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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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Paternal Family Tree: Herbert
On 21st January 1904 [his father] Reginald Herbert 15th Earl Pembroke 12th Earl Montgomery (age 23) and [his mother] Beatrice Eleanor Paget Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 20) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Sidney Herbert 14th Earl Pembroke 11th Earl Montgomery (age 50) and [his grandmother] Beatrix Louisa Lambton Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 45). They were third cousin once removed.
On 9th January 1906 Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery was born to [his father] Reginald Herbert 15th Earl Pembroke 12th Earl Montgomery (age 25) and [his mother] Beatrice Eleanor Paget Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 22). He was educated at Eton College [Map] and Pembroke College, Oxford University.
On 30th March 1913 [his grandfather] Sidney Herbert 14th Earl Pembroke 11th Earl Montgomery (age 60) died in Rome, Italy [Map]. His son [his father] Reginald (age 32) succeeded 15th Earl Pembroke, 12th Earl Montgomery, 4th Baron Herbert Lea. [his mother] Beatrice Eleanor Paget Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 29) by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery.
On 26th September 1928 [his brother-in-law] William Smith 3rd Viscount Hambleden (age 25) and [his sister] Patricia Herbert Viscountess Hambleden (age 23) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Hambleden of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire. She the daughter of [his father] Reginald Herbert 15th Earl Pembroke 12th Earl Montgomery (age 48) and [his mother] Beatrice Eleanor Paget Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 45).
In 1935 Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 28) was appointed Equerry to Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent (age 32) which office he held until 1942.
On 27th July 1936 Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 30) and Mary Dorothea Hope Countess Pembroke and Montgomery were married. She the daughter of John Hope 1st Marquess Linlithgow. He the son of Reginald Herbert 15th Earl Pembroke 12th Earl Montgomery (age 55) and Beatrice Eleanor Paget Countess Pembroke and Montgomery (age 53).
On 19th May 1939 [his son] Henry Herbert 17th Earl of Pembroke, 14th Earl of Montgomery was born to Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 33) and [his wife] Mary Dorothea Hope Countess Pembroke and Montgomery. He married (1) 20th January 1966 Clare Pelly Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery (2) 1988 Miranda Kendall Oram Countess Pembroke and Montgomery.
In 1942 Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 35) was appointed Comptroller and Private Secretary to Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent (age 35) which office he held until 1948.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1942 Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 35) was appointed a Trustee of the National Gallery, which position he held until 1949.
In 1945 Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 38) was appointed Knight Commander of the Victorian Order.
In 1954 Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 47) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire which office he held for life.
On 13th January 1960 [his father] Reginald Herbert 15th Earl Pembroke 12th Earl Montgomery (age 79) died. His son Sidney (age 54) succeeded 16th Earl Pembroke, 13th Earl Montgomery, 5th Baron Herbert Lea.
On 20th January 1966 [his son] Henry Herbert 17th Earl of Pembroke, 14th Earl of Montgomery (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Clare Pelly Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery were married. He the son of Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 60) and [his wife] Mary Dorothea Hope Countess Pembroke and Montgomery.
On 16th March 1969 Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery (age 63) died. His son Henry (age 29) succeeded 17th Earl Pembroke, 14th Earl Montgomery, 6th Baron Herbert Lea. [his daughter-in-law] Clare Pelly Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery by marriage Countess Pembroke, Countess Montgomery.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 6th Earl Montgomery 9th Earl Pembroke 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fitzwilliam Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevor Duchess of Marlborough 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Lea 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Semyon Romanovich Vorontsova
Great x 2 Grandmother: Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
GrandFather: Sidney Herbert 14th Earl Pembroke 11th Earl Montgomery 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: Reginald Herbert 15th Earl Pembroke 12th Earl Montgomery 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Henry Lambton
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Barbara Frances Villiers 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Twysden 
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam
GrandMother: Beatrix Louisa Lambton Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hamilton 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Douglas 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Lascelles 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Russell 6th Duke Bedford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Keppel 
Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon 
Sidney Herbert 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery 7 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Bayly 2nd Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd in Anglesey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Paget Lady Plas Newydd Anglesey 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Very Reverend Arthur Champagné
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bishop Philip Twysden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Twysden
GrandFather: Alexander Victor Paget 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet 
17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bagot 1st Baron Bagot 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Legge Baroness Bagot 
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Bagot 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 2nd Viscount St John 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth St John Baroness Bagot 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Furnese
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesley-Pole 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Forbes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Capell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Beatrice Eleanor Paget Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland