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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Paternal Family Tree: Arundell
Maternal Family Tree: Emmeline Riddlesford 1223-1276
24th July 1469 Battle of Edgecote Moor aka Danes Moor aka Banbury
Before 1439 William Stafford [aged 18] and [her mother] Catherine Chideocke [aged 15] were married.
In 1456 Margaret Arundell was born to [her father] John Arundell [aged 34] and [her mother] Catherine Chideocke [aged 32].
On 24th April 1464 [her half-brother] Humphrey Stafford [aged 25] was created 1st Baron Stafford of Southwick. See Warkworth Note 4..
On 7th May 1469 [her half-brother] Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon [aged 30] was created 1st Earl Devon. See Warkworth Note 4.
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 [aged 30] and William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 46].
Thomas Vaughan [aged 69], John Wogan, Henry Neville [aged 32], John Conyers [aged 36], and brothers John Dudley [aged 42] and Oliver Dudley were killed.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon, John Conyers [aged 58] and William Parr [aged 35] fought.
Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers [aged 64] and John Woodville [aged 24] were captured.
On 17th August 1469 [her half-brother] Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon [aged 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 [aged 52] died at Lanherne, St Mawgan in Pyder.
Before 23rd July 1478 [her step-father] Roger Lewknor of Broadhurst [aged 57] and [her mother] Catherine Chideocke [aged 55] were married.
On 10th April 1479 [her mother] Catherine Chideocke [aged 56] died.
Before 1480 William Capell [aged 33] and Margaret Arundell [aged 23] were married.
Around 1480 [her son] Giles Capell of Rayne Hall was born to [her husband] William Capell [aged 34] and Margaret Arundell [aged 24] at Romford, Essex. He married before 1496 Isabel Newton and had issue.
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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Before 1496 [her son] Giles Capell of Rayne Hall [aged 15] and [her daughter-in-law] Isabel Newton [aged 10] were married.
In 1503 [her husband] William Capell [aged 57] was appointed Lord Mayor of London.
In 1503 [her son-in-law] William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester [aged 20] and [her daughter] Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester were married.
In 1515 [her husband] William Capell [aged 69] died. He was buried at St Bartholomew by the Exchange Church.
On 8th December 1519 Margaret Arundell [aged 63] died.
Testamenta Vetusta Volume 2. Margaret Lady Capell.
Dame Margaret Capells, widow of Sir [her former husband] William Capell.
To my son Sir Giles Capell [aged 42] King Edward the Fifth chain, with remainder to Henry: and Edward Capell respectively, remainder to my 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, 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.
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 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
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 4 Grandfather: Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Badlesmere Baroness Burghesh 
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 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby 
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