Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Paternal Family Tree: Fitzalan
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
In 1260 [his father] John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel [aged 13] and [his mother] Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Fitzalan 6th Earl of Arundel [aged 37] and [his grandmother] Maud Verdun Countess Arundel [aged 35]. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 3rd February 1267 Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel was born to John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel [aged 20] and Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England.
On 18th March 1272 [his father] John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel [aged 25] died. His son Richard [aged 5] succeeded 1st or 8th Earl Arundel. Some consider this to be a new creation.
Around 1284 [his daughter] Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy was born to Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 16] and [his future wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married 1293 her third cousin once removed Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy, son of Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe and Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe, and had issue.
Before 1285 Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 17] and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo [aged 45]. He the son of John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel and Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel.
On 1st May 1285 [his son] Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel was born to Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 18] and [his wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel at Marlborough Castle [Map]. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. He married before 1306 his third cousin once removed Alice Warenne Countess Arundel and had issue.
In 1286 [his brother-in-law] Manfred IV of Saluzzo and Beatrix of Sicily Marchioness Saluzzo [aged 26] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo [aged 47].
Around 1288 [his daughter] Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Wem and Oversley was born to Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 20] and [his wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married her half fifth cousin once removed William Boteler 2nd Baron Wem and Oversley, son of William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley and Beatrice Unknown, and had issue.
In 1291 [his mother] Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel died.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 25th September 1292 [his wife] Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel died. She was buried at Haughmond Abbey [Map].
In 1293 [his son-in-law] Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy [aged 19] and Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy [aged 9] were married. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 25] and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 22nd July 1298 King Edward I of England [aged 59] defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the 22nd July 1298 Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.
John de Graham [aged 31] and John Stewart of Bonkyll [aged 52] were killed.
The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 26].
Walter Beauchamp [aged 55].
Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk [aged 53].
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex [aged 49].
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 24].
Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester [aged 37].
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 26].
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley [aged 52].
Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley [aged 27].
Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor [aged 43].
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 58].
John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 30].
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 29].
Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 48].
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 43].
John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 42].
Nicholas Segrave [aged 42].
Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford [aged 41].
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 30].
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 20].
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 17].
John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 67].
[his son-in-law] Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy [aged 25].
Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 21].
Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 31].
Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 19].
John II Duke Brittany [aged 59].
Philip Darcy [aged 40].
Robert Fitzroger.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 51], or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 23].
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell [aged 30], and.
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury [aged 47].
William Scrope [aged 53] was knighted.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels [aged 29] fought.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel [aged 44] fought.
Before 9th March 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 70], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 23], Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford [aged 31], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 25], Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk [aged 56], Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 34], Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 29], Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 26], William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne [aged 59], Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 20], William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 58], Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny [aged 14], [his uncle] Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 50], Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin [aged 16], [his son-in-law] Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy [aged 27], Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 54], John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset [aged 26], William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose 10th Baron Bramber [aged 41], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 36], Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 61], John Moels 1st Baron Moels [aged 32], Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley [aged 55], Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin [aged 48], Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon [aged 25], Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 26], Walter Beauchamp [aged 58], Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 33], John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 45], William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 29], Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 51], Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 38], John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 32], Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall [aged 41], Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf [aged 41], Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot [aged 24], William Deincourt 2nd Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford [aged 28], Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg [aged 81].
On 9th March 1302 Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 35] died. He was buried at Haughmond Abbey [Map]. His son Edmund [aged 16] succeeded 2nd or 9th Earl Arundel.
[his son] John Fitzalan was born to Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.
[his daughter] Alice Fitzalan Baroness Segrave was born to Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel and Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John of England. She married before 4th May 1315 Stephen Segrave 3rd Baron Segrave, son of John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave and Christiana Plessey Baroness Segrave, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 4 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 5 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 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 13 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [1]
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [1]
King Richard III of England [2]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [3]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [1]
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [3]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [4]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [2]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [5]
George Wharton [29]
President George Washington [2]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [126]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [508]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [165]
Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1435]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan "fitz Flaad" Fitzalan 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzalan
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzalan
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitzalan
GrandFather: John Fitzalan 6th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 2nd Earl Lincoln 2nd Earl of Arundel
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William D'Aubigny 3rd Earl Lincoln 3rd Earl of Arundel
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel D'Aubigny 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester 
Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mabel Gernon Countess Lincoln and Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux
Father: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hervey de Clare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hervey Butler 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Walter
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Valoignes 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Valoignes
Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald Butler
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vavasour 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Vavasour
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Vavasour
GrandMother: Maud Verdun Countess Arundel 
Great x 4 Grandfather: Norman Verdun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Betram Verdun
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Verdun
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerald Windsor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rohese Windsor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rohesia Verdun
Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer
Great x 4 Grandfather: William le Meschin Gernon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Rumily
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Mortimer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walchelin Ferrers
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Ferrers
GrandFather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Iorwerth "Drwyndwn aka Flat Nosed" Aberffraw
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladus Unknown Queen Consort Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw
Great x 4 Grandfather: Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marared ferch Madog Mathrafal
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susanna Aberffraw
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England 
Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King John of England Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Plantagenet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey 
Mother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard St Valery
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Unknown
Great x 1 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber
Great x 2 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere
GrandMother: Maud de Braose
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eva Marshal
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham