Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Beauchamp-Proctor
On 5th May 1778 [his father] Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet [aged 22] and [his mother] Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Lady Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk.
On 14th October 1781 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet [aged 25] and Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor [aged 21].
On 4th September 1794 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet [aged 12] entered the Royal Navy on 4 September 1794, with the rank of able seaman, aboard the 32-gun frigate Stag under Captain Joseph Sydney Yorke [aged 26].
On 22nd August 1795 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet [aged 13], now a midshipman, took part in the engagement off Norway between four Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Navy of the Batavian Republic. Stag captured the 36-gun frigate Alliante with 240 men aboard, after an action of about an hour, in which the enemy lost between 40 and 50 men killed and wounded, and the British only 4 killed, and 13, including Beauchamp-Proctor, wounded.
In January 1798 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet [aged 16] joined the 98-gun ship London, under Captain John Child Purvis, off Lisbon.
In July 1798 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet [aged 16] moved to the frigate Flora, under Captain Robert Gambier Middleton, in the Mediterranean, where he was lent for short periods to the frigates Alcmene under Captain Henry Digby, and Minerve under Captain George Cockburn.
On 29th April 1802 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet [aged 20] was promoted to commander, and was appointed to command of the bomb vessel Zebra.
On 20th May 1812 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet [aged 30] and Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor [aged 20] were married. They had three sons and four daughters.
On 2nd July 1815 [his son] Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp 4th Baronet was born to William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor [aged 23]. He married in or before 1853 Catherine Esther Waldegrave Lady Beauchamp-Proctor, daughter of Vice-Admiral Granville Waldegrave 2nd Baron Radstock, and had issue.
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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On 29th June 1827 [his father] Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet [aged 71] died. His son William [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Baronet Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk. [his wife] Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor [aged 35] by marriage Lady Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk.
In 1848 [his mother] Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor [aged 88] died.
In or before 1853 [his son] Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp 4th Baronet [aged 37] and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Esther Waldegrave Lady Beauchamp-Proctor [aged 26] were married.
In 1859 [his wife] Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor [aged 67] died.
On 14th March 1861 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet [aged 79] died. His son Thomas [aged 45] succeeded 4th Baronet Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk. Catherine Esther Waldegrave Lady Beauchamp-Proctor [aged 34] by marriage Lady Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk.
[his son] Reverend William Henry Beauchamp was born to William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet and Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp
GrandFather: William Beauchamp-Proctor 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Proctor
Father: Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet
GrandMother: Jane Tower Lady Beauchamp-Proctor
William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet
Mother: Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor 