Maternal Family Tree: Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox
On 13th June 1637 Alexander Leslie [aged 26] and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] BB/History/n6/Leslie-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Leslie 6th Earl Rothes 1600-1641 [aged 37] and [her grandmother] BB/History/a4/Erskine-Paternal-Family-TreeAnne Erskine Countess of Rothes 1597-1640 [aged 40]. He the son of Alexander Leslie 1st Earl Leven [aged 57].
On 25th July 1646 [her father] Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch [aged 19] and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Buccleuch. She the daughter of [her grandfather] BB/History/n6/Leslie-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Leslie 6th Earl Rothes 1600-1641 and [her grandmother] BB/History/a4/Erskine-Paternal-Family-TreeAnne Erskine Countess of Rothes 1597-1640. He the son of Walter Scott 1st Earl Buccleuch and BB/History/b4/Hay-Paternal-Family-TreeMary Hay Countess Buccleuch. They were half third cousins.
On 11th February 1651 Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch was born to Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch [aged 24] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 30].
On 22nd November 1651 [her father] Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch [aged 24] died. His succeeded daughter [her sister] Mary [aged 4] succeeded 3rd Countess Buccleuch.
On 13th January 1653 [her step-father] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss [aged 42] and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 32] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] BB/History/n6/Leslie-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Leslie 6th Earl Rothes 1600-1641 and [her grandmother] BB/History/a4/Erskine-Paternal-Family-TreeAnne Erskine Countess of Rothes 1597-1640. He the son of John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss and BB/History/l5/Gray-Paternal-Family-TreeJane Gray Countess Wemyss -1639. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 30th December 1656 [her half-brother] Alexander Leslie 2nd Earl Leven [aged 19] and [her sister-in-law] BB/History/p2/Howard-Paternal-Family-TreeMargaret Howard Countess Leven 1635-1664 [aged 21] were married. He the son of Alexander Leslie and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 36].
In 1658 William Crofts 1st Baron Crofts [aged 47] was created 1st Baron Crofts of Saxham, probably as a consequence of having been given charge of Charle's illegitimate son [her future husband] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 8] whose mother Lucy Walter [aged 28] had died.
On 11th March 1661 Mary Scott 3rd Countess Buccleuch [aged 13] died. Her succeeded sister Anne [aged 10] succeeded 4th Countess Buccleuch.
On 4th April 1661 Alexander Leslie 1st Earl Leven [aged 81] died. His succeeded grandson [her half-brother] Alexander [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Earl Leven. [her sister-in-law] BB/History/p2/Howard-Paternal-Family-TreeMargaret Howard Countess Leven 1635-1664 [aged 26] by marriage Countess Leven.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th September 1662. After I had talked an hour or two with her I went and gave Mr. Hunt a short visit, he being at home alone, and thence walked homewards, and meeting Mr. Pierce, the chyrurgeon, he took me into Somersett House [Map]; and there carried me into the Queen-Mother's [aged 52] presence-chamber, where she was with our own Queen [aged 23] sitting on her left hand (whom I did never see before); and though she be not very charming, yet she hath a good, modest, and innocent look, which is pleasing. Here I also saw Madam Castlemaine [aged 21], and, which pleased me most, [her future husband] Mr. Crofts [aged 13], the [her future father-in-law] King's [aged 32] bastard, a most pretty spark of about 15 years old, who, I perceive, do hang much upon my Baroness Castlemaine's, and is always with her; and, I hear, the Queens both of them are mighty kind to him1.
Note 1. James, the son of Charles II by Lucy Walter, daughter of William Walter, of Roch Castle [Map], co. Pembroke. He was born April 9th, 1649, and landed in England with the Queen-Mother, July 28th, 1662, when he bore the name of Crofts, after Lord Crofts [aged 51], his governor. He was created Duke of Monmouth, February 14th, 1663, and married Lady Anne Scott [aged 11], daughter and heiress of Francis, second Earl of Buccleuch, on April 20th following. In 1673 he took the name of Scott, and was created Duke of Buccleuch.
On 14th February 1663 [her future husband] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 13] was created 1st Duke Monmouth, 1st Earl Doncaster, 1st Baron Scott of Tynedale by [her future father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 32].
On 20th April 1663 [her husband] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 14] was created 1st Duke Buccleuch, 1st Earl Dalkeith, 1st Baron Scott of Whitchester and Eskdale. Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 12] by marriage Duchess Buccleuch.
On 20th April 1663 James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 14] and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Duchess Monmouth. She the daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 42]. He the illegitmate son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 32] and Lucy Walter. They were fifth cousins.
On 15th July 1664 [her half-brother] Alexander Leslie 2nd Earl Leven [aged 27] died.
On 6th February 1665 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland was born to James, Duke of York [aged 31] and Anne Hyde Duchess of York [aged 27] at St James's Palace [Map] at 11:39pm being their fourth child and second daughter. She was baptised Anglican in the Chapel Royal with her elder sister Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland [aged 2] being Godparent as well as Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 13] and Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon [aged 66]. She married 28th July 1683 her second cousin once removed Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland, son of Frederick III King of Denmark and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark, and had issue.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15th November 1666. Presently after the [her father-in-law] King [aged 36] was come in, he took the Queene [aged 56], and about fourteen more couple there was, and began the Bransles. As many of the men as I can remember presently, were, the King, Duke of York [aged 33], Prince Rupert [aged 46], [her husband] Duke of Monmouth [aged 17], Duke of Buckingham [aged 38], Lord Douglas [aged 20], Mr. [George] Hamilton [aged 59], Colonell Russell [aged 46], Mr. Griffith, Lord Ossory [aged 32], Lord Rochester [aged 19]; and of the ladies, the Queene, Duchess of York [aged 29], Mrs. Stewart [aged 19], Duchess of Monmouth [aged 15], Lady Essex Howard, Mrs. Temples [aged 17], Swedes Embassadress, Lady Arlington [aged 32]; Lord George Barkeley's daughter [aged 16] [Note. Assumed Elizabeth], and many others I remember not; but all most excellently dressed in rich petticoats and gowns, and dyamonds, and pearls.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st June 1667. So I to my office, and there all the afternoon. This day comes news from Harwich, Essex [Map] that the Dutch fleete are all in sight, near 100 sail great and small, they think, coming towards them; where, they think, they shall be able to oppose them; but do cry out of the falling back of the seamen, few standing by them, and those with much faintness. The like they write from Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map], and their letters this post are worth reading. Sir H. Cholmly [aged 34] come to me this day, and tells me the Court is as mad as ever; and that the night the Dutch burned our ships the [her father-in-law] King [aged 37] did sup with my Baroness Castlemayne [aged 26], at the Duchess of Monmouth's [aged 16], and there were all mad in hunting of a poor moth. All the Court afraid of a Parliament; but he thinks nothing can save us but the King's giving up all to a Parliament. Busy at the office all the afternoon, and did much business to my great content.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 24th June 1667. He tells me, speaking of the horrid effeminacy of the [her father-in-law] King [aged 37], that the King hath taken ten times more care and pains in making friends between my Baroness Castlemayne [aged 26] and Mrs. Stewart [aged 19], when they have fallen out, than ever he did to save his kingdom; nay, that upon any falling out between my Baroness Castlemayne's nurse and her woman, my Lady hath often said she would make the King to make them friends, and they would be friends and be quiet; which the King hath been fain to do: that the King is, at this day, every night in Hyde Park with the Duchesse of Monmouth [aged 16], or with my Baroness Castlemaine's: that he [Povy [aged 53]] is concerned of late by my Lord Arlington [aged 49] in the looking after some buildings that he is about in Norfolke, where my Lord is laying out a great deal of money; and that he, Mr. Povy, considering the unsafeness of laying out money at such a time as this, and, besides, the enviousness of the particular county, as well as all the Kingdom, to find him building and employing workmen, while all the ordinary people of the country are carried down to the seasides for securing the land, he thought it becoming him to go to my Lord Arlington (Sir Thomas Clifford [aged 36] by), and give it as his advice to hold his hands a little; but my Lord would not, but would have him go on, and so Sir Thomas Clifford advised also, which one would think, if he were a statesman worth a fart should be a sign of his foreseeing that all shall do well. But I do forbear concluding any such thing from them. He tells me that there is not so great confidence between any two men of power in the nation at this day, that he knows of, as between my Lord Arlington and Sir Thomas Clifford; and that it arises by accident only, there being no relation nor acquaintance between them, but only Sir Thomas Clifford's coming to him, and applying himself to him for favours, when he come first up to town to be a Parliament-man. He tells me that he do not think there is anything in the world for us possibly to be saved by but the King of France's [aged 28] generousnesse to stand by us against the Dutch, and getting us a tolerable peace, it may be, upon our giving him Tangier and the islands he hath taken, and other things he shall please to ask. He confirms me in the several grounds I have conceived of fearing that we shall shortly fall into mutinys and outrages among ourselves, and that therefore he, as a Treasurer, and therefore much more myself, I say, as being not only a Treasurer but an officer of the Navy, on whom, for all the world knows, the faults of all our evils are to be laid, do fear to be seized on by some rude hands as having money to answer for, which will make me the more desirous to get off of this Treasurership as soon as I can, as I had before in my mind resolved.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th January 1668. Thence by coach to Mrs. Pierce's, where my wife and Deb. is; and there they fell to discourse of the last night's work at Court, where the ladies and [her husband] Duke of Monmouth [aged 18] and others acted "The Indian Emperour"; wherein they told me these things most remark able: that not any woman but the Duchesse of Monmouth [aged 16] and [her future sister-in-law] Mrs. Cornwallis [aged 18] did any thing but like fools and stocks, but that these two did do most extraordinary well: that not any man did any thing well but Captain O'Bryan, who spoke and did well, but, above all things, did dance most incomparably. That she did sit near the players of the Duke's house; among the rest, Mis Davis [aged 20], who is the most impertinent slut, she says, in the world; and the more, now the [her father-in-law] King [aged 37] do show her countenance; and is reckoned his mistress, even to the scorne of the whole world; the King gazing on her, and my Baroness Castlemayne [aged 27] being melancholy and out of humour, all the play, not smiling once. The King, it seems, hath given her a ring of £700, which she shews to every body, and owns that the King did give it her; and he hath furnished a house for her in Suffolke Street most richly, which is a most infinite shame. It seems she is a bastard of Colonell Howard, my Lord Berkshire [aged 48], and that he do pimp to her for the King, and hath got her for him; but Pierce says that she is a most homely jade as ever she saw, though she dances beyond any thing in the world. She tells me that the Duchesse of Richmond [aged 20] do not yet come to the Court, nor hath seen the King, nor will not, nor do he own his desire of seeing her; but hath used means to get her to Court, but they do not take.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 9th May 1668. Up, and to the office, where all the morning we sat. Here I first hear that the Queene [aged 58] hath miscarryed of a perfect child, being gone about ten weeks, which do shew that she can conceive, though it be unfortunate that she cannot bring forth. Here we are told also that last night the Duchesse of Monmouth [aged 17], dancing at her lodgings, hath sprained her thigh. Here we are told also that the House of Commons sat till five o'clock this morning, upon the business of the difference between the Lords and them, resolving to do something therein before they rise, to assert their privileges. So I at noon by water to Westminster, and there find the [her father-in-law] King [aged 37] hath waited in the D. Gawden's chamber these two hours, and the Houses are not ready for him. The Commons having sent this morning, after their long debate therein the last night, to the Lords, that they do think the only expedient left to preserve unity between the two Houses is, that they do put a stop to any proceedings upon their late judgement against the East India Company, till their next meeting; to which the Lords returned answer that they would return answer to them by a messenger of their own, which they not presently doing, they were all inflamed, and thought it was only a trick, to keep them in suspense till the King come to adjourne them; and, so, rather than lose the opportunity of doing themselves right, they presently with great fury come to this vote: "That whoever should assist in the execution of the judgement of the Lords against the Company, should be held betrayers of the liberties of the people of England, and of the privileges of that House". This the Lords had notice of, and were mad at it; and so continued debating without any design to yield to the Commons, till the King come in, and sent for the Commons, where the Speaker made a short but silly speech, about their giving Him £300,000; and then the several Bills, their titles were read, and the King's assent signified in the proper terms, according to the nature of the Bills, of which about three or four were public Bills, and seven or eight private ones, the additional Bills for the building of the City and the Bill against Conventicles being none of them. The King did make a short, silly speech, which he read, giving them thanks for the money, which now, he said, he did believe would be sufficient, because there was peace between his neighbours, which was a kind of a slur, methought, to the Commons; and that he was sorry for what he heard of difference between the two Houses, but that he hoped their recesse would put them into a way of accommodation; and so adjourned them to the 9th of August, and then recollected himself, and told them the 11th; so imperfect a speaker he is. So the Commons went to their House, and forthwith adjourned; and the Lords resumed their House, the King being gone, and sat an hour or two after, but what they did, I cannot tell; but every body expected they would commit Sir Andrew Rickard [aged 64], Sir Samuel Barnardiston, Mr. Boone, and Mr. Wynne, who were all there, and called in, upon their knees, to the bar of the House; and Sir John Robinson [aged 53] I left there, endeavouring to prevent their being committed to the Tower, lest he should thereby be forced to deny their order, because of this vote of the Commons, whereof he is one, which is an odde case1.
Note 1. This "odd case" was that of Thomas Skinner and the East India Company. According to Ralph, the Commons had ordered Skinner, the plaintiff, into the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, and the Lords did the same by Sir Samuel Barnadiston, deputy-governor of the company, as likewise Sir Andrew Rickard, Mr. Rowland Gwynn, and Mr. Christopher Boone. B.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 15th July 1668. So to Unthanke's to my wife, and with her and Deb. to visit Mrs. Pierce, whom I do not now so much affect, since she paints. But stayed here a while, and understood from her how my Lady Duchesse of Monmouth [aged 17] is still lame, and likely always to be so, which is a sad chance for a young [lady] to get, only by trying of tricks in dancing.
Before July 1669 BB/History/p2/Howard-Paternal-Family-TreeJames Howard 1640-1669 [aged 29] and [her illegitimate sister-in-law] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeCharlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Fitzroy Countess Yarmouth 1650-1684 [aged 19] were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 39] and BB/History/b4/Killgrew-Paternal-Family-TreeElizabeth Killigrew Viscountess Shannon 1622-1680 [aged 47].
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 25th May 1671 Henry Wood 1st Baronet [aged 73] died without male issue. Baronet Wood extinct. On 31st May 1671 he was buried at Ufford, Suffolk. His daughter Mary Wood Duchess Southampton [aged 8] was his heir. In view of the great wealth she was to inherit she was betrothed to [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland [aged 8], an illegitmate son of [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 40] and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 30]. On her father's death she went to live with Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland. They, Mary Wood Duchess Southampton and Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland married 1679 but she died a year later from smallpox.
On 28th March 1672 [her brother-in-law] BB/History/m4/Wemyss-aka-Charteris-Paternal-Family-TreeJames Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland 1656-1682 [aged 15] and [her half-sister] Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of [her step-father] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss [aged 61] and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 51].
On 1st August 1672 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton [aged 8] and Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton [aged 4] were married. She the daughter of Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 54] and Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington [aged 38]. He the illegitmate son of [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 42] and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 31]. They were half sixth cousins.
He was created 1st Earl Euston, 1st Viscount Ipswich, 1st Baron Sudbury. Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton by marriage Countess Euston.
On 24th August 1672 [her son] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeCharles Scott Earl Doncaster 1672-1674 was born to [her husband] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 23] and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 21]. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He died aged one in 1674.
Before 1673 BB/History/o6/Paston-Paternal-Family-TreeWilliam Paston 2nd Earl of Yarmouth 1654-1732 [aged 18] and [her illegitimate sister-in-law] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeCharlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Fitzroy Countess Yarmouth 1650-1684 [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess of Yarmouth. She the illegitmate daughter of [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 42] and BB/History/b4/Killgrew-Paternal-Family-TreeElizabeth Killigrew Viscountess Shannon 1622-1680 [aged 50]. He the son of Robert Paston 1st Earl of Yarmouth [aged 41] and Rebecca Clayton Countess Yarmouth [aged 37].
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th March 1673. Dr. Pearson [aged 60], Bishop of Chester, preached on Hebrews ix. 14; a most incomparable sermon from one of the most learned divines of our nation. I dined at my Lord Arlington's [aged 55] with the [her husband] Duke [aged 23] and Duchess of Monmouth [aged 22]; she is one of the wisest and craftiest of her sex, and has much wit. Here was also the learned Isaac Vossius [aged 55].
On 13th April 1673 BB/History/f2/Cornwallis-Paternal-Family-TreeCharles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis 1632-1673 [aged 41] died. His succeeded son [her future husband] Charles [aged 17] succeeded 3rd Baron Cornwallis.
In 1674 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 10] was created 1st Earl Lichfield as a consequence of his being betrothed to [her illegitimate sister-in-law] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield [aged 9], a natural daughter of [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 43].
On 9th February 1674 [her son] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeCharles Scott Earl Doncaster 1672-1674 [aged 1] died.
On 16th May 1674 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 20] and [her illegitimate sister-in-law] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 13] were married at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. She the illegitmate daughter of [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 43] and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 33]. They were first cousin once removed.
On 23rd May 1674 [her son] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeJames Scott 1674-1705 was born to [her husband] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 25] and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 23]. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 2nd January 1694 BB/History/c1/Hyde-Paternal-Family-TreeHenrietta Hyde Countess Dalkeith 1677-1730, daughter of Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester and Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester, and had issue.
On 1st October 1674 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 8] was created 1st Earl of Northumberland, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 1st Baron Pontefract by [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 44].
On 5th October 1674 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 20] was created 1st Earl of Sussex. [her illegitimate sister-in-law] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 13] by marriage Countess of Sussex.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Before 1675 [her future husband] Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 19] and BB/History/d2/Fox-of-Farley-Paternal-Family-TreeElizabeth Fox Baroness Cornwallis -1681 were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Cornwallis.
On 17th February 1675 [her daughter] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeAnne Scott 1675-1685 was born to [her husband] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 25] and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 24]. She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She died aged ten in 1685.
On 28th July 1675 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth [aged 18] was created 1st Earl Plymouth, 1st Viscount Totnes, 1st Baron Dartmouth.
On 9th August 1675 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 3] was created 1st Duke Richmond, 1st Earl March, 1st Baron Settrington by [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 45].
On 11th September 1675 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton [aged 11] was created 1st Duke Grafton by [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 45]. Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton [aged 7] by marriage Duchess Grafton.
In 1676 [her son] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeHenry Scott 1st Earl Deloraine 1676-1730 was born to [her husband] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 26] and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 24]. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married (1) before 1710 BB/History/o5/Duncombe-Paternal-Family-TreeAnne Duncombe Countess Deloraine -1720 and had issue (2) 1726 BB/History/p2/Howard-Paternal-Family-TreeMary Howard Countess Deloraine 1700-1744 and had issue.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st August 1676. In the afternoon, after prayers at St. James's Chapel, was christened a daughter of Dr. Leake's [aged 34], the Duke's [aged 42] Chaplain: godmothers were Lady Mary [aged 14], daughter of the Duke of York, and the Duchess of Monmouth [aged 25]: godfather, the Earl of Bath [aged 47].
On 21st December 1676 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans [aged 6] was created 1st Earl Burford, 1st Baron Heddington by [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 46].
On 6th February 1677 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 14] and [her illegitimate sister-in-law] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the illegitmate daughter of [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 46] and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 36]. He the son of BB/History/p9/Lee-Paternal-Family-TreeFrancis Lee 4th Baronet 1639-1667 and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey. They were third cousins.
On 19th September 1678 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth [aged 21] and BB/History/n4/Osborne-Paternal-Family-TreeBridget Osborne Countess Plymouth -1718 were married in Wimbledon, Surrey. She by marriage Countess Plymouth. She the daughter of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds [aged 46] and BB/History/i1/Bertie-Paternal-Family-TreeBridget Bertie Duchess Leeds 1629-1704 [aged 49]. He the illegitmate son of [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 48] and Catherine Pegge [aged 43].
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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In 1679 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland [aged 16] and Mary Wood Duchess Southampton [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Duchess Southampton. He the illegitmate son of [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 48] and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 38].
In July 1679 [her step-father] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss [aged 68] died at Wemyss Castle. His succeeded daughter [her half-sister] Margaret [aged 20] succeeded 3rd Countess Wemyss. [her brother-in-law] BB/History/m4/Wemyss-aka-Charteris-Paternal-Family-TreeJames Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland 1656-1682 [aged 22] by marriage Earl Wemyss.
On 17th October 1680 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth [aged 23] died of dysentery at Tangier [Map] during the Siege of Tangier. Earl Plymouth, Viscount Totnes and Baron Dartmouth extinct.
After 28th February 1681 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 25] and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 60].
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th November 1681. I dined with my worthy friend, Mr. Erskine, Master of the Charter House, uncle to the Duchess of Monmouth [aged 30]; a wise and learned gentleman, fitter to have been a privy councillor and minister of state than to have been laid aside.
After December 1682 [her brother-in-law] George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie [aged 52] and [her half-sister] Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 23] were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of [her step-father] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 62].
On 6th April 1683 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 17] was created 1st Duke Northumberland by [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 52].
In 1684 [her illegitimate sister-in-law] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeCharlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Fitzroy Countess Yarmouth 1650-1684 [aged 34] died.
On 5th January 1684 [her illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans [aged 13] was created 1st Duke St Albans by [her father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 53].
On 14th June 1685 the [her husband] Duke of Monmouth's [aged 36] forces commanded by Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 29] were defeated by the Dorset Militia and withdrew to Axminster.
BB/History/h6/Strangeways-Paternal-Family-TreeWadham Strangeways 1646-1685 [aged 39] was killed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th July 1685. [her husband] Monmouth [aged 36] was this day brought to London and examin'd before the King [aged 51], to whom he made greate submission, acknowledg'd his seduction by Ferguson the Scot [aged 48], whom he nam'd ye bloudy villain. He was sent to ye Tower [Map], had an interview with his late Dutchesse [aged 34], whom he receiv'd coldly, having liv'd dishonestly with ye Lady Henrietta Wentworth [aged 24] for two yeares. He obstinately asserted his conversation with that debauch'd woman to be no in, whereupon, seeing he could not be persuaded to his last breath, the divines who were sent to assist him thought not fit to administer the Holy Communion to him. For ye rest of his faults he profess'd greate sorrow, and so died without any apparent feare; he would not make use of a cap or other circumstance, but lying downe, bid the fellow do his office better than to the late Lord Russell, and gave him gold; but the wretch made five chopps before he had his head off; wch so incens'd the people, that had he not been guarded and got away, they would have torn him to pieces. The Duke made no speech on the scaffold (wch was on Tower Hill [Map]) but gave a paper containing not above 5 or 6 lines, for the King, in which he disclaims all title to ye Crown, acknowledges that the [her father-in-law] late King, his father, had indeede told him he was but his base sonn, and so desir'd his Ma* to be kind to his wife and children. This relation I had from Dr. Tenison (Rector of St. Martin's) [aged 48], who, with the Bishops of Ely [aged 47] and Bath and Wells [aged 48], were sent to him by his Ma*, and were at the execution.
On 15th July 1685 [her husband] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 36] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Monmouth and Duke Buccleuch forfeit. Bishop Francis Turner [aged 47] acted a Chaplain.
On 13th August 1685 [her daughter] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeAnne Scott 1675-1685 [aged 10] died.
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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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John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1686. The Dutchesse of Monmouth [aged 34] being in ye same seate with me at church, appear'd with a very sad and afflicted countenance.
In February 1688 [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 67] died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th February 1690. The Duchess of Monmouth's [aged 39] chaplain preached at St. Martin's [Map] an excellent discourse exhorting to peace and sanctity, it being now the time of very great division and dissension in the nation; first, among the Churchmen, of whom the moderate and sober part were for a speedy reformation of divers things, which it was thought might be made in our Liturgy, for the inviting of Dissenters; others more stiff and rigid, were for no condescension at all. Books and pamphlets were published every day pro and con; the Convocation were forced for the present to suspend any further progress. There was fierce and great carousing about being elected in the new Parliament. The King [aged 39] persists in his intention of going in person for Ireland, whither the French are sending supplies to King James [aged 56], and we, the Danish horse to Schomberg [aged 74].
On 2nd January 1694 BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeJames Scott 1674-1705 [aged 19] and BB/History/c1/Hyde-Paternal-Family-TreeHenrietta Hyde Countess Dalkeith 1677-1730 [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Dalkeith. She the daughter of Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester [aged 51] and Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester. He the son of James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 42].
On 29th April 1698 [her husband] Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 42] died. His succeeded son [her step-son] Charles [aged 23] succeeded 4th Baron Cornwallis.
On 1st January 1703 [her brother-in-law] George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie [aged 73] was created 1st Earl Cromartie. [her half-sister] Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 44] by marriage Countess Cromartie.
On 11th March 1705 [her half-sister] Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 46] died. Her succeeded son [her nephew] David [aged 27] succeeded 4th Earl Wemyss.
On 14th March 1705 [her son] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeJames Scott 1674-1705 [aged 30] died.
Before 1710 BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeHenry Scott 1st Earl Deloraine 1676-1730 [aged 33] and BB/History/o5/Duncombe-Paternal-Family-TreeAnne Duncombe Countess Deloraine -1720 were married. She by marriage Countess Deloraine. He the son of James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 58].
In 1726 BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeHenry Scott 1st Earl Deloraine 1676-1730 [aged 50] and BB/History/p2/Howard-Paternal-Family-TreeMary Howard Countess Deloraine 1700-1744 [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Deloraine. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 74].
On 25th December 1730 BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeHenry Scott 1st Earl Deloraine 1676-1730 [aged 54] died. His succeeded son Francis [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Earl Deloraine.
On 6th February 1732 Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 80] died. Her succeeded grandson Francis [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Duke Buccleuch.
[her daughter] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeCharlotte Scott was born to James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch. She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
[her son] BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeFrancis Scott was born to James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King James I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of BB/History/n1/Poitiers-Paternal-Family-TreeRanulf I Duke Aquitaine 820-866
Kings Spain: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter "Bold Buccleuch" Scott 
GrandFather: Walter Scott 1st Earl Buccleuch 8 x Great Grand Son of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: BB/History/f3/Kerr-Paternal-Family-TreeAndrew Kerr of Cessford 1485-1526 4 x Great Grand Son of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: BB/History/f3/Kerr-Paternal-Family-TreeWalter Kerr of Cessford 1508-1581 5 x Great Grand Son of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Crichton 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: BB/History/f3/Kerr-Paternal-Family-TreeWilliam Kerr of Cessford 1544-1600 6 x Great Grand Son of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandmother: BB/History/f3/Kerr-Paternal-Family-TreeMary Kerr 1567-1611 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Robert III of Scotland
Father: Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch 6 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: BB/History/b4/Hay-Paternal-Family-TreeThomas Hay -1513 
Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: BB/History/b4/Hay-Paternal-Family-TreeGeorge Hay 7th Earl Erroll 1508-1573 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Logie
Great x 2 Grandfather: BB/History/b4/Hay-Paternal-Family-TreeAndrew Hay 8th Earl Erroll 1531-1585 3 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Robertson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Robertson Countess Erroll
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Hay 9th Earl Erroll 4 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: BB/History/b4/Hay-Paternal-Family-TreeWilliam Hay 5th Earl Erroll 1495-1522 2 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: BB/History/b4/Hay-Paternal-Family-TreeWilliam Hay 6th Earl Erroll 1521-1541 3 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: BB/History/b2/Ruthven-Paternal-Family-TreeElizabeth Ruthven Countess Erroll 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: BB/History/b4/Hay-Paternal-Family-TreeJean Hay 1540- 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 1490-1526 
Great Grand Son of King James II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeHelen or Eleanor Stewart Countess Erroll and Sutherland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeIsabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 1495-1564 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
GrandMother: BB/History/b4/Hay-Paternal-Family-TreeMary Hay Countess Buccleuch 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: BB/History/k8/Douglas-Paternal-Family-TreeThomas Douglas 1477-1517 11 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: BB/History/k8/Douglas-Paternal-Family-TreeRobert Douglas 1505-1547 12 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boyd
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Douglas 6th Earl Morton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: BB/History/a4/Erskine-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Erskine 17th Earl of Mar 1487-1555 4 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: BB/History/a4/Erskine-Paternal-Family-TreeMargaret Erskine 1515-1572 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: BB/History/i7/Campbell-Paternal-Family-TreeMargaret Campbell Countess Mar 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandmother: BB/History/k8/Douglas-Paternal-Family-TreeElizabeth Douglas Countess Erroll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Leslie 4th Earl Rothes 
Great x 2 Grandmother: BB/History/n6/Leslie-Paternal-Family-TreeAgnes Leslie Countess Morton 1542-
Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Leslie 4th Earl Rothes
Great x 2 Grandfather: BB/History/n6/Leslie-Paternal-Family-TreeAndrew Leslie 5th Earl Rothes 1530-1611
Great x 1 Grandfather: BB/History/n6/Leslie-Paternal-Family-TreeJames Leslie Master of Rothes 1548-1607
GrandFather: BB/History/n6/Leslie-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Leslie 6th Earl Rothes 1600-1641
Mother: Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: BB/History/a4/Erskine-Paternal-Family-TreeRobert Erskine 4th Lord Erskine 16th Earl of Mar -1513 3 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: BB/History/a4/Erskine-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Erskine 17th Earl of Mar 1487-1555 4 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: BB/History/a4/Erskine-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Erskine 18th Earl of Mar -1572 5 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll 3 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: BB/History/i7/Campbell-Paternal-Family-TreeMargaret Campbell Countess Mar 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeElizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll 1463- 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar 6 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
GrandMother: BB/History/a4/Erskine-Paternal-Family-TreeAnne Erskine Countess of Rothes 1597-1640 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 1490-1526 Great Grand Son of King James II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeJohn Stewart Duke Orkney 2 x Great Grand Son of King James II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeIsabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 1495-1564 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox 3 x Great Grand Son of King James II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Queuille Lady Aubigny
Great x 1 Grandmother: BB/History/a1/Stewart-Paternal-Family-TreeMary Stewart Countess Mar 1582-1644 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox