Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Norborne
On 1st May 1740 [her father] Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort [aged 30] and [her mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort [aged 27] were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort and [her grandmother] Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort.
On 26th April 1748 Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn was born to Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort [aged 38] and Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort [aged 35].
On 26th September 1749 Watkin Williams-Wynn 3rd Baronet [aged 57] died. His son [her future husband] Watkin succeeded 4th Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn. Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn [aged 1] by marriage Lady Williams of Gray's Inn.
On 28th October 1756 [her father] Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort [aged 47] died. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son [her brother] Henry [aged 12] succeeded 5th Duke Beaufort, 7th Marquess Worcester, 11th Earl Worcester, 13th Baron Herbert of Raglan.
On 6th December 1758 George Compton 6th Earl of Northampton [aged 66] died. His nephew [her future brother-in-law] Charles [aged 21] succeeded 7th Earl of Northampton. [her sister] Anne Somerset Countess Northampton [aged 17] by marriage Countess of Northampton.
On 13th September 1759 [her brother-in-law] Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton [aged 22] and [her sister] Anne Somerset Countess Northampton [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort and [her mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort [aged 46]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 18th May 1763 [her sister] Anne Somerset Countess Northampton [aged 22] died in Naples [Map].
On 2nd January 1766 [her brother] Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Beaufort. He the son of [her father] Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort and [her mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort [aged 53]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
After 1769. Joshua Reynolds [aged 45]. Portrait of [her future husband] Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet [aged 19] and Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn [aged 20]. The couple are depicted life-size in matching black and pink Van Dyck costume, and are holding theatrical masks in a curtained architectural setting, beside a massive vase. The picture was presumably a marriage portrait although the black costume of the figures suggest that it was completed as a memorial portrait after Henrietta Williams-Wynn's death in 1770.
On 11th or 13th April 1769 Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet [aged 19] and Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn [aged 20] were married. She died fifteen weeks later. She the daughter of Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort and Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort [aged 56].
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Letters of Elizabeth Montagu. 5th July 1769. She is coming. Who is coming? Why Mrs Montagu is coming. Where? Why to Deal? Yes indeed Madam I shall do my self the honour to wait upon you. I propose to set out for my Bror Williams at Denton tomorrow, & my next trip will certainly be to Deal, so call yr nereids about you. I suppose they are yr maids of Honour. I propose to lye at Rochester on wensday night least a long journey shd fatigue & hurt me & make me less enjoy the pleasures I expect from this jaunt. I wd not tell you of my intended journey till ye time drew near, all things in this World being uncertain, & those most of all which depend on health. Pray have you seen Mr Grays ode on ye Installation? I think ye conclusion is in Pindars best manner, I hope His Grace of Grafton however will not be encouraged by it to brave ye Tempest which is gathering, for if he she he may find that ye Poets & Prophets office are not united in modern times. I was at Lady Frances Coningesbyes on saturday evening you were much enquired after. Poor Lady Harriot Williams [aged 21] is going fast into a consumption. the Duchess of Beaufort must be greatly affected by the danger of losing another daughter. I am delighted with yr iron poker, & wish you wd let me beat Mr Harris with it. I look'd into his strange perversion of Aristotles use of tragedy. How finely philosophers rectify ye mistakes of nature, for it is plain she gave plaintive sounds to animals with an intention that such sounds shd create pity which moves us to assist distress & terror is a garde fou that keeps us out of danger. Ld Lyttelton is returned from Sunning & is going to Hagley. Mrs Walshingham is gone to Tunbridge The Town is most forlorn. My Sisters maid is now very ill of a fever her cook & footman have had bad fevers I hope she will not catch ye disorder. Mr Montagus honest John has been very ill of a sore throat ye Town is very sickly. Little Matt seems better & I hope will have ye hooping cough in ye gentlest manner. I am transported to think I shall see you & walk with you on the green Sea shore, so to tell you ye truth I care little about writing which is a paltry thing compared to enjoying yr conversation ye waves beating musick. I suppose I must pay my duty to ye Paternal mansion before I come to Deal but I shall be impatient to come to you. Will you give me a bed? & will give me shrimps for my breakfast & will you be very glad & exceeding glad to see me? And will you let me see my best friend at Deal Mrs Underdown? I shall find some way to let you know when I can come to you least you shd be gone abroad. My sister desires her compts. Mine attend all your family.
Letters of Elizabeth Montagu. 20th July 1769. In the midst of letters & packing I have only time to tell my Dear Friend I arrived safe in Hillstreet & am going quietly into ye Country tomorrow morning. I shall go round by Sunning to view my lodgings & to see to get a room added there to as Mr Montagu talks of coming from Sandleford to make me a weeks visit. Little Matt is to go with me to Sandd. Poor Mrs Boscawen bears her loss with great resignation. She is at Hatchlands. The Dr [her mother] D-ss of Beaufort [aged 56] is in hourly expectation of losing Lady Ht Williams [aged 21], I have offerd my service to these unfortunate Mothers, & will leave sunning for a few days at any time if I can enliven their melancholly retreat. Mrs Bosn is at Hatchds the Dss at Kensington but she will leave it to relax to East Bourne Place as soon as Lady Ht is no more. I shall see my Lodging at Sunning with great delight.
In the hope of recovery there my Dear Dear & most Dear friend. A thousand thanks for your kind reception at Deal. Oh that we were now enjoying ye Breeze & looking at ye green sea I had ye pleasure of seeing Mrs Pennington My sweet Godson & Mr Penn at Sittingbourn. I brought ye rheumsm to London but it is gone. In great haste
I am my Dr friend Ever yrs
On or before 25th July 1770 [her daughter] Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn Baroness Delamere was born to [her husband] Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet [aged 20] and Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn [aged 22]. She married 17th December 1810 Thomas Cholmondeley 1st Baron Delamere and had issue.
On 25th July 1770 Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn [aged 22] died. Monument [Map] to Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn sculpted by Joseph Nollekens [aged 32].
In December 1771 [her former husband] Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet [aged 22] and Charlotte Granville Lady Williams-Wynn [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Lady Williams of Gray's Inn.
On 24th July 1789 [her former husband] Watkin Williams-Wynn 4th Baronet [aged 39] died. His son Watkin [aged 16] succeeded 5th Baronet Williams of Gray's Inn.
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 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Russell Countess Worcester 
10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dormer 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dormer 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Molyneux 
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Somerset Marquess Worcester 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Theodosia Montagu 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 1st Baronet 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison
Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Child
Great x 2 Grandfather: Josiah Child
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Roycroft
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rebecca Child Marchioness Worcester
father: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden 
20 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden 21 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough 22 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden
Great x 1 Grandfather: Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester 21 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Greville 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Greville 2nd Baron Brooke 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Copley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Baroness Brooke 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Dashwood 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Dashwood
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Sleigh
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Sleigh
Henrietta Somerset Lady Williams-Wynn 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Berkeley 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Berkeley 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Berkeley 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: John Symes Berkeley 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
mother: Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Elizabeth Norborne