Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Paternal Family Tree: Talbot
Maternal Family Tree: Katherine de la Pole 1416-1488
Around 1650 [his father] Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 27] and Anne Conyers were married. They had two children who died young. He the son of [his grandfather] John Talbot 10th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 49] and [his grandmother] Mary Fortescue Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford.
Before 24th July 1660 [his father] Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 37] and [his mother] Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan [aged 53] and [his grandmother] Anna Savage Countess Cardigan. He the son of John Talbot 10th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Fortescue Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. They were third cousin once removed.
On 24th July 1660 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury was born to [his father] Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 37] and [his mother] Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 18].
On 16th January 1668 George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham [aged 39] fought a duel at Barn Elms with [his father] Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 45] with whose wife [his mother] Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 25] he was conducting a relationship. The duel may, less plausibly, be about Talbot's first wife Anne Conyers although Pepys appears to contradict this. Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury was fatally wounded dying two months later. Following the duel George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham commenced living with Shrewsbury's wife Anne Maria. His wife Mary Fairfax Duchess Buckingham [aged 29] returned to live with her parents.
Admiral Robert Holmes [aged 46] and Jenkins acted as seconds to George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Jenkins was killed.
John Talbot of Lacock [aged 37] and Bernard Howard [aged 27] acted as seconds to Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury. Note. Bernard Howard a guess based on name and age.
On 16th March 1668 [his father] Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 45] died from wounds received duelling. He was buried at Albrighton, Shropshire. His son Charles [aged 7] succeeded 12th Earl of Shrewsbury, 12th Earl Waterford.
An alternative version of his death is that is was from heart disease. The autopsy after his death showed the sword wound was perfectly healed but his liver and heart were in a very bad state.
Before 24th June 1677 [his step-father] George Rodney Brydges and [his mother] Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan [aged 70] and [his grandmother] Anna Savage Countess Cardigan. They were fifth cousin once removed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th September 1679. My Lord Sunderland [aged 38], one of the principal Secretaries of State, invited me to dinner, where was the King's [aged 49] natural son, the Earl of Plymouth [aged 22], the Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 19], Earl of Essex [aged 47], Earl of Mulgrave [aged 31], Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Godolphin [aged 34]. After dinner I went to prayers at Eton College [Map], and visited Mr. Henry Godolphin [aged 31], fellow there, and Dr. Craddock.
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th February 1686. Many bloody and notorious duels were fought about this time. The Duke of Grafton [aged 22] kill'd Mr. Stanley, brother to the Earle of Shrewsbury [aged 25], indeede upon an almost insufferable provocation. It is to be hop'd his Ma* [aged 52] will at last severely remedy this unchristian custome. Lord Sunderland [aged 44] was now Secretary of State, President of the Council, and Premier Minister.
In 1694 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury [aged 33] was appointed 503rd Knight of the Garter by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 43] and Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland [aged 31].
On 30th April 1694 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury [aged 33] was created 1st Duke Shrewsbury, 1st Marquess Alton by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 43] in recognition of Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury 1660-1718's support of the Glorious Revolution he having been one of the signatories of the Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven.
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th May 1695. I came to Deptford, Kent [Map] from Wotton, Surrey [Map], in order to the first meeting of the Commissioners for endowing an hospital [Map] for seamen at Greenwich; it was at the Guildhall [Map], London. Present, the Archbishop of Canterbury [aged 58], Lord Keeper, Lord Privy Seal, Lord Godolphin [aged 49], Duke of Shrewsbury [aged 34], Duke of Leeds [aged 63], Earls of Dorset [aged 52] and Monmouth [aged 37], Commissioners of the Admiralty and Navy, Sir Robert Clayton, Sir Christopher Wren [aged 71], and several more. The Commission was read by Mr. Lowndes, Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, Surveyor-General.
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In 1699 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury [aged 38] was appointed Lord Chamberlain.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th April 1700. This week there was a great change of State officers. The Duke of Shrewsbury [aged 39] resigned his Lord Chamberlainship to the Earl of Jersey [aged 44], the Duke's indisposition requiring his retreat. Mr. Vernon [aged 54], Secretary of State, was put out. The Seal was taken from the Lord Chancellor Somers [aged 49], though he had been acquitted by a great majority of votes for what was charged against him in the House of Commons. This being in term time, put some stop to business, many eminent lawyers refusing to accept the office, considering the uncertainty of things in this fluctuating conjuncture. It is certain that this Chancellor was a most excellent lawyer, very learned in all polite literature, a superior pen, master of a handsome style, and of easy conversation; but he is said to make too much haste to be rich, as his predecessor, and most in place in this age did, to a more prodigious excess than was ever known. But the Commons had now so mortified the Court party, and property and liberty were so much invaded in all the neighbouring kingdoms, that their jealousy made them cautious, and every day strengthened the law which protected the people from tyranny.
On 20th April 1702 [his mother] Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 60] died.
In 1705 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury [aged 44] and Adelhida Paleotti Duchess Shrewsbury were married at Augsburg. She by marriage Duchess Shrewsbury. He the son of Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury and Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford.
In 1710 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury [aged 49] was appointed Lord Chamberlain.
On 30th July 1714 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury [aged 54] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
Before 1718. Michael Dahl [aged 58]. Portrait of Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury [aged 57].
On 1st February 1718 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury [aged 57] died. Duke Shrewsbury and Marquess Alton extinct. His first cousin Gilbert [aged 45] succeeded 13th Earl of Shrewsbury, 14th Earl Waterford.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 25 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot of Albrighton 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Troutbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Talbot 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Giffard 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Giffard
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Talbot 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Petre of Tor Newton in Devon
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Petre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colling
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Petre 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Browne 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Browne 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Keble Baroness Mountjoy
GrandFather: John Talbot 10th Earl of Shrewsbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Baskerville
Father: Francis Talbot 11th Earl of Shrewsbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fortescue 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adrian Fortescue 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Boleyn 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fortescue 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Reade
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Reade
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Fortescue 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandMother: Mary Fortescue Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Manners 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Vernon 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Vernon "King of the Peak" 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Vernon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Tailboys 9th Baron Kyme 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Tailboys 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gascoigne Baroness Kyme 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brudenell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Entwhistle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell of Doddington in Huntingdonshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Cardigan
GrandFather: Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tresham 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tresham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Parr 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Tresham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Catesby of Whiston 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Catesby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Pigot
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Tresham Countess Cardigan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Throckmorton of Coughton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Throckmorton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Vaux 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Muriel Throckmorton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hussey Baroness Hungerford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Blount 
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Mother: Anna Maria Brudenell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savage 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Savage 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Somerset 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Savage 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Manners 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Anna Savage Countess Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Darcy Chiche 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Rich
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cornwallis
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cornwallis 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jerningham 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England