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: Herbert
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Trevor Duchess of Marlborough 1713-1761
On 23rd March 1756 [his father] Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery [aged 21] and [his mother] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough [aged 49] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Trevor Duchess of Marlborough [aged 43]. He the son of Henry Herbert 6th Earl Montgomery 9th Earl Pembroke and Mary Fitzwilliam Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 48]. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 10th September 1759 George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery was born to [his father] Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery [aged 25] and [his mother] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 22] at Wilton House.
On 8th April 1787 George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 27] and Elisabeth Beauclerk [aged 20] were married. He the son of Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery [aged 52] and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 50]. They were first cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1788 [his son] George Herbert was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 28] and [his wife] Elisabeth Beauclerk [aged 21]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. He died aged five in 1793.
In 1790 [his daughter] Diana Herbert Countess Normanton was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 30] and [his wife] Elisabeth Beauclerk [aged 23]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. She married before 17th September 1818 Welbore Ellis Agar 2nd Earl Normanton, son of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton and Jane Benson Countess Northampton, and had issue.
On 19th September 1791 [his son] Robert Henry Herbert 12th Earl Pembroke 9th Earl Montgomery was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 32] and [his wife] Elisabeth Beauclerk [aged 25]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%.
In 1793 [his son] Charles Herbert was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 33] and [his wife] Elisabeth Beauclerk [aged 26]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. He died aged five in 1798.
In 1793 [his son] George Herbert [aged 5] died.
On 25th March 1793 [his wife] Elisabeth Beauclerk [aged 26] died.
On 26th January 1794 [his father] Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery [aged 59] died. His son George [aged 34] succeeded 11th Earl Pembroke8th Earl Montgomery.
In 1798 [his son] Charles Herbert [aged 5] died.
In 1805 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 66] created new Garter Knights as follows:
628th George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 45],
629th George Finch 9th Earl Winchilsea 4th Earl Nottingham [aged 52],
630th Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Chesterfield [aged 49],
631st George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth [aged 49].
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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On 25th January 1808 George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 48] and Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery. The difference in their ages was 25 years. He the son of Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 70].
In 1809 [his daughter] Elizabeth Herbert was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 49] and [his wife] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 24].
On 16th September 1810 [his son] Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Lea was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 51] and [his wife] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 25].
In 1813 [his daughter] Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 53] and [his wife] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 28]. She married 11th May 1837 her half fifth cousin once removed George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury, son of Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury and Henrietta Maria Hill.
On 31st October 1814 [his daughter] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 55] and [his wife] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 30]. She married 27th September 1836 Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore, son of George Murray 5th Earl Dunmore and Susan Hamilton Countess Dunmore, and had issue.
In 1817 [his daughter] Georgiana Herbert was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 57] and [his wife] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 32]. She married 18th August 1840 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne, son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne and Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne.
Before 17th September 1818 [his son-in-law] Welbore Ellis Agar 2nd Earl Normanton [aged 40] and Diana Herbert Countess Normanton [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Normanton. She the daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 59] and Elisabeth Beauclerk. He the son of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton and Jane Benson Countess Northampton.
In 1819 [his daughter] Emma Herbert Viscountess Vesci was born to George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 59] and [his wife] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 34]. She married 1839 Thomas Vesey 3rd Viscount Vesci, son of John Vesey 2nd Viscount Vesci and Frances Letitia Brownlow Viscountess Vesci, and had issue.
On 26th October 1827 George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery [aged 68] died. His son Robert [aged 36] succeeded 12th Earl Pembroke, 9th Earl Montgomery.
On 27th March 1856 [his former wife] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 71] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Vere Countess Montgomery
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Villiers 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
GrandFather: Henry Herbert 6th Earl Montgomery 9th Earl Pembroke
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Sawyer of Heywood Lodge in White Waltham in Berkshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sawyer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
Father: Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzwilliam 1st Viscount Fitzwilliam
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 3rd Viscount Fitzwilliam
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Plunkett 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzwilliam 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzwilliam 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam
14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Mary Fitzwilliam Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Shelley 2nd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Reresby 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Shelley 3rd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Shelley Viscountess Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2nd Baron Abergavenny
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Neville
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Vaux Baroness Bergavenny
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Winifred Neville Lady Shelley
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Gifford
George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Penelope Wriothesley Baroness Spencer Wormleighton
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Digby 1st Earl Bristol
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Digby 2nd Earl Bristol
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Walcott
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Digby Countess Sunderland
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford
10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Russell Countess Bristol
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Winston Churchill
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough
14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Drake
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Boteler 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland
15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jennings
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Jennings
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gifford Thornhurst 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Thornhurst
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Temple
Mother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trevor
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Trevor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Trevor 1st Baron Trevor Bromham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor Bromham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Searle
GrandMother: Elizabeth Trevor Duchess of Marlborough