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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Paternal Family Tree: Cadogan
Maternal Family Tree: Maria Skerritt 1702-1738
On 30th May 1747 [her father] Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan [aged 18] and Frances Bromley [aged 19] were married.
On 10th May 1777 [her father] Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan [aged 48] and [her mother] Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan [aged 19] were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.
On 11th July 1781 Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey was born to [her father] Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan [aged 52] and [her mother] Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan [aged 23].
On 5th July 1795 [her future husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 27] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 60] and Frances Twysden [aged 42]. He the son of [her future father-in-law] Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 51] and [her future mother-in-law] Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge [aged 53].
In 1796 [her father] Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan [aged 67] and [her mother] Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan [aged 37] were divorced for her "criminal conversation" with Rev. Mr. Cooper.
On 20th September 1803 Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 30] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan [aged 74] and Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan [aged 45]. He the son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and Anne Hill Countess Mornington [aged 61].
On 17th June 1804 [her son] Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley was born to [her husband] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 31] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 22] at Hertford Street.
On 2nd February 1806 [her son] William Henry George Wellesley was born to [her husband] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 33] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 24].
On 10th April 1806 [her brother-in-law] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 36] and Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington [aged 33] were married at Dublin [Map]. He the son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and [her mother-in-law] Anne Hill Countess Mornington [aged 63].
On 3rd April 1807 [her father] Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan [aged 78] died. His son [her half-brother] Charles [aged 57] succeeded 2nd Earl Cadogan, 2nd Viscount Chelsea, 4th Baron Cadogan. He was by then a lunatic.
In 1808 [her daughter] Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley Baroness Ebury was born to [her husband] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 34] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 26]. She married 1831 Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury, son of Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster, and had issue.
In 1809 [her son] Gerald Wellesley was born to [her husband] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 35] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 27]. He married 16th September 1856 Magdalen Robinson Montagu, daughter of Henry Robinson Montagu 6th Baron Rokeby.
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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Before 29th March 1809 [her future husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 40] and Charlotte Cadogan [aged 27] eloped.
On 29th March 1809 [her brother] Henry Cadogan [aged 29] challenged [her future husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 40] to a duel over his adulterous relationship with his sister Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 27]: 'My Lord, I hereby request you to name a time and place where I may meet you, to obtain satisfaction for the injury done myself and my whole family by your conduct to my sister. I have to add that the time must be as early as possible, and the place not in the immediate neighbourhood of London, as it is by concealment alone that I am able to evade the Police'.
Between 27th July 1809 and 28th July 1809 the Battle of Talavera, part of the Peninsular War, was fought between an Anglo Spanish army commanded by [her brother-in-law] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 40] against the French. The French army withdrew at night after several of its attacks had been repulsed. Following the battle Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington was created 1st Viscount Wellington of Talavera.
Hugh Gough 1st Viscount Gough [aged 29] commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot.
General Henry Fane [aged 30] commanded the 3rd Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards, 4th Queen's Own Dragoons.
Charles Henry Farrington 2nd Baronet [aged 14] fought.
In 1810 [her brother-in-law] Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley [aged 49] was appointed 635th Knight of the Garter by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 71].
In 1810 Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 36] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 28] were divorced by an Act of Parliament following her elopement with Henry Paget [aged 41]. Following the divorce, Wellesley was awarded £20,000 plus costs in damages against Paget.
On 4th March 1810 [her illegitimate daughter] Emily Paget Countess Sydney was born illegitimately to [her future husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 41] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 28]. If her birthdate is correct then she was born before her parents married on 19th December 1810?
On 4th April 1810 [her brother] George Cadogan 3rd Earl Cadogan [aged 26] and [her sister-in-law] Honoria Blake Countess Cadogan [aged 35] were married. He the son of [her father] Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan and [her mother] Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan [aged 52].
On 29th November 1810 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 42] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 35] were divorced by an act of Parliament as a result of his having had an affair with Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 29] whose husband Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 37] also sought a divorce.
After 29th November 1810 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 42] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan and Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan [aged 52]. He the son of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 66] and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge [aged 68].
On 17th June 1811 [her son] Clarence Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 43] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 29]. He married 1852 Martha Otway, daughter of Robert Waller Otway 1st Baronet and Clementia Holloway Lady Otway.
On 13th March 1812 [her father-in-law] Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 67] died. He was buried at Lichfield Cathedral [Map]. His son [her husband] Henry [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Earl Uxbridge, 10th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 4th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 16th June 1812 or 16th July 1812 [her daughter] Mary Paget Countess Sandwich was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 44] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 30]. She married 6th September 1838 John William Montagu 7th Earl Sandwich, son of George Montagu 6th Earl Sandwich and Louisa Lowry-Corry Countess of Sandwich, and had issue.
On 22nd July 1812 the Battle of Salamanca was fought at which an Anglo-Portuguese army under the [her former brother-in-law] Earl of Wellington [aged 43] defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces at Arapiles [Map].
Brother General Thomas Bradford [aged 34] and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hollis Bradford [aged 31] fought.
Major-General John Le Marchant [aged 46] was killed in action. Wellington is reported as saying to Le Marchant that he must take the first favourable opportunity to engage the enemy's infantry, "You must then charge at all hazards" was his final instruction. Following up the attack of the 5th Infantry Division Le Marchant led the 3rd and 4th Dragoons and the 5th Dragoon Guards in what was probably the most destructive charge made by a single brigade of cavalry in the whole Napoleonic period. The left wing of the French army were on the point of being defeated by the 3rd and 5th divisions of Anglo-Portuguese infantry when Le Marchant's dragoons charged in and destroyed battalion after battalion. Many of the French infantrymen sought the protection of the British infantry to escape the sabres of the dragoons. Le Marchant, knowing he had achieved a magnificent success, was leading a squadron against the last of the formed French infantry when he was shot and his spine broken. See Fletcher's "Galloping at Everything: The British Cavalry in the Peninsula and at Waterloo 1808-15". Spellmount, Staplehurst. ISBN 1-86227-016-3. 1999, pp. 185–188.
In 1813 [her former brother-in-law] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 43] was appointed 640th Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 50] during the Regency.
On 11th May 1814 [her former brother-in-law] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 45] was created 1st Duke Wellington. Catherine "Kitty" Pakenham Duchess Wellington [aged 41] by marriage Duchess Wellington.
In 1815 John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen [aged 46] was created 1st Baron Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire. [her sister-in-law] Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen [aged 33] by marriage Baroness Grinstead of Grinstead in Wiltshire.
On 16th June 1815 [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 47] fought and Algernon Frederick Greville [aged 16] fought.
James Hay [aged 18] was killed.
Fletcher Norton 3rd Baron Grantley [aged 16] fought.
General Mildmay Fane [aged 20] and Thomas Elmsley Croft 7th Baronet [aged 16] were wounded.
On 4th July 1815 [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 47] was created 1st Marquess Anglesey. Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 33] by marriage Marchioness Anglesey.
On 8th January 1816 Edward Crofton 3rd Baronet [aged 37] died. His son Edward [aged 9] succeeded 3rd Baronet Crofton of The Mote in Roscommon. [her step-daughter] Georgina Paget Lady Crofton [aged 15] by marriage Lady Crofton of The Mote in Roscommon.
On 29th June 1816 [her son] Alfred Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 48] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 34]. He married 1847 Cecilia Wyndham, daughter of George Thomas Wyndham of Cromer Hall Norfolk and Maria Augusta Windham Countess Listowel, and had issue.
On 26th January 1817 [her sister-in-law] Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen [aged 35] died.
On 10th April 1817 Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond [aged 25] and [her step-daughter] Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 48] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 42]. He the son of Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond [aged 52] and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond [aged 48].
In 1818 [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 49] was appointed 651st Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 55] during the Regency.
On 16th March 1818 [her son] General George Augustus Frederick Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 49] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 36]. He married (1) 27th February 1854 his first cousin Agnes Charlotte Paget, daughter of Arthur Paget and Augusta Fane Baroness Boringdon, and had issue (2) 6th February 1861 his first cousin once removed Louisa Elizabeth Heneage Countess Essex.
On 5th August 1819 [her step-son] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey [aged 22] and Eleanora Campbell were married. He the son of [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 51] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 44].
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 28th August 1819 Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond [aged 54] died. His son Charles [aged 28] succeeded 5th Duke Richmond, 5th Earl March, 5th Baron Settrington. [her step-daughter] Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond [aged 23] by marriage Duchess Richmond.
In 1820 Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Templemore [aged 22] and [her step-daughter] Augusta Paget Baroness Templemore [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 51] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 45].
In January 1820 [her daughter] Adelaide Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 51] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 38]. She married 29th November 1851 her first cousin Frederick William Cadogan, son of George Cadogan 3rd Earl Cadogan and Honoria Blake Countess Cadogan, and had issue.
Before 1821 [her former husband] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 47] and Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil Baroness Cowley were married. She the daughter of James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 72] and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 70]. He the son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and [her former mother-in-law] Anne Hill Countess Mornington [aged 78]. They were second cousin once removed.
In December 1821 [her son] Albert Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 53] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 40]. He died aged less than one years old.
In April 1822 [her son] Albert Paget died.
On 29th June 1822 Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort [aged 30] and Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort [aged 22] were married. She being the younger half-sister of his first wife Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy both of whom's mother was [her former sister-in-law] Anne Wellesley [aged 54] sister of [her former brother-in-law] Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington [aged 53]. An example of a man marrying two sisters, albeit in this case half-sisters. He the son of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort [aged 55] and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort [aged 51].
On 29th May 1823 [her son] Albert Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 55] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 41].
On 23rd April 1824 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham [aged 26] and [her step-daughter] Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 55] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 49]. He the son of Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 57] and Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham [aged 55].
On 21st May 1825 [her daughter] Eleanor Paget was born to [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 57] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 43].
On 29th October 1825 [her former brother-in-law] Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley [aged 65] and Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley [aged 37] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Wellesley. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and [her former mother-in-law] Anne Hill Countess Mornington [aged 83].
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton [aged 62], a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton [aged 30] had children.
Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley,
Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford [aged 35] married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford [aged 54],
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds [aged 32] married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds [aged 27].
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish [aged 38].
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 28th December 1825 [her step-son] Arthur Paget [aged 20] died.
In January 1828 [her former husband] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 54] was created 1st Baron Cowley. Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil Baroness Cowley by marriage Baroness Cowley.
On 7th March 1829 George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 22] and [her step-daughter] Agnes Paget [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 60] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 54]. He the son of John Byng 1st Earl Strafford [aged 57] and Mary Stevens Mackenzie.
In 1831 [her son-in-law] Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury [aged 29] and Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley Baroness Ebury [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 57] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 49]. He the son of Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 63] and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster [aged 60].
On 8th September 1831 Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Templemore [aged 34] was created 1st Baron Templemore of Templemore in Donegal during the Coronation of William IV. [her step-daughter] Augusta Paget Baroness Templemore [aged 29] by marriage Baroness Templemore of Templemore in Donegal.
On 4th August 1832 [her son-in-law] John Robert Townshend 1st Earl Sydney [aged 26] and [her illegitimate daughter] Emily Paget Countess Sydney [aged 22] were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 64] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 51].
On 23rd December 1832 [her half-brother] Charles Henry Sloane 2nd Earl Cadogan [aged 83] died unmarried in Enfield [Map]. His half brother George [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Earl Cadogan, 3rd Viscount Chelsea, 5th Baron Cadogan. Honoria Blake Countess Cadogan [aged 57] by marriage Countess Cadogan.
On 28th December 1832 Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham [aged 66] died. His son Francis [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Marquess Conyngham in Donegal, 4th Baron Conyngham, 2nd Baron Minster of Minster Abbey in Kent. [her step-daughter] Jane Paget Marchioness Conyngham [aged 34] by marriage Marchioness Conyngham in Donegal.
On 27th August 1833 [her step-son] Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey [aged 36] and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey were married. He the son of [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 65] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 58]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 19th October 1833 Edward Crofton 2nd Baron Crofton [aged 27] and [her step-daughter] Georgina Paget Lady Crofton [aged 33] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 65] and Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 58].
On 6th September 1838 [her son-in-law] John William Montagu 7th Earl Sandwich [aged 26] and Mary Paget Countess Sandwich [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Sandwich. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 70] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 57]. He the son of George Montagu 6th Earl Sandwich and Louisa Lowry-Corry Countess of Sandwich [aged 57].
On 30th June 1842 [her sister-in-law] Jane Paget Countess Galloway [aged 67] died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 26th September 1842 [her former brother-in-law] Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley [aged 82] died at Kingston House Knightsbridge, Kensington. His brother William [aged 79] succeeded 3rd Earl Mornington, 3rd Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle. Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington [aged 81] by marriage Countess Mornington.
On 22nd February 1845 [her former brother-in-law] William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington [aged 81] died. His son William [aged 56] succeeded 4th Earl Mornington, 4th Viscount Wellesley of Dangan Castle. Helena Paterson Bligh Countess Mornington by marriage Countess Mornington.
On 9th October 1845 [her step-daughter] Agnes Paget [aged 41] died.
In 1847 Alfred Paget [aged 30] and Cecilia Wyndham [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of George Thomas Wyndham of Cromer Hall Norfolk and Maria Augusta Windham Countess Listowel [aged 41]. He the son of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 78] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 65].
On 27th April 1847 [her former husband] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 74] died. His son Henry [aged 42] succeeded 2nd Baron Cowley.
On 29th November 1851 [her son-in-law] Frederick William Cadogan [aged 29] and Adelaide Paget [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 83] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 70]. He the son of George Cadogan 3rd Earl Cadogan [aged 68] and Honoria Blake Countess Cadogan. They were first cousins.
In 1852 Clarence Paget [aged 40] and Martha Otway [aged 31] were married. He the son of Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 83] and Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 70].
On 8th July 1853 Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 71] died.
On 29th April 1854 [her former husband] Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 85] died. His son [her former step-son] Henry [aged 56] succeeded 2nd Marquess Anglesey, 3rd Earl Uxbridge, 11th Baron Paget Beaudasert, 5th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey. Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey by marriage Marchioness Anglesey.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. I remember often meeting Lady Charlotte Cadogan, who ran away with Lord Anglesey; they lived together for some years until Lady Anglesey divorced her husband, and he was free to marry Lady Charlotte. Lady Anglesey, who was a daughter of the Earl of Jersey, afterwards married the sixth Duke of Argyll, but she was a great invalid and quite a cripple during the latter part of her life.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 32 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cadogan 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cadogan
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Cadogan
GrandFather: Charles Cadogan 2nd Baron Cadogan
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Waller of Groombridge
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Waller
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hardress Waller
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Waller
Father: Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Sloane
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hans Sloane 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Elizabeth Sloane Baroness Cadogan
Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Winston Churchill 
Great x 2 Grandfather: General Charles Churchill 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Drake
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Boteler 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Churchill 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Charles Churchill 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Mother: Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Walpole 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Walpole of Houghton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Barkham 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Colonel Robert Walpole
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Crane 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Crane
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Alinton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford
GrandMother: Maria Walpole
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Skerritt