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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Married Relationships is in General Things.
Before January 279BC Ptolemy Ceraunus King of Macedon 319BC 279BC (age 40) and Arsinoe II 316BC 265BC (age 37) were married. She the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC. He the son of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Eurydice of Egypt. They were brother and sister.
After 273BC Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharoah of Egypt 309BC 246BC (age 36) and Arsinoe II 316BC 265BC (age 43) were married. No issue. She the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC. He the son of Ptolemy I Soter 367BC 282BC and Berenice I of Egypt 340BC 275BC. They were brother and sister.
In 145BC Ptolemy VIII Physcon 184BC 116BC (age 39) and Cleopatra II 186BC 115BC (age 41) were married. They were brother and sister.
Around 119BC Ptolemy IX Soter 142BC 81BC (age 23) and Cleopatra IV 138BC 112BC (age 19) were married. They were brother and sister.
In 115BC Ptolemy IX Soter 142BC 81BC (age 27) and Cleopatra Selene of Syria 135BC 130BC (age 20) were married. They were brother and sister.
In 115BC Ptolemy IX Soter 142BC 81BC (age 27) and Cleopatra IV 138BC 112BC (age 23) were divorced.
Around October 50BC Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator 61BC 47BC (age 11) and Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 19) were married. They were brother and sister.
After 13th January 47BC Ptolemy XIV Philopator 59BC 44BC and Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 22) were married. They were brother and sister.
In or before 1171 William Meschines Brito de Albini and Maud de Clare (age 38) were married. They were brother and sister.
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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In or before 1570 Thomas Markham (age 39) and Mary Griffin 12th Baroness Braybrooke (age 24) were married. They were second cousin four times removed.
Before 1391 Nicholas Audley 3rd Baron Audley of Heighley (age 62) and Elizabeth Beaumont (age 70) were married. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan and Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont. They were second cousin three times removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
John Comyn 3rd Earl Buchan and Isabella Countess Buchan were married. She by marriage Countess Buchan. She the daughter of Donnchadh 3rd Earl Fife and Joan Clare Countess Fife. He the son of Alexander Comyn 2nd Earl Buchan and Elizabeth Quincy Countess Buchan. They were second cousin three times removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.
In 1275 Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 26) and Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. They were half third cousin three times removed.
Around 1502 Edmund Dudley (age 40) and Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle (age 22) were married. They were half third cousin three times removed.
In or before 1507 Thomas "Golden Thomas" Wentworth (age 42) and Beatrix Woodruffe (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. They were half third cousin three times removed.
On 4th June 1509 Robert Maxwell 5th Lord Maxwell (age 16) and Janet Douglas Lady Maxwell (age 43) were married. She by marriage Lord Maxwell. The difference in their ages was 27 years; she, unusually, being older than him. They were half third cousin three times removed.
In 1324 Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor (age 41) and Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress (age 12) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 38) and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut (age 30). He the son of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria. They were third cousin three times removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 24th January 1403 Louis Savoy (age 39) and Jeanne Savoy were married. She the daughter of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy. They were third cousin three times removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Before 1668 Callaghan Maccarthy 3rd Earl Clancarty and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Clancarty (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Clancarty. She the daughter of George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare and Joan Boyle Countess Kildare. He the son of Donough Maccarthy 1st Earl Clancarty and Ellen Butler Countess Clancarty. They were third cousin three times removed.