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: Clementia Aquitaine Countess Luxemburg 1060-1142
Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche were married. She by marriage Countess La Marche. He the son of Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon and Mary Hainaut Duchess Bourbon. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu was created Count La Marche.
In 1310 [his father] Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon [aged 31] and [his mother] Mary Hainaut Duchess Bourbon [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland and [his grandmother] Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland [aged 58]. He the son of Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont [aged 54] and Beatrice Burgundy [aged 53]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
In 1319 Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu was born to [his father] Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon [aged 40] and [his mother] Mary Hainaut Duchess Bourbon [aged 39]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1327 [his father] Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon [aged 48] was created I Duke Bourbon. [his mother] Mary Hainaut Duchess Bourbon [aged 47] by marriage Duchess Bourbon.
In 1340 [his daughter] Isabelle Bourbon was born to Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu [aged 21] and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche [aged 20].
On 22nd January 1341 [his father] Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon [aged 62] died. His son [his brother] Peter [aged 30] succeeded Duke Bourbon.
In 1342 [his son] Pierre Bourbon was born to Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu [aged 23] and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche [aged 22].
In 1344 [his son] Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche was born to Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu [aged 25] and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche [aged 24]. He married 28th September 1364 Catherine Vendome and had issue.
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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In 1346 [his son] Jacques Bourbon was born to Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu [aged 27] and Jeanne Chatillon Countess La Marche [aged 26].
In 1354 [his mother] Mary Hainaut Duchess Bourbon [aged 74] died.
Archaeologia Volume 35 1853 XXXIII. On the 18th [Apr 1358], also in London, the Countess of Pembroke [aged 41], the Earl of Ponthieu [aged 39] (another of the captives of Poitiers), and the Maréchal D'Audenham came to dinner— "et plures comites et barones post prandium.1".
Note 1. "and several counts and barons after dinner"
On 6th April 1362 Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu [aged 43] was killed at the Battle of Brignais. His son Jean [aged 18] succeeded I Count La Marche. His son Pierre Bourbon [aged 20] was also killed.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. On Thursday, they came to the large and beautiful town of Montgiscard, part of the inheritance of Lord Almeric de la Fossade,1 which had been seized from him by the King of France, because he had been loyal to the King of England. Near the said town there were twelve windmills, which were all consumed by flames. There, two spies were captured, that is, scouts, who reported that the Count of Armagnac was in Toulouse, and the Constable of France2 at Montauban, four leagues from Toulouse, having become suspicious of the army's approach, thinking it might be aimed at the siege of Toulouse. On Friday, they followed the main royal road toward Avignon, passing through the fine towns of Basige and Villefranche. The whole army lodged at a large town called Avionet, which belonged to the King of France: the middle division and the third camped in one suburb, peacefully; the vanguard in another part of the suburb; and the Gascons and Béarnais were quartered within the town itself, whose inhabitants had all fled. There, twenty windmills were burned to ash.
Die Tovis adierunt villam magnam et pulcram de Mont Giscard, partem hereditatis domini Almerici de la Fossade, quam sibi abstulit coronatus Francorum, quia fuit fidelis regi Anglie. Iuxta predictam villam fuerunt xij. molendine ventose, que pariter flammis depascebantur. Ibi capiebantur duo spies, scilicet exploratores, qui dixerunt comitem Arminiacensem fuisse Tolose, et constabularium Francie apud Montmaban, quatuor leucas distantem a Tolosa, suspicatos adventum exercitus ad obsidionem Tolose Die veneris transierunt rectum iter regium versus Avinionam per bonam villam de Basige et Ville franke; et totus exercitus fuit ospitatus ad magnam villam vocatam Avionet, que erat coronati Francorum, media custodia et tercia in suburbio bene quietatis, et prima in altera parte suburbii, Vasconibus et Bernensibus infra villam ospitatis, cuius omnes incole fugam inierunt. Ibi fuerunt incinerate XX ventose molendine.
Note 1. Called by Chandos Herald, The Black Prince, l. 695, Ameniou de Faussard. He fought at Poitiers.
Note 2. Jacques de Bourbon, comte de la Marche et de Ponthieu; taken prisoner at the battle of Poitiers; died 1362.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King of the Franks 
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adèle Queen of the Franks 
Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England 
Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
GrandFather: Robert Bourbon 1st Count Clermont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 4 Grandfather: William I Count Geneva
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy
Father: Louis Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh III Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo III Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Metz Duchess Burgundy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh IV Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugues Vergy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Vergy Duchess Burgundy
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Burgundy Count Charolais 5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet III Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Capet Duchess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas St Valery
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aénor de Saint-Valéry
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele Ponthieu 
GrandMother: Beatrice Burgundy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron
Great x 2 Grandfather: Archambaud "Young" Dampierre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix Forez
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Dampierre Countess Artois and Charolais
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter III Chatillon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Chatillon IV Count Saint Pol
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yolande Chatillon
Jacques Bourbon I Count La Marche and Ponthieu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Avesnes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bouchard Guise
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Guise
Great x 1 Grandfather: John of Avesnes I Count Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin IX Count Flanders VI Count Hainaut
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Blois Countess Flanders 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne
GrandFather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gerulfing I Count Holland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing IV Count Holland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Guelders Countess Holland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainaut 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Metz Count Boulogne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Daughter of King Stephen I England
Mother: Mary Hainaut Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I Count Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders
GrandMother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Blois Countess of Bar Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Erminsende of Bar Sur Seine Countess Bar
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Great" Capet I Count Dreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Capet II Count Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Baudemont Countess Dreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Coucy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Coucy Countess Dreux
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Flanders