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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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1254 Wedding of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile
1269 Translation of the Relics of Edward the Confessor
On 21st June 1221 [his father] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 22) and Joan Plantagenet Queen of Scotland (age 10) were married at York Minster [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 33). He the son of [his grandfather] King William I of Scotland and [his grandmother] Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland (age 51). They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In 1239 [his father] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 40) and [his mother] Marie Coucy (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of [his grandfather] King William I of Scotland and [his grandmother] Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 4th September 1241 King Alexander III of Scotland was born to [his father] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 43) and [his mother] Marie Coucy (age 23) at Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgh. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 6th July 1249 [his father] King Alexander II of Scotland (age 50) died at Kerrera. He was buried at Melrose Abbey, Melrose. His son Alexander (age 7) succeeded King Scotland.
On 13th July 1249 King Alexander III of Scotland (age 7) was crowned III King Scotland at Scone Abbey [Map].
On 25 or 26th December 1251 King Alexander III of Scotland (age 10) and Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 11) were married at York Minster [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. The couple remained in York until Jan 1252 after which they travelled to Edinburgh. She the daughter of King Henry III of England (age 44) and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 28). He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy (age 33). They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 1st November 1254 [his brother-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 15) and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 13) were married at Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas [Map]. She the daughter of Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon and Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 34). He the son of [his father-in-law] King Henry III of England (age 47) and [his mother-in-law] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 31). They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. 15th August 1255. In the same year, the King of Scotland (age 13) and his [his wife] Queen (age 14), daughter of the King of England, came into England, and, on the Assumption of Saint Mary [15 August] were with his lordship the King at Wudestok [Map]; upon which day, the said King held a great and most noble Court, nearly all his Earls and Barons being present.
Liber de Antiquis Legibus 1255. 29th August 1255. After this, on the Sunday before the Decollation of Saint John [29 August] the King of Scotland (age 13) and his [his wife] Queen (age 14) came to London, the City being decorated and hung with tapestry.
On 28th February 1261 [his daughter] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway was born to King Alexander III of Scotland (age 19) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 20). She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England. She married 31st August 1281 her half fourth cousin once removed Eric II King Norway, son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway, and had issue.
On 21st January 1264 [his son] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland was born to King Alexander III of Scotland (age 22) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 23) at Jedburgh. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. He married 14th November 1282 his half third cousin once removed Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders, daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders.
On 4th August 1265 the army loyal to [his father-in-law] King Henry III of England (age 57), led by his son the future [his brother-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 26), supported by Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 21), Warin Basingburne and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 33) defeated the rebel army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester (age 57) at the Battle of Evesham.
Roger Leybourne (age 50) fought and reputedly saved the King's life.
Adam Mohaut rescued the King.
Alan de Plugenet of Kilpec fought for the King.
Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester was killed. Earl of Leicester, Earl Chester forfeit. His son Henry Montfort (age 26) was also killed.
Hugh Despencer (age 41) was killed by Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 34). Baron Despencer extinct. It may not have been created as a hereditary barony.
Simon Beauchamp (age 31), Ralph Basset (age 50), William Devereux (age 46), Hugh Troyes, Richard Trussel, Peter Montfort (age 60), William Mandeville, William Crepping, William Birmingham, Guy Balliol and Thomas Astley (age 50) were killed. Henry Hastings (age 30), Humphrey Bohun (age 44), Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave (age 27), John Vesci, John Fitzjohn and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 21) were captured.
John Vesci was wounded and taken prisoner.
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On 25th October 1265 [his brother-in-law] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 20) was created 1st Earl of Leicester.
In 1267 [his brother-in-law] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 21) was created 1st Earl Lancaster.
On 8th April 1269 [his brother-in-law] Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 24) and Aveline Forz 6th Countess Albemarle and Lancaster were married. She by marriage Countess Lancaster. She the daughter of William Forz 4th Earl Albemarle and Isabella Redvers 8th Countess Devon and Albemarle (age 31). He the son of [his father-in-law] King Henry III of England (age 61) and [his mother-in-law] Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 46). They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 13th October 1269 the remains of King Edward "The Confessor" of England were moved to a chapel east of the sanctuary in Westminster Abbey [Map]. King Alexander III of Scotland (age 28) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 29) attended.
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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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On 20th March 1272 [his son] David Dunkeld was born to King Alexander III of Scotland (age 30) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 31). He a grandson of King Henry III of England. He died aged nine in 1281.
On 16th November 1272 [his father-in-law] King Henry III of England (age 65) died at Westminster [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Edward (age 33) succeeded I King of England. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 31) by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 19th August 1274 [his brother-in-law] King Edward I of England (age 35) was crowned I King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 33) was crowned Queen Consort England.
King Alexander III of Scotland (age 32) and [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 33) attended.
On 26th February 1275 [his wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 34) died at Cupar Castle, Cupar. She was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map].
In June 1281 [his son] David Dunkeld (age 9) died at Stirling Castle [Map]. He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map].
On 31st August 1281 [his son-in-law] Eric II King Norway (age 13) and [his daughter] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway (age 20) were married at Bergen. She the daughter of King Alexander III of Scotland (age 39) and [his former wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway (age 37). They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 14th November 1282 [his son] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland (age 18) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Countess Guelders (age 10) were married. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders (age 56) and Isabelle Luxemburg Countess Flanders (age 35). He the son of King Alexander III of Scotland (age 41) and [his former wife] Margaret Queen of Scotland. They were half third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 9th April 1283 [his granddaughter] Margaret "Maid of Norway" I Queen Scotland was born to [his son-in-law] Eric II King Norway (age 15) and [his daughter] Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway (age 22) at Tønsberg. Her mother died in childbirth and was buried at Tønsberg. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 28th January 1284 [his son] Alexander Dunkeld Prince Scotland (age 20) died at Lindores Abbey, Newburgh. He was buried at Dunfermline Abbey [Map].
In 1285 [his mother] Marie Coucy (age 67) died.
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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 15th October 1285 King Alexander III of Scotland (age 44) and Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux (age 36). He the son of King Alexander II of Scotland and Marie Coucy. They were half second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 19th March 1286 King Alexander III of Scotland (age 44) died at Kinghorn Ness. His granddaughter [his granddaughter] Margaret (age 2) succeeded I Queen Scotland.
In or before 1295 Arthur Capet Duke Brittany (age 33) and [his former wife] Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany (age 33) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. She the daughter of Robert Capet IV Count Dreux and [his former mother-in-law] Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux (age 46). He the son of John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 55) and [his former sister-in-law] Beatrice Plantagenet. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 2nd August 1330 [his former wife] Yolande Capet Duchess Brittany (age 69) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 10 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Duncan I of Scotland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Malcolm III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward "The Exile" Wessex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agatha
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aelfflaed Northumbria
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lambert Flanders II Count Lens
Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu 
GrandFather: King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Warenne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerbod The Fleming
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I of France 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois 
Father: King Alexander II of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hubert Beaumont Sarthe 5th Viscount Beaumont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 6th Viscount Beaumont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roscelin Beaumont Sarthe 7th Viscount Beaumont
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Beaumont Sarthe I Viscount Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King William "Conqueror" I of England -2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Constance Fitzroy Viscountess Beaumont Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Ermengarde Beaumont Sarthe Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucie Aigle Viscountess
King Alexander III of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Enguerrand Coucy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Beaugency
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Beaugency
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Capet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
GrandFather: Enguerrand Coucy III Lord Coucy
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip I of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Louis VI of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alix II Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Mother: Marie Coucy
GrandMother: Marie Montmirail Lady Coucy