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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Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
1424 Marriage of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort
1424 Coronation of James I of Scotland
1428 Parliament Passes a Bill to Prevent Catherine of Valois Marrying
1437 Assassination of King James I of Scotland
1447 Death of Humphrey of Lancaster
1449 Warwick "Kingmaker" Becomes Earl of Warwick
1453 Birth of Edward of Westminster
After the First Battle of St Albans Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset was buried in the Lady Chapel, St Albans Cathedral.
On 27th November 1397 [his father] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 24] and [his mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and [his grandmother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 47]. He the illegitmate son of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 57] and Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 47]. They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1406 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset was born to [his father] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 33] and [his mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 21]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 16th March 1410 [his father] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 37] died at Hospital of St Katharine's by the Tower, Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. His son [his brother] Henry [aged 9] succeeded 2nd Earl Somerset.
In November 1411 [his step-father] Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 24] and [his mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and [his grandmother] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 61]. He the son of [his uncle] King Henry IV of England [aged 44] and Mary Bohun. They were first cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1412 [his step-father] Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 24] was created 1st Duke Clarence by [his uncle] King Henry IV of England [aged 44]. [his mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 27] by marriage Duchess Clarence.
Around 1420 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon [aged 6] and [his sister] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 11] were married. She the daughter of [his father] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 35]. He the son of Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon [aged 31] and Anne Talbot Countess Devon [aged 27]. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 16th June 1422 Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon [aged 33] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 8] succeeded 5th Earl Devon, 8th Baron Okehampton, 6th Baron Courtenay. [his sister] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 13] by marriage Countess Devon.
On 28th December 1422 Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick [aged 36] died. Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire abeyant between her daughters [his future sister-in-law] Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 18], [his future wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 14] and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 5].
On 12th February 1424 [his brother-in-law] King James I of Scotland [aged 29] and [his sister] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 20] were married at Southwark Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of [his father] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 39]. He the son of King Robert III of Scotland and Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 21st May 1424 [his brother-in-law] King James I of Scotland [aged 29] was crowned I King Scotland at Scone Abbey [Map]. [his sister] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 20] was crowned Queen Consort Scotland.
Alexander Lindsay 2nd Earl Crawford and William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton were knighted.
Before 9th September 1427 Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 19] and [his future wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 45] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1428 Parliament Passes a Bill to Prevent Catherine of Valois Marrying without the consent of the King. The Bill appears to be in response to rumours that Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England [aged 26] and Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 22] were having an affair, and were planning to marry.
On 11th June 1430 Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond was born to Owen Tudor [aged 30] and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England [aged 28] at Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire (which belonged to the Bishops of London). There was speculation [Source Unknown?] that the biological father was Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 24] with whom Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England was rumoured to have had an affair. Interesting, perhaps, that he was named Edmund rather than Owen. Interesting that he took the Royal Arms of England differenced. Also interesting that his younger brother was named Jasper; a Persian name meaning 'Keeper of the Treasure' or 'bringer of treasure' that was unknown in England before his birth. He married 1st November 1455 his half fourth cousin once removed Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond, daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset, and had issue.
On 3rd October 1431 [his brother] Thomas Beaufort Count Perche [aged 26] was killed at Louviers, Eure, Haute Normandie during the Siege of Louviers.
In or before 1432 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 25] and Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 49] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. He the son of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 46]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around 1432 [his daughter] Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 26] and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 23]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) April 1458 her second cousin once removed James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde, son of James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde (2) 1465 Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe and had issue.
In 1433 [his daughter] Joan Beaufort Baroness Howth was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 27] and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 24]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) Richard Fry (2) 1478 Robert St Lawrence 3rd Baron Howth, son of Christopher St Lawrence 2nd Baron Howth and Anne Plunkett of Ratoath in Meath.
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 24th March 1433 [his daughter] Anne Beaufort was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 27] and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 24]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married before 1466 William Paston and had issue.
In 1434 [his brother-in-law] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 8] and Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 10] were married at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map]. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. His sister [his sister-in-law] Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 7] would marry her brother Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 5] two years later. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 34] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 27]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 51] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 33]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1434 Thomas Boleyn [aged 34] is titled Magister in the commission for him to attend the Council of Basle in 1434 upon the King's affairs in the suite of Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 28].
In 1436 Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 7] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 9] were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. His sister Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 12] had previously married her brother [his brother-in-law] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 10]. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 53] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 35]. He the son of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 36] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 29]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Chronicle of Gregory. 1436. And that same year the Mayre of London sende, by the goode a-vyse and consent of craftys, sent sowdyers to Calys [Map], for it was said that the Duke of Burgone [aged 39] lay sege unto Calis. And soo he dyd son aftyr, as ye shalle hyre here after. And at the Parlyment be-fore it was ordaynyde that the Duke of Yorke [aged 24] shulde in to Fraunce with certayne lordys with him in stede of the Eegaunt. And whythe him went the Erle of Salysbury [aged 36]. Ande the Erle of Mortayne [aged 30] wente to Calys [Map] son aftyr Estyr.
And the xiiij day aftyr he made a roode in to Flaunders, and he slowe and toke xv c [1500] of Flemmyngys, and many bestys; the nombyr is more thenne I canne certaynely reherse. And a-non aftyr the Duke of Burgone layde his sege unto Calys whythe a strong ordynaunce and a mighty, with xl M [40000] men and moo. And they made grete bulworkys, and grete bastylys, and strong forty fycacy on.
In 1436 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 30] was appointed 150th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 14].
On 26th January 1436 [his son] Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 30] and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 27]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Chronicle of Gregory. 12th July 1436. Ande xij day of Juylle the Erle of Mortayne [aged 30], the lord Camyse, whythe othyr moo knyghtes and squyers went out whythe a goodely mayny unto the Bastyle, and wanne it manfully, and sette it a fyre; and in that same Bastyle was v. C. [500] men of armys, of the whyche v. c. [500] schapyd not a way the nombyr of xij [12] men, as letters made mencyon that were sente into Ingelonde. Ande a-non the Duke of Burgone [aged 39] with alle his oste fledde cowardely; and he lefte the moste parte of his stoffe and ordynance be hynde, for he hadde haste in his fleynge; for there were lefte many grete gonnys, and many of othyr ordynaunce, why the moche vytayle of flesehe, flowre, wyne, bere, and a grete nomber of barellys whythe botyr, &c.
Around 1437 [his daughter] Margaret Beaufort was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 31] and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 28]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) her second cousin Humphrey Stafford, son of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham, and had issue (2) after 1455 Richard Darrell and had issue.
On 21st February 1437 [his brother-in-law] King James I of Scotland [aged 42] was assassinated at Blackfriars. He was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth. His son [his nephew] James [aged 6] succeeded II King Scotland. His wife, [his sister] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 33], managed to escape.
In 1438 Thomas Boleyn [aged 38] was appointed Rector of Hackford next Reepham, Norfolk by Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 32].
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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Chronicle of Gregory. 1438. Ande the same year the Erle of Mortayne [aged 32] was made Erle of Dorsette, and he was sentte unto Anjoye and Mayne [Map].
In 1439 [his son] Edmund Beaufort was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 33] and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 30]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1439 [his brother] John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 36] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. He the son of [his father] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 54]. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 30th April 1439 [his father-in-law] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 57] died at Rouen, France [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 14] succeeded 14th Earl Warwick. Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 15] by marriage Countess Warwick.
In the middle of the Beauchamp Chapel [Map] lieth upon a tomb of marble, in full statue, the effigy of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in armour, all made of fine latten brass, doubly guilt.
Besides these there stand round about, his tomb, eighteen lesser images, made of brass and gilt, resembling angels, with this label: Glory and for Praise to God - Mercy to the Dead.
The Inscription about his tomb, engraved in brass, in the uncouth diction and spelling, is as follows:
Preith devoutly for the Sowel whom God assoile of one of the moost worshipful Knightes, in his Dayles of Monhode and Conning. Richard Beauchamp, late Earl of Warrewyk. Lord Despenser of Bergevenny, of mony other grete Lordships; whose Body resteth here under this Tumbe in a ful seire voute of Stone set on the bare rooch, the which visited with longe sikness in the Castel of Roan therinne deceased full cristenty the last day of April, the yer of our Lord God MCCCCXXXIX. He being at that time lieutenant, genal and goverin of the Roialmes of Fraunce, and of the Duchie of Normandie by sufficient authorite of oure Sovaigne Lord the King Harry the sixth, the which body with grete deliberacon and ful worshipful Conduit by see and by lond was brought to Warrewik the iiii day of October the yer aboveseide and was leide with ful solemne exequies in a feir Chest made of Stone in this Church, afore the west dore of this Chapel according to his last Wille and Testament therein to reste, til this Chapel by him devised in his lief were made. At the whuche Chapel founded on the rooche and alle the Membres thereof, his Executors dede fully make and apparaille, by the autorite of his said wille & Testament, and thereafter by the same autorite then dide translate ful worshipfully the seide body into the vout abouesaide; honired be God therefore.
At his head there is a great helm with a crest of a swan with a Coronet around its neck.
At his right foot a muzzled bear which features on the Beauchamp Bear and Ragged Staff badge.
At his left foot a griffin.
Over the said monument is a hearse of brass, gilt, made designedly to support a covering over the curious repository of the remains of this once great Earl.
Round about his tomb, stand fourteen images of brass, all gilt; under the feet of each of them is a coat of arms. These images are resembling fourteen lords and ladies, called weepers.
At the head of the tomb: Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick, and Lady Cecil, his wife, daughter to Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury [aged 39].
On the south side: Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury;
Edmund Beaufort [aged 33], Duke of Somerset;
Humphrey Stafford [aged 36], Duke of Buckingham;
John Talbot [aged 56], Earl of Shrewsbury;
Richard Nevil [aged 10], Earl of Warwick.
At the foot of the tomb: George Nevil [aged 32], Lord Lattimer, and Elizabeth [aged 22], his wife, daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
On the north side: Anne [aged 12], daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, wife to Richard, Earl of Warwick.
Eleanor [aged 30], daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and wife to Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset;
Anne [aged 31], daughter to Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmoreland, wife to Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham;
Margaret [aged 35], eldest daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, wife to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury;
Alice [aged 32], daughter and heiress to Thomas Montague, Earl of Salisbury, wife to Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury;
Before 21st September 1439 [his brother-in-law] James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart [aged 44] and [his sister] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of [his father] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [his mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 54].
On 27th December 1439 Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 39] died. Her son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 14] succeeded 6th Baron Burghesh.
On 31st December 1439 [his mother] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 54] died.
In 1441 [his son] John Beaufort was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 35] and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 32]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In August 1441 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 35] was created 1st Earl Dorset. [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 32] by marriage Countess Dorset. The date possibly 1441.
In 1442 [his son] Thomas Beaufort was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 36] and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1442 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 36] was created 1st Marquess Dorset. [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] by marriage Marchioness Dorset.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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In 1442 John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 59] was created 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl Waterford. [his sister-in-law] Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 38] by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.
In 1443 [his daughter] Elizabeth Beaufort was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 37] and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 34]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married before 1472 Henry Fitzlewis and had issue.
On 28th August 1443 [his brother] John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 40] was created 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal by King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 21]. [his sister-in-law] Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 28th May 1444 the Treaty of Tours was concluded. The terms included the marriage of King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 22] and Margaret of Anjou [aged 14] in return for which England ceded the strategically important French County of Maine to France; she brought no dowry. The Treaty was negotiated by William de la Pole Duke of Suffolk [aged 47]. The cessation of Maine subsequently came as something of surprise to Edmund Beaufort Earl Somerset [aged 38] who was its Governor. He, Somerset, was offered the Governorship of Normandy instead leading to a further rift between Somerset and Richard Duke of York [aged 32] who had already been offered Normandy. These seeds of the Wars of the Roses were falling on fertile ground.
On 30th May 1444 John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 41] committed suicide. Suicide not certain but likely. Duke Somerset, Earl Kendal extinct. His brother Edmund [aged 38] succeeded 4th Earl Somerset. Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 35] by marriage Countess Somerset.
His only child Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond aged one was his heir. King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 22] granted her wardship to William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 47] who married her to his son John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk [aged 1].
On 14th April 1445 [his brother-in-law] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 20] was created 1st Duke Warwick by his third cousin King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 23]. Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 21] by marriage Duchess Warwick.
On 15th July 1445 [his sister] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 41] died at Dunbar Castle, Dunbar. She was buried at Perth Charterhouse.
On 11th June 1446 [his brother-in-law] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 21] died at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. Duke Warwick extinct. His daughter Anne [aged 2] succeeded 15th Countess Warwick, 7th Baroness Burghesh.
On 20th February 1447 Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 56] was arrested on a charge of treason by John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 37], Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 44], Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 41], Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 47] and Ralph Boteler 6th and 1st Baron Sudeley [aged 58].
An English Chronicle. [20th February 1447]. And the iij. day aftir, the lord Beaumount [aged 37] with othir, that is to say, the duke of Bukynghame [aged 44], the duke of Somerset [aged 41], and othir, cam to the said duke of Gloucestre and arestid him: and thanne were certayn of the kyngis hous commaunded to waite on him.
On 31st March 1448 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 42] was created 1st Duke Somerset. He is sometimes referred to as the 2nd Duke Somerset since his brother John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset was the 1st Duke Somerset of the first creation. Edmund didn't inherit the Dukedom from his brother; it was a new creation. His did inherit the Earldom.
In 1449 [his sister] Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon [aged 40] 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 1449 John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 21] and Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 25] were married. Her second marriage; her first husband [his brother-in-law] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick had died three years earlier - she was a wealthy widow. She died a year later. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 49] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 42]. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 3rd June 1449 Anne Beauchamp 15th Countess Warwick [aged 5] died at Ewelme, Oxfordshire aged four whilst in the care of Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk [aged 45]. She was buried at Reading Abbey, Berkshire [Map]. Baron Burghesh abeyant between her three-half aunts and her full aunt [his sister-in-law] Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 22]. It isn't clear why the barony was not subject to the same legal dispute that the Earldom of Warwick was subject to - see following.
After a prolonged legal dispute between her three half-aunts, Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 45], Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 40], Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 32] and her full aunt Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick, the courts decided her full aunt Anne Beauchamp should succeed. Anne Beauchamp succeeded 16th Countess Warwick. Her husband Richard Neville [aged 20] by marriage Earl Warwick; the first step on his journey to becoming Kingmaker.
The decision of the court was not subscribed to by Edmund Beaufort Earl Somerset [aged 43] who was married to Anne's half-sister Eleanor; he wanted his share of the considerable Beauchamp inheritance.
Chronicle of Gregory. 2nd February 1450. Ande the same year, on Candylmas daye, the King was at Cauntyrbury, and whythe him was the Duke of Excetyr [aged 19], the Duke of Somersette [aged 44], my Lord of Schrofuysbury [aged 67], whythe many moo othyr lordys and many justyces; and there they helde the cessyons iiij dayes, and there were dampnyde many men of the captayne is men for her rysyng, and for her talkyng a gayne the kyng, havynge more favyr unto the Duke of Yorke [aged 38] thenne unto the King. And the dampnyde men were drawe, hanggyde, and quarteryde, but they were pardonnyde to be buryde, botlie her quarters of bodys and her heddys with alle.
Chronicle of Gregory. 2nd December 1450. Ande that same year, the ij day of Decembyr, the Duke of Somersett [aged 44] was a-tachide in the Fryer Prechourys at London. And that day he was robbyde of alle his goodys, and his jewyllys were takyn and borne a-way by lordys mayny. Ande in the morowe they dyspoylyd the placys and longgynges of many dyvers lordys, and they bare away alle the goodys that were with ynne hem, that is to say, Syr Thomas Stodenham [aged 49]a, a thenne beynge wardroper, Syr Thomas Hoo [aged 54] the lord Hastynge, some tyme the Chambyrlayne of Normandy.
Note a. Todenham.
In October 1453 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 47] was imprisoned by Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 42] at Tower of London [Map].
On 13th October 1453 Edward of Westminster Prince of Wales was born to Henry VI [aged 31] and Margaret of Anjou [aged 23] at Westminster Palace [Map]. King Henry had suffered his first bout of mental illness three months before. When presented with Prince in January 1454 he made no response - see Paston Letters Volume 2 235. A letter from Prospero di Camulio, Milanese Ambassador to the Court of France, etc., to Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan makes reference to Henry having said that the child "must be the son of the Holy Spirit".
In 1459 the English Chronicle makes reference to Edward being illegitimate eight years after his birth... "The quene was defamed and desclaundered, that he that was called Prince, was nat hir sone, but a bastard goten in avoutry [adultery]"
Various online sources suggest the child was fathered by either Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 47] or his son-in-law James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 32] without referring to contemporarty sources. He married 13th December 1470 his half third cousin Anne Neville Queen Consort England, daughter of Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury and Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick.
An English Chronicle. 13th October 1453. The xxxij. yere of kyng Harry, and the yere of oure Lorde M1.iiijc.liiij. [Prince Edward was born Saturday 13th October, feast of translation of Edw. Conf. 1453.] on the Saturday the xiiij. day of Octobre, in the feste of seynt Edwarde the Confessoure, was bore at Westmynstre Edward the furst sone of kyng Harry [aged 31]; whoos godfadres were master Johan Kempe [aged 73], archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and bysshoppe cardinal of Rome, and Edmunde [aged 47] duke of Somerset, his godmother was the duchesse of Buckynghame [aged 45]: and master William Wayneflete [aged 55], bysshop of Wynchestre, hym baptized.
Before 1455 [his step-son] Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 27] and Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros of Helmsley [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. He the son of Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley and [his wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 46]. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
After 1455 [his son-in-law] Richard Darrell [aged 26] and Margaret Beaufort [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 49] and Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 46].
In January 1455 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 49] was appointed Captain of Calais.
In January 1455 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 49] was released by King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 33].
On 22nd May 1455 the Wars of the Roses commenced with the First Battle of St Albans. Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 43] commanded with Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 26], Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 55], Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham [aged 40] and Walter Strickland [aged 44].
The Lancastrians...
Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 49] was killed. His son Henry [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Duke Somerset, 2nd Marquess Dorset, 5th Earl Somerset, 2nd Earl Dorset. Note his father is frequently incorrectly referred to as the second Duke and Henry as the third Duke. His father's Dukedom, however, was a new creation.
Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland [aged 62] was killed. His son Henry [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Earl of Northumberland, 6th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 14th Baron Percy of Topcliffe. Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland [aged 33] by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford [aged 41] was killed. His son John [aged 20] succeeded 9th Baron de Clifford, 9th Lord Skipton. Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford [aged 21] by marriage Baroness de Clifford.
William Cotton [aged 45] and Richard Fortescue [aged 41] were killed.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 52] was wounded and captured.
King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 33], John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley [aged 54] and Edmund Sutton [aged 30] were captured.
Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset was wounded. James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 34] and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 55] fought.
Richard Cotton of Hampstall Ridware [aged 51] and his son William Cotton of Connington in Huntingdonshire [aged 27] were killed.
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Chronicle of Jean de Waurin Books 3-5 [1400-1474]. [22nd May 1455]. Then the two forces, seeing each other and advancing, began to march, and each side fired so accurately that from the arrows and gunpowder the horses kicked up, the air became so thick that the sun lost its brightness. The battle was so terrible that there was no one who spared brother or cousin, so much so that in the end the King lost the day. Some say, as I was informed, that the King was wounded by an arrow in the arm, and the Duke of Somerset [aged 49], the Earl of Northumberland [aged 62], Lord Clifford [aged 41], and many other great lords and gentlemen died in the battle.
And the King was taken by some of his men towards London, but the Duke of York [aged 43] did not pursue him; rather, very pleased with his victory, he returned to York with the two earls mentioned above.
Lors les deux puissances voians et advisans lune lautre commencerent a marchier, et chascun de sa partie tyrer si onniement que, du trait et de la pouldriere que faisoient les chevaulz, lair sespessy telement que le solleil en perdy sa clarete. Tant fut horrible celle bataille quil ny avoit cellui quy espargnast frere ne cousin telement que en fin le roy perdy la journee, et dient les aulcuns, comme je feus adverty, que le roy y fut blechie dune flesche ou bras, et y morurent le duc de Sombresset, le comte de Northumbelland, le seigneur de Cliffort et plusieurs autres grans seigneurs et gentilz hommes.
Et le roy fut par aulcuns des siens emmenez vers Londres, mais le duc dYorc ne le poursievy pas, anchois moult joieulz de sa victore sen retourna a Yorc avec les deux comtes cy dessus nommez.
William of Worcester Itineraries. [22nd May 1455] 169. At the journey of St Albans against the Duke of York, near London, about three miliaria away: the King, John Duke of Norfolk, Humphrey of Buckingham [aged 52], Edmund Duke of Somerset [aged 49], Henry Duke of Exeter [aged 24], Earl Warwick Neville [aged 26], John Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 37], Earl Salisbury [aged 55], Viscount Beaumount [aged 45].
Apud le jorney de Wenlyngg1 contra ducem Ebor. prope London per iii. miliaria. Rex, Johannes dux Norff, Humfridus dux Bokyngham, Edmundus dux Somerset, Henricus dux Excestre, Comes Warwici Nevyle, Johannes Comes de Shrewysbery, Comes Sarum, Vicont Beaumont.
Note 1. The place-name may be Intended for "Waecthing[ceaster] i.e. St. Albans. I owe this interesting suggestion to Professor Bruce Dickins.
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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After 22nd May 1455 Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [deceased], Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland [deceased] and Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford [deceased] were buried at St Albans Cathedral [Map].
Chronicle of Gregory. 25th March 1458. Ande this same year at Covyntre there was made a pesse [Note. peace] by-twyne the [his son] Duke of Somersett Harry [aged 22], and the Earl of Saulysbury [aged 58], and the Erle of Warwycke [aged 29], for the dethe of his fadyr Duke of Somersette, that the Duke of Yorke [aged 46] put to dethe at Synt Albonys. And this tretys was made at Covyntre, in the holy tyme of Lentyn, by the mene of Kyng Harry the VI. And alle that holy tyme of Lentyn there might noo mane man that shulde preche by-fore the King, but that he shulde shewe his sarmon in wrytyng, were he docter or other, in so moche the lordys woldys A B C wolde assygne what he schulde say, as for any thynge that longyd unto the common wele, and yf he passyd her commaundement he schulde lese his costys, and goo as he come, withowte mete and drynge. But a becheler of holy devynyte come to that cytte, and whenn he come to preche byfore the kyng, as Maystyr Wylliam Saye, Dene of Poulys and Dene of the kyngys chapylle, hadde desyryd and asygnyd, A B C axyd his name, and his name was Mayster Wylliam Ive, at that tyme beyng at Wynchester in Wycham is college. And A B C said that they moste nedys se his sarmon and his purposse, that he was a vysyd to say by-fore the King the Sonday nexte comynge. And he full goodly toke them his papyr; and they seyng and redynge his papyr, commaundyd to leve out and put a way many troughtys. But that same Mayster Wylliam Ive said but lytylle, but whenn he come to pulpyt he sparyd not to sayd the troughthe, and reportyd by-fore the kyng that A B C made the sarmonys that were said fore, and not thoo that prechyd, and that causyd that þe men that prechyd hadde but sympylle sarmons, for her purposse was alle turnyde upsodowne 3 and that they hadde made love days as Judas made whythe a cosseb with Cryste for they cyste ovyr the mane. The grete rewarde that he hadde for his labyr was the rydyng of viij xx myle yn and out for his travayle, and alle his frendys full sory for hym. But qui veritatem dicit caput fractum habebit, &c. And that same year alle thes lordys departyd from the Parlyment, but they come nevyr alle togedyr after that tyme to noo Parlyment nor conselle, but yf it were in fylde with spere and schylde.
Note b. kiss.
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On 6th March 1468 [his former wife] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 59] died at Baynard's Castle [Map].
[his daughter] Mary Beaufort was born to Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset and Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Chronicle of Gregory. The chaptaynys of this fylde undyr the Duke of Yorke was the Erle of Warwyke, the Erle of Saulysbury. And in that batayle wer slayne the Duke of Somersett, the Erle of Northehomerlonde, the Lord Clyfforde, with many moo othyr, bo the of gentylle men and yemen. And the King lete alle this mater be in a dormon a grete and a long tyme aftyr, as ye shalle hyre, for it was noo seson to trete of pesse, for some were welle contente and some evylle plesyd, but at the laste the pepylle said that the Duke of Somersett was worthy to suffer that dethe by so moche that he brought Kyng Harry at Claryngdon be-syde Saulysbury and there he toke his grete sekenys.
Note b. Sir James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond. The writer is wrong in saying that he was made Earl of Wiltshire after the battle. He was created Earl of Wiltshire in 1449, and succeeded to the earldom of Ormond in 1452.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England 
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Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England 
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward II of England Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon 
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Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I King Navarre 
4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Avesnes I Count Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainaut 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Father: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet 
GrandMother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thurstan de Holland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert de Holand of Upholland 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Zouche 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Longespée Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Segrave
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Lucy 
GrandFather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of France Queen Consort England 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Wake 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo 
5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Vere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
GrandMother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick