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The 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." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Biography of Margaret Arundell 1456-1519

Paternal Family Tree: Arundell

Maternal Family Tree: Emmeline Riddlesford 1223-1276

24th July 1469 Battle of Edgecote Moor aka Danes Moor aka Banbury

1469 Murder of Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Devon

1522 Disappearance of the Princes in the Tower

Before 1439 William Stafford (age 18) and [her mother] Catherine Chideocke (age 15) were married.

In 1456 Margaret Arundell was born to [her father] John Arundell (age 34) and [her mother] Catherine Chideocke (age 32).

On 24th April 1464 [her half-brother] Humphrey Stafford (age 25) was created 1st Baron Stafford of Southwick. See Warkworth Note 4..

On 7th May 1469 [her half-brother] Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon (age 30) was created 1st Earl Devon. See Warkworth Note 4.

24th July 1469 Battle of Edgecote Moor aka Danes Moor aka Banbury

On 24th July 1469 the Yorkist army suffered a defeat against a Lancastrian army led by Robin of Redesdale at the Battle of Edgecote Moor. The Yorkist army was commanded by [her half-brother] Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon (age 30) and William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 46).

Thomas Vaughan (age 69), John Wogan, Henry Neville (age 32), John Conyers (age 36), and brothers John Dudley (age 42) and Oliver Dudley were killed.

Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon, John Conyers (age 58) and William Parr (age 35) fought.

Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 64) and John Woodville (age 24) were captured.

Murder of Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Devon

On 17th August 1469 [her half-brother] Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon (age 30), having escaped after the Battle of Edgecote Moor, was captured and executed by a mob at Bridgwater, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at Glastonbury Abbey [Map]. Earl Devon, Baron Stafford of Southwick forfeit.

On 12th November 1473 [her father] John Arundell (age 52) died at Lanherne, St Mawgan in Pyder.

Before 23rd July 1478 [her step-father] Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst (age 57) and [her mother] Catherine Chideocke (age 55) were married.

On 10th April 1479 [her mother] Catherine Chideocke (age 56) died.

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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Before 1480 William Capell (age 33) and Margaret Arundell (age 23) were married.

Around 1480 [her son] Giles Capell of Rayne Hall was born to [her husband] William Capell (age 34) and Margaret Arundell (age 24) at Romford, Essex. He married before 1496 Isabel Newton and had issue.

Before 1496 [her son] Giles Capell of Rayne Hall (age 15) and [her daughter-in-law] Isabel Newton (age 10) were married.

In 1503 [her husband] William Capell (age 57) was appointed Lord Mayor of London.

In 1503 [her son-in-law] William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 20) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester were married.

In 1515 [her husband] William Capell (age 69) died. He was buried at St Bartholomew by the Exchange Church.

On 8th December 1519 Margaret Arundell (age 63) died.

Disappearance of the Princes in the Tower

Testamenta Vetusta Volume 2. Margaret Lady Capell.

Dame Margaret Capells, widow of Sir [her former husband] William Capell.

To my son Sir [her son] Giles Capell (age 42) King Edward the Fifth chain, with remainder to Henry: and Edward Capell respectively, remainder to my daughter [her daughter] Elizabeth Paulet and her heirs. Proved 18th April 1522.

Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society 1852. [her former husband] William was a younger son, who came, we must suppose, to London, and there made a fortune, leaving his elder brother John to inherit the obscurity of the Suffolk manor, which soon passes into utter darkness; for it is through William alone that the family survives in history. A member of the Drapers' Guild, he was certainly a successful man, and invested the results of that success in land — almost the only possible security of those days. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1503, and his widow Margaret's will suggests that he may have been in touch with the wider world of politics and Court life, for she bequeaths to their eldest son, [her son] Gyles, not only "a bed of crimson satin embroidered with his father's helmet and his arms and mine and with the anchors and his word in the valance, with three curtaines of red sarcenet belonging," but also "his father's chain which was young King Edward the fifth's."

[her father] John Arundell and Elizabeth Morley were married. They were fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

[her daughter] Dorothy Capell Baroness Zouche Harringworth was born to William Capell and Margaret Arundell. She married before 1532 her fifth cousin once removed John Zouche 8th Baron Zouche Harringworth, son of John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth and Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth, and had issue.

[her daughter] Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester was born to William Capell and Margaret Arundell. She married 1503 William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester and had issue.

[her father] John Arundell and [her mother] Catherine Chideocke were married. They were fifth cousins.

Margaret Arundell 1456-1519 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Margaret Arundell 1456-1519

Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Margaret Arundell 1456-1519
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [1]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [1]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [6]

Ancestors of Margaret Arundell 1456-1519

Great x 4 Grandfather: John II Arundell

Great x 3 Grandfather: John III Arundell

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Arundell

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Arundell

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Lustock

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Lustock

GrandFather: John Arundell

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Lambourne

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor aka Annorah Lambourne

Father: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Burghesh 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Kerdeston

GrandMother: Margaret Burghesh 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Hanham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ismania Hanham

Margaret Arundell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Chideock

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Chidiock 4th Baron Fitzpayn

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzpayn 2nd Baron Fitzpayn

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Fitzpayn

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Chidiock 5th Baron Fitzpayn

GrandFather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzwarin 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Baroness Fitzwarin 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ivo Fitzwarin 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Argentine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Argentine

Mother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Lumley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Marmaduke Lumley

Great x 4 Grandfather: Marmaduke Thweng

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucia Thweng

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Ros

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Holland 2nd Baron Holand 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Holand 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Catherine Lumley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Iseult Mortimer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Lumley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England