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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: Bootle-Wilbraham
Maternal Family Tree: Harriet Kinloch Lady Cunliffe 1830
On 22nd May 1832 [his father] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 30) and [his mother] Jessy Brooke were married.
On 12th December 1837 Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom was born to [his father] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 36) and [his mother] Jessy Brooke in Blythe Hall, Lathom.
On 5th May 1844 [his father] Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (age 42) died of influenza.
On 3rd April 1853 [his grandfather] Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale died. His grandson Edward (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Skelmersdale in Lancashhire.
On 17th August 1860 Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 22) and Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon (age 60) and Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon (age 50).
On 31st May 1864 Frederick Arthur Stanley 16th Earl of Derby (age 23) and [his sister-in-law] Constance Villiers Countess Derby (age 24) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon (age 64) and [his mother-in-law] Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon (age 54). He the son of Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby (age 65) and [his aunt] Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham Countess Derby (age 59).
On 25th October 1864 [his son] Edward George Bootle Wibraham 2nd Earl Lathom was born to Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 26) and [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 23). He married 15th August 1889 his second cousin Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie Countess Lathom, daughter of William Pleydell-Bouverie 5th Earl Radnor and Helen Matilda Chaplin Countess Radnor, and had issue.
On 27th June 1870 [his father-in-law] George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon (age 70) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Edward (age 24) succeeded 5th Earl Clarendon, 5th Baron Hyde of Hindon in Wiltshire 1756.
On 6th September 1876 [his brother-in-law] Edward Villiers 5th Earl Clarendon (age 30) and Caroline Elizabeth Agar Countess Clarendon (age 19) were married at Harbridge, Someroy. She by marriage Countess Clarendon. She the daughter of James Charles Agar 3rd Earl Normanton (age 57) and Caroline Susan Augusta Barrington Countess Normanton (age 41). He the son of [his father-in-law] George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon and [his mother-in-law] Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
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 1880 Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 42) was created 1st Earl Lathom. [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 39) by marriage Countess Lathom.
The London Gazette 25558. St. James's Palace, February 10, 1886. THE Queen has been pleased to make the following appointments in Her Majesty's Household:— .
Valentine Augustus (age 60), Earl of Kenmare, K.P., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Edward (age 48), Earl of Lathom, resigned.
Charles Douglas Richard (age 45), Lord Sudeley to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of George William (age 47), Earl of Coventry, resigned.
William John, Lord Monson to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of George William (age 61), Viscount Barrington, resigned.
The Honourable Charles Robert Spencer (age 28), M.P., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Sir Henry Fletcher (age 50), Bart., M.P., resigned.
On 16th August 1887 [his son-in-law] Bishop Rupert Gascoyne-Cecil (age 24) and [his daughter] Florence Bootle Wibraham were married. They had four sons and three daughters. She the daughter of Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 49) and [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 46). He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 57) and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury (age 60). They were sixth cousins.
On 15th August 1889 [his son] Edward George Bootle Wibraham 2nd Earl Lathom (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie Countess Lathom (age 19) were married. She the daughter of William Pleydell-Bouverie 5th Earl Radnor (age 48) and Helen Matilda Chaplin Countess Radnor (age 43). He the son of Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 51) and [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 48). They were second cousins.
On 18th July 1892 [his mother] Jessy Brooke died.
The London Gazette 26321. St. James's Palace, August 25, 1892.
The Queen (age 73) has been pleased to make the following appointments in Her Majesty's Household:-
Charles Robert, Lord Carrington (age 49), G.C.M.G., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Edward, Earl of Lathom (age 54), G.C.B., resigned.
The Honourable Charles Robert Spencer (age 34), M.P., to be Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Henry George, Lord Burghley (age 42), M.P., resigned.
George William Henry, Lord Vernon (age 38), to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, in the room of Charles Alfred Worsley, Earl of Yarborough (age 33), resigned.
William, Lord Kensington (age 57), to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeoman of the Guard, in the room of William, Earl of Limerick (age 52), K.P., resigned.
On 21st April 1893 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby (age 66) died at Knowsley, Lancashire. His brother Frederick (age 52) succeeded 16th Earl Derby, 10th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. [his sister-in-law] Constance Villiers Countess Derby (age 53) by marriage Countess Derby.
In 1897 [his wife] Alice Villiers Countess Lathom (age 56) died.
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 19th November 1898 Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom (age 60) died. His son Edward (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Lathom, 3rd Baron Skelmersdale in Lancashhire. [his daughter-in-law] Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie Countess Lathom (age 29) by marriage Countess Lathom.
[his daughter] Florence Bootle Wibraham was born to Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom and Alice Villiers Countess Lathom. She married 16th August 1887 her sixth cousin Bishop Rupert Gascoyne-Cecil, son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 25 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale
Father: Richard Bootle-Wilbraham
Edward Bootle Wibraham 1st Earl Lathom 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 3rd Baronet 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Brooke 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Brooke 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Brooke 5th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Richard Brooke 6th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Foster Cunliffe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cunliffe 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Cunliffe Lady Brooke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ichabod Wright of Nottingham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Wright Lady Cunliffe
Mother: Jessy Brooke 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Foster Cunliffe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cunliffe 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Foster Cunliffe 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ichabod Wright of Nottingham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Wright Lady Cunliffe
GrandMother: Harriet Cunliffe Lady Brooke
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Kinloch 5th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Harriet Kinloch Lady Cunliffe