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: Fitzalan
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
1359 de Bohun Fitzalan Double Wedding
1379 Sinking of John Arundel's Fleet
1397 Arrest and Execution of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 11th Earl Arundel
On 9th February 1321 [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 15] and [her step-mother] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel [aged 9] were married at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map]. She by marriage Countess Arundel. He the son of [her grandfather] Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 35] and [her grandmother] Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 6th November 1330 John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont [aged 12] and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 49] and [her grandmother] Maud Chaworth. He the son of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 51] and Alice Comyn 4th Countess Buchan. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
14th December 1344 [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 38] and [her step-mother] Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel [aged 32] marriage annulled by Pope Clement VI on the grounds that he had never freely consented to marry Isabel. He, at this time, is believed to be having an affair with her first cousin [her mother] Eleanor [aged 26] who he married four months later.
On 5th April 1345 [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 39] and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 26] were married at Ditton Church, Stoke Poges. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 64] and [her grandmother] Maud Chaworth. He the son of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1347 Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton was born to Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 41] and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 28] at Arundel Castle [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In June 1347 John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey [aged 60] died. His nephew [her father] Richard [aged 41] succeeded 8th Earl Surrey. [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 28] by marriage Countess Surrey. Conisbrough Castle [Map] reverted to the Crown.
On 17th February 1359 [her brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers [aged 11] and [her sister-in-law] Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham [aged 14] were married. He the son of [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 53] and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 40]. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
In September 1359, a case of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings, siblings from the de Bohun family, children of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 49], his only children, and the Fitzalan family, children of , were married:
Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 13] and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 9] were married. She the daughter of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 53] and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 40]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton [aged 18] and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. He the son of William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 26th February 1360 [her brother-in-law] Roger Mortimer 2nd Earl March [aged 31] died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map]. His son Edmund [aged 8] succeeded 3rd Earl March, 5th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
On 16th September 1360 [her father-in-law] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton [aged 50] died. He was buried either in the Courtenay Chantry Chapel at Exeter Cathedral [Map] or at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son [her husband] Humphrey [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Earl of Northampton. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 13] by marriage Countess of Northampton.
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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Before 1361 [her half-brother] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont [aged 20] and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Vere Baroness Devereux and Beaumont were married. She by marriage Baroness Beaumont. She the daughter of John de Vere 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere Countess of Oxford [aged 52]. He the son of John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 42]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 15th October 1361 Humphrey Bohun 6th Earl Hereford 5th Earl Essex [aged 52] died. His nephew [her husband] Humphrey [aged 20] succeeded 7th Earl Hereford, 6th Earl Essex. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 14] by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford.
Around 1366 [her daughter] Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton [aged 24] and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 19]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 1374 her second cousin once removed Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England, and had issue.
Around 1368 [her daughter] Mary Bohun was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton [aged 26] and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 21]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 5th February 1381 her second cousin King Henry IV of England, son of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster, and had issue.
On or before 17th June 1369 [her half-brother] Henry Beaumont 3rd Baron Beaumont [aged 29] died at Sempringham Priory [Map]. His son [her nephew] John [aged 8] succeeded 4th Baron Beaumont.
Before 13th October 1370 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent [aged 20] and [her sister] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 64] and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 52]. He the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 42]. They were third cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 11th January 1372 [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 53] died at Arundel [Map]. She was buried at Lewes Priory [Map].
On 16th January 1373 [her husband] Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton [aged 31] died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. Earl Hereford, Earl Essex, Earl of Northampton extinct. His estates were divided between his two daughters Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 7], wife of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 18] and Mary Bohun [aged 5], wife of Henry of Bolingbroke [aged 5], the future Henry IV, although the title and estates should have been inherited Gilbert Bohun who was a grandson of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex.
On 13th August 1373 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel [aged 20] was appointed Bishop of Ely.
In 1374 [her son-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 18] and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 8] were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 27]. He the son of King Edward III of England [aged 61] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 24th January 1376 [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey [aged 70] died. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son [her brother] Richard [aged 30] succeeded 9th Earl Surrey, 4th or 11th Earl Arundel. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey [aged 26] by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey.
On 16th December 1379 [her brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers [aged 31] drowned. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His son [her nephew] John [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Baron Arundel.
The Chronica Majora reports "... that during the panic of the storm, Sir John murdered those of his men who refused to make for shore for fear of being shipwrecked upon the rocks. Subsequently, after safely arriving on an island off the Irish coast, Sir John and his boat captain were swept back into the sea and drowned".
Thomas Banastre [aged 45] drowned.
On 5th February 1381 [her son-in-law] Henry Bolingbroke [aged 13] and Mary Bohun [aged 13] were married at Arundel Castle [Map]. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 34]. He the son of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 40] and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were second cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around 1383 Joan Maltravers died. Her sister [her former sister-in-law] Eleanor [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Baroness Maltravers. [her brother] John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers by marriage Baron Maltravers.
On 3rd April 1388 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel [aged 35] was appointed Archbishop of York at a time when Richard II was, in effect, suspended from rule.
After 30th December 1389 [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 43] and [her sister-in-law] Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster. He the son of [her father] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and [her mother] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey. They were first cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1394 William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 24] and [her niece] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. She brought a 40 mark annuity to the marriage awarded to her by King Richard II of England [aged 26] following the death of his wife Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England [aged 27] in whose household she had been. She the sister of the [her brother] Earl of Arundel [aged 48]. He the son of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond [aged 53]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 4th June 1394 [her granddaughter] Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark was born to [her son-in-law] King Henry IV of England [aged 27] and [her daughter] Mary Bohun [aged 26] at Peterborough Castle [Map]. Her mother died in childbirth. She was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.60%. She married 26th October 1406 King Eric of Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
On 21st September 1397 [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [aged 51] was tried at Westminster [Map].
He was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] immediately thereafter. Earl Surrey and Earl Arundel forfeit.
On 29th September 1397 King Richard II [aged 30] rewarded his relations with Dukedoms, possibly for their part in downfall of [her former son-in-law] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [deceased], Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick [aged 59] and [her brother] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [deceased]...
His older half-brother John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 45] was created 1st Duke Exeter. Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 34] by marriage Duchess Exeter.
His nephew Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey [aged 23] was created 1st Duke Surrey.
His first cousin once-removed Margaret was created 1st Duchess Norfolk - for life only. On the same day her grandson Thomas [aged 29] was also created Duke of Norfolk - see below.
His second cousin once removed Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk was created 1st Duke Norfolk. Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 31] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
His first cousin Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle [aged 24] was created 1st Duke Albemarle. Beatrice Burgundy Countess Rutland and Cork [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Albemarle.
His illegitimate first cousin John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 24] was created 1st Marquess Somerset, 1st Marquess Dorset. Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 12] by marriage Marchioness Somerset, Marchioness Dorset.
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 33] was created 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 18] by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
On 8th November 1397 Archbishop Roger Walden was elected Archbishop of Canterbury as a result of the influence of [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel [aged 44].
On 3rd October 1399 [her daughter] Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 33] died. She was buried at the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. She has a monumental brass, representing the deceased in her conventual dress, as a nun of Barking Abbey [Map].
On 16th January 1400 John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 48] was executed at Pleshey Castle [Map]. Duke Exeter, Earl Huntingdon forfeit. Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 53] arranged for the children of her dead brother Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel, who had been executed on the orders of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter three years before, to witness the execution.
Chronicle of the Betrayal of Richard II. [After 15th January 1400]. The Countess [aged 53]1 sent a letter to King Henry to acquaint him that she had seized the Earl of Huntingdon [aged 48], and to beg him to send his cousin of Arundel to take vengeance upon him for the death of his [her brother] father, for she was determined to have him drawn and hung. Then the King sent the Earl of Arundel thither, and said, "Cousin, go to your aunt, and fetch the prisoners dead or alive." When the Earl of Arundel arrived at the town where the Earl of Huntingdon was taken, he found there his aunt, and eight thousand or more of the villeins of the country, before whom his aunt had led forth the Earl of Huntingdon to put him to death; and there was not one of the villeins present who did not take compassion on him.
Note 1. Joan, widow of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, Lord Constable of England, mother of Mary de Bohun, the first wife of Henry IV, who died in 1394. This extraordinary woman, sister to the Earl of Arundel executed by Richard [aged 33], and to the Archbishop of Canterbury [aged 47] whom he had banished, and mother to Aleanora Duchess of Gloucester, was completely identified by all the ties of relationship with Henry and his party. Imbued with the feelings of chivalry, she, like our Queen Philippa, the Countess of Salisbury, and some others, was equal, in case of emergency, to daring exploits at the heads of armies. (See Froissart, i. 77, 81, 134,137, 139.) Humanity, in its nobler meauing, was, however, without the circle of the sympathies of chivalry. She appears to have acted a mother's part to Henry's children after they had lost their natural protector. Henry V. bequeathed to Thomas Bishop of Durham 'the missal and portophoriuin which we had of the gift of our dear grandmother the Countess of Hereford.' He also bequeathed her 'a gold cyphus.' But she did not survive him. She died on the 7th of April 1416. [Note. Most sources give her death in 1419.]
Accounts and Extracts. 16th January 1400. The earl of Huntingdon [aged 48], the king's [half] brother, fled into the county of Essex; but passing through a small village belonging to the countess of Hereford [aged 53], sister to the late earl of Arundel, he was known and arrested. The countess sent news of it to king Henry, desiring him to send her the young earl of Arundel [aged 18], her nephew, that he might enjoy the vengeance she was going to take on the man to whose counsels she principally attributed the death of her brother; which, it appears, she should rather have imputed to the treachery of the earl of Nottingham. The young Arundel hastened thither, and loaded Huntingdon with reproaches. The countess had assembled her vassals, to the number of eight thousand, and delivered to them the earl of Huntingdon in chains, ordering them to cut him in pieces. The unfortunate man entreated for mercy, alledging, that he had never done them any injury; and all took great pity on him except the countess (of Hereford) and the earl of Arundel. The countess flew into a passion, exclaiming, "Curse on you all, villains! you have not the courage to put a man to death."
An esquire offering himself for this purpose, advanced with his hatchet in his hand; but he was so touched with the tender complaints of Huntingdon, that be trembled for fear, and returned to the countess with tears, saying, "Madam, I would not put the duke to death for all the gold in the world." — "Then," said she, "do what thou hast promised, or thy own head shall be cut off." When he heard this, he was so afraid, that he knew not what to do, and faid, "Sir, I entreat your pardon; forgive me your death." He then lifted his hatchet, and struck him so hard on the shoulder, that he made him fall with his face to the ground: The noble duke (Huntingdon had been created duke of Exeter by Richard) leaped on his feet, saying, "Alas, man! why do you treat me thus? For God's fake, kill me more easily." He then gave him eight blows on the shoulder, for he could neither hit his neck or his head; the ninth stroke was in the neck: and the worthy duke, brother to the noble king Richard, spoke yet, saying, "Alas, dear friend! have pity on me, and free me from my pain." The executioner then cut his throat with a knife, to separate his head from his body; and in this manner was the noble duke put to death.'
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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On 19th February 1414 [her brother] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel [aged 61] died.
On 17th March 1416 [her sister] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 66] died.
On 7th April 1419 Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 72] died. She was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Louis VIII of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 6th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel D'Aubigny 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Butler 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Verdun Countess Arundel 
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohesia Verdun
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Mortimer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 
7 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud de Braose 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Marshal 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
GrandFather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Manfred III Marquess Saluzzo 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 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 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Father: 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 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 Grandfather: William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son 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
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Warenne 7 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IX of Lusignan IV Count of La Marche 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême 12 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
GrandMother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel de Bolebec Countess of Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 7 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Vere 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III 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 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aymer Angoulême I Count Angoulême 12 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence 
Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Grand Daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 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 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence 14 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
GrandFather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France Son of King Philip II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Son of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile 
Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre Grand Daughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Swabia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant
Mother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth
GrandMother: Maud Chaworth 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Beauchamp 
7 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 8 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Mortimer
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 7 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Maudit
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aveline Clare Countess Essex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk 
6 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks