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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: Charleton
Maternal Family Tree: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles
In 1370 Edward Charleton 5th was born to [his father] John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton (age 34) and [his mother] Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot (age 26). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 13th July 1374 [his father] John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton (age 38) died. His son [his brother] John (age 12) succeeded 4th Baron Cherleton.
In or before 1380 [his brother-in-law] John Strange 6th Baron Strange Knockin (age 28) and [his sister] Jane Charleton Baroness Strange Knockin (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around 1380 [his sister] Jane Charleton Baroness Strange Knockin (age 24) died.
On 7th October 1388 Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster (age 14) and [his future wife] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess March, Countess of Ulster. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 38) and [his future mother-in-law] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 38). He the son of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1397 [his mother] Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot (age 53) died.
Before 19th June 1399 Edward Charleton 5th (age 29) and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 49). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 30th September 1399 King Henry IV of England (age 32) became King of England usurping the throne of his cousin Richard II (age 32) and Richard's heir, the seven year old [his step-son] Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl of March (age 7) who was descended from Edward III's second son Lionel of Antwerp Duke of Clarence. This second usurption was to have far reaching consequences since it subsequently became the descent by which the House of York claimed precedence over the House of Lancaster being one of the causes of the Wars of the Roses.
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 35) was appointed Earl Marshal.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Around 1400 [his daughter] Joan Charleton Countess Tankerville was born to Edward Charleton 5th (age 30) and [his wife] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster (age 29). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 1418 her third cousin John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville and had issue.
Before 19th October 1401 [his brother] John Charleton 4th Baron Cherleton (age 39) and [his sister-in-law] Alice Fitzalan Baroness Cherleton were married. She by marriage Baroness Cherleton. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 19th October 1401 [his brother] John Charleton 4th Baron Cherleton (age 39) died. His brother Edward (age 31) succeeded 5th Baron Cherleton. [his wife] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster (age 31) by marriage Baroness Cherleton.
In 1404 [his daughter] Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft was born to Edward Charleton 5th (age 34) and [his wife] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster (age 33). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married (1) on or after 28th February 1422 John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft and had issue (2) after 27th January 1443 her third cousin Christopher Talbot, son of John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall.
Around 1404 [his brother-in-law] Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent (age 19) was appointed 106th Knight of the Garter by King Henry IV of England (age 36).
Before 9th August 1404 William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Joan Holland Duchess York (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and [his mother-in-law] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 54). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In October 1405 [his wife] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster (age 34) died.
After October 1405 Edward Charleton 5th (age 35) and Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley were married. She by marriage Baroness Cherleton. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.
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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Before 1408 Edward Charleton 5th (age 37) was appointed 113th Knight of the Garter by King Henry IV of England (age 40).
Chronicle of Gregory [1400-1467]. 1413. And that same year Syr John Olde Castelle was a restyde [arrested] at Wynsore and sende to the Toure of London [Map] for poyntys of heresy that he was accusyd of; and at the Frere Prechourys he was examnyd by fore alle the clargy of this realme, spyritualle and temporalle and relygyous, and he was sent unto the Toure a-yenne; and son aftyr he brake owt of the Towre and wentte in to Walys; and aftyr he was take ayen by the Lord Powes (age 43) in the tyme of Rychard Merlowe, as ye shalle hyre aftyr.
In 1418 [his son-in-law] John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 33) and [his daughter] Joan Charleton Countess Tankerville (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Tankerville. She the daughter of Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton (age 48) and [his former wife] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
After 14th March 1420 John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley (age 19) and [his wife] Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley were married at Dudley, Staffordshire.
In 1421 Edward Charleton 5th (age 51) died. Baron Cherleton abeyant between his daughters [his daughter] Joan Charleton Countess Tankerville (age 21) and [his daughter] Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft (age 17) and their heirs.
Gilbert Talbot 3rd Baron Talbot and [his mother] Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford and [his grandmother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
[his father] John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton and [his mother] Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford and [his grandmother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 7 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 7 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 7 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Charleton
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Charleton 1st Baron Cherleton
GrandFather: John Charleton 2nd Baron Cherleton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn
Great x 2 Grandfather: Owen de la Pole Mathrafal 1st Lord Powis
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Strange Princess Powys Wenwynwyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Tregoz
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise "Lady of Powys" Mathrafal Baroness Cherleton
Father: John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Mortimer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud de Braose
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Marshal 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Provence 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaumont 
2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun
GrandMother: Maud Mortimer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon de Joinville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Geneville 1st Baron Geneville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Piers Geneville
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Lacy 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Baroness Geneville
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh XI of Lusignan VI Count of La Marche II Count Angoulême 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh XII of Lusignan VII Count of La Marche III Count Angoulême 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Lusignan 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Fougères
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Fougères Countess Lusignan Countess La Marche and Angoulême
Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hervey Stafford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Stafford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronill Ferrers Stafford 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Stafford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Corbet 5th Baron Caus
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Corbet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clinton of Coleshill 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Clinton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Clinton
GrandFather: Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Basset 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Basset
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Basset 1st Baron Basset Drayton 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Somery 2nd Baron Dudley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Somery Baroness Basset Drayton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Nicole D'Aubigny Baroness Dudley 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Basset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Mother: Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Audley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Audley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertrade Mainwaring
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Longespée 
Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ela Longespée Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Idoine Camville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Braose
Great x 2 Grandmother: Iseult Mortimer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Margaret Audley Countess Stafford Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 
2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward I of England Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon 
Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon