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: Boothby
In or before 1638 [his father] Henry Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 45] and [his mother] Mary Hayes [aged 24] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
Around 1638 William Boothby 1st Baronet was born to Henry Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 46] and Mary Hayes [aged 24].
On 3rd September 1648 [his father] Henry Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 56] died. Baronet Boothby of Clater Cote extinct.
After 1649 [his mother] Mary Hayes [deceased] died.
After 13th August 1653 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 15] and Frances Milward were married.
Around 1654 [his son] Francis Boothby was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 16] and [his wife] Frances Milward.
On 6th April 1657 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 19] and Hill Brooke [aged 21] were married at Chiswick.
On 13th July 1660 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 22] was created 1st Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
In 1661 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 23] was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Before 1st January 1664 the date he was baptised at Tamworth, Staffordshire [Map], [his son] William Boothby 3rd Baronet was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 26] and [his wife] Hill Brooke [aged 28]. He married before 1695 Frances Williams, daughter of Trevor Williams 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Morgan Lady Williams, and had issue.
On 8th January 1670 [his son] Brooke Boothby was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 32] and [his wife] Hill Brooke [aged 34].
In 1671 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 33] purchased Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map] from Aston Cockayne 1st Baronet [aged 62].
In 1684 [his son] Francis Boothby [aged 30] died.
Before 1695 [his son] William Boothby 3rd Baronet [aged 30] and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Williams [aged 46] were married.
On 14th May 1704 [his wife] Hill Brooke [aged 68] died.
On 24th March 1707 William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 69] died at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. His grandson Henry [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
On 24th March 1707. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Monument to William Boothby 1st Baronet [aged 69] and [his former wife] Hill Brooke.
Hill Brooke: Around 1636 she was born to William Brooke and Pembroke Lennard. On 6th April 1657 William Boothby 1st Baronet and she were married at Chiswick. On 14th May 1704 Hill Brooke died.
GrandFather: William Boothby
Father: Henry Boothby 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Thomas Hayes
Mother: Mary Hayes