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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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Paternal Family Tree: Carey
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon 1529-1607
On 21st May 1545 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 19) and [his mother] Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon (age 16) were married.
Around 1558 Edmund Carey was born to [his father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 31) and [his mother] Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon (age 29).
In July 1563 [his brother-in-law] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 27) and [his sister] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 13) were married. They were half first cousin twice removed.
In or before 1568 John Danvers (age 27) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Neville (age 17) were married. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
On 25th August 1568 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 42) was appointed Governor of Berwick on Tweed.
In 1569 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 42) was appointed Lieutenant General.
Before 1572 [his sister] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 21) was appointed First Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38).
On 12th January 1573 William Howard 1st Baron Howard (age 63) died at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. He was buried at Reigate, Surrey [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham. [his sister] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 23) by marriage Baroness Howard of Effingham.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 29th December 1574 [his brother] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 27) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 22) were married.
On 20th December 1576 [his brother] John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon (age 26) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon (age 22) were married.
In 1577 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 50) was appointed Privy Council.
On 22nd April 1577 John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape (age 57) died. He was buried at St Michaels Church, Well. Baron Latimer of Snape abeyant between daughters Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland (age 32), [his future sister-in-law] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 29), [his future sister-in-law] Lucy Neville (age 28) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Neville (age 27).
Before 1583 Edmund Carey (age 24) and Mary Crocker were married.
In 1583 [his son] Robert Carey was born to Edmund Carey (age 25) and [his wife] Mary Crocker.
In 1584 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 17) and [his sister] Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton were married. They were third cousins.
In July 1585 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 59) was appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 51).
In 1590 [his son] Ferdinando Carey was born to Edmund Carey (age 32) and [his wife] Mary Crocker at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire [Map]. He married Philippa Throckmorton and had issue.
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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In 1592 [his daughter] Anne Carey was born to Edmund Carey (age 34) and [his wife] Mary Crocker. She married 1607 William Uvedale.
On 13th June 1592 Henry Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 58) died at Carlisle, Cumberland [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas (age 25) succeeded 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton. [his sister] Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton.
On 20th August 1593 [his brother] Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth (age 33) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth (age 30) were married.
On 14th December 1595 [his mother] Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon (age 66) was appointed Keeper of Somerset House.
On 23rd July 1596 [his father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 70) died at Somerset House [Map]. Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 62) was present. She, apparently, proposed he be made Earl of Wiltshire. He refused saying... "Madam, as you did not count me worthy of this honour in life, then I shall account myself not worthy of it in death". His son [his brother] George (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baron Hunsdon. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 44) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.
In 1597 [his brother] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 50) was appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household Elizabeth I to Elizabeth I.
On 23rd April 1597 [his brother] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 50) was appointed 385th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 63).
On 16th September 1597 [his son] Thomas Carey was born to Edmund Carey (age 39) and [his wife] Mary Crocker.
On 22nd October 1597 [his brother-in-law] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 61) was created 1st Earl Nottingham. [his sister] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 47) by marriage Countess Nottingham.
In 1598 Edmund Carey (age 40) and Elizabeth Neville (age 48) were married. The marriage was, perhaps, a means of procuring a pardon for her two sons who had previously shot and killed a neighbour, and fled abroad. A payment was made to the bereaved family and the sons were allowed to return. They were fourth cousins.
In 1601 Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 58) was created 1st Earl Exeter. [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 53) by marriage Countess Exeter.
On 18th March 1601 [his step-son] Charles Danvers (age 33) and Christopher Blount (age 36) was beheaded for their part in the 1601 Essex Rebellion.
In September 1601 [his step-daughter] Eleanor Danvers (age 21) died.
On 25th February 1603 [his sister] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 53) died at Arundel House [Map]. She was buried in Chelsea Old Church on 25th April 1603.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 8th September 1603 [his brother] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 56) died. His brother [his brother] John (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baron Hunsdon. [his sister-in-law] Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon (age 49) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.
Around 1607 [his son-in-law] William Uvedale (age 26) and [his daughter] Anne Carey (age 15) were married.
On 19th January 1607 [his mother] Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon (age 78) died.
In 1609 [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 61) died.
In March 1609 [his step-son] John Danvers (age 20) and Magdalen Newport were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 17th April 1617 [his brother] John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon (age 67) died at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire [Map]. His son [his nephew] Henry (age 37) succeeded 4th Baron Hunsdon. Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 26) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.
In 1621 [his step-daughter] Lucy Danvers (age 49) died.
In 1626 [his brother] Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth (age 66) was created 1st Earl Monmouth. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth (age 63) by marriage Countess Monmouth.
On 5th January 1626 [his step-son] Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby (age 52) was created 1st Earl Danby.
In 1627 [his sister] Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton died.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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In 1627 [his daughter] Anne Carey (age 35) died.
On 10th July 1628 [his step-son] John Danvers (age 40) and Elizabeth Dauntsey were married.
In 1630 [his wife] Elizabeth Neville (age 80) died.
After 1630 Edmund Carey (age 72) and Judith Humphrey were married.
On 9th April 1634 [his son] Thomas Carey (age 36) died.
In 1637 Edmund Carey (age 79) died.
Brief Lives: Elizabeth Danvers. [716]His[CY] mother, an Italian, prodigious parts for a woman. I have heard my father's mother say that she had Chaucer at her fingers' ends.
A great politician; great witt and spirit, but revengefull[717].
Knew how to manage her estate as well as any man; understood jewells as well as any jeweller.
Very beautifull, but only short-sighted. To obtain pardons for her sonnes[718] she maryed Sir Edmund Carey, cosen-german to queen Elizabeth, but kept him to hard meate.
Smyth of Smythcotes-Naboth's vineyard-digitus Dei[CZ].
The arcanum-'traditio lampadis' in the family of Latimer[DA] of poysoning king Henry 8-from my lady Purbec.
Notes.
Note 716. MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 25.
Note 717. Aubrey, in the margin, notes 'Anne Bulleyn.'
Note 718. For the murder of Henry Long.
[CY]. i.e. Henry, earl of Danby's. She was Elizabeth, daughter of John Nevill, the last lord Latimer. 'An Italian' may mean that she knew that language, among her other accomplishments. I can make nothing of a note added by Aubrey here, which seems to read '... Cowley, crop-ear'd.'
[CZ]. I do not know to what circumstance, in the history of the Danvers family, Aubrey here applies 1 Kings xxi. 19.
[DA]. Catherine Parr, last consort of Henry VIII, was widow of John, 3rd lord Latimer; and step-mother of John, 4th lord Latimer, the father of this Elizabeth Danvers, whose grand-daughter ('viscountess Purbeck') was Aubrey's informant.
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[his daughter] Catherine Carey was born to Edmund Carey and Mary Crocker.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Carey 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Courtenay 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Orchard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christiana Orchard
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Fulford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Fulford
GrandFather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Winstone Churchill Spencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Father: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 
3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Edmund Carey 6 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: Thomas Morgan
Mother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon