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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Paternal Family Tree: Tilney
Maternal Family Tree: Emma de Dinan 1136-1208
1465 Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville
14th April 1471 Battle of Barnet
1483 Richard III Rewards his Supporters
In or before 1444 Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey was born to [her father] Frederick Tilney [aged 27] and [her mother] Elizabeth Cheney [aged 21] at Ashwellthorpe Hall.
Before 1445 [her father] Frederick Tilney [aged 28] and [her mother] Elizabeth Cheney [aged 22] were married.
In 1445 [her father] Frederick Tilney [aged 29] died at Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk.
After 1445 [her step-father] John Saye [aged 15] and [her mother] Elizabeth Cheney [aged 22] were married. They were fourth cousins.
Before 1458 [her brother-in-law] Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer [aged 9] and [her half-sister] Anne Saye Baroness Despencer [aged 4] were married. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 26th May 1465 Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 28] was crowned Queen Consort England by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier [aged 47] at Westminster Abbey [Map].
King Edward IV of England [aged 23] attended.
John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne [aged 23], Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 25], Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers [aged 12] and William Calthorpe [aged 55] were created Knight of the Bath.
Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 21] carried her train.
Richard Choke [aged 45] was created Knight of the Bath.
In 1466 Humphrey Bourchier [aged 31] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 22] were married.
After 1466 Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 22] was appointed Lady in Waiting to Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 29].
Around 1467 [her son] John Bourchier 2nd Baron Berners was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bourchier [aged 32] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 23]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 13th May 1490 his fourth cousin once removed Katherine Howard Baroness Berners, daughter of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk, and had issue.
Around 1468 [her daughter] Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bourchier [aged 33] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 24] at Beningborough North Yorkshire. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) in or before 1500 Thomas Bryan and had issue (2) 1519 David Zouche.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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In 1470 [her daughter] Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bourchier [aged 35] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 26]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 1492 her fourth cousin once removed Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland and had issue.
On 14th April 1471 Edward IV [aged 28] commanded at the Battle of Barnet supported by his brothers George [aged 21] and Richard [aged 18], John Babington [aged 48], Wiliam Hastings [aged 40] (commanded), Ralph Hastings, William Norreys [aged 30], William Parr [aged 37], John Savage [aged 49], William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier [aged 41], Thomas St Leger [aged 31], John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet [aged 45], Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough [aged 40], John Scott [aged 48] and Thomas Strickland.
The Yorkists William Blount [aged 29], [her husband] Humphrey Bourchier [aged 36], Henry Stafford [aged 46] and Thomas Parr were killed.
Humphrey Bourchier 1st Baron Cromwell [aged 40], was killed. Baron Cromwell extinct.
The Lancastrians...
Warwick the Kingmaker [aged 42] was killed. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu and Baron Monthermer forfeit on the assumption he was attainted either before or after his death; the date of his attainder is unknown. If not attainted the titles may have been abeyant between his two daughters Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence [aged 19] and Anne Neville Queen Consort England [aged 14].
John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu [aged 40] was killed. Marquess Montagu, Baron Montagu forfeit; unclear as to when he was attainted. He was buried at Bisham Abbey [Map].
William Tyrrell was killed.
William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele [aged 43] was killed. His son Henry [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Baron Saye and Sele. Anne Harcourt Baroness Saye and Sele by marriage Baroness Saye and Sele.
Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 40] commanded the left flank, was badly wounded and left for dead, Henry Stafford and John Paston [aged 27] were wounded, John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford [aged 28] commanded, and John Paston [aged 29] and William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 33] fought.
Robert Harleston [aged 36] was killed.
Thomas Hen Salusbury [aged 62] was killed.
Thomas Tresham [aged 51] escaped but was subsequently captured and executed on the 6th of May 1471.
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On 30th September 1472 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 29] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 28] were married. He the son of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 47] and Katherine Moleyns.
In 1473 [her son] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 30] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 29]. He married (1) 4th February 1495 his fifth cousin Anne York, daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (2) 1513 his fourth cousin twice removed Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk, daughter of Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham, and had issue.
On 25th September 1473 [her mother] Elizabeth Cheney [aged 51] died and was buried in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [Map].
In 1476 [her son] Edward Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 33] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 32]. He married (1) before 18th February 1505 Elizabeth Stapleton (2) before 25th April 1513 his fourth cousin once removed Alice Lovell 10th Baroness Marshal 9th Baroness Morley, daughter of William Lovell Baron Marshal, Baron Morley and Alianore Morley 8th Baroness Marshal 7th Baroness Morley.
Around 1478 [her son] Edmund Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 35] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 34]. He married (1) after 6th November 1509 Joyce Culpepper and had issue (2) after 1528 Dorothy Troyes (3) before 12th July 1537 Margaret Mundy, daughter of John Mundy and Juliana Browne.
On 20th April 1478 Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros [aged 81] died. Her grandson [her brother-in-law] Henry [aged 30] succeeded 4th Baron Despencer. [her half-sister] Anne Saye Baroness Despencer [aged 25] by marriage Baroness Despencer.
In or after 1479 [her son] John Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 36] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 35].
In or after 1479 [her son] Henry Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 36] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 35].
In or after 1479 [her son] Richard Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 36] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 35].
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In or after 1479 [her son] Charles Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 36] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 35].
In 1480 [her daughter] Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 37] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 36]. She married 1498 her fourth cousin Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde and had issue.
On 5th July 1483 [her father-in-law] John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 58] was created 1st Duke Norfolk by King Richard III of England [aged 30]. Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk [aged 47] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
His son [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 40] was created 1st Earl Surrey. Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 39] by marriage Countess Surrey.
William Berkeley [aged 57] was created 1st Earl Nottingham.
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley were heirs to the vast Mowbray estates that had been inherited by Anne Mowbray 8th Countess Norfolk who had been married to Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York [aged 9]. Richard of Shrewsbury's father King Edward IV of England had legislated that in the event of Anne's death his son Richard would continue to benefit from the inheritance; she died in 1481.
Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell [aged 27] was created 1st Viscount Lovell. Anne Fitzhugh Viscountess Lovell by marriage Viscountess Lovell. [Note. Some sources place his created on 01 Jan 1483 although the source for that is unknown.]
After 22nd February 1484 [her half-sister] Anne Saye Baroness Despencer [deceased] died.
In 1485 [her daughter] Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 42] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 41]. She married (1) before 1504 her third cousin John Grey 2nd Viscount Lisle, son of Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle and Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle, and had issue (2) before 1508 her fourth cousin Thomas Knyvet and had issue.
After 1486 Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 42] was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth York Queen Consort England [aged 19].
Before 13th May 1490 John Bourchier 2nd Baron Berners [aged 23] and Katherine Howard Baroness Berners [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness Berners. She the daughter of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk [aged 54]. He the son of Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 46]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1492 [her son-in-law] Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 20] and Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. She the daughter of Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 48]. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 4th February 1495, possibly 1494, Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 22] and Anne York [aged 19] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 52] and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 51]. They were fifth cousins.
On 4th April 1497 Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey [aged 53] died.
On 17th August 1497 [her former husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 54] and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 20] were married some four months after the death of his first wife. She by marriage Countess Surrey. She, Agnes, was a first cousin of his former wife Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey for which he was given dispensation on 17th August 1497. The difference in their ages was 34 years. He the son of [her former father-in-law] John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and Katherine Moleyns.
On 21st May 1524 [her former husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 81] died at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. He was buried at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and subsequently reburied at the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Duke Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey. Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 27] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1541. That afternoon [Chapus appears here to have the wrong day; other sources say 29th June 1541 i.e. St Peter's Day] two gentlemen were hung [the other being either John Mantell, John Frowds, George Roidon, Thomas Isleie, and two yeomen Richard Middleton and John Goldwell], one of whom had an income of over 12,000 ducats a year, and was the handsomest and best bred man in England, only 25 years old and married to a niece of the Duke of Norfolk [aged 68]. He was sentenced for having belonged to a set of eight rakish youths, one of whom had killed a poor old man in an unpremeditated fray. For the same cause lord Dacres [aged 26] also, son1 of the Duke of Norfolk's sister, and cousin of this Queen [aged 18], 23 years old and possessing a property of about 5,000 ducats a year, was hung from the most ignominious gibbet, and for greater shame dragged through the streets to the place of execution, to the great pity of many people, and even of his very judges, who wept when they sentenced him, and in a body asked his pardon of the King. But the thing which astonished people most was, that, the same day lord Dacres was hung, another young man [aged 28], son of the Treasurer of the Royal household [aged 56], who was one of those present at the old man's death, was freely pardoned, though he had been already tried for some like misdemeanour.
At the same time in the North, Sir John Neville [deceased] and about 60 more, among whom at least 25 were ecclesiastics, were executed for the conspiracy of which Chapuys wrote some time ago. Has just heard of the arrival of a Polish gentleman with eight or ten servants. Will endeavour to discover who he is and what he comes for. London, 2 July 1541. Original at Vienna.
Note 1. Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland, Lord Dacre, was the grandson of Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland who was the maternal half-sister of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk; Anne and Thomas' mother was Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Tilney
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
GrandFather: Philip Tilney
Father: Frederick Tilney
Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cheney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Shurland
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Henry Cheney
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cheney
GrandFather: Lawrence Cheney
Mother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cockayne
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cockayne
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cockayne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Vernon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vernon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecilia Vernon
GrandMother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Basset Baroness Grey Wilton 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ida Grey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Strange 1st Baron Strange Blackmere 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Giffard Baroness Strange Blackmere 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Herdeburgh Baroness Wem and Oversley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England