William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Paternal Family Tree: Hastings
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Louches Baroness Camoys
1461 Battle of Mortimer's Cross
1461 Edward IV Rewards his Followers
1470 March 1470 Welles' Rebellion and Battle of Losecoat Field aka Empingham
14th April 1471 Battle of Barnet
Ralph Hastings was born to [his father] Leonard Hastings and [his mother] Alice Camoys.
Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall were married.
Before 1423 [his father] Leonard Hastings [aged 26] and [his mother] Alice Camoys were married.
On 20th October 1455 [his father] Leonard Hastings [aged 59] died at Kirkby, Leicestershire.
Between 30th December 1460, when her first husband William Bonville 6th Baron Harington [aged 18] was killed at the Battle of Wakefield, and 6th February 1462, a date provided by Cockayne [his brother] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Baroness Hastings. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 60] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 53]. They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 2nd February 1461 at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross at Mortimer's Cross, Herefordshire [Map] the future King Edward IV of England [aged 18] commanded the Yorkist forces including [his brother] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 30], John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 61], John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet [aged 35], John Savage [aged 17] and Roger Vaughan [aged 51].
In the Lancastrian army Owen Tudor [aged 61] (captured by Roger Vaughan) and his son Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford [aged 29] fought as well as James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 40] and Henry Roos. Gruffydd ap Nicholas Deheubarth [aged 68] were killed. Watkin Vaughan [aged 66] and Henry Wogan [aged 59] were killed.
Monument to the Battle of Mortimer's Cross at Mortimer's Cross, Herefordshire [Map]. Note Edward IV described as Edward Mortimer. The monument was erected by subscription in 1799.
Gruffydd ap Nicholas Deheubarth: In 1393 he was born to Nicolas ap Philip Deheubarth and Jonet Unknown at Sheffield [Map].
Watkin Vaughan: Around 1395 he was born to Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine and Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon. Around 1435 Watkin Vaughan and Elinor Wogan were married. The date based on his age being around twenty. The difference in their ages was 29 years.
Henry Wogan: In 1402 he was born to John Wogan at Wiston.
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On 26th July 1461 [his brother] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 30] was created 1st Baron Hastings for supporting King Edward IV of England [aged 19] in his claim to the throne.
Robert Ogle 1st Baron Ogle [aged 55] was created 1st Baron Ogle by King Edward IV of England for having been the principal Northumbrian gentleman to support the Yorkist cause.
On 18th May 1464 Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns [aged 33] was executed at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map] having been captured at the Battle of Hexham. He was buried at the Hungerford Chapel at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. His daughter Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns became the ward of [his brother] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 33] whose son [his nephew] Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns she subsequently married.
Around 1466 [his daughter] Anne Hastings was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall [aged 27] at York Castle [Map].
Around 1470 [his daughter] Katherine Hastings was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall [aged 31] at York Castle [Map].
On 19th March 1470 Robert Welles 8th Baron Willoughby 8th Baron Welles was beheaded at Doncaster [Map]. He was buried at Whitefriars Doncaster [Map]. Baron Welles forfeit. His sister [his future sister-in-law] Joan succeeded 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby [aged 37] by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He, Hastings, a favourite of King Edward IV of England [aged 27], younger brother of Edward's great friend William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 39].
Before 1st June 1470 [his brother] Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby [aged 37] and [his sister-in-law] Joan Welles 9th Baroness Willoughby of Eresby were married.
On 14th April 1471 Edward IV [aged 28] commanded at the Battle of Barnet supported by his brothers George [aged 21] and Richard [aged 18], John Babington [aged 48], Wiliam Hastings [aged 40] (commanded), Ralph Hastings, William Norreys [aged 30], William Parr [aged 37], John Savage [aged 49], William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier [aged 41], Thomas St Leger [aged 31], John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet [aged 45], Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough [aged 40], John Scott [aged 48] and Thomas Strickland.
The Yorkists William Blount [aged 29], Humphrey Bourchier [aged 36], Henry Stafford [aged 46] and Thomas Parr were killed.
Humphrey Bourchier 1st Baron Cromwell [aged 40], was killed. Baron Cromwell extinct.
The Lancastrians...
Warwick the Kingmaker [aged 42] was killed. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu and Baron Monthermer forfeit on the assumption he was attainted either before or after his death; the date of his attainder is unknown. If not attainted the titles may have been abeyant between his two daughters Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence [aged 19] and Anne Neville Queen Consort England [aged 14].
John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu [aged 40] was killed. Marquess Montagu, Baron Montagu forfeit; unclear as to when he was attainted. He was buried at Bisham Abbey [Map].
William Tyrrell was killed.
William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele [aged 43] was killed. His son Henry [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Baron Saye and Sele. Anne Harcourt Baroness Saye and Sele by marriage Baroness Saye and Sele.
Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 40] commanded the left flank, was badly wounded and left for dead, Henry Stafford and John Paston [aged 27] were wounded, John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford [aged 28] commanded, and John Paston [aged 29] and William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 33] fought.
Robert Harleston [aged 36] was killed.
Thomas Hen Salusbury [aged 62] was killed.
Thomas Tresham [aged 51] escaped but was subsequently captured and executed on the 6th of May 1471.
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On 4th May 1471 King Edward IV of England [aged 29] was victorious at the 4th May 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury. His brother Richard [aged 18], Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick [aged 36], John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 46], George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny [aged 31], John Savage [aged 49], John Savage [aged 27], Thomas St Leger [aged 31], John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet [aged 45], Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough [aged 40] fought. William Brandon [aged 46], George Browne [aged 31], Ralph Hastings, Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby [aged 38], James Tyrrell [aged 16], Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley [aged 38] were knighted. William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 40] commanded.
Margaret of Anjou [aged 41] was captured. Her son Edward of Westminster Prince of Wales [aged 17] was killed. He was the last of the Lancastrian line excluding the illegitmate Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 11] whose line continues to the present.
John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon [aged 36] was killed and attainted. Earl Devon forfeit. Some sources refer to these titles as being abeyant?
John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 71] was killed. Baron Wenlock extinct.
John Delves [aged 49], John Beaufort [aged 30], William Vaux of Harrowden [aged 35] and Robert Whittingham [aged 42] were killed.
Edmund Beaufort [aged 32], Humphrey Tuchet [aged 37] and Hugh Courtenay [aged 44] were captured.
Henry Roos fought and escaped to Tewkesbury Abbey [Map] where he sought sanctuary. He was subsequently pardoned.
William Carey [aged 34] was killed.
Around 1473 [his daughter] Florence Hastings Baroness Grey Wilton was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall [aged 34] at Harrowden, Northamptonshire. She married 1491 Edmund Grey 9th Baron Grey of Wilton, son of John Grey 8th Baron Grey of Wilton and Anne Grey Baroness Grey Wilton, and had issue.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Around 1478 [his daughter] Isabel Hastings was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall [aged 39] at York Castle [Map].
Around 1480 [his daughter] Elizabeth Hastings was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall [aged 41] at York Castle [Map].
Before 1483 Ralph Hastings was appointed Knight of the Body to King Edward IV of England [aged 40].
On 9th April 1483 King Edward IV of England [aged 40] died at Westminster [Map]. His son Edward [aged 12] succeeded V King of England. Those present included Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 46], [his brother] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 52] and Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 28].
On 13th June 1483 Richard, Duke of Gloucester [aged 30], [future King Richard III] held a Council meeting at the Tower of London [Map] attended by [his brother] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 52], Cardinal John Morton [aged 63], Archbishop Thomas Rotherham [aged 59] and Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham [aged 28]. During the course of the meeting Richard accused William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings, Cardinal John Morton and Archbishop Thomas Rotherham of treasonable conspiracy with the Queen [aged 46].
William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings was summarily beheaded at Tower Green, Tower of London [Map]. He was buried in North Aisle St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map] next to King Edward IV of England. His son [his nephew] Edward [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Baron Hastings.
Cardinal John Morton and Archbishop Thomas Rotherham were arrested.
Around 1486 [his daughter] Emma Hastings was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall [aged 47] at York Castle [Map].
Around 1488 [his daughter] Cecilia Hastings was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall [aged 49] at York Castle [Map].
Around 1491 [his son-in-law] Edmund Grey 9th Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 22] and [his daughter] Florence Hastings Baroness Grey Wilton [aged 18] were married.
On 1st December 1495 Ralph Hastings died.
[his son] Leonard Hastings was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall.
[his daughter] Alice Hastings was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall.
[his son] Edmund Hastings was born to Ralph Hastings and Anne Tattershall.
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Hastings 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Hastings
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Hastings
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Hastings
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Unknown
GrandFather: Ralph Hastings
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Herle
Father: Leonard Hastings
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sayer III Sutton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sayer IV Sutton
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sutton 1st Baron Sutton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Ros
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Fitzpiers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Sutton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sampson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Constantia Sampson Baroness Lexington
GrandMother: Maud Sutton
Ralph Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Camoys 1st Baron Camoys
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Camoys 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Basset 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Camoys 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick
GrandFather: Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alicia Ledet Baroness Latimer Corby
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Latimer 3rd Baron Latimer of Corby
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Latimer
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Botetort Baroness Latimer Corby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzotes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzotes Baroness Botetort
Mother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Louches
GrandMother: Elizabeth Louches Baroness Camoys