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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Paternal Family Tree: Marshall
Before 24th September 1277 [his father] John Marshal (age 20) and [his mother] Hawise Unknown were married.
On 24th September 1277 William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal was born to [his father] John Marshal (age 20) and [his mother] Hawise Unknown at Denham Hartismere, Suffolk.
On 4th December 1282 [his father] John Marshal (age 25) died.
In or before 1292 William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 14) and Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal (age 16) were married. They were fifth cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1292 [his son] John Marshal 2nd Baron Marshal was born to William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 14) and [his wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal (age 17). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Around 1298 [his daughter] Denise Marshal was born to William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 20) and [his wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal (age 23). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Around 1300 [his daughter] Hawise Marshal 3rd Baroness Marshal was born to William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 22) and [his wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal (age 25) at Hockering, Mitford. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married in or before 1319 Robert Morley Baron Marshal, 2nd Baron Morley, son of William Morley 1st Baron Morley and Isabel Mohaut Baroness Morley, and had issue.
On 25th February 1308 King Edward II of England (age 23) was crowned II King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Henry Woodlock, Bishop of Winchester. Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 13) was crowned Queen Consort England.
Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 24) carried the Royal Crown.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 30) carried the Gilt Spurs.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 32) carried the Royal Sceptre.
Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel (age 22) was Chief Butler, a heriditary office.
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 27) carried the Royal Rod.
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 30) carried the sword Curtana.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 20) carried the table bearing the Royal Robes.
Thomas Grey (age 28) and [his father-in-law] Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 61) attended.
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Around 19th March 1311 the nobility attempt to constrain King Edward II of England (age 26) by imposing a Council of Ordainers upon him. The Council included twenty-one signatories including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 39).
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 36).
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 33).
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford (age 19).
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury.
John Capet 4th Earl Richmond (age 45).
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 33), and.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 36).
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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 3rd November 1311 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 27) exiled by "The New Ordinances", a series of regulations imposed upon King Edward II by the peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England to restrict the power of the English monarch. The twenty-one signatories, consisting of eight earls, seven bishops and six barons, of the Ordinances are referred to as the Lords Ordainers:
Earls:
John Capet 4th Earl Richmond (age 45)
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 39)
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford (age 20)
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 36)
Bishops:
Archbishop Robert Winchelsey (age 66)
Barons:
Hugh de Vere 1st Baron Vere (age 54)
Hugh Courtenay, Baron of Okehampton (age 35).
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 34)
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 37)
Article 20 describes at length the offences committed by Gaveston; he was once more condemned to exile and was to abjure the realm by 1 November.
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Before 24th June 1314 William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 36) was created 1st Baron Marshal. [his wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal (age 39) by marriage Baroness Marshal.
On 24th June 1314 the Scottish army of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland (age 39) including, James "Black" Douglas (age 28), heavily defeated the English army led by King Edward II of England (age 30) at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford (age 23) was killed. Earl Gloucester, Earl Hertford extinct.
John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch (age 20), Robert Felton 1st Baron Felton (age 44) and William Vesci were killed.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal (age 36) was killed. His son John (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Marshal.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 40) was killed. His son Roger (age 14) succeeded 2nd Baron de Clifford.
John Lovell 2nd Baron Lovel (age 25) was killed. His son John succeeded 3rd Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh.
Henry Bohun was killed by King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland. He was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].
Walter Fauconberg 2nd Baron Fauconberg (age 50) possilby died although his death is also reported as being on 31 Dec 1318.
Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 38), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 38), Goronwy ap Tudur Hen Tudor, Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 35), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 39) and Robert Umfraville 8th Earl Angus (age 37) fought.
Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot (age 34) was killed. His son John succeeded 2nd Baron Tibetot.
John Montfort 2nd Baron Montfort (age 23) was killed. Peter Montfort 3rd Baron Montfort (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baron Montfort.
Thomas Grey (age 34) undertook a suicidal charge that contributed to the English defeat and subsequently blemished his career.
William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 38) was captured.
Michael Poynings (age 44) was killed.
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On 6th December 1315 [his former wife] Christiana Fitzwalter Baroness Marshal (age 40) died at Hockering, Mitford.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Marshal
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne 
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Marshal
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Port
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Port
GrandFather: William Marshal
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hubert Rye
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aline Rye
Father: John Marshal 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers 2nd Earl of Derby 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 3rd Earl of Derby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Peverell Countess Derby
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4th Earl of Derby
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil de Braose Countess Derby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester 
Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Gernon Countess Derby 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux
GrandMother: Elizabeth Ferrers 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Lord of Galloway
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helen Galloway Countess Winchester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Mother: Hawise Unknown