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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Paternal Family Tree: Douglas
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Drummond m Douglas
In March 1488 [his father] George Douglas [aged 19] and [his mother] Elizabeth Drummond m Douglas were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas 5th Earl Angus [aged 39] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Boyd Countess Angus.
Around 1489 Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus was born to George Douglas [aged 20] and Elizabeth Drummond m Douglas.
On 8th August 1503 King James IV of Scotland [aged 30] and [his future wife] Margaret Tudor [aged 13] were married at Holyrood Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 60] and James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran [aged 28] were present. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland [aged 46] and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of King James III of Scotland and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Cuthbert Cunningham 3rd Earl Glencairn [aged 27] was restored 3rd Earl Glencairn.
In 1509 Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 20] and Margaret Hepburn Countess Angus were married. She the daughter of Patrick Hepburn 1st Earl Bothwell and Margaret Gordon Countess Bothwell.
On 9th September 1513 at the Battle of Flodden was fought at the Branxton, Northumberland [Map]. the English army was commanded by Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 70], Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 40], Edmund Howard [aged 35], Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 45], Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle [aged 51] and Marmaduke Constable [aged 56].
The English army included: Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford [aged 59], William Conyers 1st Baron Conyers [aged 44], Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley [aged 41] and Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 45].
Father and son Ralph ellerker of risby in yorkshire and Ralph Ellerker were knighted by Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey, as were Marmaduke Constable [aged 33], William Constable [aged 38], George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston [aged 16], Edmund Walsingham [aged 33], Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh [aged 25] and Walter Stonor [aged 36].
John Booth [aged 78], Randall Babington, John Bigod [aged 38] and Thomas Fitzwilliam [aged 39], Christopher Savage [aged 49], Thomas Venables [aged 44] and Brian Tunstall [aged 33] were killed.
Bryan Stapleton of Wighill [aged 55] was killed. (Some reports have him dying in 1518).
The Scottish army suffered heavy casualties:
King James IV of Scotland [aged 40] was killed. His body was taken to London, then to Sheen Priory, Richmond [Map]; thereafter it disappeared. His son [his future step-son] James [aged 1] succeeded V King Scotland.
Archbishop Alexander Stewart [aged 20] was killed.
David Kennedy 1st Earl Cassilis [aged 43] was killed. His son Gilbert [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Earl Cassilis. Isabel Campbell Countess Cassilis by marriage Countess Cassilis.
William Sinclair 2nd Earl Caithness [aged 54] was killed. His son John succeeded 3rd Earl Caithness.
Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox was killed. His son John [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Earl Lennox.
William Hay 4th Earl Erroll was killed. His son William [aged 18] succeeded 5th Earl Erroll.
John Douglas 2nd Earl Morton was killed. His son James succeeded 3rd Earl Morton, 6th Lord Dalkeith.
[his brother-in-law] Adam Hepburn 2nd Earl Bothwell was killed. His son Patrick [aged 1] succeeded 3rd Earl Bothwell.
Alexander Stewart 4th of Garlies [aged 32] was killed. His son Alexander [aged 6] succeeded 5th Lord Garlies.
Alexander Elphinstone 1st Lord Elphinstone was killed. His son Alexander [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Lord Elphinstone.
Thomas Hay, George Hepburn Bishop Isles [aged 59], Adam Hepburn Master [aged 56], Thomas "Younger of Cushnie" Lumsden
William Douglas 6th Lord Drumlanrig was killed. William "Younger" Douglas 7th Lord Drumlanrig succeeded 7th Lord Drumlanrig.
George Seton 5th Lord Seton was killed. His son George succeeded 6th Lord Seton.
John Hay 2nd Lord Hay of Yester was killed. His son John [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Lord Hay of Yester. [his sister] Elizabeth Douglas Lady Hay by marriage Lord Hay of Yester.
Henry Sinclair 3rd Lord Sinclair [aged 48] was killed. His son William succeeded 4th Lord Sinclair.
James Stewart 1st Lord of Traquair [aged 33] was killed. His son William [aged 7] succeeded 2nd Lord Traquair.
John Maxwell 4th Lord Maxwell [aged 57] was killed. His son [his future father-in-law] Robert [aged 20] succeeded 5th Lord Maxwell.
George Home 4th Lord Home and John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl [aged 38] fought.
William Graham 1st Earl Montrose [aged 49] was killed. His son William [aged 21] succeeded 2nd Earl Montrose.
Robert Erskine 4th Lord Erskine 16th Earl of Mar was killed. His son John [aged 26] de jure 17th Earl Mar, Lord Erskine.
Thomas Stewart 2nd Lord Innermeath [aged 52] was killed. His son Richard succeeded 3rd Lord Innermeath.
Robert Crichton 2nd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar [aged 41] was killed. His son Robert [aged 22] succeeded 3rd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar
Father and son William Rollo [aged 59] and Robert Rollo 5th of Duncrub [aged 34], brothers David Lyon of Cossins, William Lyon and George Lyon were killed. John Somerville 1st of Cambusnethan [aged 55], William Keith of Inverugie [aged 43], David Wemyss of Wemyss [aged 40], Robert Keith Master of Marischal [aged 30], Guiscard Harbottle [aged 28], John Erskine, David Home [aged 22], Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale [aged 43], Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll [aged 64], Robert Douglas of Lochleven [aged 89] were killed. William Murray [aged 43], Colin Oliphant [aged 26], William Ruthven [aged 33], George Douglas [aged 44] and William Douglas [aged 42] were killed. Walter Lindsay of Arden and Walter Lindsay [aged 33] were killed.
In October 1513 Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 24] succeeded 6th Earl Angus. [his wife] Margaret Hepburn Countess Angus by marriage Countess Angus.
On 6th August 1514 Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 25] and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Angus. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England.
On 9th October 1514 Louis XII King France [aged 52] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Tudor Queen Consort France [aged 18] were married at Abbeville [Map], Somme. She by marriage Queen Consort France. Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 37], Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West [aged 57], Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 44] and his son George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham [aged 17], Bishop Thomas Ruthall [aged 42] and Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset [aged 27] attended. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of Charles Valois Duke Orléans and Mary de la Marck Duchess Orléans. They were second cousin twice removed.
In 1515 Harbottle Castle, Northumberland [Map] became the residence of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 26] and [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 25] after they had been banished by John Stewart 2nd Duke Albany [aged 31].
In May 1515 Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Tudor Queen Consort France [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Suffolk. She had married Louis XII King France in Oct 1514; he had died on 01 Jan 1515. Around this time he surrendered the title Viscount Lisle which he had been created in anticipation of this marriage to Elizabeth Grey Countess Devon [aged 10] which never took place. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were fifth cousins.
On 8th October 1515 [his daughter] Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox was born to Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 26] and [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 25] at Harbottle Castle, Northumberland [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She married (1) 1535 her fifth cousin once removed Thomas Howard, son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (2) 6th July 1544 her third cousin once removed Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox, son of John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox and Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox, and had issue.
On 18th December 1515 [his step-son] Alexander Stewart 1st Duke Ross [aged 1] died at Stirling Castle [Map].
On 4th February 1520 William Carey [aged 20] and Mary Boleyn [aged 21] were married. Around the time, possibly shortly after, Mary Boleyn became mistress to [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 28] leading to speculation one or both of her children were fathered by Henry1. She the daughter of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 43] and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 40]. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
The evidence for Mary being Henry's mistress:
Henry VIII's 1527 dispensation to marry Anne appears to seek dispensation to marry:
1. someone who was previously contracted to marry another, which might refer to either, or both, Henry Percy [aged 18] or James Butler, and
2. "or of the first degree of affinity, from any lawful or unlawful union" which can only be a reference to a sister of Queen Anne Boleyn of England [aged 19] i.e. Mary Boleyn.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic. 20 Oct 1537. George Throckmorton letter relating to events around 1531 where Henry responds to an accusation that he had relationships with both Anne Boleyn's mother and sister "Never with the mother". Cromwell goes on the say never with the sister either.
Defense of the Unity of the Church Book III, 1536, letter from Cardinal Reginald Pole to King Henry VIII accusing him of double standards by attempting to annul his marriage with Queen Katherine on the basis of her having previously been married, albeit unconsummated, to Henry's brother Arthur, as a means to allow Henry to marry Anne Boleyn, with whose sister Henry had had a carnal relationship.
1536 Letter from Ambassador Chapuys to the Emperor in which Chapuys writes "Others tell me that the said Archbishop had pronounced the marriage of the King and Concubine [Anne] invalid on account of the King having had connection with her sister [Mary]."
Note 1. The date given by an entry in the King's Payments for 1520. The date appears to have been inserted so may not appear in the original text?
On 30th April 1520 a skirmish took place on the High Street Edinburgh in which around five hundred supporters of James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran [aged 45] fought with a similar number of supporters of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 31], chiefs of Clan Hamilton and Douglas respectively, over who had control over [his step-son] King James V of Scotland [aged 8].
Around eighty of the Hamilton's were killed with the Douglases victorious as a consequence of around eight hundred more supporters arriving under the leadership of Angus' brother William Douglas Prior of Coldingham [aged 27].
John Montgomerie Master of Eglinton [aged 37] was killed.
On 18th June 1522 Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys [aged 24] and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys [aged 24] were married. She the former mistress of [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 30] had given birth to Henry's illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Richmond and Somerset [aged 3] in June 1519.
On 18th June 1525 Henry Fitzroy [aged 6] was taken by barge to Bridewell Palace [Map] where he was enobled by his father [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 33].
In the morning Henry Fitzroy was created 1st Earl Nottingham.
In the afternoon Henry Fitzroy was created 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset.
Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland [aged 47] carried the Sword of State. Thomas More [aged 47] read the patents of nobility. Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 41], Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 47],
Henry Courtenay [aged 29] was created 1st Marquess Exeter. Gertrude Blount Marchioness of Exeter [aged 22] by marriage Marchioness Exeter.
Henry Clifford [aged 32] was created 1st Earl of Cumberland, Warden of the West Marches and Governor of Carlisle Castle.
Thomas Manners [aged 33] was created 1st Earl of Rutland. Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland [aged 30] by marriage Countess of Rutland. He was given the Earldom of Rutland to reflect his descent from Anne York Duchess Exeter sister of the previous Earl of Rutland. At the same time his arms 
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Henry Brandon [aged 2] was created 1st Earl Lincoln.
Robert Radclyffe [aged 42] was created 1st Viscount Fitzwalter.
Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 48] was created 1st Viscount Rochford. Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 45] by marriage Viscountess Rochford.
Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 52], William Fitzalan 11th or 18th Earl of Arundel [aged 49] and John de Vere 14th Earl of Oxford [aged 25] attended.
Around 18th June 1525 Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland [aged 8] and Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland [aged 6] were married at Bridewell Palace [Map]. [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 33] was present. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 41] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Tudor Queen Consort France [aged 29]. He the son of Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 32] and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 25]. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 4th September 1526 the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge was fought between supporters of [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 36], the king's mother, commanded by John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox [aged 36] and supporters of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 37] commanded by James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran [aged 51], over who would have control over [his step-son] King James V of Scotland [aged 14] in his minority.
John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox was killed possibly after surrendering. His son [his future son-in-law] Matthew [aged 9] succeeded 4th Earl Lennox.
William Cunningham 4th Earl Glencairn [aged 33] was captured.
On 3rd March 1528 Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven [aged 33] and [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 38] were married. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England.
In early December 1529 [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 38] created five Baronies...
On 1st December 1529...
Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor [aged 62] was created 1st Baron Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire. Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor [aged 60] by marriage Baroness Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire.
John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford [aged 64] was created 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford. Anne Grey Baroness Hussey Sleaford [aged 39] by marriage Baroness Hussey of Sleaford.
On 2nd December 1529...
Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth [aged 28] was created 1st Baron Wentworth. Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth [aged 27] by marriage Baroness Wentworth.
Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh [aged 41] was created 1st Baron Burgh. Agnes Tyrwhitt Baroness Cobham, Strabolgi and Burgh [aged 48] by marriage Baroness Burgh. This is regarded as a new creation rather than a continuation of the previous creation Baron Burgh since Thomas's father was never summoned to Parliament due to his insanity. Some sources refer to Thomas as the 3rd Baron Burgh.
On 4th December 1529 Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye [aged 45] was created 1st Baron Braye by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines.
On 8th December 1529 [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 38] created three Earldoms...
Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Wiltshire, 1st Earl Ormonde. Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 49] by marriage Countess Wiltshire, Countess Ormonde. His mother [aged 75] was the daughter of the last Earl Ormonde Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde.
George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 42] was created 1st Earl Huntingdon. Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 46] by marriage Countess Huntingdon.
Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 46] was created 1st Earl of Sussex. Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex [aged 50] by marriage Countess of Sussex.
On 1st September 1532 Anne Boleyn [aged 31] was created 1st Marchioness Pembroke with [his brother-in-law] Henry VIII [aged 41] performing the investiture at Windsor Castle [Map]. The Letter of Creation [Harley 303.1; see image] using the Latin 'marchionisse Penbrochie' i.e. "Marchioness of Pembroke". It isn't clear whether the Letter of Creation is a single page - we note the absence of any description of whether the title is to descend to her heir's, male, legitimate, otherwise. We also note the first letter contains Anne's emblem of a 'falcon on a stump' although Anne's falcon was white - age may have affected the colour of the Letter.
Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 55], Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 48], Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 59], Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland [aged 37], Jean Dinteville, Archbishop Edward Lee [aged 50], Bishop John Stokesley [aged 57] were present.
Bishop Stephen Gardiner [aged 49] read the Patent of Creation.
Mary Howard Duchess Richmond and Somerset [aged 13] carried Anne's train replacing her mother Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 35] who had been banished from Court. Anne and Mary were cousins.
Charles Wriothesley [aged 24] attended.
Jean Dinteville: he was appointed Ambassador to England. Around 1532 Jean Dinteville posed for Holbein's painting The Ambassadors.
Archbishop Edward Lee: Around 1482 he was born to Richard Lee of Lee Magna. In 1531 he was appointed Archbishop of York. On 13th September 1544 he died.
Charles Wriothesley: On 8th May 1508 he was born to Thomas Wriothesley. After 24th November 1534 he was appointed Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary. On 25th January 1562 Charles Wriothesley died.
On 25th January 1533 [his brother-in-law] Henry VIII [aged 41] and Queen Anne Boleyn of England [aged 32] were married by Rowland Leigh [aged 46] at Whitehall Palace [Map]. Anne Savage Baroness Berkeley [aged 37], Thomas Heneage [aged 53] and Henry Norreys [aged 51] were present. She the daughter of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 56] and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 53]. He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Sometime after the marriage Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland [aged 38] was appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Anne Boleyn of England. She would go to serve Henry's next three wives.
On 25th June 1533 [his sister-in-law] Mary Tudor Queen Consort France [aged 37] died at Westhorpe, Suffolk [Map]. She was buried at the monastery of St. Edmondsbury [Map] on 22nd July 1533. Her daughter Frances [aged 15] was Chief Mourner.
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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In 1534 William Stafford [aged 26] and Mary Boleyn [aged 35] were married in secret. The marriage was discovered when she, Mary, attended Court, when pregnant, angering both the [his brother-in-law] King [aged 42] and her sister the Queen [aged 33]. They was banished from Court. She the daughter of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 57] and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 54].
In 1535 [his son-in-law] Thomas Howard [aged 24] and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox [aged 19] were married in secret. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 46] and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 45]. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 58]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 30th May 1536 [his brother-in-law] Henry VIII [aged 44] and Jane Seymour [aged 27] were married at Whitehall Palace [Map] by Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester [aged 53]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland [aged 41] and Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin [aged 36] were appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Jane Seymour.
On 22nd July 1536 or 23rd July 1536 Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Richmond and Somerset [aged 17] died at St James's Palace [Map]. He the illegitimate son of [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 45]. He was buried at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Earl Nottingham extinct.
On 1st January 1537 [his step-son] King James V of Scotland [aged 24] and Madeleine Valois [aged 16] were married at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of King Francis I of France [aged 42] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France. He the son of King James IV of Scotland and [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 47]. They were third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 17th July 1537 [his sister] Janet Douglas Lady Glamis [aged 39] was burned at the stake at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for conspiring against the [his step-son] king's [aged 25] life. Her son, John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon [aged 16], was supposedly a witness to the burning.
On 18th June 1538 [his step-son] King James V of Scotland [aged 26] and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [aged 22] were married at St Andrew's Cathedral Priory, St Andrew's. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise [aged 41] and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise [aged 45]. He the son of King James IV of Scotland and [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 48]. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 6th January 1540 [his brother-in-law] Henry VIII [aged 48] and Anne of Cleves [aged 24] were married by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer [aged 50] at the Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map]. Anne of Cleves was crowned Queen Consort England. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of John de la Marck III Duke Cleves and Maria Jülich Berg Duchess Cleves. He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Catherine Carey [aged 16] and Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland [aged 45] were appointed Lady in Waiting to Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England.
On 28th July 1540 [his brother-in-law] Henry VIII [aged 49] and Catherine Howard [aged 17] were married at Oatlands Palace [Map] by Bishop of London Edmund Bonner [aged 40]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. The difference in their ages was 31 years. He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Catherine Carey [aged 16] and Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland [aged 45] were appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Catherine Howard of England.
The date of the marriage derived from the Baga de Secrets Pouch XIII.
On 4th September 1541 [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 50] issued letters patent to convert Peterborough Abbey into a Cathedral [Map]. Bishop John Chambers was appointed Bishop of Peterborough.
On 18th October 1541 [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 51] died at Methven Castle, Methven. She was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth.
Around 1543 Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 54] and Margaret Maxwell Countess Angus were married. She by marriage Countess Angus.
On 6th July 1544 [his son-in-law] Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox [aged 27] and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Lennox. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 55] and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland. He the son of John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox and Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox [aged 49]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 27th February 1545 a Scottish army defeated an English army at the Battle of Ancrum Moor at Jedburgh. The Scots Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 56], John Lindsay 5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres [aged 63] and James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran [aged 29] fought.
Brian Leyton and Ralph Eure were killed.
On 10th September 1547 an English army commanded by Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 47] defeated a Scottish army commanded by James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran [aged 31] and Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 58] at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh at Musselburgh.
The English army included John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 43], Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 47], Miles Partridge and Thomas Wentworth 2nd Baron Wentworth [aged 22]. John Thynne [aged 32] and Edmund Brydges 2nd Baron Chandos [aged 25] were knighted.
William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 26] accompanied Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset.
Edward Shelley of Worminghurst Park [aged 44] was killed.
John Forbes 6th Lord Forbes [aged 82], Christopher Coningsby [aged 31] and Edward Clere were killed.
John Thynne was knighted after the battle.
George Sandes [aged 29] was killed.
The Scottish army included John Gordon 11th Earl Sutherland [aged 22] who commanded the Rearguard and Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl Cassilis [aged 32]. John Stewart, Robert Douglas [aged 41], John Livingston, Thomas Hamilton of Priestfield and Hugh Montgomerie were killed. John Hay 4th Lord Hay was captured but soon released.
Malcolm Fleming 3rd Lord Fleming [aged 53] was killed. His son James [aged 13] succeeded 4th Lord Fleming. Barbara Hamilton Lady Fleming by marriage Lord Fleming.
Robert Graham Master of Montrose and James Gordon of Lochinvar were killed.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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Tudor Tracts Chapter 4. [10th September 1547]. The Earl of Angus [aged 58], next us, in their Foreward, as Captain of the same: with an eight thousand men; and four or five pieces of ordnance on his right side, and a four thousand horsemen on his left.
Behind him, somewhat westward, the Governor [with the Battle] with a ten thousand Inland men, as they call them; counted the choicest men of their country.
And the Earl Huntley in the Rereward, well nigh even with the Battle on the left side, with eight thousand men also. The four thousand Irish archers, as a wing to them both, last indeed in order, and first (as they said) that ran away.
The Battle and Rereward were warded also with their ordnance, according[ly].
Before 1551 [his son-in-law] Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven and [his illegitimate daughter] Janet Douglas were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 61].
On 22nd January 1557 Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 68] died at Tantallon Castle. His nephew David [aged 42] succeeded 7th Earl Angus.
Chronicle of Edward Hall [1496-1548]. This yere also, was not without pestilence nor dearth of corn, for wheat was sold this year in the City of London, for twenty shillings a quarter, and in other places, for twenty-six shillings eight pence. And in the same year in December, died Leo Bishop of Rome, for whom was chosen, one Adrian born at Utrecht the Emperor's school master. And in the same month Gawan Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld in Scotland, fled out of Scotland into England because the Duke of Albany was arrived into Scotland, and had taken upon him to be governor of the King and the realm to whom the King assigned an honest pension to live on. But when the King was advertised, that the Duke of Albany was arrived into Scotland, and had taken the rule of the young King, his realm, and he much doubted the sequel of the matter, considering the Duke to be heir apparent to tine Crown of Scotland wherefore he sent Clarenceux King of Arms into Scotland, and with commandment, that he should declare to the Duke of Albany, that his pleasure was, that he should depart the realm of Scotland for two causes, the one, because it was promised by the French King, at the last meeting, that he should not come into Scotland, the second was, that the King of England was uncle to the King of Scots, and by the very bond of nature, ought to defend his nephew. Wherefore his nephew being young, and in the custody of him, to whom, if he should die, the realm of Scotland should descend, he doubted lest he might be brought out of the way, as other Dukes of Albany before had served the heir of Scotland and if he would not avoid [ie leave] Scotland, then Clarenceux was commanded to deny him, which accordingly did defy him, at Holy Rode house in Edinburgh, to whom he answered, that neither the French King, nor the King of England, should let him to come into his natural country, by their agreement: also as touching the young King, he said, that he loved him as his sovereign lord, and him would keep and protect, against all other.
When Clarenseau had reported his answer to the King, then he knew well that all this was the French King's doing, wherefore he provided in all things accordingly. The Earl of Angus of Scotland that had married lady Margaret, the King our sovereign lords sister, late wife unto King James of Scotland, that was slain at Floddon Field, was by the Duke of Albany, sent by a coloured Ambassade into France, where shortly after his arriving, he was by the French King committed to prison, and his brother likewise, which escaped after as you shall hear.
[his illegitimate daughter] Janet Douglas was born illegitimately to Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 23 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Douglas 1st Earl Douglas 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Douglas 1st Earl Angus
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stewart 3rd Countess Angus and Mar 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Douglas 2nd Earl Angus 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Robert III of Scotland 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Stewart Countess Angus 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Douglas 4th Earl Angus 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hay 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Hay Countess Angus
GrandFather: Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas 5th Earl Angus 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Sibbald Countess Angus
Father: George Douglas 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd
GrandMother: Elizabeth Boyd Countess Angus
Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandFather: John Drummond 1st Lord Drummond
Mother: Elizabeth Drummond m Douglas