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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John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury 1834-1913

Paternal Family Tree: Lubbock

In 1833 John Lubbock 3rd Baronet [aged 29] and [his mother] Harriet Hotham [aged 22] were married. They had eleven children.

On 30th April 1834 John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury was born to John Lubbock 3rd Baronet [aged 31] and Harriet Hotham [aged 23].

On 22nd October 1840 [his grandfather] John Lubbock 2nd Baronet [aged 66] died. His son John [aged 37] succeeded 3rd Baronet Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk.

On 10th April 1856 John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 21] and Ellen Frances Horden Lady Lubbock were married.

On 4th October 1858 [his son] John Lubbock 2nd Baron Avebury was born to John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 24] and [his wife] Ellen Frances Horden Lady Lubbock.

On 16th December 1861 [his son] Norman Lubbock was born to John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 27] and [his wife] Ellen Frances Horden Lady Lubbock. He married 2nd April 1919 his first cousin Edith Harriet Lubbock.

On 21st June 1865 John Lubbock 3rd Baronet [aged 62] died. His son John [aged 31] succeeded 4th Baronet Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk. [his wife] Ellen Frances Horden Lady Lubbock by marriage Lady Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk.

Nænia Cornubiæ by William Borlase Lanyon Cromlech. Coming further South the combined researches of Sir R. C. Hoare and Thomas Bateman, Esq., tabulated by Sir John Lubbock [aged 37], show that out of some 500 interments explored with care, only thirty-seven were extended, while 112 were contracted, the rest being burnt.

On 12th February 1873 [his mother] Harriet Hotham [aged 62] died.

Around 1875 John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 40] bought Silbury Hill [Map] and certain lands within or near the Circle in order to prevent further damage to the stones.

John Lubbock 1879. Arbor Low [Map]1 By Sir John Lubbock [aged 44], Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Note 1. I have to express my profound indebtedness to Sir John Lubbock, for permitting the "Reliquary" to be the medium of giving to the antiquarian world this important paper, read by him, on the spot-at Arbor Low itself-before the Members of the British Association, on the 23rd of August, in the present autumn. Sir John in the hand, placed his MS. in my hands for publication, and I feel that by so doing he has not only conferred a favour on myself, but a great boon on all of archæology. L. JEWITT [aged 62].

On 17th May 1884 [his wife] Ellen Frances Horden Lady Lubbock died.

On 17th May 1884 John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 50] and Alice Lane Fox-Pitt Baroness Avebury [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Lady Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of Augustus Henry Fox Pitt-Rivers [aged 57] and Alice Margaret Stanley [aged 56].

On 30th March 1886 [his daughter] Irene Lubbock was born to John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 51] and [his wife] Alice Lane Fox-Pitt Baroness Avebury [aged 24] She married 5th December 1905 Edward Henry Pelham.

On 10th June 1888 [his son] Captain Harold Fox-Pitt Lubbock was born to John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 54] and [his wife] Alice Lane Fox-Pitt Baroness Avebury [aged 26] at 39 Berkeley Square, Mayfair. He married 10th June 1914 Dorothy Charlotte Forster Baroness Wardington and had issue.

On 10th June 1888 [his son] Eric Fox Pitt Lubbock was born to John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 54] and [his wife] Alice Lane Fox-Pitt Baroness Avebury [aged 26].

The London Gazette 27156. Whitehall, January 22, 1900. The Queen [aged 80] has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto the Right Honourable Sir John Lubbock [aged 65], of Lamas [Map], in the county of Norfolk, High Elms [Map], in the county of Kent, and Avebury [Map], in the county of Wilts, Bart, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Avebury, of Avebury, in the county of Wilts. [[his wife] Alice Lane Fox-Pitt Baroness Avebury [aged 38] by marriage Baroness Avebury of Avebury in Wiltshire.]

On 17th October 1900 [his son] Maurice Fox Pitt Lubbock was born to John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 66] and [his wife] Alice Lane Fox-Pitt Baroness Avebury [aged 38]. He married 9th January 1926 his second cousin Mary Katherine Adelaide Stanley, daughter of Arthur Stanley 5th Baron Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield, 4th Baron Eddisbury, and had issue.

On 5th December 1905 [his son-in-law] Edward Henry Pelham [aged 28] and [his daughter] Irene Lubbock [aged 19] were married.

1911. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 61]. Portrait of John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 76].

Before 1913. John Collier [aged 62]. Portrait of John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 78].

On 28th May 1913 John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury [aged 79] died. His son John [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Baron Avebury of Avebury in Wiltshire, 5th Baronet Lubbock of Lammas in Norfolk.

On 11th March 1947 [his former wife] Alice Lane Fox-Pitt Baroness Avebury [aged 85] died.

Ancestors of John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury 1834-1913

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lubbock

Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend William Lubbock

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Webster

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Lubbock

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cooper

Grandfather: John Lubbock 2nd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Woodrow of Hobis in Norfolk

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Woodrow

Father: John Lubbock 3rd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Entwistle of Rusholme in Manchester

Grandmother: Mary Entwistle

John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury

Mother: Harriet Hotham