Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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Paternal Family Tree: Vesci
Maternal Family Tree: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy
Before 1271 [her father] Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury [aged 19] and [her mother] Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln were married. She by marriage Countess Lincoln. He by marriage Earl Salisbury. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 25th December 1281 Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln was born to Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury [aged 30] and Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln at Denbigh Castle. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
After 25th December 1281 [her father] Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury [aged 30] and [her step-mother] Joan Fitzmartin Countess Lincoln were married. She by marriage Countess Lincoln.
In 1294 Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 16] and Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury [aged 43] and Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln. He the son of Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster [aged 48] and Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [aged 46]. They were half second cousin twice removed. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 5th June 1296 [her father-in-law] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster [aged 51] died at Bayonne [Map]. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son [her husband] Thomas [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster. Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln [aged 14] by marriage Countess of Leicester, Countess Lancaster.
On 2nd April 1305 [her sister-in-law] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre [aged 32] died.
In 1310 [her mother] Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln died.
In February 1311 [her father] Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury [aged 60] died at Lincoln's Inn. His daughter Alice [aged 29] succeeded 5th Countess Salisbury, 5th Countess Lincoln, 10th Baroness Pontefract, 11th Baroness Halton. [her husband] Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 33] by marriage Earl Salisbury, Earl Lincoln.
In 1316 John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey [aged 29] attempted to divorce his wife Joan of Bar Countess of Surrey [aged 20]. He blamed [her husband] Thomas Earl of Lancaster [aged 38] for his failure to obtain a divorce so kidnapped Thomas' wife Alice de Lacy [aged 34] Thomas retaliated by capturing Conisbrough Castle [Map]; King Edward [aged 31] confirmed Thomas as the new owner. Thomas subsequenly rebelled against the King and was executed and King Edward took possession of Conisbrough Castle [Map]. Following the usurption of King Edward the castle was returned to John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey.
In 1317 Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln [aged 35] was abducted from her manor of Canford, Dorset, by some of the household Knights of John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey [aged 30]. She may have been complicit in the abduction. Warenne appears to be using the abduction to attack her husband Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 39]. Lancaster proceeded to wage war agaonmt Warenne although he didn't request the return of his wife.
In 1318 Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 40] and Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln [aged 36] were divorced.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by [her former husband] Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 44] attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle [aged 52]. Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 46], Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 34], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 57] and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers [aged 32] fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford [aged 22], Nicholas Longford [aged 37], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray [aged 35] were captured.
Warin Lisle [aged 51] was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 31] and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton [aged 22], Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 22], William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 46], Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 34], Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar [aged 29] and Peter Saltmarsh [aged 42] fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton [aged 43] was captured.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 46] was killed. His son John [aged 15] succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 31] fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley [aged 55] surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 34] was captured.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
On 22nd March 1322 [her former husband] Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 44] was beheaded at Pontefract Castle [Map] following his capture six days before at the Battle of Boroughbridge. He was buried at Pontefract Priory [Map]. Earl of Leicester, Earl Lancaster forfeit.
In 1324 Eubulus Strange and Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln [aged 42] were married. She the daughter of Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury and Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln. They were second cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1335 [her husband] Eubulus Strange died.
In 1336 Hugh de Freyne Earl of Lincoln and Salisbury and Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln [aged 54] were married. He by marriage Earl Salisbury, Earl Lincoln. She the daughter of Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury and Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln.
In December 1336 [her husband] Hugh de Freyne Earl of Lincoln and Salisbury died.
On 2nd October 1348 Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln [aged 66] died without issue at Barlings Abbey [Map]. Earl Salisbury, Earl Lincoln, Baron Pontefract and Baron Halton extinct.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. At the end of October, John of Eltham1, brother of the King of England and Earl of Cornwall, died in the town of St John's [Perth], and was buried with honour in London. Hugh de Frenes also died there, a knight by birth, but, by reason of the Countess of Lincoln, made an earl.2
In fine mensis Octobris Johannes de Eltham, germanus regis Angliæ, comes Cornubiæ, obiit in villa Sancti Johannis, et Londoniis honorifice sepelitur. Obiit etiam ibidem Hugo de Frenes, miles quidem, sed ratione comitissæ Lincolniæ, comes factus fuit.
Note 1. John Plantagenet of Eltham, second son of King Edward II, created Earl of Cornwall in 1328. He was interred in St. Edmund's Chapel, in Westminster Abbey, on the south side of the choir, where the tomb of white stone, with his effigies carved in alabaster, still remains.
Note 2. "Obiit etiam ibidem Hugo de Fernes comes Lincolniæ in mense Decembri," i.e. "Also there died Hugh de Ferrers, Earl of Lincoln, in the month of December." MS. Harl, 655.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzeustace 5th Baron of Halton 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzrichard 6th Baron Halton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Albreda Lissours
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Lacy 6th Baron Pontefract 7th Baron Halton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Essex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Essex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Vere Baroness Warkworth 
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Clere Baroness Lacy Baroness Warkworth 
GrandFather: Edmund Lacy 8th Baron Pontefract, 9th Baron Halton 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Quincy Earl Lincoln 6 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester 
4 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Grand Daughter 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: Hawise Gernon 2nd Countess Lincoln 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
Father: Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Manfred III Marquess Saluzzo 
GrandMother: Alice Saluzzo Baroness Lacy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy 12 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy 13 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy 14 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: William I Count Geneva
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Odo II Duke Burgundy 
4 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh III Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois Duchess Burgundy 
Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guigues V Count of Albon and Grenoble
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice of Albon Duchess Burgundy
Alice Lacy Countess Leicester, and Lancaster 5th Countess of Salisbury 5th Countess Lincoln 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy 
9 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Longespée Earl Salisbury Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Longespée Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick of Salisbury 1st Earl Salisbury
Great x 3 Grandfather: William of Salisbury 2nd Earl Salisbury 5 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Vitre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Vitre Countess of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Emma de Dinan
GrandFather: William Longespée Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Camville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard Canville
Great x 4 Grandmother: Millicent Rethel
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Camville
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de la Haie
Great x 3 Grandmother: Nichola de la Haie
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Vernon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Idoine Camville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Basset 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Basset
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Dunstanville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eustachia Basset 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud Courtenay 
5 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Egelina Courtenay 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Courcy
Mother: Margaret Longespée 4th Countess of Salisbury and Lincoln 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzpons 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Clifford 1st Baron Clifford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Gloucester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Tosny
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Isobel Tosny Baroness Clifford 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelise Northumbria 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Cundy Baroness Clifford
GrandMother: Maud Clifford Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd Son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal Grand Daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Aberffraw Daughter of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey 10 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks