Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Paternal Family Tree: Ferrers
Maternal Family Tree: Hawise Reginar 1200-1256
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 30th January 1272 William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was born to William Ferrers [aged 32] and Anne Despencer [aged 20] at Yoxall, Staffordshire.
On 20th December 1287 [his father] William Ferrers [aged 47] died at Groby, Leicestershire.
Around 1295 [his son] William Ferrers was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 22] and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 13].
On 22nd July 1298 King Edward I of England [aged 59] defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the 22nd July 1298 Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.
John de Graham [aged 31] and John Stewart of Bonkyll [aged 52] were killed.
The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 26].
Walter Beauchamp [aged 55].
Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk [aged 53].
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex [aged 49].
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 24].
[his uncle] Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester [aged 37].
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 26].
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley [aged 52].
Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley [aged 27].
Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor [aged 43].
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 58].
[his future brother-in-law] John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 30].
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 29].
Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 48].
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 43].
John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 42].
Nicholas Segrave [aged 42].
Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford [aged 41].
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 30].
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 20].
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 17].
John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 67].
Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy [aged 25].
Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 21].
Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 31].
Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 19].
John II Duke Brittany [aged 59].
Philip Darcy [aged 40].
Robert Fitzroger.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 51], or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 23].
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 30], and.
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury [aged 47].
William Scrope [aged 53] was knighted.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels [aged 29] fought.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel [aged 44] fought.
Around 1299 [his son] Thomas Ferrers was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 26] and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 17].
Around 1299 [his daughter] Anne Ferrers was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 26] and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 17]. She married before 24th March 1335 her second cousin Edward Despencer, son of Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer, and had issue.
In 1300 William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby. Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 18] by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Groby.
Before 9th March 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 70], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 23], Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford [aged 31], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 25], Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk [aged 56], Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 34], Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 29], Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 26], William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne [aged 59], Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 20], William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 58], Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny [aged 14], Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 50], Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin [aged 16], Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy [aged 27], Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 54], John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset [aged 26], William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose 10th Baron Bramber [aged 41], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 36], Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 61], John Moels 1st Baron Moels [aged 32], Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley [aged 55], Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin [aged 48], Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon [aged 25], Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 26], Walter Beauchamp [aged 58], Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 33], John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 45], William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 29], Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 51], Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 38], John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 32], Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall [aged 41], Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf [aged 41], Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot [aged 24], William Deincourt 2nd Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford [aged 28], Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg [aged 81].
In 1303 [his son] Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 30] and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 21]. He married before 28th February 1333 his fourth cousin once removed Isabel Verdun Baroness Ferrers Groby and had issue.
Around 1303 [his son] Ralph Ferrers was born to William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 30] and Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 21].
On 20th March 1325 William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 53] died in Groby, Leicestershire. His son Henry [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby.
[his father] William Ferrers and Anne Durward were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and [his grandmother] Margaret Quincy Countess Derby. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
[his father] William Ferrers and [his mother] Anne Despencer were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and [his grandmother] Margaret Quincy Countess Derby. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
[his father] William Ferrers and Eleanor of Louvain were married. He the son of [his grandfather] William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and [his grandmother] Margaret Quincy Countess Derby.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 11 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 5 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [2]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [1]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [1]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [1]
George Wharton [1]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [17]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [60]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers 1st Earl of Derby 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers 2nd Earl of Derby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise de Vitre Countess Derby
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ferrers 3rd Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "The Younger" Peverell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Peverell Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Avicia Taillebois 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4th Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Phillip de Braose 2nd Baron Bramber 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Totnes Baroness Bramber
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil de Braose Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
GrandFather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester 
Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Gernon Countess Derby 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux
Father: William Ferrers 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Quincy 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Senlis 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester 6 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester 
3 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester 4 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandesmil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
GrandMother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Lord of Galloway
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Galloway Countess Winchester 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria 
Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Despencer 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Recuara Harcourt 
GrandFather: Hugh Despencer
Mother: Anne Despencer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Basset 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Basset
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Englefield
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Basset
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Dunstanville
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adeliza Dunstanville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Basset 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Fitzrobert Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aline Fitzrobert Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Aline Basset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Imagina Loon Duchess Lower Lorraine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Matthew Reginar 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzwilliam Hastings 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Hastings 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Reginar 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons