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: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Mathilda of Tubingen
Around 3rd July 1361 [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 22] and Mary Plantagenet Duchess Brittany [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of King Edward III of England [aged 48] and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 51]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England.
In May 1366 [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 27] and Joan Holland Duchess Brittany [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 37]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 2nd October 1386 John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 47] and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 16] were married at Saillé [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux, Countess Richmond. His third marriage, her first. The marriage proceeded when her father Charles "Bad" II King Navarre [aged 53] agreed to give his daughter 120,000 gold francs and to pay 6,000 francs owed to John, duke of Brittany, for the rent of certain lands. He, John, gave her the cities of Nantes [Map] and Guerrand [Map]. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 24th August 1393 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany was born to [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 54] and [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 23]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
In 1396 [his brother-in-law] John Valois I Duke Alençon and [his sister] Marie Montfort Duchess Alençon [aged 4] were married. She the daughter of [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 57] and [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 26]. He the son of Peter Valois II Count Alençon [aged 56] and Marie Chamaillart Countess Alençon. They were second cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In August 1396 [his brother] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 6] and [his sister-in-law] Joan Valois Duchess Brittany [aged 5] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1341 War of Sucession. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 27] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 26]. He the son of [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 57] and [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 26]. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 1st November 1399 [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 60] died. His son [his brother] John [aged 9] succeeded V Duke Brittany 1221 Dreux. His son Arthur [aged 6] succeeded 7th Earl Richmond.
On 7th February 1403 [his step-father] King Henry IV of England [aged 35] and [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 33] were married at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. His third marriage, her second. She had eight children with her first husband but, despite ten years of marriage, none with Henry. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and [his grandmother] Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre. He the son of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 26th February 1403 [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 33] was crowned Queen Consort England at Westminster Abbey.
On 26th November 1405 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 5th or 12th Earl of Arundel [aged 24] and Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter [aged 23] were married. [his step-father] King Henry IV of England [aged 38] and [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 35] were present at their wedding feast. She the illegitmate daughter of King John I of Portugal [aged 53] and Ines Peres. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 16th June 1407 [his brother-in-law] John IV Count Armagnac [aged 10] and [his sister] Blanche Montfort Countess Armagnac [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of [his father] John Montfort V Duke Brittany and [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 37]. He the son of Bernard VII Count Armagnac [aged 44] and Bonne Valois Countess Armagnac and Savoy [aged 42]. They were second cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1414 [his brother-in-law] John Valois I Duke Alençon was created I Duke Alençon. [his sister] Marie Montfort Duchess Alençon [aged 22] by marriage Duchess Alençon.
On 12th June 1418 Bernard VII Count Armagnac [aged 55] died. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 21] succeeded IV Count Armagnac. [his sister] Blanche Montfort Countess Armagnac [aged 21] by marriage Countess Armagnac.
Before 1419 [his sister] Blanche Montfort Countess Armagnac [aged 21] died.
On 10th October 1423 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany [aged 30] and Margaret Valois [aged 29] were married at Dijon. She the daughter of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. He the son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 53]. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 30th November 1424 [his brother-in-law] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 28] and Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Philip Artois Count of Eu and Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge [aged 49]. He the son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 7th January 1430 [his brother-in-law] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 33] and Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of King John I of Portugal [aged 78] and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 13th November 1432 [his sister-in-law] Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford [aged 28] died at the Hôtel de Bourbon, Paris. She was buried at the Couvent des Célestins. In 1847 bones and other remains, with a plaque bearing her name, were found during archeological exploration of the Couvent, were identified as being those of Anne. In 1853, these remains were re-buried in the grave of her grandfather, Philip the Bold, in Saint Bégnine cathedral in Dijon. Her husband John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 43] remarried Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [aged 17] six months later.
On 10th June 1437 [his mother] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 67] died at Havering atte Bower, Essex [Map].
In February 1442 [his wife] Margaret Valois [aged 48] died.
On 29th August 1442 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany [aged 49] and Jeanne Albret were married at Nérac. He the son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 29th August 1442 [his brother] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 52] died. His son [his nephew] Francis [aged 28] succeeded I Duke Brittany.
On 2nd July 1445 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany [aged 51] and Catherine Luxemburg were married. She the daughter of Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol and Margherita Baux [aged 51]. He the son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 18th December 1446 [his sister] Marie Montfort Duchess Alençon [aged 55] died.
On 9th May 1448 Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers [aged 43] was created 1st Baron Rivers by King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 26]. [his sister-in-law] Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [aged 33] by marriage Baroness Rivers.
On 15th April 1450 the Battle of Formigny was a decisive victory for the French that destroyed the England's last army in France bringing to end English control of Normandy.
Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon [aged 49] and Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany [aged 56] commanded the French. The English commander Thomas Kyriell [aged 54] was captured.
The battle is considered to be one of the first where cannon played a decisive role.
In 1457 [his nephew] Peter Montfort II Duke Brittany [aged 39] died. His uncle Arthur [aged 63] succeeded III Duke Brittany.
On 26th December 1458 Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany [aged 65] died. Earl Richmond extinct.
In 1492 [his former wife] Catherine Luxemburg 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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Louis Valois and Margaret Valois were married. She the daughter of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 2 Grand Son of Louis X King France I Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John II Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald IV King Navarre 
3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche "Navarre" Blois Duchess Brittany 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur II Duke Brittany Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John of England 
Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Plantagenet Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
GrandFather: John Montfort IV Duke Brittany Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet III Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aénor de Saint-Valéry
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Capet IV Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Dampierre Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Montluçon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Yolande of Dreux Queen of Scotland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean Montfort 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrix Viennois
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Montfort Countess Dreux 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun VI Viscount Châteaudun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun
Great x 4 Grandmother: Clemence Roches Countess Blois
Father: John Montfort V Duke Brittany 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dampierre II Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre Count Flanders 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Dampierre III Count Flanders 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert VII Lord Bethune
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Bethune
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre I Count Nevers 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Burgundy II Countess Nevers and Flanders 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archambaud "Young" Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Countess of Auxerre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Chatillon
GrandMother: Joanna of Flanders Duchess Brittany 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Rethel II Count Rethel
Great x 3 Grandfather: Manasses V Count Rethel
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh IV Count Rethel
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Rethel Countess Nevers and Rethel
Arthur Montfort III Duke Brittany 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis I Count Évreux 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant 2 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip "Noble" III King Navarre 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Artois II Count Artois 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Artois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Countenay Countess Artois 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Artois Countess Évreux Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John II Duke Brittany 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Plantagenet Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: Charles "Bad" II King Navarre 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis X King France I Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Capet II Queen Navarre 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Mother: Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 1 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Capet Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
GrandMother: Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VI Count Luxemburg 
5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Avesnes Countess Luxemburg 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John I of Bohemia 6 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Brabant
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna
Great x 2 Grandmother: Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 3 Grandmother: Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg