Paternal Family Tree: Coventry
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Aldersley Baroness Coventry 1580-1653
In or before 1606 [her father] Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry [aged 27] and Sarah Sebright [aged 22] were married.
In or before 1610 [her father] Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry [aged 31] and [her mother] Elizabeth Aldersley Baroness Coventry [aged 29] were married.
In 1612 Anne Coventry Baroness Savile was born to Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry [aged 34] and Elizabeth Aldersley Baroness Coventry [aged 32].
In October 1624 John Pakington 1st Baronet [aged 24] died. His son John [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Baronet Pakington. He bacame the ward of [her father] Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry [aged 46] whose daughter [her sister] Dorothy Coventry Lady Pakington [aged 1] he subsequently married.
In 1626 George Savile 2nd Baronet [aged 15] died. His brother [her future husband] William [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Baronet Savile of Thornhill. Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 14] by marriage Lady Savile of Thornhill.
On 2nd April 1627 [her half-brother] Thomas Coventry 2nd Baron Coventry [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Craven [aged 25] were married.
On 10th April 1628 [her father] Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry [aged 50] was created 1st Baron Coventry. [her mother] Elizabeth Aldersley Baroness Coventry [aged 48] by marriage Baroness Coventry.
On 29th December 1629 William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 17] and Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 17] were married.
In 1632 [her daughter] Mary Savile was born to [her husband] William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 20] and Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 20].
On 11th November 1633 [her son] George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax was born to [her husband] William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 21] and Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 21] at Thornhill. He married (1) 1656 his half sixth cousin Dorothy Spencer Lady Savile, daughter of Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland and Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland, and had issue (2) 1672 his third cousin Gertrude Pierrepont Marchioness Halifax and had issue.
In 1634 [her daughter] Anne Savile was born to [her husband] William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 22] and Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 22]. She married 12th May 1656 Thomas Hickman Windsor 1st Earl Plymouth and had issue.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1635 [her daughter] William Savile was born to [her husband] William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 23] and Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 23].
On 13th August 1635 [her future husband] Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole [aged 21] and Sarah Russell [aged 20] were married.
In 1640 [her daughter] Margaret Savile was born to [her husband] William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 28] and Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 28].
On 14th January 1640 [her father] Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry [aged 62] died. His son [her half-brother] Thomas [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Baron Coventry.
In 1642 [her daughter] Henry Savile was born to [her husband] William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 30] and Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 30].
In 1644 [her daughter] Talbot Savile was born to [her husband] William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 32] and Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 32].
On 24th January 1644 [her husband] William Savile 3rd Baronet [aged 32] died. His son George [aged 10] succeeded 4th Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
On 25th May 1653 [her mother] Elizabeth Aldersley Baroness Coventry [aged 73] died.
Around 1655 Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole [aged 40] and Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 43] were married.
In 1656 [her son] George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 22] and [her daughter-in-law] Dorothy Spencer Lady Savile [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Lady Savile of Thornhill. She the daughter of Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland and Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland [aged 38]. They were half sixth cousins.
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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On 12th May 1656 [her son-in-law] Thomas Hickman Windsor 1st Earl Plymouth [aged 29] and [her daughter] Anne Savile [aged 22] were married.
In 1660. John Hayls [aged 60]. Portrait of Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 48].
On 27th October 1661 [her half-brother] Thomas Coventry 2nd Baron Coventry [aged 55] died at Lincoln's Inn Fields. He was buried at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot [Map]. His son [her nephew] George [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Baron Coventry.
On or before 31st July 1662, the date she was buried, Anne Coventry Baroness Savile [aged 50] died.
On 1st February 1699 [her former husband] Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole [aged 84] died.
Grandfather: Thomas Coventry 
Grandfather: John Aldersley of Spurstow in Cheshire
mother: Elizabeth Aldersley Baroness Coventry