriage Countess Amherst.
On 15th October 1857 [his brother-in-law] Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton and [his sister] Mary Amherst Baroness Egerton were married. She the daughter of [his father] William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst and [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst.
In 1859 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was elected MP West Kent.
On 27th August 1862 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst and Julia Mann Countess Amherst were married at Linton, Kent [Map]. She the daughter of James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis. He the son of William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst and Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst.
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 21st February 1883 Wilbraham Egerton 1st Baron Egerton Tatton died. His son [his brother-in-law] Wilbraham succeeded 2nd Baron Egerton Tatton. [his sister] Mary Amherst Baroness Egerton by marriage Baroness Egerton Tatton.
On 26th March 1886 [his father] William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst died at Montreal Park, Sevenoaks. His son William succeeded 3rd Earl Amherst, 4th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent. [his wife] Julia Mann Countess Amherst by marriage Countess Amherst.
On 27th April 1890 [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst died.
On 17th December 1892 [his sister] Mary Amherst Baroness Egerton died.
On 14th August 1910 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst died without issue as a result of an operation he received three months prior for a throat infection at Montreal Park, Sevenoaks. His brother Hugh succeeded 4th Earl Amherst, 5th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent.
[his daughter] Julia Amherst was born to William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 30 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jeffrey Amherst
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Amherst
GrandFather: William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Patterson
Father: William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Leigh
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Dashwood 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood
Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cheke of Pirgo 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Cheke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Laetitia Russell 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James West 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah West Baroness Archer
William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Langdale Smithson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Thynne 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Strode 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Bishop Hugh Percy 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Raymond
Great x 3 Grandmother: Amy Raymond
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lewis 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis
Mother: Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners-Sutton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 2nd Baron Lexinton 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hungerford Baroness Lexington 
15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chaplin 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Chaplin of Blankney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Diana Chaplin 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Diana Archer 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood
GrandMother: Mary Manners Sutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Thoroton of Screveton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Thoroton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Levett
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Levett
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Thoroton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Roosilia Drake 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England