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: Ponsonby
On 7th May 1640 Richard Wingfield and [his mother] Elizabeth Folliot [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott and [his grandmother] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon. They were half sixth cousins.
On 12th April 1646 Edward Trevor and [his mother] Elizabeth Folliot [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott and [his grandmother] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon.
In 1658 [his father] John Ponsonby [aged 49] and [his mother] Elizabeth Folliot [aged 38] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott and [his grandmother] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon.
In 1659 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon was born to John Ponsonby [aged 50] and Elizabeth Folliot [aged 39].
In September 1660 [his half-brother] Folliot Wingfield 1st Viscount Powerscourt [aged 17] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Boyle Viscountess Powerscourt [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery [aged 39] and Margaret Howard Countess Orrery [aged 38]. They were sixth cousins.
On 22nd February 1665 [his half-brother] Folliot Wingfield 1st Viscount Powerscourt [aged 22] was created 1st Viscount Powerscourt. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Boyle Viscountess Powerscourt [aged 23] by marriage Viscountess Powerscourt.
On 14th November 1677 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon [aged 18] was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.
In 1678 [his father] John Ponsonby [aged 69] died.
Before 1679 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon [aged 19] and Mary Moore were married.
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.
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In 1679 [his son] Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough was born to William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon [aged 20] and [his wife] Mary Moore. He married before 1704 his second cousin Sarah Margetson, daughter of John Margetson and Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter, and had issue.
In 1685 [his son] Henry Ponsonby was born to William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon [aged 26] and [his wife] Mary Moore. He married in or before 1720 Frances Brabazon, daughter of Chambre Brabazon 5th Earl Meath and Juliana Chaworth Countess Meath, and had issue.
Before 1704 [his son] Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough [aged 24] and [his daughter-in-law] Sarah Margetson [aged 25] were married. They were second cousins.
On 26th May 1713 [his wife] Mary Moore died.
Around 5th February 1717 [his half-brother] Folliot Wingfield 1st Viscount Powerscourt [aged 74] died. Viscount Powerscourt extinct.
In or before 1720 [his son] Henry Ponsonby [aged 34] and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Brabazon [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of Chambre Brabazon 5th Earl Meath and Juliana Chaworth Countess Meath.
On 11th September 1721 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon [aged 62] was created 1st Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
On 28th February 1723 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon [aged 64] was created 1st Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford.
On 17th November 1724 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon [aged 65] died. His son Brabazon [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 2nd Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Ponsonby was born to William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon and Mary Moore. She married Richard Moore of Cashell County Tipperary and had issue.
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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[his daughter] Anne Ponsonby was born to William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon and Mary Moore. She married April 1806 her fourth cousin once removed Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus 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 England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 14 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Father: John Ponsonby 
William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court
GrandFather: Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lygon of Madresfield Court 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lygon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Lygon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Greville 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Greville
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Lygon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Denys
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Denys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Denys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Meade 3rd Baroness Berkeley
Mother: Elizabeth Folliot 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Strode of Stoke under Hampden 
GrandMother: Anne Strode Countess Roscommon