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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Biography of William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 1204-1230

Paternal Family Tree: Braose

Around 1204 William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber was born to Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber and Graecia Briwere.

Before 1215 [his father] Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber and [his mother] Graecia Briwere were married.

Around 1215 [his father] Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber and [his step-mother] Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw [aged 20] were married. They were half fifth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King John of England.

In 1215 [his uncle] Bishop Giles de Braose 7th Baron Braose 5th Baron Bramber died. His brother Reginald succeeded 8th Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation, 6th Baron Bramber Feudal. He seized his father's lands by force following the death of his brother Giles rousing the anger of Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw [aged 43] whose men attacked de Braose lands in Brecon and Abergavenny and Gower. Abergavenny Castle had to be rebuilt as a result.

Before 1221 William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber [aged 16] and Eva Marshal [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke.

In 1221 Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 77] died. His son Hugh [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Earl Norfolk. [his sister-in-law] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 27] by marriage Countess Norfolk.

Around 1222 [his daughter] Isabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales was born to William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber [aged 18] and [his wife] Eva Marshal [aged 19]. She married 1230 her half fourth cousin Dafydd ap Llewellyn Prince of Wales, son of Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw and Joan Plantagenet.

Around 1222 [his brother-in-law] Richard Marshal 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 31] and Gervase Dinant Countess Pembroke were married. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke.

In 1224 [his daughter] Maud de Braose was born to William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber [aged 20] and [his wife] Eva Marshal [aged 21] at Brecon [Map]. She married 1247 her half fourth cousin once removed Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore and had issue.

On 23rd April 1224 [his brother-in-law] William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 34] and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 36]. He the son of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. They were fifth cousins.

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In 1227 [his daughter] Eva de Braose was born to William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber [aged 23] and [his wife] Eva Marshal [aged 24]. She married before 15th February 1248 William Cantilupe and had issue.

Around 1228 [his daughter] Eleanor de Braose was born to William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber [aged 24] and [his wife] Eva Marshal [aged 25]. She married after 12th August 1241 her fourth cousin Humphrey Bohun, son of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex and Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex, and had issue.

In June 1228 [his father] Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber died at Brecon [Map]. His son William [aged 24] succeeded 9th Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation, 7th Baron Bramber Feudal.

In 1230 [his son-in-law] Dafydd ap Llewellyn Prince of Wales [aged 17] and Isabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales [aged 8] were married. She the daughter of William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber [aged 26] and Eva Marshal [aged 27]. They were half fourth cousins. He a grandson of King John of England.

Sometime before 2nd May 1230 William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber [aged 26] was captured by Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw [aged 58] in the bedchamber of his wife Joan Plantagenet [aged 39].

On 2nd May 1230 William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber [aged 26] was hanged by Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw [aged 58] for having been found in the bedchamber of his wife Joan Plantagenet [aged 39]. His daughter Eva [aged 3] succeeded 10th Baroness Abergavenny Feudal Creation. William Cantilupe by marriage Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation. His first cousin John [aged 33] succeeded 8th Baron Bramber Feudal.

Chronicle of the Princes of Wales. 1230. That year, William Bruse [aged 26] was hanged by Llywelyn [aged 58], son of Iorwerth, having been caught in the chamber of the prince, with the princess Jannet [aged 39], daughter of king John, and wife of the prince.

In 1246 [his former wife] Eva Marshal [aged 43] died.

Royal Ancestors of William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 1204-1230

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 7 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 7 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Royal Descendants of William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 1204-1230
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

King Henry V of England [2]

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [2]

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [1]

King Edward IV of England [4]

King Richard III of England [4]

Anne Neville Queen Consort England [8]

King Henry VII of England and Ireland [1]

Queen Anne Boleyn of England [8]

Queen Jane Seymour [9]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [15]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [7]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [2]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [15]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [2]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [2]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [4]

George Wharton [100]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [4]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [4]

Louis XIII King France [2]

Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [2]

Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [2]

John George Wettin Elector Saxony [2]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [2]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [4]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [4]

Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [2]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [2]

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [4]

Frederick I King Sweden [6]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [4]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [4]

Adolph Frederick King Sweden [2]

President George Washington [6]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [4]

William Elector of Hesse [6]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [2]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [4]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [6]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [4]

Frederick William III King Prussia [2]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [4]

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [4]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [6]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [4]

William I King Prussia [4]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [10]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [12]

King Christian IX of Denmark [6]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [8]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [10]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [22]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [22]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [6]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [390]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [12]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [12]

Constantine I King Greece [6]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [16]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [28]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [34]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [26]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [40]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [1604]

Carl XVI King Sweden [54]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [548]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [4638]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [15]

Ancestors of William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 1204-1230

Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 1st Baron Bramber

Great x 2 Grandfather: Phillip de Braose 2nd Baron Bramber

Great x 1 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber

Great x 3 Grandfather: Juhel Totnes

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aenor Totnes Baroness Bramber

GrandFather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber 5 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Gloucester

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Gloucester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza or Eunice Balun

Great x 2 Grandfather: Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford

Great x 4 Grandfather: Dru de Balun

Great x 3 Grandmother: Emme or Bertha Balun

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geofrey "The Incompetent" Neufmarché

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard Neufmarché

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada II Heugleville

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Osbern St John 2nd Baron Burford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes or Nest St John 2 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Nest verch Gruffydd Cadelling Baroness Burford Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Father: Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber 6 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald St Valery

Great x 1 Grandfather: Bernard St Valery

GrandMother: Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber

Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Unknown

William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 7 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Mother: Graecia Briwere