Paternal Family Tree: Pierrepoint
Maternal Family Tree: Eleanor Gifford 1575-
On 8th June 1628 [her father] William Pierrepont of Thoresby [aged 20] and [her mother] Elizabeth Harries aka Harris [aged 31] were married at St Martin's Church, Ludgate. He the son of [her grandfather] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston [aged 43] and [her grandmother] Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint [aged 47].
On 1st September 1630 Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne was born to William Pierrepont of Thoresby [aged 22] and Elizabeth Harries aka Harris [aged 33] at Thoresby, Nottinghamshire.
In 1652 Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 21] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 21] were married. He the son of William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 59] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward IV of England.
On 22nd February 1654 [her daughter] Elizabeth "Mad Duchess" Cavendish Duchess Albermarle Duchess of Montagu was born to [her husband] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 23] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 23]. She married 1. 30th December 1669 Christopher Monck 2nd Duke Albemarle, son of George Monck 1st Duke Albemarle and Anne Clarges Duchess Albermarle 2. 8th September 1692 Ralph Montagu 1st Duke Montagu, son of Edward Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu and Anne Winwood.
On 24th November 1654 Oliver St John 2nd Earl Bolingbroke [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke were married. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 61] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne.
On 9th June 1655 [her brother-in-law] Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare [aged 22] and [her sister] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare [aged 22] were married at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map]. He the son of John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare [aged 59] and Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare.
On 1st July 1657 [her mother] Elizabeth Harries aka Harris [aged 60] died. She was buried at St Bartholemew's Church, Tong [Map].
In 1659 [her son] Henry Cavendish was born to [her husband] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 28] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 28]. He married 27th March 1679 Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset, daughter of Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland.
On 25th June 1660 [her daughter] Frances Cavendish was born to [her husband] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 30] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 29]. She married 1685 John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland, son of John Campbell 1st Earl Breadalbaine and Holland and Mary Rich.
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 22nd October 1661 [her daughter] Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne was born to [her husband] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 31] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 31]. She married 1st March 1690 her first cousin John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, son of Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare and Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare, and had issue.
On 14th June 1663 [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater [aged 36] died. She is commemorated on the Great Monument at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden on which is the inscription: "To the sacred memory of the late transcendently vertuous Lady, now glorious Saint, the Right Honourable Elizabeth Countesse of Bridgewater. She was second daughter to the Right Honourable William Marquesse of Newcastte, &c. and wife to the Right Honourable John Earle of Bridgewater, &c. and whose family she hath enriched with a hopeful issue, six sonnes, viz. John Viscount Brackley her eldest, Sir William Egerton second sonne, both Knights of the honourable Order of the Bath, Mr. Thomas Egerton her third, Mr. Charles Egerton her fourth, Mr. Henry Egerton her fifth, Mr. Steward Egerton her sixth sonne, and three daughters, viz. Mrs. Frances Egerton her eldest, the Lady Elizabeth Egerton her second, and the Lady Katherine Egerton her third daughter; of all which children, three, viz. Mr. Henry Egerton her fifth sonne, Mrs. Frances Egerton, her eldest, and the Lady Katherine Egerton her third daughter, lye here interred, dying in their infancy; the rest are still the living pictures of their deceased mother, and the only remaining comforts of their disconsolate father. She was a Lady in whom all the accomplishments both of body and mind did concurre to make her the glory of the present, and example of future ages. Her beauty was so unparallelled, that it is as much beyond the art of the most elegant pen, as it surpassed the skill of several of the most exquisite pencills (that attempted it) to describe, and not to disparage it. She had a winning and attractive behaviour, a charming discourse, a most obliging conversation: she was so courteous and affable to all persons, that she gained their love; yet, not so familiar to expose herselfe to contempt: she was of a noble and generous soule), yet, of so meeke and humble a disposition, that never any woman, of her quality, was greater in the world's opinion, and lesse in her owne: the rich at her table daily tasted her hospitality; the poore at her gate her charity: her devotion was most exemplary, if not inimitable; witnesse (besides several other occasional! meditations and prayers, full of all the holy transports and raptures of a sanctifyed soule), her divine meditations upon every partictular chapter in the Bible, written with her owne hand, and never (till since her death), seene by any eye but her owne, and her then dear but now sorrowful husband, to the admiration both, of her eminent piety in composing and of her modesty in concealing them. She was a most affectionate and observant wife to her husband, a most tender and indulgent mother to her children, a most kind and bountifull mistresse to her family. In a word, she was so superlatively good, that language is too narrow to expresse her deserved character: Her death was as religious as her life was vertuous. On the 14th day of June, in the yeare of our Lord 1663; of her own age the 37th, she exchanged her earthly coronet for an heavenly crowne. Prov. xxxi; 28, 29. Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."
On 14th January 1665 [her daughter] Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet was born to [her husband] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 34] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 34]. She married 14th August 1684 her fifth cousin once removed Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet, son of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet, and had issue.
On 2nd January 1666 John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare [aged 70] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Gilbert [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl Clare, 3rd Baron Haughton. [her sister] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare [aged 33] by marriage Countess Clare
On 30th December 1669 [her son-in-law] Christopher Monck 2nd Duke Albemarle [aged 16] and Elizabeth "Mad Duchess" Cavendish Duchess Albermarle Duchess of Montagu [aged 15] were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 39] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 39]. He the son of George Monck 1st Duke Albemarle [aged 61] and Anne Clarges Duchess Albermarle [aged 50].
In 1672 [her brother-in-law] George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 38] and [her sister] Gertrude Pierrepont Marchioness Halifax were married. She by marriage Lady Savile of Thornhill. They were third cousins.
On 19th August 1673 [her daughter] Arabella Cavendish was born to [her husband] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 43] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 42]. She married February 1695 Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland, son of Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland and Anne Digby Countess Sunderland, and had issue.
On 25th December 1676 [her father-in-law] William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 84] died at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son [her husband] Henry [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, 2nd Earl Newcastle upon Tyne, 10th Baron Ogle.Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 46] by marriage Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne.
On 31st December 1677 [her brother-in-law] George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 44] was created 1st Viscount Halifax, 1st Baron Savile of Elland. [her sister] Gertrude Pierrepont Marchioness Halifax by marriage Viscountess Halifax.
On 17th July 1678 [her father] William Pierrepont of Thoresby [aged 70] died.
On 15th August 1678 [her sister-in-law] Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke died.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1679 [her brother-in-law] George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 45] was created 1st Earl Halifax. [her sister] Gertrude Pierrepont Marchioness Halifax by marriage Countess Halifax.
On 27th March 1679 Henry Cavendish [aged 20] and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset [aged 12] were married. She being the sole heiress of Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland she brought an enormous fortune to the marriage. She the daughter of Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland [aged 33]. He the son of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 48] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 48].
In 1680 [her brother] Gervase Pierrepont 1st Baron Pierrepont [aged 31] and [her sister-in-law] Lucy Pelham Baroness Pierrepont Hanslape Buckingham were married.
On 1st November 1680 [her son] Henry Cavendish [aged 21] died.
In 1682 [her brother-in-law] George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax [aged 48] was created 1st Marquess Halifax. [her sister] Gertrude Pierrepont Marchioness Halifax by marriage Marchioness Halifax.
On 14th August 1684 [her son-in-law] Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet [aged 39] and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess of Thanet. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 54] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 53]. He the son of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1685 [her son-in-law] John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 22] and Frances Cavendish [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 54] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 54]. He the son of John Campbell 1st Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 48] and Mary Rich.
Before 14th November 1687 Mary Beale aka Cradock [aged 54]. Portrait of Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 57].
On 4th February 1690 [her daughter] Frances Cavendish [aged 29] died.
On 1st March 1690 [her son-in-law] John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 28] and Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Clare. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 59] and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 59]. He the son of Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare and Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare [aged 57]. They were first cousins.
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 26th July 1691 [her husband] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 61] died at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire [Map]. Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, Earl Newcastle upon Tyne extinct. Baron Ogle abeyant.
On 8th September 1692 [her son-in-law] Ralph Montagu 1st Duke Montagu [aged 53] and Elizabeth "Mad Duchess" Cavendish Duchess Albermarle Duchess of Montagu [aged 38] were married at Newcastle House. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne who had died the year before and the widow of Christopher Monck 2nd Duke Albemarle. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 62].
In February 1695 [her son-in-law] Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland [aged 19] and Arabella Cavendish [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 64]. He the son of Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland [aged 53] and Anne Digby Countess Sunderland [aged 49].
On 23rd September 1695 Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 65] died.
1728. St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover [Map]. Monument to [her former husband] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne and their daughter Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne, and Charles Cavendish and Charles Cavendish sculpted by Francis Bird [aged 61].
Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne: On 22nd October 1661 she was born to Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne. On 1st March 1690 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and she were married. She by marriage Countess Clare. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne. He the son of Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare and Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare. They were first cousins. In 1694 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne was created 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne. She by marriage Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne. On 24th December 1716 Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne died. She was buried in the St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover [Map].
Charles Cavendish: Around 1626 he was born to William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne. In June 1659 Charles Cavendish died.
Charles Cavendish: he was born to William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire. On 3rd March 1671 Charles Cavendish died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Pierrepont 
7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Pierrepont 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Empson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Empson
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Thwaites
Great x 2 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Scudamore 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carrington Smith
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Smith
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harwick
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pinchbeck 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leeke of Hasland 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Vaux 
father: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Dacre 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
mother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford