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: Poitiers
In or before 1004 [his father] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 34) and Adalemode Limoges Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of [his grandfather] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and [his grandmother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.
In or before 1010 [his father] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 40) and Sancha Gascony Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of [his grandfather] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and [his grandmother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.
In or before 1023 [his father] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 53) and [his mother] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy (age 62) and [his grandmother] Ermentrude Countess Burgundy. He the son of [his grandfather] William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine and [his grandmother] Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine.
Around 1025 Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine was born to [his father] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 56) and [his mother] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.
On 31st January 1030 [his father] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine (age 61) died. His son [his half-brother] William (age 26) succeeded VI Duke Aquitaine.
In 1032 [his step-father] Geoffrey "Martel" II Count Anjou and [his mother] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy and [his grandmother] Ermentrude Countess Burgundy. He the son of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou (age 62) and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou.
In 1038 [his half-brother] William VI Duke Aquitaine (age 34) died. [his half-brother] Odo Duke Gascony and Aquitaine (age 28).
On 10th March 1040 [his half-brother] Odo Duke Gascony and Aquitaine (age 30) died. His half brother [his brother] William (age 17) succeeded VII Duke Aquitaine.
In or after 1058 [his daughter] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile was born to Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 33) and [his future wife] Mateoda Duchess Aquitaine. She married 1069 Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile, son of Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon and Sancha Astur Leonese.
Around October 1058 [his brother] William VII Duke Aquitaine (age 35) died. His brother Guy (age 33) succeeded VIII Duke Aquitaine.
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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Before November 1058 Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 33) and Garsende Perigord Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.
In November 1058 Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 33) and Garsende Perigord Duchess Aquitaine were divorced.
After November 1058 Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 33) and Mateoda Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.
In May 1068 Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 43) and Mateoda Duchess Aquitaine were divorced.
In 1069 [his son-in-law] Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile (age 28) and [his daughter] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile (age 10) were married. She the daughter of Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 44) and [his former wife] Mateoda Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon and Sancha Astur Leonese.
Before 22nd October 1071 Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 46) and Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 60) and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 53). He the son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine. They were second cousin once removed.
On 22nd October 1071 [his son] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine was born to Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 46) and [his wife] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 15) at Toulouse. He married (1) 1088 his half first cousin Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine, daughter of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou and Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (2) 1094 Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine, daughter of William Rouerge Duke Narbonne and Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne, and had issue.
Before 1072 [his brother-in-law] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 28) and Ermengarde Bourbon Countess Anjou (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and [his mother-in-law] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 53).
In 1072 [his daughter] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona was born to Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 47) and [his wife] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 16). She married 1086 Peter I King Aragon I King Pamplona, son of Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona and Isabella Urgell Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona, and had issue.
Around 1076 [his brother-in-law] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 33) and Orengarde Chatellailon Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and [his mother-in-law] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 58).
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 1078 [his daughter] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile (age 19) died.
In 1079 [his former son-in-law] Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile (age 38) and [his sister-in-law] Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 33) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Robert I Duke Burgundy and Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon and Sancha Astur Leonese.
In 1086 [his son-in-law] Peter I King Aragon I King Pamplona (age 18) and [his daughter] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon, Queen Consort Pamplona. She the daughter of Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 61) and [his wife] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 30). He the son of Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona (age 44) and Isabella Urgell Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona.
On 25th September 1086 Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 61) died. His son William (age 14) succeeded IX Duke Aquitaine.
In 1104 [his former wife] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 48) died.
Kings Franks: Great x 7 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 4 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf II Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rollo Duke Normandy 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy
Father: William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald "Elder" Blois 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois
GrandMother: Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pepin Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 2 Grandfather: Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 1 Grandmother: Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Strong" 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aelis Unknown Queen Consort West Francia
Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adalbert I Margrave of Ivrea 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Berengar II King of Italy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Adalbert King of Italy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Count of Arles
Great x 3 Grandfather: Boso Unknown Margrave Tuscany
Great x 2 Grandmother: Willa Bosonids Queen Consort Italy
GrandFather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy
Mother: Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Renaud Unknown
GrandMother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy