Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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Paternal Family Tree: Pretyman
In or before 1610 [her father] John Prettyman [aged 42] and [her mother] Mary Bourchier were married.
Around 1610 Elizabeth Prettyman was born to [her father] John Prettyman [aged 43] and [her mother] Mary Bourchier.
Before 1635 Richard Browne 1st Baronet [aged 29] and Elizabeth Prettyman [aged 24] were married.
In 1635 [her daughter] Mary Browne was born to [her husband] Richard Browne 1st Baronet [aged 30] and Elizabeth Prettyman [aged 25]. She married before 10th September 1647 John Evelyn and had issue.
On 22nd December 1638 [her father] John Prettyman [aged 71] died.
Before 10th September 1647 [her son-in-law] John Evelyn [aged 26] and [her daughter] Mary Browne [aged 12] were married by Bishop John Earle [aged 46] at Paris [Map]. She is first mentioned in his diary John Evelyn's Diary on 10th September 1647.
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th September 1647. Being called into England, to settle my affairs after an absence of four years, I took leave of the Prince [aged 17] and Queen [aged 37], leaving my [her daughter] wife [aged 12], yet very young, under the care of an excellent lady and prudent mother [aged 37].
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th February 1649. Paris [Map] being now strictly besieged by the Prince de Condé [aged 27], my [her daughter] wife [aged 14] being shut up with her [her husband] father [aged 44] and mother [aged 39], I wrote a letter of consolation to her: and, on the 22d, having recommended Obadiah Walker [aged 33], a learned and most ingenious person, to be tutor to, and travel with, Mr. Hillyard's two sons, returned to Sayes Court, Deptford [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 11th June 1652. About four in the afternoon, being at bowls on the green, we discovered a vessel which proved to be that in which my [her daughter] wife [aged 17] was, and which got into the harbor about eight that evening, to my no small joy. They had been three days at sea, and escaped the Dutch fleet, through which they passed, taken for fishers, which was great good fortune, there being seventeen bales of furniture and other rich plunder, which I bless God came all safe to land, together with my wife, and my Lady Browne [aged 42], her mother, who accompanied her. My wife being discomposed by having been so long at sea, we set not forth toward home till the 14th, when, hearing the smallpox was very rife in and about London, and Lady Browne having a desire to drink Tunbridge waters, I carried them thither, and stayed in a very sweet place, private and refreshing, and took the waters myself till the 23d, when I went to prepare for their reception, leaving them for the present in their little cottage by the Wells.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd September 1652. I went to Woodcott, where Lady Browne [aged 42] was taken with scarlet fever, and died. She was carried to Deptford, and interred in the church near [her husband] Sir Richard's [aged 47] relations with all decent ceremonies, and according to the church-office, for which I obtained permission, after it had not been used in that church for seven years. Thus ended an excellent and virtuous lady, universally lamented, having been so obliging on all occasions to those who continually frequented her house in Paris, which was not only an hospital, but an asylum to all our persecuted and afflicted countrymen, during eleven years' residence there in that honorable situation.
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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On 22nd September 1652 Elizabeth Prettyman [aged 42] died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 25th April 1667. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle [aged 74], with whom I had been acquainted long before in France, where the Duchess [aged 44] had obligation to [her daughter] my wife's [aged 32] mother for her marriage there; she was sister to Lord Lucas [aged 60], and maid of honor then to the Queen-Mother [aged 57]; married in our chapel at Paris. My wife being with me, the Duke and Duchess both would needs bring her to the very Court.
On 12th February 1683 [her former husband] Richard Browne 1st Baronet [aged 78] died at Charlton, Kent. He was buried at St. Baronet Browne of Deptford in Kent extinct.
GrandFather: William Pretyman
Father: John Prettyman
GrandFather: William Bourchier 
Mother: Mary Bourchier