Paternal Family Tree: North
Maternal Family Tree: Agnes Hussey 1522-1588
Before 1602 [his father] Dudley North 3rd Baron North [aged 19] and [his mother] Frances Brocket [aged 18] were married.
In 1602 Dudley North 4th Baron North was born to Dudley North 3rd Baron North [aged 19] and Frances Brocket [aged 18].
In 1616 Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 14] was knighted.
On 4th January 1625 [his brother-in-law] Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 28] and [his sister] Dorothy North Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
In 1628 Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 26] was elected MP Horsham.
Around 1628. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 26].
Before 1636 Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 33] and Anne Montagu Baroness North [aged 23] were married.
Around 1636 [his daughter] Anne North was born to Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 34] and [his wife] Anne Montagu Baroness North [aged 23]. She married 16th February 1675 Robert Foley.
Around 1636 [his son] Charles North 1st Baron Grey, 5th Baron North was born to Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 34] and [his wife] Anne Montagu Baroness North [aged 23]. He married before 30th December 1677 Catherine Grey Baroness North and Grey of Rolleston, daughter of William Grey 1st Baron Grey Werke and Cecilia Wentworth Lady Grey, and had issue.
On 22nd October 1637 [his son] Francis North 1st Baron Guildford was born to Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 35] and [his wife] Anne Montagu Baroness North [aged 25].
In April 1640 Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 38] was elected MP Cambridgeshire in the Short Parliament.
In November 1640 Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 38] was elected MP Cambridgeshire in the Long Parliament.
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 16th May 1641 [his son] Dudley North was born to Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 39] and [his wife] Anne Montagu Baroness North [aged 29]. He married 1683 Anne Cann, daughter of Robert Cann 1st Baronet and Cecily Hooke, and had issue.
On 4th September 1645 [his son] John North was born to Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 43] and [his wife] Anne Montagu Baroness North [aged 33].
On 3rd September 1653 [his son] Roger North was born to Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 51] and [his wife] Anne Montagu Baroness North [aged 41].
Before 14th April 1659 [his brother-in-law] Chaloner Chute of The Vyne and [his sister] Dorothy North Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 54] were married.
In 1660 Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 58] was elected MP Cambridgeshire in the Convention Parliament.
On 16th January 1666 [his father] Dudley North 3rd Baron North [aged 83] died. His son Dudley [aged 64] succeeded 4th Baron North. [his wife] Anne Montagu Baroness North [aged 54] by marriage Baroness North.
On 16th February 1675 [his son-in-law] Robert Foley [aged 24] and [his daughter] Anne North [aged 39] were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She brought a £1500 portion and a jointure of £400 each year to the marriage. The bride's brother, Roger North [aged 21], wrote that: The old father fancied that a friend at Court, so considerable as his lordship [Sir Francis North] was, might be useful, which, together with his lordship's skill in dealing with such a touchy spark, drew a full consent to all. The young man was every way acceptable, and, left to himself, would not have chosen one that was fifteen years older than he was. But finding that his father by negligence, sottishness, and desperate projects was in a fair way to utter ruin, he was glad upon any terms to get the estate settled.
On 28th February 1676 [his mother] Frances Brocket [aged 92] died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th March 1676. Dr. North [aged 30], son of my Lord North [aged 74], preached before the King [aged 45], on Isaiah liii. 57, a very young but learned and excellent person. Note. This was the first time the Duke [aged 42] appeared no more in chapel, to the infinite grief and threatened ruin of this poor nation.
In 24th June 1677 Dudley North 4th Baron North [aged 75] died. His son Charles [aged 41] succeeded 5th Baron North.
John Evelyn's Diary. 23rd January 1683. Sir Francis North [aged 45], son to the Lord North, and Lord Chief Justice, being made Lord Keeper on the death of the Earl of Nottingham, the Lord Chancellor, I went to congratulate him. He is a most knowing, learned, and ingenious man, and, besides being an excellent person, of an ingenious and sweet disposition, very skillful in music, painting, the new philosophy, and politer studies.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 4th February 1683 [his former wife] Anne Montagu Baroness North [aged 71] died.
[his daughter] Jane Bridget North was born to Dudley North 4th Baron North and Anne Montagu Baroness North.
[his daughter] Mary North was born to Dudley North 4th Baron North and Anne Montagu Baroness North.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward North 1st Baron North
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger North 2nd Baron North
Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver Squier of Southby in Hampshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Squier Baroness North
Grandfather: John North
father: Dudley North 3rd Baron North
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Brocket
Grandfather: John Brocket
mother: Frances Brocket
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire
Grandmother: Elizabeth Moore
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hussey of Shipwick, Dorset 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Hussey