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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin 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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Biography of William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham 1829-1915

Paternal Family Tree: Browne aka Duncombe

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge 1742-1817

On 18th December 1823 [his father] William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham (age 25) and [his mother] Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway (age 55) and [his grandmother] Jane Paget Countess Galloway (age 49).

On 28th January 1829 William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham was born to William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham (age 31) and Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park (age 25).

On 7th August 1851 William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 22) and Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 18) were married. They were second cousins.

On 1st August 1852 [his son] William Reginald Duncombe was born to William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 23) and [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 19). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.

On 20th October 1853 [his son] James Henry Duncombe was born to William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 24) and [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 20). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.

On 14th February 1862 [his son] Hubert Ernest Valentine Duncombe was born to William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 33) and [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.

On 30th March 1864 [his daughter] Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster was born to William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 35) and [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 31). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.

In 1866 [his daughter] Helen Venetia Duncombe Viscountess D'Abernon was born to William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 36) and [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 32) at 20 Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.

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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.

On 11th February 1867 [his father] William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham (age 69) died. His son William (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire. [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 33) by marriage Baroness Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire.

The Times. 13th February 1867. DEATH OF LORD FEVERSHAM. We regret to announce the death, after a short illness, of [his father] Lord Feversham (deceased), which occurred on Monday night at his residence in Great Cumberland Street. The late William Duncombe Baron Feversham, of Dancombe Park, County York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was son of [his grandfather] Charles first Lord by his marriage with [his grandmother] Lady Charlotte Legge, only daughter of William, second Earl of Dartmouth. He was born on the 14th of January, 1798, so that he was in his 69th year. The deceased nobleman was educted at Eton [Map], and afterwards proceeded to Christ Church, Oxford. He married l8th of December, 1823, [his mother] Lady Louisa Stewart (age 63), third daughter of [his grandfather] George, eighth Earl of Galloway, by whom,who survives his Lordship, he leaves issue the Hon. Wiliam E. Duncombe (age 38), M.P., and Captain the Hon. Cecil Duncombe, of the 1st Life Guards, and three daughters, the Hon Jane, married l1th of April, 1849, to the Hon. Laurence Parsons; the [his sister] Hon. Gertrude (age 39), married 27th of November 1&19, to Mr. Francis Horatio Fitzroy (age 43); and the Hon. Helen, married 18th of July, 1855, to Mr. William Becket Denison. Previously to his accession to the peerage on the death of his father in July, 1841, he represented Yorkshire in the House of Commons from 1826 to 1830. At the general election in 1831 he was unsuceessful candidate for the coenty, but was returned for the North Riding in the following year, which he continued to represent till 18S1. He voted against the Reforzn Bill of 1832, and was uniformly in favour of agricultural protection. He took great interest in agricultural pursuit, And was a distinguished member of the Royal Agricultural Society, of which he was one of the trustees The deceased noblemna is succeded by his eldest son, the Hon. Wiliam Ernest Duncombe, above mentioned, who was born January 28 1829, and married, August 7, 1851, [his wife] Mabel Violet (age 33), second daughter of the late [his father-in-law] Right Hon. Sir James Graham, of Netherby. He was M.P. for East Retford from February, 1852, to 1857 and elected for the North Riding of Yorkshire inI 1859, anA was also returned at the last general election After a sharp contest, being second on the poll. He is Captain of the Yorkshire Yeomianry (Hussars) Cavalry, and Lientenent Colonel of the 2d North Riding like his deceased father, he is a supporter of Lord Derby, but in favour of such a measure of Parliamentary Reforms would give no undue preponderance to any one class, but would ensure to a fair distribution of political privileges.

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In 1868 William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 38) was created 1st Earl Feversham. [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 34) by marriage Countess Feversham.

On 23rd December 1876 [his son] William Reginald Duncombe (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Muriel Frances Louisa Chetwynd-Talbot (age 16) were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. She the daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot (age 46) and Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 40). He the son of William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 47) and [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 43).

On 24th December 1881 [his son] William Reginald Duncombe (age 29) died at Madeira.

On 17th January 1884 [his son-in-law] Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster (age 32) and [his daughter] Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 54) and [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 50). He the son of Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 64) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 56). They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 10th January 1886 [his son] James Henry Duncombe (age 32) died.

In 1889 [his mother] Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park (age 85) died.

In 1890 [his son-in-law] Edgar Vincent 1st Viscount D'Abernon (age 32) and [his daughter] Helen Venetia Duncombe Viscountess D'Abernon (age 24) were married. She the daughter of William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 60) and [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 56).

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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 19th March 1895 [his daughter] Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster (age 30) died of tuberculosis at Menton.

On 15th September 1904 [his son-in-law] Everard Baring (age 38) and [his daughter] Ulrica Duncombe were married. She the daughter of William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 75) and [his wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 71).

On 13th January 1915 William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham (age 85) died. His grandson [his grandson] Charles (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Feversham, 4th Baron Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire. [his granddaughter-in-law] Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville Countess Feversham (age 30) by marriage Countess Feversham.

On 28th August 1915 [his former wife] Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham (age 82) died.

[his daughter] Mabel Cynthia Duncombe Lady Graham was born to William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham and Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.

[his daughter] Ulrica Duncombe was born to William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham and Mabel Violet Graham Countess Feversham. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.57%.

Royal Ancestors of William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham 1829-1915

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 England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham 1829-1915

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Browne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Duncombe

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Duncombe of Drayton Bucks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary aka Ursula Duncombe

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Slingsby Duncombe 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Slingsby 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Slingsby 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Slingsby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savile of Methley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah or Susan Savile

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Tryon

GrandFather: Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Father: William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Legge 1st Baron Dartmouth

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Archbold Baroness Dartmouth

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Legge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Aylesford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Banks Countess Aylesford

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Legge 2nd Earl Dartmouth 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Kaye 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Lister Lady Kaye

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford

GrandMother: Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Gounter

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Gounter Nicoll

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Catherine Gounter Nicoll Countess Dartmouth

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Blundell of Basingstoke in Hampshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blundell

William Duncombe 1st Earl Feversham 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 3rd Earl Galloway

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th Earl Galloway 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Douglas Countess Galloway 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Montgomerie Countess Galloway 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cochrane

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart 7th Earl Galloway 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cochrane 2nd Earl Dundonald 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cochrane 4th Earl Dundonald 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Dashwood

Great x 4 Grandmother: Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Dashwood 2nd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Reade 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Reade

Great x 4 Grandmother: Love Dring Lady Reade

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Dashwood Countess Galloway

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Spencer

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Lady Dashwood

Mother: Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Bayly

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Bayly 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Bayly 2nd Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Paget 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Paget 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Paget Lady Plas Newydd Anglesey 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Jane Paget Countess Galloway 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Very Reverend Arthur Champagné

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge