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Paternal Family Tree: Talbot
On 29th September 1580 Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint was born to [her father] Henry Talbot (age 17) and [her mother] Elizabeth Rayner (age 24).
In 1596 [her father] Henry Talbot (age 33) died.
On 8th January 1601 Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 16) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 20) were married at Overton Longueville.
In 1604 Thomas Erskine 1st Earl Kellie (age 38) and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Pierrepont Countess Kellie (age 36) were married. There is some uncertainty about whether this is the right Elizabeth Pierrepoint.
In March 1606 [her son] Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester was born to [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 21) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 25). He married (1) 1630 his sixth cousin Cecilia Bayning, daughter of Paul Bayning 1st Viscount Bayning and Anne Glemham Viscountess Bayning, and had issue (2) September 1652 his fifth cousin once removed Catherine Stanley Marchioness Dorchester, daughter of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby.
In 1608 [her son] William Pierrepont of Thoresby was born to [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 23) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 27). He married 8th June 1628 Elizabeth Harries aka Harris, daughter of Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet and Eleanor Gifford, and had issue.
In 1612 [her mother] Elizabeth Rayner (age 56) died.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Before 8th September 1612 [her son] Francis Pierrepont was born to [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 28) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 31). He married 1635 Elizabeth Bray and had issue.
In March 1619 Thomas Erskine 1st Earl Kellie (age 53) was created 1st Earl Kellie. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Pierrepont Countess Kellie (age 51) by marriage Countess Kellie.
In 1620 [her son] Gervase Pierrepont was born to [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 35) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 39).
On 29th June 1627 [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 42) was created 1st Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 46) by marriage Baroness Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
In 1628 [her son] George Pierrepoint was born to [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 43) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 47).
On 25th January 1628 [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 43) was created 1st Earl Kingston upon Hull, 1st Viscount Newark. Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 47) by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
On 8th June 1628 [her son] William Pierrepont of Thoresby (age 20) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Harries aka Harris (age 31) were married at St Martin's Church, Ludgate. He the son of [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 43) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 47).
Around 1630 [her son] Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Cecilia Bayning (age 16) were married. He the son of [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 45) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 49). They were sixth cousins.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In 1635 [her son] Francis Pierrepont (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Bray (age 20) were married. He the son of [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 50) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 54).
On 16th July 1643 Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham launched a night attack on Gainsborough [Map] and captured it and [her husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 58).
On 25th July 1643 Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston Was accidentally shot and killed while a prisoner on board a vessel bound for Hull. His son [her son] Henry (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Kingston upon Hull, 2nd Viscount Newark, 2nd Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. [her future daughter-in-law] Catherine Stanley Marchioness Dorchester by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
In 1649 Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 68) died. She was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map].
In or after 1852 the contents of the Crypt of the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map] were listed with a diagram by the Reverend James Cleaver, Rector of Holme Pierrepont, as follows:
1. [her former husband] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston
2. Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint
3. William Pierrepoint died 1719
4. Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull
5. Unknown
7. [her great grandson] Robert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Kingston.
8. [her grandson] Robert Pierrepont
10. [her great grandson] William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston
11. [her great grandson] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull
12. [her son] Gervase Pierrepont
13. Unknown
14. [her great grandson] William Pierrepont
15. Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull
16. Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull
17. Francis Pierrepont, died Aug 13 1679.
18. Charles Medows aka Pierrepont 1st Earl Manvers.
19. Anne Mills Countess Manvers
20. [her son] Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester
21. Samuel Pierrepont aged 6, 1711.
22. Blank
23. Blank
24. Charles Herbert Pierrepont 2nd Earl Manvers (age 73)
25. Mary Laetitia Eyre Countess Manvers (age 67)
26. Annora Mary Pierrepont, daughter of Charles, Viscount Newark, 3 months, 1815.
27 - 31. Blank
33. Sophia Cecil.
35. Emily Littleton
36 - 41. Blank.
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[her son] Robert Pierrepont was born to Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint.
[her father] Henry Talbot and [her mother] Elizabeth Rayner were married. He the son of [her grandfather] George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and [her grandmother] Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford.
[her daughter] Elizabeth Pierrepont was born to Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint.
[her daughter] Mary Pierrepoint was born to Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham 
Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham 
Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Parr 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tunstall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Dacre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Greystoke 5th Baron Greystoke 
2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Greystoke 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Greystoke 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent 
2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Percy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Father: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Manners 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Ogle 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros of Helmsley 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St Leger 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Donet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York 
Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paston 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mautby
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brewes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Brewes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Debenham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Mother: Elizabeth Rayner