The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Maternal Family Tree: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury 1364-1424
In 1445 [her father] Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde [aged 19] and [her mother] Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Richard Hankford and [her grandmother] Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter [aged 44]. He the son of James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde [aged 51] and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1455 Anne Butler was born to Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde [aged 29] and Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde [aged 24].
On 14th December 1476 [her uncle] John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde [aged 54] died. His brother [her father] Thomas [aged 50] succeeded 7th Earl Ormonde. [her mother] Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde [aged 45] by marriage Countess Ormonde.
Before 10th January 1484 James St Leger [aged 43] and Anne Butler [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde [aged 58] and Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde [aged 53]. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 10th January 1484 [her son] George St Leger was born to [her husband] James St Leger [aged 43] and Anne Butler [aged 29]. He married his fifth cousin once removed Anne Knyvet and had issue.
In 1485 [her mother] Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde [aged 54] died.
After 2nd January 1495 [her father] Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde [aged 69] and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. He the son of [her grandfather] James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde and [her grandmother] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde.
In 1509 [her husband] James St Leger [aged 68] died.
Archaeologia Volume 3 Section V. 31st July 1515. I, Thomas Butler [aged 89] knt. erle of Ormonda, do make this my last will and testament, &c.
Item I give and devise to my dar dame Anne St. Leger [aged 60] — to my dar dame Marg't. Bolin [aged 61], late the wife of Sir Wm. Bolin knt. my manor of Newhall in Essex
Item when my lorde my father, whose soul God affoile [?], left and delivered unto me a lytle whyte horne of ivory, garnished at both thendes with gold, and corse thereunto of whyte sylke, barred with barres of gold, and a tyret of golde thereupon, which was myn auncetours at fyrst time they were called to honourb, and hath sythen contynually remained in the same blode, for wych cause my seid lord and father commanded me upon his blessing, that I shuld doo my devoir to cause it to contynue still in my blode as far furth as that myght lye in me soo to be doone to the honor of the same blode. Therefore for the accomplishiment of my seid father's will, as farr as it is in me to execute the same, I will that my executors delyver unto Sir Tho. Boleyn [aged 38] knt. son and heir apparent of my said dar Margaret, the said lytle white horn and corse, he to keep the same to the use of the issuee male of his body lawfully begotten. And for lack of such issue the said horne to remayne and be delyvered to Sir George Seyntleger [aged 31] knt. son of my said dar Anne, and to the issue male which successively shall come of the body of the said George. And so to contynue in the issue male of the bodies of the same dame Margaret and dame Anne, as long as shall fortune any such issue male of their bodies to be. And alls for default of issue male of the body of any of my said daughters, the said horn to remaine, and to be delivered to the next issue male of my said auncetors, so that it may contynew styl in my blode hereafter as long as it shall please God, lyke as it hath doone hytherto to the honor of the same blode.
Note a. He was the 7th Ead of Ormond, and 3d son of James the 4th Earl. He was attainted by E. IV, but restored by H. VII. sworn of the privy-counci, and summoned as a baron to the English parliament by the title of Thomas Ormond de Rochford. He died 1515, and was buried in the church of Sir Thomas D'Acres, now Mercers Chapel, London. His two daughters married as above, Sir James St. Leger, ancestor to the family of Eggesford, in Devonshire, and Sir William Bullen, Knight of the Bath, and father of Tho. Viscount Rochford, [who was the father of] Queen Anne [aged 14], and Mary [aged 16] wife of Wm. Carey [aged 15], ancestor to the Lord Hunsdon.
Note b. Q. Whether, on Henry II's appointing Theobald, the first of this family, butler of Ireland, 1177, or on the creation of the first Earl of Ormond, by E. I, when the county of Tipperary was made palatine.
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 3rd August 1515 [her father] Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde [aged 89] died. His first cousin twice removed Piers [aged 48] succeeded 8th Earl Ormonde. Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory by marriage Countess Ormonde.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1519. 4th April 1519. 160. For Anne Seyntleger [aged 64] [St Leger], widow.
Licence to found a perpetual chantry for one chaplain in the chapel of St. Mary, called "Hangfordis Chapell," in the church of St. George, Monklee, Devon, to pray for the King and Queen, and for the said Anne, Sir George Seyntleger [aged 35], Thomas Seyntleger, clk., and Margaret Boleyn [aged 65], widow, and for the souls of Sir Thomas Ormond, late earl of Ormond, and lady Anne his wife (father and mother of the said Anne Seyntleger), James and John, brothers of the said earl, William Hangford, Richard-Hangford his son, Sir Richard Hangford, son of the said Richard, and James Seyntleger and Ambrose Griseacre, husbands of the said Anne Seyntleger, and James Seyntleger, her son. Also licence to alienate possessions to the annual value of £10 for the said chaplain. Greenwich, 12 March 10 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 4 April.
Pat. 10 Hen. VIII. p. 2, m. 32.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1530. 1st October 1530. P. S. 6658. Anne Seyntleger [aged 75] and [her sister] Margaret Boleyn [aged 76], Widows.
Livery of lands in Ireland as daughters and heirs of [her father] Thomas Earl of Ormond, deceased. Hampton Court [Map], 24 Sept. 22 Henry VIII. Del. Chelsea, 1 Oct.
Pat. 22 Henry VIII. p. 2, m. 8.
R.O. 2. Original patent of the preceding.
2nd October 1530 Vit. B. XIII. 87 b. B. M. 6659.
As the beast, whom his correspondent knows, takes no account of his duty, nor of his own nor the King's honor, having no fear of deceiving or imposing on any one, I suggest that, for revenge, you should write to me, begging for the remainder of the money, mentioning my promises and your deserts, which were the chief cause of gaining friends for the King at Padua, and of the Paduan instrument, which the King highly values. You must also praise Simonetus, saying that Ambrose would have done nothing without him; and, without abuse of the Bishop, bewail his shabbiness. I will attest everything to the King from the relations of others. You must write to me two letters; one copy I will show to the man himself, and thus compel him to perform his promises, not without interest. If he does not do so soon, will take care that the King reads the other letter. The consequences will be more than perhaps you hoped. You may be sure that I will do what I can, either by myself or through friends. Venice, 2 Oct.
On 5th June 1533 Anne Butler [aged 78] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Louis VIII of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick 
9 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde 10 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex 
5 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland 
Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Darcy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Aton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde 10 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster 
9 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Burgh Countess Kildare 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
GrandFather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Welles 1st Baron Welles 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Welles 3rd Baron Welles
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bardolf Baroness Welles
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley 
2 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Vaux Baroness Ros 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Ros Baroness Welles 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 
7 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 
2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Piers Geneville 9 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Lusignan 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
GrandMother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex 5 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Anne Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hankford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cristina Unknown
GrandFather: Richard Hankford
Mother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury 10 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montfort Baroness Furnivall Baroness Montagu 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer 11 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Brewes Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brewes Baroness Monthermer
GrandMother: Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adam Francis
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury