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: Bertie
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Morris Countess Dover 1565-1648
Around 1624 John Ramsay 1st Earl Holderness (age 44) and [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Holderness. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cockayne (age 63) and [his grandmother] Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 59).
On 18th April 1627 [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 19) and [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness (age 22) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cockayne and [his grandmother] Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 62). He the son of [his grandfather] Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey (age 44) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey.
On 8th November 1630 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey was born to [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 22) and [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness (age 25).
In July 1641 [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness (age 36) died.
Around 1648 [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 40) and [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Lindsey. She the daughter of Edward Wray and Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote. He the son of [his grandfather] Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey. They were second cousins.
In 1651 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 18) and [his sister] Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 22) were married. She the daughter of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 43) and [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.
In 1654 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 23) and Mary Massingberd were married. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 46) and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.
On 6th July 1655 [his brother-in-law] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden (age 44) and [his sister] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden (age 15) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Campden. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 47) and [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness. They were second cousin twice removed.
On 24th March 1657 [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey (age 29) died. She was buried with her mother Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote in Westminster Abbey. Her son [his half-brother] James (age 3) succeeded 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Around 1658 [his wife] Mary Massingberd died.
Before 1660 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 29) and Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey (age 27) were married. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 51) and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.
On 20th October 1660 [his son] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 29) and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey (age 28). He married (1) 30th July 1678 Mary Wynn, daughter of Richard Wynn 4th Baronet and Sarah Myddelton, and had issue (2) 1689 Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven and had issue.
In 1661 [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 53) was appointed 463rd Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30).
Around 1663 [his son] Peregrine Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 32) and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey (age 30).
Around 1664 [his son] Philip Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 33) and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey (age 31). He married 1711 Elizabeth Brabazon, daughter of William Brabazon 3rd Earl Meath and Elizabeth Lennard 3rd Countess Meath.
Around 1666 [his son] Norris Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey (age 33).
On 25th July 1666 [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey (age 58) died at Campden House, Middlesex. His son Robert (age 35) succeeded 3rd Earl Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey (age 33) by marriage Countess Lindsey.
Before 4th December 1667 Francis Lee 4th Baronet (age 28) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Lady Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet and Anne St John Countess Rochester (age 53). They were half fifth cousin once removed.
Around 1668 [his son] Albemarle Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 37) and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey (age 35).
In 1669 [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey (age 36) died.
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.
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On 1st February 1672 [his half-brother] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon (age 18) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Lee Countess Abingdon were married at Adderbury, Banbury. She by marriage Baroness Norreys of Rycote. He the son of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey. They were fifth cousin once removed.
After 1678 [his brother-in-law] Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon (age 45) and [his half-sister] Mary Bertie Countess Carnarvon (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey. He the son of Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon. They were second cousin once removed.
On 30th July 1678 [his son] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 17) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Wynn (age 17) were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 47) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey.
On 30th November 1682 [his half-brother] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon (age 29) was created 1st Earl Abingdon. [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Lee Countess Abingdon by marriage Countess Abingdon.
In 1683 [his sister] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden (age 43) died.
In 1684 [his son-in-law] Thomas Savage 3rd Earl Rivers (age 56) and [his daughter] Arabella Bertie Countess Rivers were married. She by marriage Countess Rivers. She the daughter of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 53) and [his former wife] Mary Massingberd. He the son of John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker. They were fifth cousins.
In 1689 [his son] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 58) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey.
On 27th August 1691 [his son] Norris Bertie (age 25) died.
In 1694 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 61) was created 1st Duke Leeds by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 43) in recognition of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds 1632-1712's support of the Glorious Revolution he having been one of the signatories of the Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven. [his sister] Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 65) by marriage Duchess Leeds.
On 15th April 1698 [his half-brother] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon (age 44) and [his sister-in-law] Catherine Chamberlayne Countess Abingdon (age 30) were married at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell. She by marriage Countess Abingdon. He the son of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey.
On 22nd May 1699 [his half-brother] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon (age 45) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Rycote. His son [his nephew] Montagu (age 26) succeeded 2nd Earl Abingdon, 6th Baron Norreys of Rycote.
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 1700 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 69) and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Countess Lindsey. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.
On 9th May 1701 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 70) died. His son Robert (age 40) succeeded 4th Earl Lindsey, 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his daughter-in-law] Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Countess Lindsey.
In 1719 [his former wife] Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey died.
[his daughter] Arabella Bertie Countess Rivers was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey and Mary Massingberd. She married 1684 her fifth cousin Thomas Savage 3rd Earl Rivers, son of John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bertie
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Willoughby 11th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Jenney Baroness Willoughby of Eresby
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Martín de Salinas
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria de Salinas Baroness Willoughby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Josefa González de Salas
GrandFather: Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke
Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Golding
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Golding Countess of Oxford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tonge
Father: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Dudley 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Roper of Well Hall 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Roper
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington 
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
GrandMother: Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Jeffrey of Chiddington Sussex
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jeffrey
Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cockayne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Shirley 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Cockayne
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cockayne
GrandFather: William Cockayne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Medcalf
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Medcalf
Mother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Morris
GrandMother: Mary Morris Countess Dover