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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: Finch
On 9th September 1746 [his father] Edward Finch-Hatton (age 49) and [his mother] Elizabeth Palmer (age 37) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea and [his grandmother] Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea.
On 30th June 1747 George Finch-Hatton was born to [his father] Edward Finch-Hatton (age 50) and [his mother] Elizabeth Palmer (age 37).
On 16th May 1771 [his father] Edward Finch-Hatton (age 74) died.
In 1772 George Finch-Hatton (age 24) was elected MP Rochester.
In 1774 George Finch-Hatton (age 26) was elected MP Rochester.
In 1776 George Finch-Hatton (age 28) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1780 George Finch-Hatton (age 32) was elected MP Rochester.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 10th December 1785 George Finch-Hatton (age 38) and Elizabeth Murray (age 25) were married. She the daughter of David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 58) and Henrietta Frederica von Bünau.
In 1791 [his mother] Elizabeth Palmer (age 81) died.
On 19th May 1791 [his son] George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea was born to George Finch-Hatton (age 43) and [his wife] Elizabeth Murray (age 31) at Kirby Hall, Gretton. He married (1) 26th July 1814 his sixth cousin Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea, daughter of James Graham 3rd Duke Montrose and Caroline Maria Montagu Duchess Montrose, and had issue (2) 15th February 1837 his third cousin twice removed Emily Georgiana Bagot Countess Winchilsea Nottingham (3) 17th October 1849 Fanny Margaretta Rice Countess Nottingham Winchilsea and had issue.
In 1795 [his son] Reverend Daniel Heneage Finch-Hatton was born to George Finch-Hatton (age 47) and [his wife] Elizabeth Murray (age 34). He married 15th December 1825 Louisa Greville, daughter of Robert Fulke Greville and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield, and had issue.
On 1st September 1796 [his father-in-law] David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield (age 68) died. His son [his brother-in-law] David (age 19) succeeded 3rd Earl Mansfield in Middlesex, 8th Viscount Stormont.
On 16th September 1797 [his brother-in-law] David William Murray 3rd Earl of Mansfield (age 20) and Frederica Markham Countess Mansfield (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Mansfield in Middlesex. She the daughter of Archbishop William Markham (age 78). He the son of [his father-in-law] David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield (age 39).
On 26th July 1814 [his son] George Finch-Hatton 5th Earl Nottingham 10th Earl Winchilsea (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Georgiana Charlotte Graham Countess Nottingham Winchelsea (age 20) were married. She the daughter of James Graham 3rd Duke Montrose (age 58) and Caroline Maria Montagu Duchess Montrose. They were sixth cousins.
On 17th February 1823 George Finch-Hatton (age 75) died.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 1st June 1825 [his former wife] Elizabeth Murray (age 65) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 21 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Finch 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Moyle Finch 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Moyle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Heneage
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Poyntz 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Bell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothie Beaupré
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Bell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 4th Baron Berners 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Knyvet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Parry 
GrandFather: Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Daniel Harvey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch
Father: Edward Finch-Hatton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hatton of Long Stanton in Cambridgeshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Hatton of Clay Hall in Essex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Shute
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Hatton 1st Baron Hatton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fanshawe 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Fanshawe 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Smythe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Hatton 1st Viscount Hatton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Baroness Hatton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Whitmore of Balmes Manor in Hackney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Whitmore
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bond
GrandMother: Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tufton 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christian Browne 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Cicely Tufton Viscountess Hatton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
George Finch-Hatton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Palmer 1st Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Palmer 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Poley Lady Palmer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Palmer 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Herbert Palmer 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Thomas Palmer 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Elizabeth Palmer 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England