Paternal Family Tree: Annesly
Before 2nd January 1586 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia was born to Robert Annesley. On 2nd January 1586 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia was baptised.
Before 1613 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia [aged 26] and Dorothy Philipps [aged 24] were married. They had eleven children of whom three sons and several daughters reached adulthood.
On 3rd April 1613 [his daughter] Hester Annesley was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia [aged 27] and [his wife] Dorothy Philipps [aged 25]. She married on or after 3rd May 1632 Roger Lort 1st Baronet and had issue.
On 10th July 1614 [his son] Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia [aged 28] and [his wife] Dorothy Philipps [aged 26] at Dublin [Map]. He married 24th April 1638 Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey and had issue.
In 1622 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia [aged 35] was created 1st Viscount Valentia with a reversionary grant that it wouldn't become effective until the death of Henry Power 1st Viscount Valentia.
After 1624 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia [aged 37] and Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Valentia.
On 3rd May 1624 [his wife] Dorothy Philipps [aged 36] died.
In 1628 [his brother-in-law] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield [aged 44] was created 1st Earl Chesterfield. Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield by marriage Countess Chesterfield.
On 23rd January 1628 [his son] Francis Annesley was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia [aged 42] and [his wife] Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia [aged 22].
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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On or after 3rd May 1632 [his son-in-law] Roger Lort 1st Baronet [aged 24] and [his daughter] Hester Annesley [aged 19] were married by a license dated 3rd May 1632.
In 1634 [his daughter] Catherine Annesley Lady Beresford was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia [aged 47] and [his wife] Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia [aged 28]. She married Randal Beresford 2nd Baronet, son of Tristram Beresford 1st Baronet, and had issue.
After 1636 [his brother-in-law] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield [aged 52] and Anne Pakington Countess Chesterfield [aged 37] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield.
On 24th April 1638 [his son] Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley [aged 23] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey [aged 18] were married.
In 1642 Henry Power 1st Viscount Valentia died. Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia [aged 55] was created 1st Viscount Valentia with a creation date of 1622.
Before 1643 [his son-in-law] James Zouche [aged 27] and [his daughter] Beatrice Annesley were married. They were sixth cousins.
On 12th September 1656 [his brother-in-law] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield [aged 72] died. His grandson Philip [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Earl Chesterfield, 2nd Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire.
On 22nd November 1660 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia [aged 74] died. He was buried at Thorganby, North Yorkshire. His son Arthur [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Viscount Valentia. Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey [aged 40] by marriage Viscountess Valentia.
In 1683 [his former wife] Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia [aged 77] died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Nottingham.
Peter Courten 1st Baronet and Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia were married.
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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[his daughter] Beatrice Annesley was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia and Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia. She married before 1643 her sixth cousin James Zouche.