The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Paternal Family Tree: Stanley
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bettershorne 1353-1427
1532 Coronation of Anne Boleyn
1532 Henry VIII and Francis I meet at Calais
1533 Birth and Christening of Elizabeth I
1536 Trial of Anne and George Boleyn
1554 Marriage of Queen Mary with Philip II of Spain
In 1498 Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby and Elizabeth Welles [aged 9] were betrothed. She died late that year.
On 17th December 1505 [his father] Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby [aged 20] and [his mother] Anne Hastings Countess Derby [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 10th May 1509 Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby was born to [his father] Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby [aged 24] and [his mother] Anne Hastings Countess Derby [aged 24]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.91%.
On 23rd May 1521 [his father] Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby [aged 36] died. His son Edward [aged 12] succeeded 3rd Earl Derby, 11th Baron Strange Knockin, 7th Baron Mohun of Dunster, 4th Baron Stanley. [his future wife] Katherine Howard Countess Derby [aged 6] by marriage Countess Derby.
In or before 1530 Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 20] and Katherine Howard Countess Derby [aged 14] were married without the King's permission. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 56] and Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 32]. He the son of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby and Anne Hastings Countess Derby [aged 44]. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 15th March 1530 [his wife] Katherine Howard Countess Derby [aged 15] died of plague.
Before September 1531 Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 22] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 54]. He the son of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby and Anne Hastings Countess Derby [aged 46]. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In September 1531 [his son] Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby was born to Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 22] and [his wife] Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 20] at Lathom, Lancashire. He married 7th February 1555 his fourth cousin Margaret Clifford Countess Derby, daughter of Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland, and had issue.
Around 1532 Hans Holbein The Younger [aged 35]. Drawing of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 22].
The Noble Triumphant Coronacyon of Quene Anne. 30th May 1532. The fryday made Knyghtes of the Bathe xix whose names foloweth.
Also on fryday the thirteth day of Maye the Kynge treated and made in the towre of London, nineteen noble men Knyghtes of the bathe whose names folowe.
The lorde Marques Dorset [aged 15].
The erle of Derby [aged 23].
The lorde Clyfforde [aged 15] sone aud heyre to therle of Cumberlande [aged 39].
The lorde Fitzwater sone and heyre to therle of Sussex.
The lorde Hastynges sone and heyre to therle of Huntyngton.
The Lorde Barkelay.
The lorde Mountagle.
The lorde Vaux.
Syr Henry Parker sone and heyre to the lorde Morley.
Syr Wyllyam Wyndsour sone and heyre to the lorde Wyndesour.
Syr John Mordant sone and heyre to the lorde Mordant.
Syr Fraunces Weston.
Syr Thomas Aroundell.
Syr Johan Hudelston.
Syr Thomas Ponynges.
Syr Henry Sauell.
Syr George Fitz Wyllyam of Lyncolne shire.
Syr Johan Tyndall.
Syr Thomas Jermey.
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 1st June 1533. Memorandum, the first dale of June,d Queene Anne [aged 32] was brought from Westminster Hall to the Abbey of Sainct Peeter's [Map] with procession, all the monkes of Westminster going in rytch copes of golde with 13 abbotts mitred; and after them all the Kinges Chappell in rych copes with fower bushopps and tow archbishopps mittred, and all the Lordes going in their Perliament roabes,e and the crowne borne afore her by the Duke of Suffolke [aged 49], and her tow sceptres by tow Earles, and she herself going under a rytch canapie of cloath of golde, apparailed in a kirtell of crymson velvett powdred with ermyns, and a robe of purple velvett furred with powdred ermines over that, and a rich cronett with a calla of pearles and stones on her hedde, and the olde [his mother-in-law] Dutches of Norfolke [aged 56]b bearing upp her traine in a robe of scarlett with a cronett of golde on her bonett, and the Lorde Boroughe,c the Queenes Chamberlaine, staying the traine in the middes; and after her tenne ladies following in robes of scarlett furred with ermins and rounde cronettes of golde on their heades; and next after theim all the Queenes maides in gownes of scarlett edged with white lettushe furre; and so was shee brought to Sainct Peeters Church [Map] at Westminster, and their sett in her seate riall, which was made on a high scaffolde before the highe aulter; and their shee was anoynted and crowned Queene of Englande by the Archbishopp of Canterberied1 and the Archbishoppe of Yorke, and so sate crowned in her seate riall all the masse, and offred also at the said masse; and the masse donne, they departed everie man in their degrees to Westminster Hall [Map], she going still under the cannapie crowned with towe septers in hir handes, my Lorde of Wilshire, her father,e1 and the Lorde Talbottf leadinge her, and so theire dynned; wheras was made the most honorable feast that hath beene seene.
The great hall at Westminster was rytchlie hanged with rych cloath of Arras, and a table sett at the upper ende of the hall, going upp twelve greeses,a2 where the Queene dyned; and a rytch cloath of estate hanged over her heade; and also fower other tables alongest the hall; and it was rayled on everie side, from the highe deasse in Westminster Hall to the scaffold in the church in the Abbaj.
And when she went to church to her coronation their was a raye cloath,b2 blew, spreed from the highe dessesc of the Kinges Benche unto the high alter of Westminster, wheron she wente.
Note B. the [his brother-in-law] Lorde William Howard, Lord Chamberlen [aged 23], in a purse of crymsen silk and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
And when the Queenes grace had washed her handes, then came the Duke of Suffolke, High Constable that daie and stewarde of the feast, ryding on horsebacke rytchlie apparailed and trapped, and with him, also ridinge on horsebacke, the Lorde William Howarde as deputie for the [his former father-in-law] Duke of Norfolke [aged 60] in the romthd2 of the Marshall of Englande, and the Queenes servicee2 following them with the Archbishopps, a certaine space betwene which was bornef2 all by knightes, the Archbishopp sitting at the Queenes borde, at the ende, on her left hande.g2 The Earle of Sussex [aged 50] was sewer, the Earle of Essex carver, the Earle of Darbie [aged 24] cuppbearer, the Earle of Arrondell [aged 57] butler, the Viscount Lisle [aged 69] pantler, the Lord Gray almoner.
Att one of the fower tables sate all the noble ladies all on one side of the hall, at the second table the noble men, at the thirde table the Major of Londonh2 with the Aldermen, att the fowerth table the Barons of the Fortes with the Masters of the Chauncerie. The goodlie dishes with the delicate meates and the settles which were all gilt, with the noble service that daie done by great men of the realme, the goodlie sweete armonie of minstrells with other thinges were to long to expresse, which was a goodlie sight to see and beholde.
And when shee had dined and washed her handes she stoode a while under the canopie of estate, and behelde throwghe the hall, and then were spices brought with other delicates, which were borne all in great high plates of gold, wherof shee tooke a litle refection, and the residue geavinge among the lordes and ladies; and that donne she departed up to the White Hall, and their changed her apparell, and so departed secreetlie by water to Yorke Place [Map], which is called White Hall, and their laie all night.
Note d. Whitsanday. Compare this with the account of the receiving and coronation of Anne Boleyn in MS. Harleian. Cod. 41, arts. 2-5, and MS. Harleian. 543, fol. 119.
Note e. Henry's [aged 41] first wife, Katharine of Aragon [aged 47], was crowned with him, and a magnificent ceremony was ordained for her successful rival Anne Boleyn, but none of the other wives of Henry were honoured with a coronation.
Note a. A caul was a kind of net in which women inclosed their hair.
Note b. Grandmother of Anne Boleyn, being widow of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, whose daughter Elizabeth [aged 53] married Sir Thomas Boleyn [aged 56], afterwards Earl of Wiltshire, the father of Anne.
Note. b, immediately above, appears to be a mistake? The grandmother of Anne Boleyn was Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey, first wife of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk. He, Thomas, married secondly his first wife's first cousin Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk who must be the old Duchess of Norfolk referred to since Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey died in Apr 1497.
Note c. Thomas, Lord Bnrgh of Gainsboroogh [aged 45].
d1. In Sir Henry Ellis's Collection of Original Letters occurs a very interesting letter written by Cranmer to the English ambassador at the Emperor's court, giving his own account of the pronouncing of sentence on Katharine and of the coronation of Anne Boleyn.
e1. Anne Boleyn's father had been created Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond on the 8th December, 1529.
a2. Steps or stain, Latin gressus.
b2. Striped cloth.
Note c. Desks.
d2. Room.
e2. Suite.
f2. Occupied.
g2. Stow expressly states that Archbishop Cranmer sat on the right hand of the Queen at the table's end. Ed. 1631, p. 567.
h2. Sir Stephen Pecocke.
Before 1st September 1532 [his brother-in-law] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 49] and [his sister] Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex were married. She by marriage Countess of Sussex. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby and [his mother] Anne Hastings Countess Derby [aged 47]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Chronicle of Edward Hall [1496-1548]. [10th October 1532]. The 10th day of October, the King came to Dover, and on the 11th day in the morning being Friday, at three of the clock, he took ship in Dover Road, and before ten of the clock the same day, he with the lady Marchioness of Pembroke [aged 31], landed at Calais, where he was honourably received with procession, and brought to Saint Nicholas church, where he heard Mass, and so to his place called The Exchequer, where he lodged. And on the Sunday after came to Calais, the Lorde Roche Baron, and Monsieur de Mountpesat, messengers from the French King, advertising the King of England, that the French King would repair to Abuile the same night marching towards Boulogne, of which tidings the King was very glad, but suddenly came a messenger, and reported that the great Master of France, and the Archbishop of Rouen, with diverse noble men of France, were come to Sandifeld, intending to come to Calais, to salute the King, from the King their Master. He being thereof advertised, sent in great haste the fifteenth day of October, the Duke of Norfolk, the Marques of Exeter [aged 36], the Earles of Oxford [aged 61], Derby [aged 23], and Rutland [aged 40], the Lord Sandys, and the Lord Fitzwater, with three hundred gentlemen, which honourably received the French Lords, at the English pale, and so brought them to the King's presence in Calais, which stood under a rich clothe of estate of such value that they much mused of the riches. The King (as he that knew all honour and nurture) received the French Lords, very lovingly and amiably, and with them took a day and place of meeting: these Lords were highly feasted, and after diner departed to Boulogne.
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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The Maner of the Triumphe at Caleys and Bulleyn. 11th October 1532. I1 will certyfye you of our newes in the partyes of Calais. Fyrst the xj. day of October whiche was Fryday in the mornyng at. v. of the clocke the kynges grace toke his Shyppe called the Swallowe and so came to Caleys by. x. of the clocke. And there he was receyved with processyon and with the mayre and the lorde delite and all the speres [knights] and the sowdyours in araye with a greate peale of gonnes and laye in Caleys tyll the Sondaye seuenyght after. And on the. xvj. day of October my [his former father-in-law] lorde of Norffolke [aged 59] accompanyed with my lord of Darby [aged 23] and a great nombre of gentilmen besydes mette with the great mayster of Fraunce vj. myles fro Calays at the englysshe pale the sayd great mayster hauynge two greate lordes in his company of theyr ordre and a hondred gentylmen attendynge vpon them. And there my lorde of Norffolke and the greate mayster deuysed the place where the two kynges sholde mete whiche was at Sandyngfelde. And that done they wente bothe to Caleys with theyr companyes. And the sayd greate mayster with dyuerse other straungers dyned that daye with ye Kynge. And after dyner my lorde of Norffolke brought them forth on theyr way a myle or two and so departed for that tyme.
Note 1. In the Second Edition, the text begins with:
The names of the noble men of Fraunce.
Fyrst the frensshe Kynge.
The kynge of Nauerne [Henry d'Albret, King of Navarre [aged 29]]
The Dolphyn Duke of Brytayne Frauncys [aged 14].
The duke of Orlyaunce Henry [aged 13].
The duke of Angoulesme Charles [aged 10].
The duke of Vendosme Charles [aged 43].
The duke of Guyse [aged 35].
The duke of Longouille [aged 22].
The cardynall of Burbon.
The cardynall of Lorrayne [aged 34]
The Legate and cardynall chaunceler of Fraunce Antony de prayt [aged 69].
The cardynal tournon.
The cardynal gramond [aged 46].
The marques of Lorayne de pont.
The marques of Rochelyne.
The two sonnes of the duke of Vendosme.
The sone of the duke of Guyse conte damualle. [D'Aumale]
The conte of saynt Poule Frauncys ile Burbon.
The conte of Neuers.
The conute [sic] Loys de Neuers conte danseore.
The lorde marshal! seigneur de Floraynge.
The lorde myrepois marshall de la foy. [A descendant of Guy de Lews, -who -was elected marshall of the Crusaders "who marched against the jilbigenses; hence his successors -were all called Marec/iaux de la Foi. He received the lands of Afire foix, in Languedoc, in return for hit services. The family became very illustrious, and tve refer readers ivho have the time and patience to study a very curious piece of family history, to the turnings of Carrier and Lognac.]
The conte de porsean.
The conte de bresne.
The conte de tonnore. [The Comte de Tonnerre.]
The conte de sensare.
The conte de grant pre.
The conte d'apremont.
The lorde greate mayster Anne de Momerancy [aged 39].
The lorde admarald Philyp Schabbot [aged 40].
The lorde grand esquyer Galliot.
The prynce of molse.
The conte de tande. [This is undoubtedly Honorat, son of Pillars, Comte de Tende, natural son of Philip, duke of Sairoy. Villars had been killed at Pavia in 1525. Honorat's daughter married the great duke de Mayenne.]
The conte de villars. [Andre de Brancas, contte de Villars.]
The conte de estampes Johan de la berre. [Jean de Berri, ccmte d'Etampes,]
The conte de chambre. [Chambery?]
The lorde canamples.
The lorde barbeluiez.
The lorde hummeres. [Probably Henry de Cre'vant d'Humieres, ancestor of the celebrated marechal d' Humiercs.]
The lorde roche piot.
The lorde of saynt Andrews.
The lorde montigeu.
The lorde roche guyon.
The lorde piennes.
The lorde pontremy.
Monsieur de longe.
Monsieur de belley. Probably Martin du Bel/ay, prince a" T-vetot.
The archebysshop of Roan.
The archebysshop of Vienne.
The bysshop of Lyseures.
The bysshop of Langres.
The bysshop of Charttres.
The bysshop of Lymoges.
The bysshop of beauuoys.
The bysshop of Auuergne.
The bysshop of Macon.
The bysshop of Castres.
The bysshop of Paris.
The bysshop of Angoulesme.
And as concernynge the nobles and ryall states of this realme it necleth not to expresse by name.
Calais in the Hands of the English. [11th October 1532]. The xj. day of Octobar Henry the Eighth kynge of England landyd at Caleis, with the duke of Richemond his bastard sonne, the duke of Norfolke lord tresorar of England, the duke of Suffolke, the bysshope of Wynchestar [aged 49], the bysshope of London [aged 57], the bysshope of Lyncolne [aged 59], the bysshope of Bathe, the marques of Exceter [aged 36], the erle of Derbye [aged 23], the erle of Arundell [aged 56], the erle of Oxenforde [aged 61], the [his former brother-in-law] erle of Surrey [aged 16], the erle of Rutland [aged 40], the vicount Lisle [aged 68] kynge Edward the Fowrthes bastard sone, the lorde Matrevers, the lord Sands lord chambarlen of the kyng's howse, the lord William Howard, the lorde Braye, the lorde Montague, the lord Cobham, the lord Mordante, the lord Dawbney, the lorde Greye, the lorde Clinton, the lorde Vauxe, the lorde Mountegle, the lorde Rocheforde, with dyvars other lords, ser William Fitzwilliam tresurar of the kyng's howse, ser William Pallett comptrowlar of the kyng's howse, ser William Kyngston capitayne of the garde, ser John Page, ser James Boleyne, ser Anthony Browne, ser Edward Nevell knight herberjur, ser Thomas Cheny, ser John Russell, ser Richard Page, ser Raffe Eldercare, ser Edward Baynton, ser Edward Santener, ser Griffethe Doon, ser John Dudley, ser John Semer, ser Henry Longe, ser Anthony Hungarford, ser John Bruges, ser Arthur Hopton, ser Anthony Wyngfilde, ser William Paston, ser Edmond Bedingfeld, ser Thomas Strange, ser William Hawte, ser Edward Wotton, ser William Askughe, ser John Markam, ser William Baryngton, ser William Essex, ser Gyles Strangweis, ser Edward Chamberleyne, ser Giles Caple, ser John Seint John, ser Waltar Hungarford, ser William Gascoyne, ser Lionell Norreis, ser Edward Boleyne, ser Thomas Lisle, ser John Assheton, ser Thomas Palmar, ser William Boleyne, ser William Finche, ser William Pellam, ser Thomas Rotherham, ser John Norton, ser Richard Sands, ser John Nevell, and xxx. esquyers de quyrry and many gentlemen; every duke had x1. men, every marques XXXv. men, every erle xxiiij., every vicount xx., every bysshope xxiiij., every baron and lorde xij., every knight x., the treswrar of the kyng's hows, xx., the comptrowlar of the kyng's howse hathe xx. men, every counselar x. men, the clarke of the citchen x. men, every doctor viij. men, every esquier for the body viij. men, every sewar to the kynge vj. men, every gentleman usshar iiij. men, the clerke of the grene clothe xij. men, the clerke comptrowlar hathe vj. men, the cofferer viij. men, the clerke of the citchen j--the clerke of the spicery vj., the clerke of the ewrye iiij., the second clerke iij., every sargiant at armes on man, and every sargiant of cvery office in the kyng's howse one man, the yeman of the comptinghows hath one grome, and every one of the iiij. officers of the bake howse iiij. men, the officers of the pantrye, buttrye, and sellar have xxxiij. men, the officers of the pitcherhowse hathe xij. men, the officers of the waffers and condutis v. men, the officers of the chandry x. men, officer of the confectionary have vij. men, the officers of the lawndrye have viij. men, the officers of the kechen have xx. men and xv. servants, the officers of the lardar have Xvj. men, officers of the boylinge hows have v. men, officers of the pultrye have xiij. men, officers of the sqwllerye have xx. men, officers of the scaldynghows viij. men, officers of the pasterye are xiiij., the officers of the woodyarde are xx. men, officers of the halle are ix. men, the officers of the herbengers are x. men, besyds othar officers.
Annales of England by John Stow. 11th October 1532. The eleuenth of October King Henrie landed at Calleis, with the Duke of Richemonde [aged 13] hys bastarde sonne, the [his former father-in-law] Duke of Norffolke [aged 59] Lord Treasurer of England, the Duke of Suffolke [aged 48], the Marquesse of Excester [aged 36], the Erles of Darby [aged 23], Arundale [aged 56], Oxforde, Surrey and Rutlande [aged 40], the Vicount Lisle [aged 68] King Edwarde the fourth his bastarde sonne, the Lord Matrauers, the Lord Sands Lorde Chamberlaine of the Kings house, the Lorde William Hawarde, the Lorde Bray, the Lorde Montague, the Lorde Cobham, the Lorde Mordant, the Lorde Dawbney, the Lorde Grey, the Lord Clinton, the Lorde Vaux, the Lorde Mountegle, the Lorde Rocheford [aged 29], wyth diuers other Lordes: the hishoppes of Winchester, London, Lincolne, and Bathe: sir William Fitz William treasourer of the kings house, sir William Pawlet Comptroller, sir William Kingstone Capitaine of the Guarde, sir Iohn Page, sir Iames Boleine, sir Anthony Browne, sir Edwarde Neuell, sir Thomas Cheyney, sir Iohn Russell, sir Richard Page, sir Ralph Eldercare, sir Edward Baynton, sir Edwarde Santener, sir Griffyth Deene, sir Iohn Dudley, sir Iohn Femer, sir Henry Long, sir Anthony Hungerforde, sir Iohn Brudges, sir Arthur Hoptō, sir Anthony Wingfielde, sir William Paston, sir Edmonde Bedingfielde, sir Thomas Strange, sir William Hawte, sir Edwarde Wotton, sir William Askewe, sir Iohn Marleant, sir William Barington, sir William Essex, sir Giles Strangweis, sir Edwarde Chamberlaine, sir Giles Caple, sir Iohn Sent-Iohn, sir Walter Hungerforde, sir William Gascoine, sir Lionel Norrice, sir Edwarde Boloine, sir Thomas Lisle, sir Iohn Ashton, sir Thomas Palmer, sir William Boloine, sir William Finche, sir William Pellam, sir Thomas Rotherham, sir Iohn Norton, sir Richarde Sandes, sir Iohn Neuell, and thyrtie Esquiers, with manye Gentlemenne, and all theyr traines.
In 1533 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stanley Baroness and Morley was born to Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 23] and [his wife] Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 22]. She married 1550 her half sixth cousin Henry Parker 12th Baron Marshal 11th Baron Morley and had issue.
On 10th September 1533 the future Elizabeth I was christened at the Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map].
Gertrude Blount Marchioness of Exeter [aged 30], Archbishop Thomas Cranmer [aged 44] and Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset [aged 46] were Godparents.
Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu carried the covered gilt basin. Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 49] escorted the [his mother-in-law] Dowager Duchess of Norfolk [aged 56]. Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 16] carried the Salt. Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 36] carried the Chrisom. Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk carried Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland. Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter [aged 37] carried a taper of virgin wax.
Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 24], Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 56], Henry Grey 4th Earl Kent [aged 38] and George Boleyn Viscount Rochford [aged 30] supported the train of the mantle.
Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 60], William Howard 1st Baron Howard [aged 23], Thomas Howard [aged 22] and John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford [aged 68] carried the canopy.
After January 1534 [his sister] Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex died.
On 15th May 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn [aged 35] tried at the King's Hall in the Tower of London [Map].
[his former father-in-law] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 63] was appointed Lord High Steward and presided. [his former brother-in-law] Henry Howard Earl of Surrey [aged 20] attended. Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu [aged 44] was one of the judges. Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester [aged 34] was the principal witness.
The jurors were:
Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 52].
Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 24].
Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 21].
[his uncle] George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 49].
Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland [aged 44].
John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt [aged 56].
Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 38].
Henry Parker 11th Baron Marshal 10th Baron Morley [aged 55].
Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 27].
Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle [aged 28].
John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford [aged 65].
Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth [aged 35].
Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester [aged 40].
Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland.
Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh [aged 48].
Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter [aged 40].
William Fitzalan 11th or 18th Earl of Arundel [aged 60].
Henry Fitzalan 12th or 19th Earl of Arundel [aged 24].
Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden [aged 48].
Edward Powers Lord Powers.
William Sandys 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne [aged 66].
Thomas Ware.
Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor [aged 69].
George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham [aged 39].
She was found guilty and sentenced to be beheaded. John Spelman [aged 56] signed the death warrant.
After Anne's trial her brother George Boleyn Viscount Rochford [aged 33] was also tried and found guilty.
Letters and Papers. 15th May 1536. R. O. 876. Trial of Anne Boleyn [aged 35] and Lord Rochford [aged 33].
Record of pleas held at the Tower of London before [his former father-in-law] Thomas Duke of Norfolk [aged 63], treasurer and Earl marshal, lord high steward, citing:—
1. Patent appointing the said Duke steward of England hac vice for the trial of queen Anne and Lord Rochford. Westm., 12 May 28 Henry VIII.
2. Mandate to Sir John Baldewyn, Sir Richard Lister, Sir John Porte, Sir John Spelman, Sir Walter Luke, Sir Anth. Fitzherbert, Sir Thos. Englefeld, and Sir William Shelley, special commissioners of Oyer and Terminer for Middlesex, to return all indictments found against queen Anne and Lord Rochford. Westm., 13 May 28 Henry VIII.
3. Similar mandate to Sir John Baldewyn, Sir Walter Luke, Sir Anth. Fitzherbert, and Sir William Shelley, special commissioners for Kent. Westm., 13 May 28 Henry VIII.
4. Mandate to Sir William Kyngestone, constable of the Tower, to bring queen Anne and Lord Rochford before the Lord High Steward when required. Westm., 13 May 28 Henry VIII.
5. The Lord High Steward issued his precept, 13 May, to Sir John Baldewyn and his fellows in Middlesex, to return the indictments at the Tower before him on Monday, 15 May, and a similar precept to Sir J. Baldewyn, Luke, and his fellows in Kent; a third precept to the constable of the Tower to bring queen Anne and Lord Rochford that day before him; and a fourth to Ralph Felmyngham, serjeant-at-arms, to summon such and so many lords of the kingdom, peers of the said queen Anne and Lord Rochford, by whom the truth may appear.
6. Pleas held before the Duke of Norfolk, steward of England, at the Tower, on Monday, 15 May 28 Henry VIII.
The justices bring in the indictments for Middlesex and Kent, Sir William Kingston [aged 60] produces the prisoners, and Ralph Felmyngham declares that he has summoned the peers. Proclamation being then made, the peers answer to their names; viz., Charles Duke of Suffolk [aged 52], Henry marquis of Exeter, William Earl of Arundel, John Earl of Oxford [aged 65], Henry Earl of Northumberland [aged 34], Ralph Earl of Westmoreland [aged 38], Edward Earl of Derby [aged 27], Henry Earl of Worcester, Thomas Earl of Rutland [aged 44], Rob. Earl of Sussex, George Earl of Huntingdon, John lord Audeley, Thos. lord La Ware, Henry lord Mountague, Henry lord Morley, Thos. lord Dacre, George lord Cobham, Henry lord Maltravers, Edward lord Powes, Thos. lord Mount Egle, Edward lord Clynton, William lord Sandes, Andrew lord Wyndesore, Thos. lord Wentworth, Thos. lord Burgh, and John lord Mordaunt.
7. Indictment found at Westminster on Wednesday next after three weeks of Easter, 28 Henry VIII.1 before Sir John Baldwin, &c., by the oaths of Giles Heron [aged 32], Roger More, Richard Awnsham, Thos. Byllyngton, Gregory Lovell, Jo. Worsop, William Goddard, William Blakwall, Jo. Wylford, William Berd, Henry Hubbylthorn, William Hunyng, Rob. Walys, John England, Henry Lodysman, and John Averey; who present that whereas queen Anne has been the wife of Henry VIII. for three years and more, she, despising her marriage, and entertaining malice against the King, and following daily her frail and carnal lust, did falsely and traitorously procure by base conversations and kisses, touchings, gifts, and other infamous incitations, divers of the King's daily and familiar servants to be her adulterers and concubines, so that several of the King's servants yielded to her vile provocations; viz., on 6th Oct. 25 Henry VIII., at Westminster, and divers days before and after, she procured, by sweet words, kisses, touches, and otherwise, Henry Noreys, of Westminster, gentle man of the privy chamber, to violate her, by reason whereof he did so at Westminster on the 12th Oct. 25 Henry VIII.; and they had illicit intercourse at various other times, both before and after, sometimes by his procurement, and sometimes by that of the Queen. Also the Queen, 2 Nov. 27 Henry VIII. and several times before and after, at Westminster, procured and incited her own natural brother, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, gentleman of the privy chamber, to violate her, alluring him with her tongue in the said George's mouth, and the said George's tongue in hers, and also with kisses, presents, and jewels; whereby he, despising the commands of God, and all human laws, 5 Nov. 27 Henry VIII., violated and carnally knew the said Queen, his own sister, at Westminster; which he also did on divers other days before and after at the same place, sometimes by his own procurement and sometimes by the Queen's. Also the Queen, 3 Dec. 25 Henry VIII., and divers days before and after, at Westminster, procured one William Bryerton, late of Westminster, gentleman of the privy chamber, to violate her, whereby he did so on 8 Dec. 25 Henry VIII., at Hampton Court, in the parish of Lytel Hampton, and on several other days before and after, sometimes by his own procurement and sometimes by the Queen's. Also the Queen, 8 May 26 Henry VIII., and at other times before and since, procured Sir Fras. Weston, of Westminster, gentleman of the privy chamber, &c., whereby he did so on the 20 May, &c. Also the Queen, 12 April 26 Henry VIII., and divers days before and since, at Westminster, procured Mark Smeton [aged 24], groom of the privy chamber, to violate her, whereby he did so at Westminster, 26 April 27 Henry VIII.
Moreover, the said Lord Rochford, Norreys, Bryerton, Weston, and Smeton, being thus inflamed with carnal love of the Queen, and having become very jealous of each other, gave her secret gifts and pledges while carrying on this illicit intercourse; and the Queen, on her part, could not endure any of them to converse with any other woman, without showing great displeasure; and on the 27 Nov. 27 Henry VIII., and other days before and after, at Westminster, she gave them great gifts to encourage them in their crimes. And further the said Queen and these other traitors, 31 Oct. 27 Henry VIII., at Westminster, conspired the death and destruction of the King, the Queen often saying she would marry one of them as soon as the King died, and affirming that she would never love the King in her heart. And the King having a short time since become aware of the said abominable crimes and treasons against himself, took such inward displeasure and heaviness, especially from his said Queen's malice and adultery, that certain harms and perils have befallen his royal body.
And thus the said Queen and the other traitors aforesaid have committed their treasons in contempt of the Crown, and of the issue and heirs of the said King and Queen.
8. Record of indictment and process before Baldewyn, Luke, and others, in co. Kent.
The indictment found at Deptford, on Thursday, 11 May 28 Henry VIII., is precisely similar in character to the Middlesex indictment, except as regards times and places; viz., that the Queen at Estgrenewyche, 12 Nov. 25 Henry VIII., and divers days before and since, allured one Henry Noreys, late of Est Grenewyche, to violate her, whereby he did so on the 19 Nov., &c.; that on 22 Dec. 27 Henry VIII., and divers other days, at Eltham, she allured George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, &c., whereby he did so, 29 Dec., &c.; that on the 16 Nov. 25 Henry VIII., and divers, &c., at Est Grenewyche, she allured one William Bryerton, late of Est Grenewyche, &c., whereby he did so, 27 Nov., &c.; that on the 6 June 26 Henry VIII., &c., at Est Grenewyche, she allured Sir Fras. Weston, &c., whereby he did so, 20 June, &c.; that on the 13 May 26 Henry VIII. &c., at Est Grenewyche, she allured Mark Smeton, &c., whereby he did so, 19 May 26 Henry VIII.
And further that the said Boleyn, &c. grew jealous of each other; and the Queen, to encourage them, at Eltham, 31 Dec. 27 Henry VIII., and divers times before and since, made them presents, &c.; that the Queen and the others, 8 Jan. 27 Henry VIII., conspired the King's death, &c., and that she promised to marry one of the traitors whenever the King was dead, affirming she would never love him, &c.
And afterwards, Monday, 15 May, queen Anne comes to the bar before the Lord High Steward in the Tower, in the custody of Sir William Kingston, pleads not guilty, and puts herself on her peers; whereupon the said Duke of Suffolk, marquis of Exeter, and other peers, are charged by the High Steward to say the truth; and being examined from the lowest peer to the highest, each of them severally saith that she is guilty.
Judgment:—To be taken to prison in the Tower, and then, at the King's command, to the Green within the Tower, and there to be burned or beheaded as shall please the King.
The same day, Lord Rochford is brought before the High Steward in the custody of Sir William Kingston, and pleads not guilty. The peers are charged, with the exception of the Earl of Northumberland, who was suddenly taken ill, and each of them severally saith that he is guilty.
Judgment:—To be taken to prison in the Tower, and then drawn through the city of London, to the gallows at Tyburn, &c., as usual in high treason.
R. O. 2. Originals of the above indictments, commission to the Lord High Steward, mandates and precept, with the original panel of peers. Several of these documents are a good deal injured.
Note 1. See Report III. of Dep. Keeper of the Pub. Records, App. ii. 243. The whole of the proceedings are printed by Mr. Hamilton in the Appendix to Vol. I. of Wriothesley's Chronicle.
In 1538 Henry Daubeney 1st Earl Bridgewater [aged 44] was created 1st Earl Bridgewater. [his sister-in-law] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater [aged 39] by marriage Countess Bridgewater.
On 3rd April 1538 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 58] died at the Abbot of Reading's Place next to Baynard's Castle [Map]. She was buried at St Mary at Lambeth Church, Surrey [Map] in a crypt beneath the floor of the Howard Chapel. The Chapel no longer exists but the ledger slab is extant with the inscription: "Here lyeth the Lady Elizabeth Howard, sometime Countess of Wiltshire".
Around 1542 [his daughter] Anne Stanley Baroness Stourton was born to Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 32] and [his wife] Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 31]. She married (1) before 1553 her fourth cousin twice removed Charles Stourton 8th Baron Stourton, son of William Stourton 7th Baron Stourton and Elizabeth Dudley Baroness Stourton, and had issue (2) 1557 her half third cousin John Arundell and had issue.
On 23rd December 1543 Henry VIII [aged 52] enobled his new wife's [aged 31] brother [aged 31] and uncle [aged 60] at ceremony in the Presence Chamber, Hampton Court Palace [Map]. Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 26] and Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 34] were present. Christopher Barker read the Patents.
William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton was created 1st Baron Parr of Horton. William was sixty with five daughters. He died four years later at which time the Barony became extinct.
William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton was created 1st Earl Essex. His estranged wife Anne Bourchier 7th Baroness Bourchier [aged 26] was daughter of the last Earl of Essex of the Fifth Creation. A somewhat curious choice given his wife had eloped the year previous year with John Lyngfield, the prior of Tandbridge, Surrey [Map], by whom she had an illegitimate child.
Atfer 1544 Henry Daubeney 1st Earl Bridgewater [aged 50] and [his sister-in-law] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater [aged 45] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and [his mother-in-law] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 67].
After 16th February 1547. The date uncertain but likely to be after the funeral of Henry VIII [deceased] King Edward VI of England and Ireland [aged 9] made a number of new appointments although given King Edward VI of England and Ireland was only nine years old at the time, the titles were, in effect, bestowed by Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 47].
William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton [aged 35] was created 1st Marquess Northampton.
Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour [aged 39] was created 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley and appointed Lord High Admiral.
New Garter Knights:
318th Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 30].
319th Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 37].
320th Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour.
321st William Paget 1st Baron Paget Beaudasert [aged 41].
John Carey [aged 56] and Henry Huberthorne were knighted by King Edward VI of England and Ireland.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Around 1550 [his son-in-law] Henry Parker 12th Baron Marshal 11th Baron Morley [aged 16] and Elizabeth Stanley Baroness and Morley [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Marshal, Baroness Morley. She the daughter of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 40] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 39]. They were half sixth cousins.
Before 17th November 1550 [his mother] Anne Hastings Countess Derby [aged 65] died. She was buried at Syon Abbey [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 31st May 1551. The xxxj day of May my lord the yerle of Darbe [aged 42] [came] to Clessay [Possibly Cheslea?] owt of the North, with a goodly compeny of men and horssys.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 6th July 1551. The vj day of July the Kynges [aged 13] grace rod thrugh Grenwyche parke [Map] unto Blake heth [Map], and my lord of Darbe [aged 42], and my lord of Warwyke [aged 47], and my lord admerall Clyntun [aged 39], and sir Wylliam Harbard [aged 50], and odur lordes and knyghts and gentyllmen, and trumpeters playhyng, and alle the gardes in ther dobelets and ther hosse, with bowes and arowes and halbards ij and ij to-gether, and the Kynges grace in the myds on horsse-bake, and ther the Kynges grace ran at the ryng on Blake heth with lordes and knyghtes. [The earl of Warwick met the King there with a hundred men of arms, and great horses, and gentlemen] in clothe, and brodered the alffe, and the same night the Kyng suppyd at Depforth [Map] in a shype with my lord Admyral, [and the lords] of the conselle, and with many gentylmen.
Note. The king supped at Deptford. Machyn has dated this event two days too late. It is thus recorded in the king's own diary: "4. I was banketted by the lord Clinton at Detford, where I saw the Primrose and the Marie Willoughby launched."
Before 1553 [his son-in-law] Charles Stourton 8th Baron Stourton [aged 32] and Anne Stanley Baroness Stourton [aged 10] were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 43] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 41]. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 8th August 1553. The sam day, the wyche was the viij day of August, cam to London [the go]od yerle of Darbe [aged 44], with iiijxx in cottes of velvet and oder ij C. xviij yomen in a leveray, and so to Westmynster.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 30th September 1553. The xxx day of September the Qwuyen('s) [aged 37] grace cam from the Towre thrugh London, rydyng in a charett gorgusly be-sene unto Westmynster; by the way at Fanche-chyrche a goodly pagant, with iiij grett gyants, and with goodly speches, the geneways mad yt; at Grache-chyrche a-nodur goodly pajant of esterlyngs makyng; and at Ledyne-hall was nodur pagant hangyd with cloth of gold, and the goodlyst playng with all maner of musyssoners, and ther was on blohyng of a trumpet all the day longe; at the conduyt in Cornhyll a-nodur of the sete; and (at) the grett condutt a-nodur goodly on, and the standard pentyd and gyldyd, and the crosse pentyd; and (at) the lytyll conduyt a goodly pagant; in Powlles chyrche-yerde ij pagants; and ij scaffolds on Powlles stepull with stremars; andt Ludgat pentyd; at the conduyd in Flett-stret a goodly pajant and pentyd .... holy] water-stokes and sensers and copes ... Westmynster chyrche, and ther her grace hard masse, and was crounyd a-pon a he stage, and after [she was] a-nontyd Qwene, the forst day of October. [When all] was don, her grace cam to Westmynster hall .... yt was iiij of the cloke or she whent to dener [or pa]st; and ther the duke of Norffoke rod up and done the hall, my lord the yerle of Darbe [aged 44] he constabull, the yerle of Arundell [aged 41] he boteler, and my lord of Borgane cheyff larderer, master Dymmoke [aged 45] the qwyen('s) champyon; and ther was [great me]lode; and the erle of Devonshyre [aged 26] bare the sword, and the yerle of Westmorland [aged 28] bare the cape of mantenans, and the erle of Shrowsbery [aged 53] bare the crowne, and the [his former father-in-law] duke of Norffoke [aged 80] [was earl] marshall, and the yerle of Arundell lord stuard, and the erle of Surray [aged 17] was doer under the duke ys grandshyr, and the erle of Woseter [aged 27] was her grace('s) carver that day at dener, my lord Wyndsore [aged 54] was (blank); and at the end of the tabull dynyd my lade Elisabeth [aged 20] and my lade Anne of Cleyff [aged 38]; and so yt was candyll-lyght or her grace or she had dynyd, and so [anon] her grace toke barge.
A Chronicle of the Coronations of the Queens Regnand of England. [1st October 1553] First, there came riding in on two goodly coursers, the Earl of Derby [aged 44], High Steward of Englandb, and with him the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, with his rod, who were both richly apparelled, and their horses trapped according to their estate.
Then the Earl of Sussex [aged 46], sewarc.
Then the Earl of Worcester [aged 27], carver, received the said service, and gave the saie (assay).
Then after, the Queen's Majesty's service was brought unto her Highness's board, only the water brought for her Grace in this manner.
There went before the said basons of water divers Sergeants of Anns with their maces.
The Queen's Majesty washed, and after her Highness went unto her seat royal under the cloth of state to dinner.
The Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 53] standing by her Grace as assistant on the right hand, and the Bishop of Durham on the left hand.
Then sat on the right hand of the Queen's table the Bishop of Winchester, at her Highness's warde [command], and the Lady Elizabeth [aged 20], her Grace, and the Lady Anne of Cleves [aged 38], on the left handd, and had their service.
Then four swords, being holden before her Majesty all the dinner-time.
Then the first cup that the Queen's Majesty drunk was brought to her by Sir Giles Alington [aged 54], which he had for his fee, and thereby he held the lands of Argentine.
The table in the Hall furnished.
Imprimis, then was placed at the table in the middest the Hall, Ambassadors, Bishops, Justices, Knights, and Squires.
Item, there was placed at the table on the right hand of the same hall. Barons of the Cinq Ports, Councillors and Clerks of the Chancery.
Theen there was placed at the left hand of the said hall, the Mayor of London with his brethren the Aldermen, and other notable persons, and commoners, and others.
Note b. Noailles calls him High Constable, by mistake — Edward, third Earl of Derby, was one of the most magnificent noblemen of his day. He came to this coronation as High Steward of England, attended by a train of fourscore in velvet and upwards of two hundred in livery.
Note c. Strype says the young Earl of Surrey [aged 17] was doer (?) under the Duke of Norfolk his grandsire; the Lord Bergaveny chief lardiner; and the Lord Windsor served "in another great office."
Note d. Noailles says "assez loingtaines." i.e. "quite far off."
Around 11th May 1554 [his sister-in-law] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater [aged 55] died.
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. The 24 of Julie [1554], aboute 3 of the clock in the afternoone, he came from his lodginge on foote, the Lord Steward, the Earle of Darbie [aged 45], the Earle of Pembrooke [aged 53], and divers other lordes and gentlemen, both Englishe and Spanishe, goeinge afore him to the Courte, where everie bodye might see him, and so was brought up into the hall where the Queene [aged 38] was standinge upon a skaffold richelye hanged, she meetinge him halfe waye, receivinge him, and kissinge him in the presence of all the peopleb. And then she tooke him by the hand, she goeinge on his right hand out of the hall in her great chamber of presence. And there in the presence of all the lordes and ladies they stoode a quarter of an hower under the clothe of estate talkiuge together; and then after a while he toke his leave of her Grace and came forthe into the open cowrte, where all the pentioners stood in araye and the garde all alonge on both sides the waye in theyr riche cotes to the Court gates; and from thence the lords brought him to the Cathedrall churche to evensonge, and after to his loginge agayne.
The same night, about 12 of the clock, the Emperor [aged 54] sent a message to the Queen, declaringe to her that his sonne which should marrie with her was not then a Prince onelye but a Kinge; and that he was Kinge of Naples and Jerusalem before the marriage, and so did send his writings of the same under his great seale.
Note b. Mary took no pains to conceal her impatience, being enabled in her conscience to plead her anxiety for a legitimate Roman Catholic succession, as the only means of securing the faith in England.
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. The 25 of Julie [1554], beinge Weddensdaye and St. James dayea, about xi of the clocke the Kinge [aged 27] and Queene [aged 38] came from their lodgings towardes the churche all the way on foote, verie richelye apparelled in gownes of cloth of golde sett with riche stones, he with his gentle-men and garde and she with hers, eche of them havinge a sworde borne before them, the Earle of Darbye [aged 45] bearinge the sworde before her Maiestie, and the Earle of Pembroke [aged 53] before the Kinge; and when they were come into the churche he went into one traveys and the Queen to another richlye hunge, where they were shriven. This done they came forth of their traveys to the place appoynted for the marriage, where the Lord Chauncellor [aged 71], beinge before with 5 other bishops assistinge him, used all thinges, both in the banes-byddinge and otherwise, as hath bene in all marriages of olde tyme, and spake it both in Latin and in Englishe, her Grace on the right syde standinge and the King on the left syde. Her marriage ringe was a rownd hoope of gould without anye stone, which was her desire, for she sayde she would be married as maydens were in the olde tyme, and so she was.
After the marriage knott thus knitt the King and Queen came hand in hand under a riche canopie, beinge borne over them with 6 knightes and 2 swordes before them, all the lordes both Englishe and strangers richelye apparelled goeinge afore them, the trumpetts then blowinge tyll they came into the quier, where all the priestes and singinge men all in riche copes began to singe a psalme used in marriages, the King and Queen kneelinge awhile before the aulter, eche of them havinge a taper afore them; then after her Majestic went into her traveys on the right syde, and the King into another on the left syde; after the gospell they came owt and kneeled before the alter openlye all the masse tyme, and the care-cloth was holden ouer them; and he kissed the bishopp at the Agnus and then her Majestie. The masse done the Kinge of Herroldes openlye in the churche, and in presence of the King, the Queen, the lordes and ladies, and all the people, solemnlye proclay'med their Maiesties Kinge and Queene, with their title and style, in manner as followeth:
Philippe and Marie, by the grace of God Kinge and Queene of The Kinge and Englande, France, Naples, Jerusalem, and Irelande, Defenders of the Faythe, Princes of Spayne and Sicilie, Archdukes of Austriche, Dukes of Mylane, Burgundye, and Brabant, Countes of Aspurge,b Flaunders, and Tyrrole. Which proclamation ended, the trumpetts blue and other noyses playde. And then the Kinge and Queene came furthe hand in hand, with their lordes, ladies, and gentlemen way tinge on them, and 2 swordes borne afore them in manner aforesayde; and so went on foote to the courte, and there dined openlye in the hall, both together at one table.
Note a. The feast of St. James, the titular saint of Spain.
Note b. Haspurgi, Hapsburg.
On 7th February 1555 Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby [aged 23] and Margaret Clifford Countess Derby [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland [aged 38] and Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland. He the son of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 45] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 44]. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1557 [his son-in-law] John Arundell [aged 27] and Anne Stanley Baroness Stourton [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 47] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 46]. They were half third cousins.
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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Henry Machyn's Diary. 18th February 1561. The iij yere of quen Elezabeth [aged 27] the xviij day of [February] was sant Gorge fest; how all the knyghtes of the garter stod that day in order, the furst
On the Quen['s side.]
The kyng Phelype [aged 33].
The constabulle of France [aged 67].
The yerle of Arundell [aged 48].
The yerle of Darbe [aged 51].
The duke of Northfoke [aged 24].
The lord Pagett [aged 55].
The yerle of Westmerland [aged 36].
[his brother-in-law] The lord chamburlayn, Haward [aged 51].
The yerle of Shrowsbere [aged 33]
The lord Montyguw-Browne [aged 32].
The lord Gray of Wyltun [aged 52].
On the Emperowre('s) syd.
The emperowre Ferna[ndo.] [aged 57]
The prynse of Pyamont [aged 32].
The duke Vanholtt [aged 35].
The markes of Wynchester, tresorer [aged 78].
The yerle of Penbroke [aged 60].
The lord admerall Clynton [aged 49].
The maques of Northamtun-Pare [aged 49].
The yerle of Rutland-Rosse [aged 34].
The yerle of Sussex [aged 36].
The lord of Lugborow [aged 40].
The lord Robart Dudley [aged 28].
The lord of Hunsdon-Care [aged 34].
On 1st January 1562 the New Years Gift Giving was held. Those who gave gifts provide an interesting who's who of the Elizabethan Court soon after Elizabeth I's Coronation. Queen Elizabeth [aged 28] was present since a number are described as "With the Qene her Majestie."
For 'dimy' read 'demi' ie half-sovereigns.
Neweeyeur's Gyftes gevon to the Quene her Majestie by those Parsons whose Names hereafter ensue, the first of January, the Yere above wrytten.
By the [his daughter-in-law] Lady Margaret Strainge [aged 22], a little round mounte of golde to conteyne a pomaunder in it. With the Qene her Majestie. Note. Lady Margaret Strange married [his son] Henry Stanley Lord Strange [aged 30] on 07 Feb 1555. In 1561 he had not succeeded to Earldom of Derby and was known by the courtesy title Lord Strange. She is listed first since she was one of the few remaining direct descendants of Henry VII, being a great-granddaughter by his daughter Mary Tudor. Margaret Clifford was first in line to succeed in 1568 but died in 1596 before Elizabeth I.
Dukes, Marquises and Earls.
By the Duke of Norfolke [aged 25], in a purse of purple silke and golde knit, in sundry coynes of golde £20 0s 0d.
By the Marquis of Winchester [aged 79], High Threasourer of Englande, in a purse of crymsen satten, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Marquis of Northampton [aged 50], in a purse of crymsen silke and gold knit, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Arundell [aged 49], Lord Steward, in a paper, in angels, £30 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Shrewesburye [aged 34], in a red silke purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Darbye [aged 52], in a purse of crymsen satten, embraudered with golde, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Pembroke [aged 61], in a purse of black silk and silver knit, in new angells £30 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Bedforde [aged 35], in a purse of black silk and golde knytt, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Rutlande [aged 35], in a purse of red silk and golde knytt, in dimy soveraigns and angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Huntingdon, in a red silk purse, in angells £15 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Westmerlande [aged 37], in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns £10 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Oxforde [aged 46], in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns £10 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Northumberlande [aged 34], in a purse of black silke and silver knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d. With the Quene her Highness.
By the Earle of Warwike [aged 32], a smocke wrought with black silk, a peire of slevis, and a partelett wrought with gold, silver, and black silke. Delivered to the Baroness Cobham [aged 23].
By the Viscounte Mountague [aged 33], in a purse of cloth of golde, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
Bishops. The list of Bishops ends with "With her said Majestie"; unclear whether this refers to all the Bishops listed.
By the Archbusshop of Caunterbury [aged 57], in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns £40 0s 0d.
By the Archbusshop of York [aged 61], in soveraigns £30 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Duresme [aged 42], in a purse of crymson silk and gold knytt, in angells £30 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Ely [aged 69], in a red vellat purse, in angells £30 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Wynchester [aged 52], in a purse of crymsen silk and gold knytt and set with pearles, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of London [aged 43], in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Salisbury [aged 39], in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Worcester [aged 43], in a black vellat purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Lyncoln [aged 42], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Chychester [aged 64], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Norwich [aged 50], in a blew silk purse £13 6s 8d.
By the Busshop of Hereforde [aged 52], in a green silk purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Lychfield and Coventry [aged 48], in a red satten purse, in angells £13 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Rochester [aged 48], in a red purse, in gold £13 6s 8d.
By the Busshop of Saint Davies [aged 55], in a red silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Bathe, in a purse of red silk, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Exetour, in a blew silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Peterborowe, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Chester, in a red purse, in angells and soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
Duchesses and Countesses.
By the Duchess of Norfolke [aged 22], in a prse of crymsen silk and gold knyt, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Duchess of Somerset [aged 65], in a purse of silver and black silk, in royalls and ducketts £14 0s 0d. Probably the Dowager Duchess of Somerset since her husband Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset had been executed in 1552, and their children disinherited as a result.
By the Countess of Surrey, in a purse of tawny silk and gold, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d. Dowager since her husband Henry Howard 1516-1547, by courtesy Earl Surrey, had been executed in 1547.
By the Countess of Pembroke [aged 38], in a cherry bag of crymsen satten, in new angells £15 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Bedford [aged 36], in a purse of crymsen silk and silver knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Darby [aged 51], in a purse of crymson sattin embrodred with gold, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Oxford [aged 36], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Shrewisbury, Dowager [aged 62], in a purse of black silk knytt, in dimy soveraignes £12 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Shrewisbury [aged 37], in a red silk purse knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Huntingdon, Dowager [aged 51], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Huntingdon [aged 24], in a red purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Northumberland [aged 24], in a purse of black silk and silver knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Rutland [aged 29], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £13 6s 8d.
Viscountesses.
By the Vicountess Hereford, Dowager [aged 42], six hankercheffes edged with gold delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Vicountess Mountague [aged 23], in a purse of cloth of gold, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
Lordes.
By the Lorde Keeper of the Great Seale, Bacon [aged 51], in a purse of silver knytt, in angells £13 6s 8d.
By the Lorde William Howard, Lord Chamberlen [aged 52], in a purse of crymsen silk and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Pagett [aged 56], in a greene purse in dimy soveraignes £13 6s 8d.
By the Lorde Clynton, Lord Admyrall [aged 50], in gold £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Riche [aged 65], in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Lorde North [aged 66], in a purse of purple silk and silver, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Lumley [aged 29], in a paper, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Hastings of Loughboro [aged 41], in a red silk purse, in French crowns £13 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Stafford [aged 60], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Windsor [aged 30], in a purse of crymsn silk and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
by Lorde John Graye [aged 38], a haunce pott of allabaster garnished with silver gilt. Delivered in charge to John Asteley, Esq Master and Threasourer of her Highnes Jewels and Plate. Lord John Grey assumed to be a courtesy title his father being Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset.
By the Lorde Barkeley [aged 27], in a red purse, in gold £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Mountejoye [aged 29], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Abergavennye [aged 36], in a purse of red silke, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Scrowpe [aged 28], in a purse of blak silk and silver knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Caree of Hundesdon [aged 35], in a purse of crymsen silk, in double ducketts £13 6s 8d.
By the Lorde Strainge, in a purse of red silk and gold, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d. Lord Strange being the courtesy title for the Earldom of Derby. He wouldn't inherit until 1572.
By the Lorde Darcey of Chichey [aged 30], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes, £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Shefild [aged 24], in a red silk purse, in gold £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Shandowes [aged 40], in a blak silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
Ladyes.
By the Baroness Howarde [aged 47], in a purse of crymsen silk and knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
By the Baroness Clinton [aged 35], a peire of sleevis of gold, pulled out with lawne. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Baroness Genevillet, in gold £6 13s 4d.
By the Lady Barkeley [aged 24], Lord Barkeley's wife, in gold £5 0s 0d.
By the Lady Mountejoye [aged 30], in a red silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Lady Abergavenny, in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Lady Caree of Hundesdon [aged 33], in a blak purse knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Lady Taylboyes, Sir Peter Carewe's [aged 48] wyfe, in a purse of blak silk and silver, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
By the Baroness Cobham, a partelett and a peire of sleeves of sypers wrought with silver and blak silke. Re-delivered to herself.
By the Lady Dakers [aged 21], a warming ball of gold, per oz. 3 oz. dim. With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Shefilde [aged 20], a paire of sleeves wrought with fringe of blak silk and lozeng of gold. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Margaret Baroness Scrope [aged 18], in a purse of blak silk and silver, in angells £7 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Shandowes [aged 38], a peire of sleeves and a partlett of gold and silver knytt, cawle fashion. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Lady Knowlles [aged 38], a feyne carpett of needleworke, theverende frienged and buttoned with gold and silk. Delivered to John Torneworth, Groom of the Privy Chamber.
By the Lady Butler, in a little white purse, in French crowns £6 0s 0d. With her said Majestie. Unclear as to who Lady Butler refers to.
By the Lady Raclyef, a peire of sleeves of cameryk, all over sett with purle, and two sweet bags. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
In or before 1563 Thomas Stanley and Margaret Vernon [aged 22] were married. He the son of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 53] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 51]. They were third cousin once removed.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 22nd April 1563. The xxij day of Aprell, was sant Gorge's evyn, at v of the cloke the knyghtes of the Garter cam downe from the quen('s) chambur thrugh the halle to here chapell, and yt was strod with gren ryssys, [and all] the haroldes in ther cott armurs, master Perkullys, master Ruges-dragon, master Lanckaster, master Rychmond, and master Somersett, and master Norray [aged 65] and master Clarenshux [aged 53], master Garter [aged 53], and master dene, my lord of Hunsdon [aged 37], my lord Montyguw [aged 34], my lord Robartt [aged 30], my lord of Lughborow [aged 42], the yerle of Shrowsbere [aged 35], my lord admeralle [aged 51], my lord chamburlayn, the yerle of Ruttland [aged 36], the yerle of Darbe [aged 53], the marques of Northamtun [aged 51], the duke of Northfoke [aged 27], (the) yerle of Arundell [aged 50], and the yerle of Penbroke [aged 62], and so evere man to ys own plase in the chapell of ther owne sett.... cam a prosessyon up thrugh the halle to .... furst the serjant of the vestre with a sylver rod, [then the] chylderyn in ther surples, and then the qwyre sy[nging the English] prosessyon in copes of cloth of gold to the nombur of .... haroldes of armes and sergantes of armes, furst Ruges[croix and] Ruge-dragon, and then cam master Lonkastur and master Rychmond and master [Somerset;] furst my lord of Hunsdon, my lord Montyguw, my lord Robartt, my lord of Lowthborow, my lord admeralle, my lord chamburlayn, the yerle of Rutland, the yerle of [Shrewsbury,] the yerle of Darbe, the yerle of Penbroke, the marques of [Northampton,] the yerle of Arundell, the duke of Northfoke; and then [master Garter,] master Norres, the dene of the chapell, they iij in cremesun saten v[elvet;] and next the byshope of Wynchestur and ser Wylliam Peter in [robes of] cremesun velvett with red crosses on ther robes, and ser .... and the yerle of Northumberland bare the sword, and the(n) the [Queen] in her robe, and master Knolles bare the quen('s) trayn, and after ....
In 1567 [his son-in-law] Edward Sutton 4th Baron Dudley [aged 42] and Jane Stanley Baroness Dudley were married. She by marriage Baroness Dudley. She the daughter of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 57] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 56]. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1569 [his daughter] Jane Stanley Baroness Dudley died.
In or before 1572 [his illegitimate son] Thomas Stanley was born illegitimately to Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 62].
In or before 1572 [his son-in-law] Edward Stafford 3rd Baron Stafford [aged 36] and Mary Stanley Baroness Stafford were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford. She the daughter of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 62] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 60]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 24th October 1572 Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 63] died at Lathom, Lancashire. His son Henry [aged 41] succeeded 4th Earl Derby, 12th Baron Strange Knockin, 8th Baron Mohun of Dunster, 5th Baron Stanley. Margaret Clifford Countess Derby [aged 32] by marriage Countess Derby.
Richard Shireburn [aged 50] was an executor in his will.
In 1580 [his former wife] Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 69] died.
[his son] Thomas Stanley was born to Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby. He married in or before 1563 his third cousin once removed Margaret Vernon and had issue.
[his daughter] Jane Stanley Baroness Dudley was born to Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby. She married 1567 her half second cousin once removed Edward Sutton 4th Baron Dudley, son of John Sutton 3rd Baron Dudley and Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley.
[his daughter] Margaret Stanley was born to Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby and Katherine Howard Countess Derby. She married (1) John Germin (2) her fourth cousin Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton.
[his daughter] Mary Stanley Baroness Stafford was born to Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby. She married in or before 1572 her third cousin once removed Edward Stafford 3rd Baron Stafford, son of Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 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 Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Lathom 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Loring Baroness Harington
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Goushill
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Father: Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 6th Baron Strange Knockin 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Fitzalan Baroness Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Strange 3rd Baron Dunster 7th Baron Strange Knockin 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mohun 2nd Baron Mohun of Dunster 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Mohun Baroness Strange Knockin 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Burghesh Baroness Dunster 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Strange 8th Baron Strange Knockin 4th Baron Mohun Dunster 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham 
5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Cobham 3rd Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cobham Baroness Strange and Mohun 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Culpepper 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Culpepper Baroness Cobham Sternborough
GrandMother: Joan Strange 9th Baroness Strange of Knockin 5th Baroness Dunster 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jacquetta Woodville Baroness Strange and Mohun 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Hastings 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Hastings
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Herle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Sutton 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Sutton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Camoys 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Latimer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Louches
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Louches Baroness Camoys
GrandFather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Mother: Anne Hastings Countess Derby 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne