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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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Paternal Family Tree: Grey
Maternal Family Tree: Cecily Willoughby Baroness Dudley 1463-1539
In or before 1503 Edward Grey 3rd was born to [his father] John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis (age 17) and [his mother] Margaret Dudley Baroness Grey Powis.
In 1504 [his father] John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis (age 19) died. His son Edward (age 1) succeeded 3rd Baron Grey of Powis.
In 1525 Edward Grey 3rd (age 22) and Anne Brandon Baroness Grey Powis (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Powis. She the illegitmate daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41) and Anne Browne. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry IV of England.
In 1533 Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 16) and [his sister-in-law] Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk (age 15) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Dorset. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 49) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 36). He the son of Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset and Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset (age 46). They were half second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 25th June 1533 Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 37) died at Westhorpe, Suffolk [Map]. She was buried at the monastery of St. Edmondsbury [Map] on 22nd July 1533. Her daughter [his sister-in-law] Frances (age 15) was Chief Mourner.
On 1st March 1534 [his brother-in-law] Henry Brandon (age 11) died at Southwark, Surrey [Map]. Earl Lincoln extinct.
In 1538 [his wife] Anne Brandon Baroness Grey Powis (age 31) left her husband Edward Grey 3rd (age 35) for Randal Haworth.
In 1540 Edward Grey 3rd (age 37) petitioned the Privy Council to punish his wife [his wife] Anne (age 33) for adultery, and also accused Anne and Randal Haworth of conspiring to murder him. No action was taken against Anne, and she remained with Randal Haworth; however, this scandalous arrangement caused her to be excluded from [his father-in-law] Charles Brandon's (age 56) will.
On 22nd August 1545 [his father-in-law] Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 61) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry (age 9) succeeded 2nd Duke Suffolk, 2nd Viscount Lisle.
On 2nd July 1551 Edward Grey 3rd (age 48) died of sweating sickness. Baron Grey of Powis abeyant.
By an inquisition taken at Montgomery, 5 Edward VI, 1551, after the death of Edward last Lord Powes, it appears "that Edward Grey Lord Powes in his life suffered a recovery, and made a deed of feoffment, and made a will and codicil, whereby in default of lawful issue of his own body, he limited the inheritance of his whole estate to Edward Grey, his bastard son by Jane Orwell, daughter of Sir Lewis Orwell, Knight, and the other heirs of his body, with remainders to his daughters by the said Jane Orwell, and the heirs of their bodies, successively, with remainders in fee to his own right heirs." And the jury find, that the said Edward Grey was his consanguineus et heres in remanen', which, by a decree of the Court of Wards, 27 Elizabeth, hereafter mentioned, is explained to be hæres factus. See "The Feudal Barons of Powys".
Henry Machyn's Diary. The vij day of July begane a nuw swet in London, and ... ded my lord Crumwell (deceased) in Leseter-shyre, and was bered [with a stand]ard, a baner of armes, and cote, elmett, sword, targett, and sc [ochyons, and] harold; and the sam tyme ded my lord Powes (deceased), and the x day [at W]ollwyche, sir John Lutterell (age 32), knyght, a nobull captayne.
Note. Death of lord Cromwell. Gregory lord Cromwell died on the 4th of July 1551, and was buried at Laund in Leicestershire: his mural monument there is engraved in Nichols's History of that County, vol. iii. pl. xlv.
Note. Death of lord Powis. Edward third lord Grey of Powis. The funeral of his widow, a daughter of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, occurs in p. 163.
Note. Sir John Luttrell, of Dunster castle, co. Somerset, knighted at the taking of Leith in 1547, and made a knight banneret soon after, at the taking of Yester. Just before his death he had been divorced from his wife, for Strype notices "A Commission to sir William Petre, secretary, sir Richard Read, &c. upon due proof of the manifest adultery of the lady Mary Luttrel, to separate and divorce her from sir John Luttrel her husband. Dated in June, 1551." (Memorials, Book ii. chap. 29.) She was the daughter of sir John Griffith, K.B. and was remarried to James Godolphin, of Cornwall.
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 1557 [his former wife] Anne Brandon Baroness Grey Powis (age 50) died.
[his father] John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis and [his mother] Margaret Dudley Baroness Grey Powis were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry IV of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Mowbray 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Grey 2nd Earl Tankerville 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Charleton Countess Tankerville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Grey 3rd Earl Tankerville Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry IV of England 
Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Bohun 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Antigone Lancaster Countess Tankerville Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: John Grey 1st Baron Grey of Powis 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tuchet 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tuchet 4th Baron Audley, 1st Baron Tuchet 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Abrichecourt
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Audley Heighley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Greville 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Tuchet Countess Tankerville 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Baroness Audley Heighley Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York 
Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance York Countess Gloucester Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Castile Duchess York 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Father: John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert 
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Llewellyn Brecon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dafydd Gam Brecon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon
GrandMother: Anne Herbert Baroness Grey Powis 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Crophull 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Crophull 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury
Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sutton 3rd Baron Sutton 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sutton 4th Baron Sutton 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Unknown Baroness Sutton Dudley
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Blount Baroness Sutton Dudley 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Toledo
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Sutton 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 
3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne
GrandFather: Edward Sutton 2nd Baron Dudley 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pain Tiptoft
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Aspall Baroness Tibetot
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Wrothe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joyce Tiptoft 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Mother: Margaret Dudley Baroness Grey Powis 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 4th Baron Willoughby 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Zouche Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Fitzalan Baroness Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Cecily Willoughby Baroness Dudley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of