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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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Biography of Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery 1652-1683

Paternal Family Tree: Herbert

Before 1641 [his father] Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery (age 19) and Penelope Naunton (age 20) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 56) and [his grandmother] Susan Vere Countess Montgomery.

Before 1650 [his father] Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery (age 28) and [his mother] Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery. He the son of [his grandfather] Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 65) and [his grandmother] Susan Vere Countess Montgomery.

On or before 5th January 1652 Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery was born to Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery (age 31) and Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 31). He was baptised at St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf [Map] on 5th January 1652.

On 11th December 1669 [his father] Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery (age 48) died. His son [his half-brother] William (age 28) succeeded 6th Earl Pembroke, 3rd Earl Montgomery.

On 8th July 1674 [his half-brother] William Herbert 6th Earl Pembroke 3rd Earl Montgomery (age 33) died. His half brother Philip (age 22) succeeded 7th Earl Pembroke, 4th Earl Montgomery.

On 17th December 1674 Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery (age 22) and Henrietta Kéroualle Countess Pembroke and Montgomery were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery. He the son of Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery and Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 53).

Around 1676 [his daughter] Charlotte Herbert Viscountess Windsor was born to Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery (age 23) and [his wife] Henrietta Kéroualle Countess Pembroke and Montgomery.

On 28th January 1678 Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery (age 26) was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map] by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 47) "for uttering such horrid and blasphemous words, and other actions proved upon oath, as are not fit to be repeated in any Christian assembly". He was released two days later on 30th January 1678.

Before 5th February 1678 Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery (age 26) had kicked to death Nathaniel Cony in a tavern for no apparent reason, and a few days later a Middlesex grand jury indicted him for murder. He was tried by his peers on 4th April 1678 and found guilty of manslaughter. He successfully pleaded Privilege of peerage, the right to escape punishment for one's first offence, and he was discharged on payment of all fees. The Lord High Steward presiding at the trial, James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 67) warned him to note "that no man could have the benefit of that statute but once". The foreman of the jury Edmund Berry Godfrey (age 56) was found dead in a ditch nine months later.

On 28th February 1678 [his mother] Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 57) died.

On 18th August 1680 Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery (age 28) killed William Smeeth following a drunken evening in the tavern on Turnham Green Chiswick. On 21st June 1681 the grand jury of Middlesex charged him with murder. Pembroke could not invoke the privilege of peerage for a second time, leading him to briefly flee the country. A petition signed by twenty-four of his fellow peers was presented to the king, resulting in a royal pardon being granted to him.

On 28th August 1683 Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery (age 31) died. He was buried at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. His brother [his brother] Thomas (age 27) succeeded 8th Earl Pembroke, 5th Earl Montgomery.

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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In December 1728 [his former wife] Henrietta Kéroualle Countess Pembroke and Montgomery died.

Royal Ancestors of Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery 1652-1683

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery 1652-1683

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Herbert

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cradock

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Parr 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Parr 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Parr Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Green 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Green 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan aka Jane Fogge

GrandFather: Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sidney

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Brandon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Sidney

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Dudley 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Dudley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Guildford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor West 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Father: Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke

Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Golding

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Golding Countess of Oxford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tonge

GrandMother: Susan Vere Countess Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Dicons

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heckington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saunders

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Philip "Infamous Earl" Herbert 7th Earl Pembroke 4th Earl Montgomery 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Villiers

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Villiers

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Villiers of Brooksby Leicestershire

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Clarke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Collette Clarke

GrandFather: William Villiers 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Saunders of Harrington Northamptonshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders

Mother: Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery

GrandMother: Rebecca Roper Lady Villiers