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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Paternal Family Tree: Frankland
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bourchier 1598-1665
In 1683 [his father] Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet [aged 18] and [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby [aged 19] were married. They had ten children.
Around 1685 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet was born to [his father] Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet [aged 20] and [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby [aged 21].
On 2nd August 1697 [his grandfather] William Frankland 1st Baronet [aged 57] died. His son [his father] Thomas [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby [aged 33] by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
In 1700 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 15] admitted at Jesus College, Cambridge University.
In March 1707 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 22] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In April 1708 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Harwich.
In 1710 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Harwich during the 1710 General Election.
On 22nd August 1713 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 28] was elected MP Thirsk during the 1713 General Election.
Between 22nd January 1715 and 9th March 1715 the 1715 General Election was held. The election had been caused by George I's [aged 54] succession. The Whig party, which supported George I, won an overwhelming majority.
John Rushout 4th Baronet [aged 29] was elected MP Malmesbury.
Leonard Smelt [aged 32] was elected MP Northallerton.
Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 30] was elected MP Thirsk.
George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 57] was elected MP Whitchurch.
On 5th June 1715 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 30] and Dinah Topham Lady Thirkleby were married.
In 1719 [his daughter] Dinah Frankland Countess Lichfield was born to Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 34] and [his wife] Dinah Topham Lady Thirkleby. She married 16th January 1745 George Henry Lee 3rd Earl Lichfield, son of George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield and Frances Hales Countess Lichfield.
On 19th March 1722 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 37] was elected MP Thirsk during the 1722 General Election.
On 30th October 1726 [his father] Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet [aged 61] died. His son Thomas [aged 41] succeeded 3rd Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. [his wife] Dinah Topham Lady Thirkleby by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
On 14th August 1727 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 42] was elected MP Thirsk.
On 20th July 1733 [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby [aged 69] died.
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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On 9th July 1741 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 56] and Sarah Moseley Lady Thirkleby were married. She by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
In 1742 [his daughter] Elizabeth Frankland died.
On 16th January 1745 [his son-in-law] George Henry Lee 3rd Earl Lichfield [aged 26] and [his daughter] Dinah Frankland Countess Lichfield [aged 26] were married. He the son of George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield and Frances Hales Countess Lichfield [aged 48].
On 17th April 1747 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet [aged 62] died. His nephew Charles [aged 31] succeeded 4th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
In 1783 [his former wife] Sarah Moseley Lady Thirkleby died.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Frankland was born to Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet and Dinah Topham Lady Thirkleby.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Frankland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Frankland of Thirkelby in Yorkshire
GrandFather: William Frankland 1st Baronet
Father: Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fairfax 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax of Denton in Yorkshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Fairfax
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "The Great Black Knight of the North" Cholmeley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cholmley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Babthorpe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Babthorpe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Constable 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Arabella Belasyse Lady Thirkleby 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Barton of Smithells in Lancashire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Barton
Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baronet 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard
GrandFather: John Russell 3rd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Wheatley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Wheatley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Smallpage
Mother: Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cromwell aka Williams 
14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cromwell aka Williams 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Mirfyn
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cromwell 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Warren
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Warren
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Trelake 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Oliver Cromwell 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Steward
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Steward
GrandMother: Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourchier 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier