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: Parker
Before 1575 [his father] Edward Parker 13th Baron Marshal 12th Baron Morley [aged 24] and [his mother] Elizabeth Stanley Baroness Marshal Morley [aged 16] were married. They were third cousin once removed.
In 1575 William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley was born to [his father] Edward Parker 13th Baron Marshal 12th Baron Morley [aged 25] and [his mother] Elizabeth Stanley Baroness Marshal Morley [aged 16].
On 22nd October 1577 [his grandfather] Henry Parker 12th Baron Marshal 11th Baron Morley [aged 44] died in Madrid [Map]. His son [his father] Edward [aged 27] succeeded 13th Baron Marshal, 12th Baron Morley. [his mother] Elizabeth Stanley Baroness Marshal Morley [aged 19] by marriage Baroness Marshal, Baroness Morley.
On 10th November 1581 [his grandfather] William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle [aged 53] died. His grandson William [aged 6] succeeded 4th Baron Monteagle.
On 12th June 1585 [his mother] Elizabeth Stanley Baroness Marshal Morley [aged 27] died.
Before 6th January 1593 William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley [aged 18] and Elizabeth Tresham were married. He by marriage Baron Monteagle. They were fifth cousins.
Around 1597 [his daughter] Catherine Parker was born to William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley [aged 22] and [his wife] Elizabeth Tresham. She married before 1626 John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers, son of Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers, and had issue.
Around 1597 [his daughter] Elizabeth Parker was born to William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley [aged 22] and [his wife] Elizabeth Tresham. She married Edward Cranfield and had issue.
Around 1600 [his son] Henry Parker 15th Baron Marshal 14th Baron Morley 5th Baron Monteagle was born to William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley [aged 25] and [his wife] Elizabeth Tresham.
On 26th October 1605 William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley [aged 30] received a letter warning of the Gunpowder Plot and showed it to Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 42] who then showed it to the King at Hoxton.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 4th November 1605 William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley [aged 30] searched the basement with Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 44] and discovered the gunpowder and explosives at Westminster Palace [Map].
After 4th November 1605 William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley [aged 30] rewarded with 500 pounds and 200 pounds' worth of lands.
Around 1615 John Critz [aged 64]. Portrait of William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley [aged 40].
On 1st April 1618 [his father] Edward Parker 13th Baron Marshal 12th Baron Morley [aged 68] died. His son William [aged 43] succeeded 14th Baron Marshal, 13th Baron Morley. Cecily Stanley Baroness Marshal and Morley by marriage Baroness Marshal, Baroness Morley.
On 1st July 1622 William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley [aged 47] died at Great Hallingbury, Essex. His son Henry [aged 22] succeeded 15th Baron Marshal, 14th Baron Morley, 5th Baron Monteagle.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 23 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Parker Baron Morley and Marshal 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Parker Baron Marshal Baron Morley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Parker 11th Baron Marshal 10th Baron Morley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lovell Baron Marshal, Baron Morley 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Lovell 10th Baroness Marshal 9th Baroness Morley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alianore Morley 8th Baroness Marshal 7th Baroness Morley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Parker 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice St John Baroness Marshal Baroness Morley 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Morgan ap Jenkin Lord of Langstone
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor
GrandFather: Henry Parker 12th Baron Marshal 11th Baron Morley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Newport 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Newport
Father: Edward Parker 13th Baron Marshal 12th Baron Morley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 8th Baron Strange Knockin 4th Baron Mohun Dunster 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Strange 9th Baroness Strange of Knockin 5th Baroness Dunster 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta Woodville Baroness Strange and Mohun 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Derby 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Stanley Baroness and Morley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Howard Countess Derby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Tilney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk
William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Vaughan 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Vaughan 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Denise or Cecily Vaughan
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brandon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wingfield 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bruyn aka Darcy 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Brandon Baroness Monteagle 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Browne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ughtred 5th Baron Ughtred 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Ughtred 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Eure Baroness Ughtred 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Elizabeth Stanley Baroness Marshal Morley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Leybourne
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Leybourne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Leybourne
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Leybourne
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pennington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Pennington
GrandMother: Anne Leybourne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Preston 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Preston