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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Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Audrey Saunders 1551-1588
In 1846 [his father] James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie [aged 40] and [his mother] Jane Lawley [aged 25] were married.
On 15th September 1851 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart was born to James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie [aged 46] and Jane Lawley [aged 30].
After July 1881 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart [aged 29] and Alice Millais Baroness Stuart [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 52] and Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais [aged 53].
On 15th July 1881 [his daughter] Beatrice Susan Theodosia Stuart-Wortley was born to Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart [aged 29] and [his future wife] Beatrice Trollope. She married 1st December 1906 her sixth cousin Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil.
On 26th July 1881 [his future wife] Beatrice Trollope died.
On 22nd August 1881 [his father] James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie [aged 76] died in Ripley House, Ripley, Surrey.
On 16th August 1886 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart [aged 34] and Beatrice Trollope were married.
On 4th December 1900 [his mother] Jane Lawley [aged 79] died at Ripley House, Ripley, Surrey.
On 11th October 1905 [his brother] Archibald John Stuart-Wortley [aged 56] died at Uxbridge.
On 1st December 1906 [his son-in-law] Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil [aged 31] and [his daughter] Beatrice Susan Theodosia Stuart-Wortley [aged 25] were married. They were sixth cousins.
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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1912. Luke Fildes [aged 68]. Portrait of Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart [aged 60].
In 1917 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart [aged 65] was created 1st Baron Stuart of Wortley in the City of Sheffield. [his wife] Alice Millais Baroness Stuart [aged 55] by marriage Baroness Stuart of Wortley in the City of Sheffield.
On 24th April 1926 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart [aged 74] died. Baron Stuart of Wortley in the City of Sheffield extinct.
In 1936 [his former wife] Alice Millais Baroness Stuart [aged 74] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 20 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Stuart 1st Earl Bute 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute 9 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute 6 x Great Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll 4 x Great Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Campbell Countess Bute 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James V of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 7 x Great Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sidney Wortley-Montagu 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Wortley-Montagu 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 1st Baron Wharncliffe 8 x Great Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Cunynghame 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Cunynghame
Father: James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 9 x Great Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Crichton of Crom Castle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Abraham Crichton 1st Baron Erne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Southwell of Castle Matrix 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Southwell
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Crichton 1st Earl Erne
GrandMother: Elizabeth Caroline Mary Crichton Baroness Wharncliffe 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wedig Lepell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Caroline Hervey Countess Erne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Davers 2nd Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jermyn Davers 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Jermyn Lady Davers 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Davers Countess Bristol
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Green
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaretta Green
Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart 10 x Great Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lawley 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Whitmore
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Lawley 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rebecca Winch
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rebecca Browne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Lawley 5th Baronet
GrandFather: Paul Thompson 1st Baron Wenlock
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Thompson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Thompson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Beilby Thompson
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Thompson
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Roundell of Marston and Hutton-Wansley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Roundell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Elwyck
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Roundell Lady Dawes
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brearey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Brearey
Mother: Jane Lawley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Aldworth of Stanlake 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Aldworth aka Neville aka Griffin 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Neville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grey 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Griffin 2nd Baron Braybrook 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Calandrini
Great x 2 Grandmother: Magdalen Calandrini
GrandMother: Caroline Griffin Baroness Wenlock 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Granville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Granville
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Granville
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Granville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Wyndham 2nd Baronet 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wyndham 3rd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Leveson-Gower Lady Wyndham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wyndham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England