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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: Stanley
Maternal Family Tree: Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury 1807-1895
In 1817 a large room was added to the Elizabethan School, Nether Alderley [Map] by the Rev. Edward Stanley. In 1908 the room was restored and presented to the parish by Lord Stanley of Alderley.
On 7th October 1826 [his father] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 23) and [his mother] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 18) were married.
On 16th May 1839 Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury was born to [his father] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 36) and [his mother] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 31).
In 1848 [his father] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 45) was created 1st Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire. [his mother] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 40) by marriage Baroness Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire.
On 23rd October 1850 [his grandfather] John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley (age 83) died. His son [his father] Edward (age 47) succeeded 2nd Baron Stanley Alderley, 8th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire. [his mother] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 42) by marriage Baroness Stanley Alderley.
In 1862 [his brother] Henry Edward Stanley 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Fabia San Roman of Seville were married. The first of three ceremonies of which the first two transpired to be bigamous.
In 1864 [his brother-in-law] George Howard 9th Earl Carlisle (age 20) and [his sister] Rosalind Frances Stanley Countess Carlisle (age 18) were married.
On 16th June 1869 [his father] Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury (age 66) died. His son [his brother] Henry (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baron Stanley Alderley, 2nd Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire, 9th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.
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 or before 1873 [his daughter] Katharine Florence Clementine Stanley was born to Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 33) and [his future wife] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley. She died aged eleven point zero zero zero zero one nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine in 1884.
On 6th February 1873 Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 33) and Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley were married.
In 1874 [his daughter] Henrietta Margaret Stanley was born to Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 34) and [his wife] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley.
On 14th September 1875 [his son] Arthur Stanley 5th Baron Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield, 4th Baron Eddisbury was born to Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 36) and [his wife] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley.
On 14th May 1878 [his son] Edward John Stanley was born to Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 38) and [his wife] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley.
On 23rd October 1879 [his son] Oliver Hugh Stanley was born to Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 40) and [his wife] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley. He married 8th July 1919 Alice Kathleen Violet Thynne, daughter of Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath and Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath, and had issue.
In 1882 [his daughter] Sylvia Laura Stanley was born to Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 42) and [his wife] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley. She married 24th April 1906 Anthony Morton Henley, son of Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington and Clara Jekyll Baroness Henley and Northington, and had issue.
In 1884 [his daughter] Katharine Florence Clementine Stanley (age 11) died.
In 1885 [his daughter] Blanche Florence Daphne Stanley was born to Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 45) and [his wife] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley.
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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In 1887 [his daughter] Beatrice Venetia Stanley was born to Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 47) and [his wife] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley. She married 26th July 1915 Edwin Montagu, son of Montagu Samuel 1st Baron Swaythling and Ellen Cohen.
On 29th March 1889 William George Howard 8th Earl Carlisle (age 81) died unmarried. His nephew [his brother-in-law] George (age 45) succeeded 9th Earl Carlisle. [his sister] Rosalind Frances Stanley Countess Carlisle (age 44) by marriage Countess Carlisle.
On 16th February 1895 [his mother] Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury (age 87) died.
On 10th December 1903 [his brother] Henry Edward Stanley 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury (age 76) died. He was buried according to Muslim rites in unconsecrated ground in the garden of the Dower House on his family's estate, Alderley Park, Cheshire [Map]. His brother Edward (age 64) succeeded 4th Baron Stanley Alderley, 3rd Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire, 10th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.
On 24th April 1906 [his son-in-law] Anthony Morton Henley (age 32) and [his daughter] Sylvia Laura Stanley (age 24) were married.
On 14th November 1908 [his son] Edward John Stanley (age 30) died unmarried.
1909. The Stanley Mausoleum, St Mary's Church [Map] was built for the 4th Lord Stanley of Alderley (age 69). The architect was Paul Phipps of London (Father of Joyce Grenfell); it is now a Grade II listed building. It is built of sandstone with a Kerridge stone-slate roof and above the door is the Stanley crest. Below the Mausoleum runs an empty crypt.
On 21st April 1909 Henry Holroyd 3rd Earl Sheffield (age 77) died unmarried. Earl Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath, Viscount Pevensey, Baron Sheffield of Dunamore in Meath and Baron Sheffield of Sheffield in Yorkshire extinct. His half first cousin once removed Edward (age 69) succeeded 4th Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon.
After 1915. Memorial to Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 75) at the Stanley Mausoleum, St Mary's Church [Map].
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 26th July 1915 [his son-in-law] Edwin Montagu (age 36) and [his daughter] Beatrice Venetia Stanley (age 28) were married. She had converted to Judaism after his proposal on 28th April 1915.
On 8th July 1919 [his son] Oliver Hugh Stanley (age 39) and [his daughter-in-law] Alice Kathleen Violet Thynne (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath (age 56) and Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath (age 50).
On 12th August 1921 [his sister] Rosalind Frances Stanley Countess Carlisle (age 76) died.
On 18th March 1925 Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury (age 85) died. His son Arthur (age 49) succeeded 5th Baron Stanley Alderley, 5th Baron Sheffield of Roscommon in Roscommon, 4th Baron Eddisbury of Winnington in Cheshire, 11th Baronet Stanley of Alderley in Cheshire.
On 4th January 1929 [his former wife] Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Stanley 2nd Baronet 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 3rd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 5th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Father: Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield
GrandMother: Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lewis Way
Great x 1 Grandmother: Abigail Way Countess Sheffield
Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Dillon 7th Viscount Dillon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Dillon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Dillon 11th Viscount Dillon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Dillon Lee 12th Viscount Dillon 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield 
Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Lee Viscountess Dillon Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hales 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Hales Countess Lichfield 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Catherine Bellings-Arundell Baroness Arundel Wardour 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon 3 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Constantine Henry Phipps
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Phipps
Great x 2 Grandfather: Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Annesley 3rd Earl Anglesey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Annesley Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Phipps 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wedig Lepell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey
Mother: Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland