Paternal Family Tree: Hobhouse
In 1757 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet was born.
Around 1767 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 10] educated at Bristol Grammar School Bristol, Gloucestershire.
In 1778 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 21] graduated Bachelor of Arts at Brasenose College, Oxford University.
In 1781 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 24] graduated Master of Arts: Oxford University at Broadgates Hall, Oxford University.
In September 1785 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 28] and Charlotte Cam were married. They had five children.
On 27th June 1786 [his son] John Hobhouse 1st Baron Broughton was born to Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 29] and [his wife] Charlotte Cam. He married 1828 Julia Tomasina Hay Lady Hobhouse, daughter of George Hay 7th Marquess Tweedale and Hannah Maitland Marchioness Tweddale, and had issue.
In February 1789 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Bletchingley.
On 8th August 1791 [his son] Henry William Hobhouse was born to Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 34] and [his wife] Charlotte Cam.
On 25th November 1791 [his wife] Charlotte Cam died.
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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In April 1793 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 36] and Amelia Parry were married. They had fourteen children.
On 15th September 1798 [his daughter] Harriet Theodora Hobhouse was born to Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 41] and [his wife] Amelia Parry. She married 1823 Bishop George Spencer.
In 1802 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 45] was elected MP Grampound.
In 1806 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 49] was elected MP Hindon.
On 20th April 1806 [his daughter] Joanna Hobhouse was born to Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 49] and [his wife] Amelia Parry. She married before 5th October 1894 Reverend Adrian Scrope Fane.
On 22nd December 1812 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Hobhouse of Chantry House Wiltshire and Westbury College in Gloucestershire.
In 1823 [his son-in-law] Bishop George Spencer [aged 23] and [his daughter] Harriet Theodora Hobhouse [aged 24] were married.
In 1826 [his son-in-law] John Fane [aged 21] and [his daughter] Catherine Hobhouse were married.
In 1828 [his son] John Hobhouse 1st Baron Broughton [aged 41] and [his daughter-in-law] Julia Tomasina Hay Lady Hobhouse were married. They had three daughters. She the daughter of George Hay 7th Marquess Tweedale and Hannah Maitland Marchioness Tweddale.
On 6th November 1828 [his daughter] Catherine Hobhouse died.
On 14th August 1831 Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet [aged 74] died at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. His son John [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Baronet Hobhouse of Chantry House Wiltshire and Westbury College in Gloucestershire. Julia Tomasina Hay Lady Hobhouse by marriage Lady Hobhouse of Chantry House Wiltshire and Westbury College in Gloucestershire.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In January 1880 [his former wife] Amelia Parry died.
[his daughter] Catherine Hobhouse was born to Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet and Amelia Parry. She married 1826 John Fane.