Paternal Family Tree: Moels
Around 1195 Nicholas Moels was born.
In 1228 Nicholas Moels [aged 33] was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire.
In 1230 Nicholas Moels [aged 35] and Hawise Newmarche [aged 25] were married.
In 1234 Nicholas Moels [aged 39] was appointed High Sheriff of Devon.
Around 1235 [his son] Roger Moels was born to Nicholas Moels [aged 40] and [his wife] Hawise Newmarche [aged 30].
In 1239 Nicholas Moels [aged 44] was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
On 17th June 1243 Nicholas Moels [aged 48] was appointed Seneschal of Gascony.
In 1246 Nicholas Moels [aged 51] was appointed Constable of Dover Castle.
In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed Constable of Winchester Castle.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.
In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed Constable of Haverfordwest Castle.
In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed Constable of Gilgerran Castle.
In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed Constable of Tenby Castle.
In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed Constable of Rochester Castle.
In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed Constable of Canterbury Castle.
In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed Constable of Corfe Castle, Dorset.
In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed Governor of the Channel Isles.
In 1247 Nicholas Moels [aged 52] was appointed Constable of Pembroke Castle.
In March 1253 [his son] James Moels died.
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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In 1258 Nicholas Moels [aged 63] was appointed Warden of the Cinque Ports.
After 1260 [his son-in-law] William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose 9th Baron Bramber [aged 36] and [his daughter] Agnes Moels were married.
In 1264 [his wife] Hawise Newmarche [aged 59] died at Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire [Map].
Around 1268 Nicholas Moels [aged 73] died.
[his son] James Moels was born to Nicholas Moels and Hawise Newmarche.
[his daughter] Agnes Moels was born to Nicholas Moels. She married after 1260 William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose 9th Baron Bramber, son of John "Tadody aka Fatherless" Braose 8th Baron Bramber and Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford, and had issue.
John Botreaux and Hawise Newmarche were married.