Paternal Family Tree: Perceval
In 1710 [his father] John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont [aged 26] and [his mother] Catherine Parker Countess Egmont [aged 20] were married.
On 25th February 1711 John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont was born to John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont [aged 27] and Catherine Parker Countess Egmont [aged 21].
On 21st April 1715 [his father] John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont [aged 31] was created 1st Baron Perceval of Burton in County Cork with a special remainder to his [his grandfather] father's heirs male.
On 25th February 1723 [his father] John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont [aged 39] was created 1st Viscount Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork.
On 6th November 1733 [his father] John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont [aged 50] was created 1st Earl Egmont. [his mother] Catherine Parker Countess Egmont [aged 43] by marriage Countess Egmont.
On 15th February 1737 John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 25] and Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of James Cecil 5th Earl Salisbury and Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury. He the son of John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont [aged 53] and Catherine Parker Countess Egmont [aged 47].
On 23rd January 1738 [his son] John Perceval 3rd Earl Egmont was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 26] and [his wife] Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont [aged 16]. He married 4th June 1765 his first cousin once removed Isabella Powlett Countess Egmont and had issue.
On 19th October 1739 [his son] Cecil Parker Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 28] and [his wife] Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont [aged 17].
Diary of Viscount Egmont afterwards Earl Egmont 1741. 20th January 1741. Tuesday. This morning died my brother-in-law, [his uncle] Sir Philip Parker [aged 59], at 3 o'clock, choked by one of those fits he has for 12 weeks past had at sundry times. He was last night as well or rather better than at any time before. I spent a great part of the day with Lady Parker and my nieces. At night, the will and codicil were opened in presence of Mrs. East, Lady Parker's mother, Mr. Gilbert East, Lady Parker's brother, my 2 nieces, Mrs. Gosset and myself, wherein Lady Parker and my niece Martha [aged 25], the eldest, are left executors, and myself, Mr. Gilbert East and Mr. Kirk, the counsellor, who drew the will, are made trustees. The estate is divided between my nieces; the Wiltshire and what lies in some other places to my niece Martha: and the Suffolk estate to my niece Elizabeth [aged 24]. He left divers legacies and,among the others, 50Z. to my wife [aged 51], 20 guineas to my son [aged 29], 100?. to each of the Trustees, 101. to my cousin Fortrey and 500Z. to my niece Bering. He ordered to be buried at Arwarton, Suffolk. The will we judged very ill and confusedly drawn, but happily the persons concerned are only my Lady Parker and her two daughters. In case of my nieces' death without children, their estates go to the heirs general, which are my wife and niece Bering. It is surprising that he mentioned not the places in the Funds where his money lies, but only bequeathed his personal estate in general terms, and that he kept no book of receipts and disbursements whereby might be known where his ready money lies, which I have to reason to suppose is more than 30,000l, but Mr. Gosset believes it nearer 50,000?.
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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On 10th March 1742 [his son] Philip Tufton Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 31] and [his wife] Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont [aged 20].
On 19th April 1744 [his son] Edward Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 33] and [his wife] Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont [aged 22]. He married Sarah Howarth.
In 1745 [his brother-in-law] James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury [aged 31] and Elizabeth Keet Countess of Salisbury [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Salisbury. He the son of James Cecil 5th Earl Salisbury and [his mother-in-law] Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury.
On 1st May 1748 [his father] John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont [aged 64] died. His son John [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Earl Egmont, 2nd Viscount Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork, 2nd Baron Perceval of Burton in County Cork, 6th Baronet Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork. [his wife] Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont [aged 26] by marriage Countess Egmont.
In 1749 [his mother] Catherine Parker Countess Egmont [aged 59] died.
On 11th February 1749 [his son] Frederick Augustus Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 37] and [his wife] Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont [aged 27]. He died aged seven in 1757.
Letters of Horace Walpole. 4th March 1749. Strawberry Hill. To Horace Mann 1st Baronet [aged 42].
I have been so shut up in the House of Commons for this last fortnight or three weeks, that I have not had time to write you a line: we have not had such a session since the famous beginning of last Parliament. I am come hither for a day or two of rest and air, and find the additional pleasure of great beauty in my improvements: I could talk to you through the whole sheet, and with much more satisfaction, upon this head; but I shall postpone my own amusement to yours, for I am sure you want much more to know what has been doing in Parliament than at Strawberry Hill. You will conclude that we have been fighting over the peace; but we have not. It is laid before Parliament, but will not be taken up; the Opposition foresee that a vote of approbation would pass, and therefore will not begin upon it, as they wish to reserve it for censure in the next reign-or perhaps the next reign does not care to censure now what he must hereafter maintain-and the ministry do not seem to think their treaty so perfect as not to be liable to blame, should it come to be canvassed. We have been then upon several other matters: but first I should tell you, that from the utmost tranquillity and impotence of a minority, there is at once started up so formidable an Opposition as to divide 137 against 203.(1) The minority is headed by the Prince, who has continued opposing, though very unsuccessfully, ever since the removal of Lord Granville [aged 58], and the desertion of the patriots. He stayed till the Pelhams had brought off every man of parts in his train, and then began to form his party. Lord Granville has never come into it, for fear of breaking with the King; and seems now to be patching up again with his old enemies. If Lord Bath has dealt with the Prince, it has been underhand. His ministry has had at the head of it poor Lord Baltimore [aged 49], a very good-natured, weak, honest man; and Dr. Lee, a civilian, who was of Lord Granville's admiralty, and is still much attached to him. He is a grave man, and a good speaker, but of no very bright parts, and, from his way of life and profession, much ignorant of, and unfit for, a ministry. You will wonder what new resources the Prince has discovered-why, he has found them all in Lord Egmont [aged 38], whom you have heard of under the name of Lord Perceval; but his father, an Irish Earl, is lately dead. As he is likely to make a very considerable figure in our history, I shall give you a more particular account of him. He has always earnestly studied our history and constitution and antiquities, with very ambitious views; and practised speaking early in the Irish Parliament. Indeed, this turn is his whole fund, for though he is between thirty and forty, he knows nothing of the world, and is always unpleasantly dragging the conversation to political dissertations. When very young, as he has told me himself, he dabbled in writing Craftsmen and penny-papers; but the first event that made him known, was his carrying the Westminster election at the end of my father's ministry,-which he amply described in the history of his own family, a genealogical work called "The History of the House of Yvery,"(2) a work which cost him three thousand pounds, as the heralds informed Mr. Chute and me, when we went to their office on your business; and which was so ridiculous, that he has since tried to suppress all the copies. It concluded with the description of the Westminster election, in these or some such words, "And here let us leave this young nobleman struggling for the dying liberties of his country!" When the change in the ministry happened, and Lord Bath was so abused by the remnant of the patriots, Lord Egmont published his celebrated pamphlet, called "Faction Detected," a work which the Pitts and Lytteltons have never forgiven him; and which, though he continued voting and sometimes speaking with the Pelhams, made him quite unpopular during all the last Parliament. When the new elections approached, he stood on his own bottom at Weobly in Herefordshire; but his election being contested, be applied for Mr. Pelham's support, who carried it for him in the House of Commons. This will always be a material blot in his life; for he had no sooner secured his seat, than he openly attached himself to the Prince, and has since been made a lord of his bedchamber. At the opening of this session, he published an extreme good pamphlet, which has made infinite noise, called "An Examination of the Principles and Conduct of the two Brothers," (the Pelhams,) and as Dr. Lee has been laid up with the gout, Egmont has taken the lead in the Opposition, and has made as great a figure as perhaps was ever made in so short a time. He is very bold and resolved, master of vast knowledge, and speaks at once with fire and method. His words are not picked and chosen like Pitt's, but his language is useful, clear, and strong. He has already by his parts and resolution mastered his great unpopularity, so far as to be heard with the utmost attention, though I believe nobody had ever more various difficulties to combat. All the old corps hate him on my father and Mr. Pelham's [aged 54] account; the new part of the ministry on their own. The Tories have not quite forgiven his having left them in the last Parliament: besides that, they are now governed by one Prowse, a cold, plausible fellow. and a great well-wisher to Mr. Pelham. Lord Strange [aged 33],(3) a busy Lord of a party by himself, yet voting generally with the Tories, continually clashes with Lord Egmont; and besides all this, there is a faction in the Prince's family, headed by Nugent, who are for moderate measures.
(1) Upon the last clause of the Mutiny-bill, an amendment to render half pay officers subject to the act, only in case of actual war, insurrection, rebellion, or invasion, was rejected by 203 to 137.-E.
(2) Compiled principally for Lord Egmont by Anderson, the genealogist. It was printed, but not published, in 1742. "Some," says Boswell, in his Life of Johnson, "have affected to laugh at the History of the House of Very: it would be well if many others would transmit their pedigrees to posterity, with the same accuracy and generous zeal with which the noble Lord who compiled that work has honoured and perpetuated his ancestry. Family histories, like, the imagines majorum of the ancients, excite to virtue." Vol. viii. p. 188.-E.
(3) James, Lord Strange, eldest son of Edward Stanley, eleventh Earl of Derby [aged 59]. In 1762 he was made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and died during his father's life-time, in 1771. He always called himself Lord Strange; though the title, which was a barony in fee, had in fact descended to the Duke of Atholl, as heir general of James, seventh Earl of Derby. D.
Around 1750 [his daughter] Margaret Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 38] and [his wife] Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont [aged 28]. She married 30th September 1805 Thomas Walpole and had issue.
On 16th August 1752 [his wife] Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont [aged 30] died.
After 16th August 1752 John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 41] and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Egmont. The difference in their ages was 20 years. He the son of John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont and Catherine Parker Countess Egmont.
On 4th March 1753 [his son] Cecil Parker Perceval [aged 13] died at Eton College [Map].
On 1st October 1756 [his son] Charles George Perceval 1st and 2nd Baron Arden was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 45] and [his wife] Catherine Compton Countess Egmont [aged 25] at Charlton, Kent. He married 1st March 1787 Margaretta Elizabeth Wilson Baroness Arden, daughter of Thomas Spencer Wilson 6th Baronet, and had issue.
On 21st January 1757 [his son] Frederick Augustus Perceval [aged 7] died.
In 1758 [his brother-in-law] Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton [aged 19] and Jane Lawton Countess Northampton were married.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 6th December 1758 George Compton 6th Earl of Northampton [aged 66] died. His nephew [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 21] succeeded 7th Earl of Northampton. Anne Somerset Countess Northampton [aged 17] by marriage Countess of Northampton.
Around 1759 Joshua Reynolds [aged 35]. Portrait of John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 47] and [his wife] Catherine Compton Countess Egmont [aged 27].
Catherine Compton Countess Egmont: On 4th June 1731 she was born to Charles Compton and Mary Lucy at Quinta. After 16th August 1752 John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and she were married. She by marriage Countess Egmont. The difference in their ages was 20 years. He the son of John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont and Catherine Parker Countess Egmont. On 23rd May 1770 Catherine Compton Countess Egmont was created 1st Baroness Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork. On 11th June 1784 Catherine Compton Countess Egmont died at Langley, Buckinghamshire. Her son Charles succeeded 2nd Baron Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork.
On 13th September 1759 [his brother-in-law] Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton [aged 22] and Anne Somerset Countess Northampton [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort and Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort [aged 46]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 19th February 1761 [his daughter] Charlotte Perceval died.
On 4th May 1762 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 23] created a number of new peerages...
Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth [aged 46] was created 1st Viscount Wentworth.
William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon [aged 53] was created 1st Viscount Courtenay.
Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 68] was created 1st Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex with default to his cousin Thomas Pelham [aged 34].
Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland [aged 39] was created 1st Baroness Holland in Lincolnshire. Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland [aged 56] by marriage Baron Holland in Lincolnshire.
John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 51] was created 1st Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore in Somerset.
John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.
Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Milton of Milton Abbey in Dorset.
Edward Hussey-Montagu 1st Earl Beaulieu [aged 41] was created 1st Baron Beaulieu of Beaulieu in Hampshire with a special remainder to his heirs male with his current wife Isabella Montagu Duchess Manchester [aged 56].
On 12th May 1762 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon [aged 53] was created 1st Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton [aged 46] by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
George Fox Lane 1st Baron Bingley [aged 65] was created 1st Baron Bingley. Harriet Benson Baroness Bingley [aged 57] by marriage Baroness Bingley.
On 1st November 1762 [his son] Spencer Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 51] and [his wife] Catherine Compton Countess Egmont [aged 31]. He married 10th August 1790 Jane Wilson, daughter of Thomas Spencer Wilson 6th Baronet, and had issue.
On 18th October 1763 [his brother-in-law] Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton [aged 26] died. His brother Spencer [aged 25] succeeded 8th Earl of Northampton. Jane Lawton Countess Northampton by marriage Countess of Northampton.
On 4th June 1765 John Perceval 3rd Earl Egmont [aged 27] and Isabella Powlett Countess Egmont were married. He the son of John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 54] and Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 13th September 1766 [his son-in-law] Thomas Wynn 1st Baron Newborough [aged 30] and Catherine Perceval Baroness Newborough were married. She the daughter of John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 55] and Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont.
On 23rd May 1770 [his wife] Catherine Compton Countess Egmont [aged 38] was created 1st Baroness Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork.
On 4th December 1770 John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 59] died at Pall Mall [Map]. His son John [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl Egmont, 3rd Viscount Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork, 3rd Baron Perceval of Burton in County Cork, 7th Baronet Perceval of Kanturk in County Cork, 2nd Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore in Somerset. Isabella Powlett Countess Egmont by marriage Countess Egmont.
On 11th June 1784 [his former wife] Catherine Compton Countess Egmont [aged 53] died at Langley, Buckinghamshire. Her son Charles [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Baron Arden of Lohort Castle in County Cork.
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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[his daughter] Margaret Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont.
[his daughter] Mary Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont. She married 2nd April 1781 Andrew Berkeley Drummond and had issue.
[his daughter] Anne Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont.
[his daughter] Charlotte Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont.
[his daughter] Catherine Perceval Baroness Newborough was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Cecil Countess Egmont. She married 13th September 1766 Thomas Wynn 1st Baron Newborough.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont.
[his daughter] Frances Perceval Baroness Redesdale was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont. She married 6th June 1803 John Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale and had issue.
[his son] Henry Perceval was born to John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont and Catherine Compton Countess Egmont.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
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Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 17 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Perceval 1st Baronet 
Grandfather: John Perceval 3rd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Southwell 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Southwell
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helena Gore
father: John Perceval 1st Earl Egmont 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Dering of Surrenden Dering in Pluckley in Kent
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Dering 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Bell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothie Beaupré
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Dering 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ashburnham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ashburnham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beaumont 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Farnham
Grandmother: Catherine Dering 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Daniel Harvey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Harvey Lady Dering
John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Parker 
8 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Parker 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Calthorpe 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Calthorp Parker 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Parker 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Philip Parker 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Long
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Long
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Long 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rebecca Long Lady Parker
mother: Catherine Parker Countess Egmont 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England