Paternal Family Tree: Carpenter
On 10th February 1657 George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter was born to Warncombe Carpenter.
On 27th January 1678 John Margetson [aged 22] and [his future wife] Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 17] were married. His sister Anne Margetson [aged 21] married her brother [his future brother-in-law] William Caulfeild 2nd Viscount Charlemont [aged 23] six months later.
On 11th July 1678 [his future brother-in-law] William Caulfeild 2nd Viscount Charlemont [aged 23] and Anne Margetson [aged 21] were married at St Michan's Church, Dublin. His sister [his future wife] Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 17] had married her brother John Margetson [aged 22] six months before.
On 23rd January 1693 George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 35] and Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 32] were married.
Around 1695 [his son] George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter was born to George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 37] and [his wife] Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 34] at Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire. He married 26th August 1722 Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter and had issue.
Before 1704 Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough [aged 24] and [his step-daughter] Sarah Margetson [aged 25] were married. They were second cousins.
Around 1705 [his daughter] Alicia Carpenter was born to George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 47] and [his wife] Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 44]. She died aged nine in 1714.
Before 1714 [his daughter] Alicia Carpenter [aged 8] died.
Between 22nd January 1715 and 9th March 1715 the 1715 General Election was held. The election had been caused by George I's [aged 54] succession. The Whig party, which supported George I, won an overwhelming majority.
John Rushout 4th Baronet [aged 29] was elected MP Malmesbury.
Leonard Smelt [aged 32] was elected MP Northallerton.
Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 30] was elected MP Thirsk.
George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 57] was elected MP Whitchurch.
In 1719 George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 61] was created 1st Baron Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary. [his wife] Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 58] by marriage Baroness Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary.
On 26th August 1722 [his son] George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter [aged 27] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter were married at Leyton, Essex.
In December 1722 George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 65] was elected MP Westminster.
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 7th October 1731 [his wife] Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 70] died.
On 10th February 1732 George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 75] died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Owlesbury [Map]. His son George [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary. Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter by marriage Baroness Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary.