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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Paternal Family Tree: Beauchamp
Maternal Family Tree: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 1390-1441
Before 23rd January 1406 [her father] John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe [aged 28] and [her mother] Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe in Bedfordshire.
Around 1410 Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset was born to [her father] John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe [aged 32] and [her mother] Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe [aged 20].
Around 1413 [her grandfather] Roger Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe [aged 50] died at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. His son [her father] John [aged 35] succeeded 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe in Bedfordshire although there is some uncertainty as to whether he was ever recognised as Baron.
In 1414 John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe [aged 36] died. Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe in Bedfordshire abeyant since his only issue was his two year old daughter. There is some uncertainty about the date; he may have predeceased his father.
On 26th August 1421 Eudo Welles [aged 34] died at Welles, Grimsby. His son [her future husband] Lionel [aged 15] succeeded 6th Baron Welles.
Before 1426 Oliver St John [aged 25] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 15] were married.
On 31st August 1426 [her son] John St John was born to [her husband] Oliver St John [aged 26] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 16] at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. He married Alice Bradshaigh and had issue.
Around 1428 [her son] Oliver St John was born to [her husband] Oliver St John [aged 27] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 18] at Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. He married after 1470 his fifth cousin once removed Elizabeth Scrope, daughter of Henry Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Elizabeth Scrope Baroness Scrope Bolton, and had issue.
Around 1430 [her daughter] Edith St John was born to [her husband] Oliver St John [aged 29] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 20] at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. She married Geoffrey Pole and had issue.
In 1437 [her husband] Oliver St John [aged 36] died at Rouen, France [Map].
In 1439 John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 36] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. He the son of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 54]. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
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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Before 21st September 1439 James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart [aged 44] and [her sister-in-law] Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and [her mother-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 54].
In 1442 [her brother-in-law] Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 36] was created 1st Marquess Dorset. Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] by marriage Marchioness Dorset.
On 31st May 1443 [her daughter] Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond was born to [her husband] John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 40] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. Some sources suggest her birth may have been two years earlier in 1441 by saying she was three years old when her father died on 30 May 1444 - see Excerpta Historica. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) January 1450 her half third cousin John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk, son of William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk (2) 1st November 1455 her half fourth cousin once removed Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond, son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England, and had issue (3) 3rd January 1458 her second cousin Henry Stafford, son of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham (4) 12th June 1472 her third cousin Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby, son of Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley and Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley.
On 28th August 1443 [her husband] John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 40] was created 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal by King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 21]. Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 30th May 1444 [her husband] John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 41] committed suicide. Suicide not certain but likely. Duke Somerset, Earl Kendal extinct. His brother [her brother-in-law] Edmund [aged 38] succeeded 4th Earl Somerset. Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 35] by marriage Countess Somerset.
His only child [her daughter] Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond aged one was his heir. King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 22] granted her wardship to William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 47] who married her to his son [her future son-in-law] John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk [aged 1].
Before 14th April 1447 [her future husband] Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles [aged 41] and Joan or Cecily Waterton were married.
On 14th April 1447 Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles [aged 41] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 37] were married. She by marriage Baroness Welles. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 9th January 1449 [her step-son] Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby [aged 21] and Joan Willoughby 7th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby [aged 24] were married. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Around 1450 [her son] John Welles 1st Viscount Welles was born to [her husband] Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles [aged 44] and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 40]. He married December 1487 his half fourth cousin Cecily York Viscountess Welles, daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England, and had issue.
Around January 1450 [her son-in-law] John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk [aged 7] and Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 6] were married. The date subject to debate. Papal dispensation was granted on 18 August 1450. Margaret never recognised this marriage, and considered her next husband her first; as confirmed by her 1472 will. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 40]. He the son of William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 53] and Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk [aged 46]. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Before 2nd April 1450 [her son-in-law] William Zouche 5th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 48] and Elizabeth St John Baroness Scrope Bolton Baroness Zouche Harringworth were married. She by marriage Baroness Zouche Harringworth. She the daughter of Oliver St John and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 40].
On 25th July 1452 Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 67] died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Mettingham Bungay [Map]. His daughter Joan [aged 27] succeeded 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. [her step-son] Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby [aged 24] by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
In February 1453 [her son-in-law] John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk [aged 10] and [her daughter] Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 9] marriage annulled.
On 1st November 1455 [her son-in-law] Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond [aged 25] and Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 12] were married at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Richmond. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 45]. He the son of Owen Tudor [aged 55] and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 3rd January 1458 [her son-in-law] Henry Stafford [aged 33] and Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 14] were married probably at Maxstoke Castle [Map]. Her third marriage (second if you don't include the one annulled) aged fourteen and already the mother of the future King Henry VII. She had no further issue. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 48]. He the son of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 55] and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham [aged 50]. They were second cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 1461 Thomas Dymoke [aged 32] and [her step-daughter] Margaret Welles [aged 28] were married.
On 17th February 1461 the Lancastrian army defeated the Yorkist army at Second Battle of St Albans and rescued King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 39]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 30] and included Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 39], John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 45], Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor [aged 26], Henry Roos and [her step-son] Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby [aged 33].
Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 33], William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme [aged 46], John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 12] and Thomas Tresham [aged 41] were knighted.
The Yorkist army included Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 32], William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel [aged 43], John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 61] and Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex [aged 57]. John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu [aged 30] was captured. Robert Poynings [aged 42] and James Luttrell [aged 34] were killed.
John Grey [aged 29] was killed fighting for Lancaster. A death that was to have far reaching consequences; his widow Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 24] subsequently married King Edward IV of England [aged 18].
During the battle William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville [aged 68] and Thomas Kyriell [aged 65] were assigned to the protection of the King Henry VI. After the battle both were beheaded against all decent laws of battle.
William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville was beheaded. His great granddaughter Cecily succeeded 2nd Baroness Bonville.
Thomas Kyriell was beheaded.
William Cotton [aged 21] was killed.
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On 29th March 1461 the Battle of Towton was a decisive victory for King Edward IV of England [aged 18] bringing to an end the first war of the Wars of the Roses. Said to be the bloodiest battle on English soil 28000 were killed mainly during the rout that followed the battle.
The Yorkist army was commanded by King Edward IV of England with John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 45], William Neville 1st Earl Kent [aged 56], William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 30] (knighted), Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy [aged 45], Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex [aged 57], [her future son-in-law] John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 23] and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 61].
The Lancastrian army suffered significant casualties including Richard Percy [aged 35], Ralph Bigod Lord Morley [aged 50], John Bigod [aged 28], Robert Cromwell [aged 71], Ralph Eure [aged 49], John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 51], John Beaumont [aged 33], Thomas Dethick [aged 61], Everard Simon Digby, William Plumpton [aged 25] and [her brother-in-law] William Welles [aged 51] who were killed.
Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 39] was killed. Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick, Baron Percy of Topcliffe forfeit.
Ralph Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 49] was killed. He was buried at the nearby Saxton church where his chest tomb is extant. Baron Dacre Gilsland extinct.
[her husband] Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles [aged 55] was killed. His son [her step-son] Richard [aged 33] succeeded 7th Baron Welles.
The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset [aged 25], Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 30], Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Andrew Trollope.
Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter was attainted after the battle; Duke Exeter, Earl Huntingdon forfeit.
Those who fought for the Lancaster included William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme [aged 46], William Plumpton, John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley [aged 60], William Norreys [aged 20], Thomas Grey 1st Baron Grey of Richemont [aged 43], Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns [aged 30], John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 12], Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby, Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers [aged 56], James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 40], John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde [aged 39], William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 22], Henry Roos and Thomas Tresham [aged 41]. Cardinal John Morton [aged 41] were captured.
John Heron of Ford Castle Northumberland [aged 45], Robert Dethick [aged 86], Andrew Trollope and his son David Trollope were killed.
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Patent Rolls. 26th November 1461. Westminster Palace [Map]. The like (Grant for life) to Margaret, duchess of Somerset [aged 51], of 166l 13s 4d yearly from Michaelmas, 39 Henry VI, from the king's petty custom in the port of London and the same at the same at the receipt of the Exchequer, in lieu of a grant and confirmation to her of the same sums in pdwer by latters atent dated 9 July, surrendered. By K [aged 19].
After 1470 Oliver St John [aged 42] and Elizabeth Scrope [aged 31] were married. He the son of Oliver St John and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 60]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Before 10th December 1471 [her son-in-law] John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 34] and Elizabeth St John Baroness Scrope Bolton Baroness Zouche Harringworth were married. She by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton. She the daughter of Oliver St John and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 61]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Around 12th June 1472 [her son-in-law] Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby [aged 37] and Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Queen Mann, Baroness Stanley. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 62]. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 8th August 1482 Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 72] died. She was buried at Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map].
[her daughter] Elizabeth St John Baroness Scrope Bolton Baroness Zouche Harringworth was born to Oliver St John and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset. She married (1) before 2nd April 1450 William Zouche 5th Baron Zouche Harringworth, son of William Zouche 4th Baron Zouche Harringworth (2) before 10th December 1471 her fifth cousin once removed John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, son of Henry Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Elizabeth Scrope Baroness Scrope Bolton, and had issue.
[her daughter] Margaret St John was born to Oliver St John and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset.
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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[her daughter] Agnes St John was born to Oliver St John and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 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 12 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Beauchamp
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny VI Lord Flamstead 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tosny 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Lacy 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Beauchamp 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pateshull
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sibyl Pateshull Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe
GrandFather: Roger Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Clopton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Clopton Baroness Beauchamp
Father: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Stourton 
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Stourton 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Plantagenet Baroness Berkeley 
Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandFather: John Stourton 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Mother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England