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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Paternal Family Tree: Adams aka Anson
Maternal Family Tree: Amy Fermor 1509-1580
On 5th November 1878 [his father] Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 22) and [his mother] Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 24) were married at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 55) and [his grandmother] Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 53) and [his grandmother] Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield (age 44). They were half first cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 9th December 1883 Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield was born to [his father] Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 27) and [his mother] Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 29). He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 7th January 1892 [his grandfather] Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 66) died. His son [his father] Thomas (age 36) succeeded 3rd Earl Lichfield, 4th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 4th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. [his mother] Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 38) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 11th July 1911 Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 27) and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 55) and Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 57). They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1913 [his son] Thomas William Anson was born to Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 29) and [his wife] Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 25). He married (1) before 25th April 1939 Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon and had issue.
On 12th March 1917 [his daughter] Betty Marjorie Anson was born to Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 33) and [his wife] Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 29). She married 20th May 1944 her sixth cousin Colonel Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington and had issue.
On 29th July 1918 [his father] Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 62) died. He was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map]. His son Thomas (age 34) succeeded 4th Earl Lichfield, 5th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 5th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. [his wife] Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 31) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 19th February 1919 [his son] Lieutenant Edward John Anson was born to Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 35) and [his wife] Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 31).
On 23rd February 1939 Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 55) and Violet Margaret Dawson-Greene Countess Lichfield were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. He the son of Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield and Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 85).
Before 25th April 1939 [his son] Thomas William Anson (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 21) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The wedding was attended by the King (age 43) and Queen (age 38), Princesses Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 13) and Princess Margaret (age 8) - see Pathe. He the son of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 55) and [his wife] Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 52).
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
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In 25th April 1939 [his son] Thomas William Anson (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 21) were divorced.
On 12th May 1941 [his mother] Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 87) died. She was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map].
On 6th October 1943 [his son] Lieutenant Edward John Anson (age 24) died unmarried in an accident while returning to duty at a naval dockyard during the black-out whilst on active service on HMS Southdown. He was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map].
Lieutenant Edward John Anson: On 19th February 1919 he was born to Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield.
On 20th May 1944 [his son-in-law] Colonel Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington (age 33) and [his daughter] Betty Marjorie Anson (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 60) and [his wife] Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 57). They were sixth cousins.
On 16th April 1945 [his wife] Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 58) died. She was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map].
On 18th March 1958 [his son] Thomas William Anson (age 45) died. He was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map].
Thomas William Anson: In 1913 he was born to Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield. Before 25th April 1939 Thomas William Anson and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The wedding was attended by the King and Queen, Princesses Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Princess Margaret - see Pathe. He the son of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield. In 25th April 1939 Thomas William Anson and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon were divorced.
On 14th September 1960 Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 76) died. He was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map]. His grandson [his grandson] Thomas (age 21) succeeded 5th Earl Lichfield, 6th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 6th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire [Map] passed to the National Trust in lieu of death duties.
After 14th September 1960. Grave of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (deceased) at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 30 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sambrooke Adams 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Adams aka Anson
Great x 4 Grandmother: Janette Anson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Venables-Vernon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton 
17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wenman Roberts aka Coke 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Lenox Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Dutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Bond
GrandFather: Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nathaniel Phillips
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield
Father: Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hamilton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Harriet Craggs
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamilton 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Buller Lady Copley 
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Douglas 14th Earl Morton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Douglas 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Heathcote Countess Morton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Lascelles
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood
GrandMother: Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Russell 4th Duke Bedford 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Russell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Leveson-Gower Duchess Bedford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Russell 6th Duke Bedford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Keppel Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle 
Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Maxwell 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon
Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gabriel Roberts
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Roberts 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Wenman 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Wenman Roberts aka Coke 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Coke 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Coke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Carey Newton 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Chamberlayne of Wardington
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Chamberlayne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rear-Admiral Thomas Hardy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Hardy
GrandFather: Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Miller 4th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Miller Countess Albermarle
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Amelia Keppel Countess Leicester 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Southwell 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Southwell 20th Baron Clifford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Watson 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Mother: Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Samuel Whitbread
Great x 2 Grandfather: Samuel Charles Whitbread
Great x 3 Grandmother: Harriet Hayton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Samuel Charles Whitbread 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Baronet 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hannah Wood
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Grey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ogle 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brand
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brand Baron Dacre 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Pierrepont 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: General Henry Otway Trevor 21st Baron Dacre 20th Baron Multon 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Trevor Roper 
Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Trevor Roper 19th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Trevor 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Julia Brand 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend Maurice Crosbie
Great x 2 Grandmother: Pyne Crosbie Lady of the Bedchamber 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Cavendish 1st Baronet 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Pyne Cavendish 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pyne 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England