Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Paternal Family Tree: Paget
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Cave 1559-1606
Before 19th June 1602 [his father] William Paget 4th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 30) and [his mother] Lettice Knollys Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Paget Beaudasert.
On 13th September 1609 William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert was born to [his father] William Paget 4th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 37) and [his mother] Lettice Knollys Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 26) at Beaudesert House, Staffordshire.
On 29th August 1629 [his father] William Paget 4th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 57) died. His son William (age 19) succeeded 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert.
On 28th June 1632 William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 22) and Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 15) were married. She by marriage Baroness Paget Beaudasert. She the daughter of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 41) and Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were second cousin once removed.
Around 1633 [his daughter] Frances Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 23) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 16). She married before 29th October 1669 Rowland Hunt and had issue.
From 1637 to 1643 William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 27) lived at 43 King Street.
On 10th February 1637 [his son] William Paget 6th Baron Paget Beaudasert was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 27) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 20). He married before January 1663 Frances Pierrepont Baroness Geneville Beaudasert and had issue.
On 1st December 1640 James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Susannah Rich Countess Suffolk (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 50) and [his mother-in-law] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. He the son of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. They were fifth cousins.
In 1641 William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 31) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
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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In 1641 [his brother-in-law] Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland (age 22) and Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland (age 18) were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland (age 50) and [his mother-in-law] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Around 1643 [his son] Henry Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 33) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 26).
In 1645 [his son] Thomas Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 35) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 28).
Around 1647 [his daughter] Isabella Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 37) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 30).
In 1649 [his daughter] Lettice Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 39) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 32). She married Richard Hampden.
On 19th May 1649 [his sister-in-law] Susannah Rich Countess Suffolk (age 21) died.
Around 1651 [his daughter] Elizabeth Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 41) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 34).
In 1655 [his mother] Lettice Knollys Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 72) died.
Around 1655 [his daughter] Penelope Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 45) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 38). She married 5th October 1670 Philip Foley.
Around 1657 [his daughter] Diana Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 47) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 40). She married Henry Ashhurst.
Around 1659 [his daughter] Anne Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 49) and [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 42).
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.'
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In 1661 [his brother-in-law] Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland (age 42) and Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland were married. She by marriage Countess Holland. She the daughter of Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester (age 59) and Anne Rich Viscountess Mandeville. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland and [his mother-in-law] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were first cousin once removed.
Before January 1663 [his son] William Paget 6th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Pierrepont Baroness Geneville Beaudasert were married.
Before 29th October 1669 [his son-in-law] Rowland Hunt (age 40) and [his daughter] Frances Paget (age 36) were married.
In or before 1670 [his son-in-law] Henry Ashurst 1st Baronet (age 24) and [his daughter] Diana Paget were married.
On 5th October 1670 [his son-in-law] Philip Foley (age 22) and [his daughter] Penelope Paget (age 15) were married.
On 12th November 1672 [his wife] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 55) died.
On 19th October 1678 William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 69) died. His son William (age 41) succeeded 6th Baron Paget Beaudasert. [his daughter-in-law] Frances Pierrepont Baroness Geneville Beaudasert by marriage Baroness Paget Beaudasert.
[his daughter] Diana Paget was born to William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert and Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert. She married in or before 1670 Henry Ashurst 1st Baronet and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paget 
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Paget 1st Baron Paget Beaudasert
GrandFather: Thomas Paget 3rd Baron Paget Beaudasert
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Preston Baroness Geneville Beaudasert and Parr Kendal 
Father: William Paget 4th Baron Paget Beaudasert
GrandMother: Nazareth Newton Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 
William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knollys 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Doyley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Troutbeck
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Knollys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston
GrandFather: Henry Knollys 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Fulford
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boleyn 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Lettice Knollys Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cave of Stanford in Northamptonshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ambrose Cave
GrandMother: Margaret Cave