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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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Paternal Family Tree: Herbert
Maternal Family Tree: Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 1784-1856
On 8th April 1787 [her father] George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery (age 27) and Elisabeth Beauclerk (age 20) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery (age 52) and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 50). They were first cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 25th January 1808 [her father] George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery (age 48) and [her mother] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery. The difference in their ages was 25 years. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 70).
In 1813 Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury was born to [her father] George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery (age 53) and [her mother] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 28).
Before 17th September 1818 [her brother-in-law] Welbore Ellis Agar 2nd Earl Normanton (age 40) and [her half-sister] Diana Herbert Countess Normanton (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Normanton. She the daughter of [her father] George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery (age 59) and Elisabeth Beauclerk. He the son of Charles Agar 1st Earl Normanton and Jane Benson Countess Northampton.
On 26th October 1827 [her father] George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery (age 68) died. His son [her half-brother] Robert (age 36) succeeded 12th Earl Pembroke, 9th Earl Montgomery.
On 27th September 1836 [her brother-in-law] Alexander Murray 6th Earl Dunmore (age 32) and [her sister] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore (age 21) were married at Frankfurt. She by marriage Countess Dunmore. She the daughter of [her father] George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and [her mother] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 51). He the son of George Murray 5th Earl Dunmore (age 74) and Susan Hamilton Countess Dunmore (age 62).
On 11th May 1837 George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 32) and Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury (age 24) were married. She the daughter of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 52). He the son of Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 64) and Henrietta Maria Hill. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
In 1838 [her husband] George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 33) by writ of acceleration 4th Baron Bruce of Tottenham in Wiltshire.
In 1839 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Vesey 3rd Viscount Vesci (age 35) and [her sister] Emma Herbert Viscountess Vesci (age 20) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Vesci of Abbeyleix in Queen's County. She the daughter of [her father] George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery and [her mother] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 54).
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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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In 1841 [her half-sister] Diana Herbert Countess Normanton (age 51) died.
On 4th January 1856 [her father-in-law] Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury (age 82) died. His son [her husband] George (age 51) succeeded 2nd Marquess Ailesbury, 3rd Earl Ailesbury, 2nd Earl Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 2nd Viscount Savernake of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire. Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury (age 43) by marriage Marchioness Ailesbury.
On 27th March 1856 [her mother] Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 71) died.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. On the morning of July 12, 1858, I was awakened by a loud knocking at the front door. I looked at my watch, and saw that it was not seven o'clock; I was, needless to say, very alarmed, as I wondered whether anything had happened to my father or my brothers. The knocking continued - I heard the bolts drawn, the door opened, and a voice I knew well called impatiently for me. It was Lord Cardigan (age 60)! I had just time to slip on a dressing-gown before he came into my room, sans ceremonie, and taking me in his arms he said, "' My dearest, she's (age 60) dead ... let's get married at once". Then I knew that the trying period of our probation was over, and that we were free to be happy together at last.
When Cardigan grew calmer he told me he had just come from his wife's death-bed. The poor lady had urged him to marry me, saying she knew that I should make him happy. She had also warned him against Maria, Marchioness of Ailesbury (age 45), the extent of whose love affairs, it appears, was only known to Lady Cardigan, who told his Lordship the unvarnished truth about them.
Note A. I did not wish to insult the memory of the dead woman, who had shown me so many kindnesses, I refused to marry Cardigan until some time had elapsed. He went to Ireland in his official capacity of Inspector of Cavalry, and I lived on quietly at Norfolk Street till September, when I left London for Cowes. I then went on board Lord Cardigan's yacht the Airedale, where he and a party of friends were awaiting me, and we sailed for Gibraltar.
Nothing particular occurred en route; we were all in the best of spirits, and I felt as though I were the Princess in some delightful fairy-tale. The day after we arrived at Gibraltar there was a terrible storm, almost tropical in its violence. Roofs were torn off houses and whirled, light as dead leaves, through the air, great trees were uprooted, heavy masonry fell everywhere, and the ships tossed about like cockle-shells in the harbour. It was almost a scene from the Inferno, and our horror was intensified when we saw the signals from a French vessel in distress. Nobody seemed inclined to put out, so I begged Lord Cardigan to send the Airedale to try and save the crew. He assented, and through this timely aid from our yacht fourteen men were rescued, and we also took a French poodle off a raft to which he was clinging, his owner doubtless having been drowned.
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Adeline Horsey Recollections. In January 1859, I went to the House of Lords to hear the debate from the Peeresses Gallery. I was sitting near the Duchess of Cambridge (age 61) and Princess Mary (age 25), when Maria, Marchioness of Ailesbury (age 46), made her appearance. I had not met her since my marriage, but I could see by her look that for some reasons of her own she meant to cut me, so I thought I would carry the war into the enemy's camp, and just as she was about to pass me, I said, "Oh, Lady Ailesbury, you may like to know that before Lady Cardigan died she told my Lord (age 61) all about you and your illegitimate children!".
Lady A. looked nervously round and said in an agitated whisper, "Hush, hush, my dear, I'm coming to lunch with you to-morrow". She never asked me what Lady Cardigan had particularly said, but from that day we were outwardly the best of friends.
On my return to England as Countess of Cardigan, I need hardly say that every one was very anxious to be on good terms with me, and my own family were the first to make peaceful overtures. I had no wish to keep up the quarrel. As my marriage plainly showed how right I was in trusting Cardigan, and the motives of our much-discussed friendship were now openly vindicated, I let bygones be by-gones, and we were all good friends again.
Before 2nd August 1861 [her brother] Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Lea (age 50) was created 1st Baron Herbert Lea.
On 2nd August 1861 [her brother] Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Lea (age 50) died. His son [her nephew] George (age 11) succeeded 2nd Baron Herbert Lea.
On 25th April 1862 [her half-brother] Robert Henry Herbert 12th Earl Pembroke 9th Earl Montgomery (age 70) died. His nephew [her nephew] George (age 11) succeeded 13th Earl Pembroke, 10th Earl Montgomery.
On 25th May 1864 [her husband] George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 59) was appointed 739th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 45).
On 28th March 1868 James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan (age 70) died from a fall from a horse. His second cousin [her husband] George (age 63) succeeded 8th Earl Cardigan, 8th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire. Baron Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire extinct.
On 25th May 1915 Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan (age 90) died.
Both were buried in St Peter's Church, Deene [Map]; he on 9th April 1868. Monument to James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan 1797 1868 sculpted by Joseph Boehm (age 33). Recumbent effigies on Sarcophagus, bronze sea horses (Brudenell Crest) at the bottom corners.
On 6th January 1878 [her husband] George William Frederick Brudenell 2nd Marquess Ailesbury (age 73) died at Lockeridge House Savernake, Wiltshire. His brother [her brother-in-law] Ernest (age 66) succeeded 3rd Marquess Ailesbury, 9th Earl Cardigan, 4th Earl Ailesbury, 3rd Earl Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 3rd Viscount Savernake of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, 9th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire. Louisa Elizabeth Horsley Beresford Marchioness Ailesbury (age 63) by marriage Marchioness Ailesbury.
In 1884 [her sister] Emma Herbert Viscountess Vesci (age 65) died.
On 12th February 1886 [her sister] Catherine Herbert Countess Dunmore (age 71) died.
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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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In January 1892 Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury (age 79) died at 78 Pall Mall [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Vere Countess Montgomery 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers 1st Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rebecca Roper Lady Villiers 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 6th Earl Montgomery 9th Earl Pembroke 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Sawyer of Heywood Lodge in White Waltham in Berkshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Sawyer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
GrandFather: Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 3rd Viscount Fitzwilliam 
12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzwilliam 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzwilliam 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Fitzwilliam Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Shelley 2nd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Shelley 3rd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Weston 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Shelley Viscountess Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Neville Lady Shelley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Gifford 
Father: George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery 12 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Digby 2nd Earl Bristol 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Digby Countess Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Russell Countess Bristol 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough 11 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Winston Churchill 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland 15 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Jennings
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Thornhurst
GrandMother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 12 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trevor 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Trevor 1st Baron Trevor Bromham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor Bromham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Searle
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevor Duchess of Marlborough
Mary Herbert Marchioness Ailesbury 13 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Semyon Romanovich Vorontsova
Mother: Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery