Paternal Family Tree: Capell
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Child 1656-1719
On 27th November 1718 [his father] William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 21] and Jane Hyde Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. She the daughter of Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon [aged 46] and Jane Leveson-Gower Countess Rochester and Clarendon. He the son of [his grandfather] Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex and [his grandmother] Mary Bentinck Countess Essex [aged 39]. They were fourth cousins.
After January 1724 [his father] William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 26] and [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford [aged 42]. He the son of Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex and Mary Bentinck Countess Essex [aged 44]. They were fourth cousins.
On 7th October 1732 William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex was born to William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 35] and Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex [aged 21] at Turin.
On 8th January 1743 [his father] William Capell 3rd Earl Essex [aged 45] died. His son William [aged 10] succeeded 4th Earl Essex, 5th Baron Capell Hadham.
On 30th March 1752 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Villiers 1st Earl Clarendon [aged 42] and [his half-sister] Charlotte Capell Countess Clarendon were married. She the daughter of [his father] William Capell 3rd Earl Essex and Jane Hyde Countess Essex. He the son of William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey. They were second cousin once removed.
On 1st August 1754 William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 21] and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of William Capell 3rd Earl Essex and Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex [aged 43]. They were half sixth cousins.
On 10th June 1755 [his daughter] Elizabeth Capell was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 22] and [his wife] Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex. She married John Monson 3rd Baron Monson, son of John Monson 2nd Baron Monson, and had issue.
On 13th November 1757 [his son] George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 25] and [his wife] Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex. He married 6th June 1786 Sarah Bazett Countess Essex.
In July 1759 [his wife] Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex died in childbirth.
On 14th July 1759 [his daughter] Frances Capell was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 26] and [his former wife] Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex. She died aged less than one years old.
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 19th July 1759 [his daughter] Frances Capell died.
On 2nd March 1767 William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 34] and Harriet Bladen Countess Essex [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of William Capell 3rd Earl Essex and Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex [aged 56].
In 1769 [his son] John Thomas Capell was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 36] and [his wife] Harriet Bladen Countess Essex [aged 34]. He married before 1803 Caroline Paget, daughter of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge, and had issue.
In 1770 [his son] Thomas Edward Capell was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 37] and [his wife] Harriet Bladen Countess Essex [aged 35].
In 1770 William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 37] was appointed Master of the Staghounds.
On 28th April 1775 [his son] William Robert Capell was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 42] and [his wife] Harriet Bladen Countess Essex [aged 40].
In 1776 [his son] Bladon Thomas Capell was born to William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 43] and [his wife] Harriet Bladen Countess Essex [aged 41].
On 14th June 1776 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Villiers 1st Earl Clarendon [aged 66] was created 1st Earl Clarendon. [his half-sister] Charlotte Capell Countess Clarendon by marriage Countess Clarendon.
In 1784 [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex [aged 73] died.
On 6th June 1786 George Capell Coningsbury 5th Earl Essex [aged 28] and Sarah Bazett Countess Essex [aged 26] were married. He the son of William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 53] and Frances Hanbury Williams Countess Essex.
In 1790 [his half-sister] Charlotte Capell Countess Clarendon died.
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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On 4th March 1799 William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex [aged 66] died at St James's Palace [Map]. His son George [aged 41] succeeded 5th Earl Essex, 6th Baron Capell Hadham. Sarah Bazett Countess Essex [aged 39] by marriage Countess Essex.
In 1821 [his former wife] Harriet Bladen Countess Essex [aged 86] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Robert III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
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 4 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Theodosia Montagu 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 
19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Clerke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden
Grandfather: Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 
11 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Cecil 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
father: William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland 
Grandmother: Mary Bentinck Countess Essex 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 
11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Portland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Home 1st Earl Dunbar
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Dunbar 14 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baron Russell 
9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Long Baroness Russel Thornhaugh
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Brydges 3rd Baron Chandos 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Clinton 
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Russell 9 x Great Grandson of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kerr of Ferniehirst 6 x Great Grandson of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset 
7 x Great Grandson of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Carr Countess of Bedford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Browne Countess Southampton 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Vernon 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Devereux 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Daniel de Massue Seigneur de Rouvigny
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Massue Countess Southampton
mother: Elizabeth Russell Countess Essex 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Howland
Grandmother: Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Child
Great x 2 Grandfather: Josiah Child
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Roycroft
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Child