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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Maternal Family Tree: Henrietta Mildred Hodgson 1805-1891
On 28th September 1853 [his father] Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 29] and [his mother] Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 21] were married.
On 14th March 1855 Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne was born to [his father] Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 30] and [his mother] Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 22] at Lowndes Square, Belgravia.
On 13th September 1865 [his uncle] Thomas Lyon Bowes 12th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 42] died. His brother [his father] Claude [aged 41] succeeded 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. [his mother] Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 33] by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 16th July 1881 Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 26] and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 18] were married at the Church of St Peter Petersham, Surrey. He the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 56] and Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 48].
On 17th April 1882 [his daughter] Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 27] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 19]. She died aged eleven in 1893.
On 30th August 1883 [his daughter] Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon Lady Elphinstone was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 28] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 20]. She married 24th July 1910 Sidney Herbet Buller Fullerton Elphinstone 16th Lord Elphinstone and had issue.
On 22nd September 1884 [his son] Patrick Bowes-Lyon 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 29] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 22] at St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire. He married 21st November 1908 his fourth cousin once removed Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne, daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds, and had issue.
On 1st April 1886 [his son] John "Jock" Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 31] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 23]. He married 29th September 1914 his fifth cousin Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis 21st Baron Clinton and Jane Grey McDonnell Baroness Clinton, and had issue.
On 14th April 1887 [his son] Alexander Francis Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 32] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 24].
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 18th April 1889 [his son] Fergus Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 34] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 26]. He married 17th September 1914 Christian Dawson Damer, daughter of Lionel Dawson-Damer 5th Earl of Portarlington and Emma Kennedy Countess Portarlington.
On 6th May 1890 [his daughter] Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 35] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 27]. She married 24th May 1916 her third cousin once removed William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville, son of Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville and Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville, and had issue.
On 1st October 1893 [his son] Michael Claude Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 38] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 31].
On 17th October 1893 [his daughter] Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon [aged 11] died of diptherea.
On 4th August 1900 [his daughter] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 45] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 37]. She married 26th April 1923 King George VI of the United Kingdom, son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England, and had issue.
On 2nd May 1902 [his son] David Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 47] and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 39].
On 16th February 1904 [his father] Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 79] died at Bordighera, Imperia. His son Claude [aged 48] succeeded 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 41] by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 21st November 1908 Patrick Bowes-Lyon 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 24] and Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds [aged 46] and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds [aged 46]. He the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 53] and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 46]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 24th July 1910 [his son-in-law] Sidney Herbet Buller Fullerton Elphinstone 16th Lord Elphinstone [aged 40] and Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon Lady Elphinstone [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 55] and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 47].
On 19th October 1911 [his son] Alexander Francis Bowes-Lyon [aged 24] died.
On 17th September 1914 Fergus Bowes-Lyon [aged 25] and Christian Dawson Damer [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Lionel Dawson-Damer 5th Earl of Portarlington and Emma Kennedy Countess Portarlington [aged 52]. He the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 59] and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 52].
On 29th September 1914 John "Jock" Bowes-Lyon [aged 28] and Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis [aged 25] were married. He the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 59] and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 52]. They were fifth cousins.
On 27th September 1915 [his son] Fergus Bowes-Lyon [aged 26] was killed in action during the Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt in the Battle of Loos. As he led an attack on the German lines, his leg was blown off by a barrage of German artillery and he fell back into his sergeant's arms. Bullets struck him in the chest and shoulder and he died on the field.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 24th May 1916 [his son-in-law] William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville [aged 35] and Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 61] and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 53]. He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville and Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville [aged 68]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 5th February 1922 [his mother] Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 89] died.
On 26th April 1923 [his son-in-law] King George VI of the United Kingdom [aged 27] and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England [aged 22] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 68] and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 60]. He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom [aged 57] and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 55].
Mary Elphinstone [aged 12] and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon [aged 11] were bridesmaids.
On 7th February 1930 [his son] John "Jock" Bowes-Lyon [aged 43] died.
1931. Philip de László [aged 61]. Portrait of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 75].
In 1937 Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 81] was appointed 886th Knight of the Garter by [his son-in-law] King George VI of the United Kingdom [aged 41]. for being the Queen Consort's father.
On 23rd June 1938 [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 75] died.
On 7th November 1944 Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 89] died. His son Patrick [aged 60] succeeded 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne [aged 55] by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 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 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 31 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lyon 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jean Nicholson
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bowes of Streatlam
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Bowes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blakiston
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Gilbert
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Gilbert
GrandFather: Thomas George Lyon Bowes 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Carpenter
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter
Father: Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joseph Valentine Grimstead
GrandMother: Charlotte Grimstead
Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Smith
Great x 3 Grandfather: Abel Smith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Abel Smith
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Beaumont of Chapelthorpe in Yorkshire 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Beaumont
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Smith
GrandFather: Oswald Smith
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Mosley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Mosley
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Parker Mosley 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Mary Mosley
Mother: Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hodgson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hodgson of Congleton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend Robert Hodgson
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Porteus Senior
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Porteus Junior
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mildred Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mildred Porteus
GrandMother: Henrietta Mildred Hodgson