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: Peyton
In 1580 [his father] John Peyton 1st Baronet [aged 19] and [his mother] Alice Osborne [aged 16] were married. They had six sons and five daughters.
In or after 1580 Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] John Peyton 1st Baronet [aged 19] and [his mother] Alice Osborne [aged 16].
On 24th April 1604 Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 24] and Martha Livesey were married.
On or before 2nd November 1607 [his son] John Peyton 3rd Baronet was born to Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 27] and [his wife] Martha Livesey. He was baptised on 2nd November 1607. He married (1) 31st January 1631 Mary Bellingham (2) in or after 1633 Dorothy Hobart and had issue.
On 18th March 1611 Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 31] was knighted.
In 1613 [his wife] Martha Livesey died.
Before 6th June 1614 Henry Thimblethorpe and [his future wife] Jane Calthorpe [aged 24] were married.
On 6th June 1614 Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 34] and Jane Calthorpe [aged 24] were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Around 1616 [his son] Thomas Peyton was born to Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 35] and [his wife] Jane Calthorpe [aged 26]. He married in or before 1640 his fifth cousin Elizabeth Yelverton, daughter of William Yelverton 2nd Baronet, and had issue.
In December 1616 [his father] John Peyton 1st Baronet [aged 55] died. His son Edward [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
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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In 1621 Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 40] was elected MP Cambridgeshire.
In 1625 Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 44] was elected MP Cambridgeshire.
In 1626 Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 45] was elected MP Cambridgeshire.
On 31st January 1631 [his son] John Peyton 3rd Baronet [aged 23] and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Bellingham [aged 21] were married.
In or after 1633 [his son] John Peyton 3rd Baronet [aged 25] and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Hobart [aged 16] were married.
In December 1638 [his wife] Jane Calthorpe [aged 49] died.
On 13th December 1638 Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 58] and Dorothy Minshaw were married.
In or before 1640 [his son] Thomas Peyton [aged 23] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Yelverton [aged 21] were married. They were fifth cousins.
In April 1657 Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet [aged 77] died at Wicken. He was buried at St Clement Danes. His son John [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
In or after April 1657 Reverend Edward Lowe and [his wife] Dorothy Minshaw were married.
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 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 23 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Peyton 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Peyton of Isleham in Cambridgeshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clere 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Clere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Uvedale
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clere 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hopton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hopton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wentworth 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Robert Peyton of Isleham in Cambridgeshire 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Haselden of Guilden Morden in Cambridgeshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Haselden 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Calthorpe 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Calthorpe 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 
5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: John Peyton 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Rich
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Rich
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Dinley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Dinley
GrandMother: Elizabeth Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rowland Jenks
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Jenks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich
Edward Peyton 2nd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandFather: Edward Osborne 
Mother: Alice Osborne
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hewett
GrandMother: Anne Hewett