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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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John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey 1231-1304

Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet

Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

1236 Marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence

1264 Battle of Lewes

1266 Battle of Chesterfield

1281 Marriage of King John of Scotland and Isabella Warenne

1296 Battle of Dunbar

1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge

22nd July 1298 Battle of Falkirk

1301 Baron's Letter to the Pope

Around December 1206 Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk [aged 24] and [his mother] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 60] and [his grandmother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke [aged 34]. He the son of Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 62] and Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk [aged 50]. They were third cousins.

On 13th October 1225 [his father] William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey and [his mother] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his grandmother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey. They were half second cousin once removed.

In 1231 John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey was born to William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey and Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 37].

On 30th March 1231 [his future brother-in-law] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 22] and [his aunt] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford [aged 30] were married at Fawley, Lambourn. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and [his grandmother] Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 43]. They were fifth cousins.

Before 1235 [his future brother-in-law] Hugh XI of Lusignan VI Count of La Marche II Count Angoulême [aged 13] and Yolande Capet Countess Lusignan, La Marche and Angoulême [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Peter of Dreux aka Mauclerc Duke Brittany [aged 47] and Alix Thouars Duchess of Brittany. He the son of [his future father-in-law] Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche [aged 51] and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 46]. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 14th January 1236 [his future brother-in-law] King Henry III of England [aged 28] and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 13] were married at Canterbury Cathedral [Map] by Archbishop Edmund Rich [aged 61]. She the daughter of Raymond IV Count Provence [aged 38] and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence [aged 38]. He the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 48]. They were fourth cousins.

In 1238 Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 30] and [his future sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Pembroke and Leicester [aged 23] were married at Westminster Palace [Map]. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. She the daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 50]. He the son of Simon "Elder" Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester and Alix Montmorency. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 27th May 1240 [his father] William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey died. His son John [aged 9] succeeded 6th Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map].

In 1243 Raymond Rouerge VII Count Toulouse [aged 45] and [his future sister-in-law] Margaret Lusignan Countess Toulouse [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Toulouse. The difference in their ages was 28 years. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche [aged 60] and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 55]. He the son of Raymond Count of Toulouse and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily. They were second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

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Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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On 22nd November 1243 [his future brother-in-law] Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 34] and Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany [aged 15] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of Raymond IV Count Provence [aged 45] and Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence [aged 45]. He the son of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England [aged 55]. They were fourth cousins.

In 1247 John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 16] and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Surrey. She the daughter of Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche [aged 64] and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England. He the son of William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey and Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 53]. They were fifth cousins.

In 1247 [his brother-in-law] William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke and Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke [aged 17] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche [aged 64] and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England.

On 27th March 1248 [his mother] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey [aged 54] died.

On 9th February 1256 [his wife] Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey [aged 32] died.

On 14th May 1264 the army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester [aged 56] including Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford [aged 20], Henry Hastings [aged 29] and Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave [aged 26] defeated the army of [his former brother-in-law] King Henry III of England [aged 56] during the Battle of Lewes at Lewes [Map].

King Henry III of England, his son, the future, King Edward I of England [aged 24], Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex [aged 60], Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 55], John "Red" Comyn 1st Lord Baddenoch [aged 44], Philip Marmion 5th Baron Marmion [aged 30] and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 32] were captured. John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 33], John Balliol [aged 56], Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale [aged 49], Roger Leybourne [aged 49] and William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke fought for the King. Guy Lusignan was killed. Fulk IV Fitzwarin [aged 44] drowned. Bishop Walter de Cantelupe [aged 73] was present and blessed the Montfort army before the battle.

On 15th May 1266 Henry "Almain" Cornwall [aged 30] and John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 35] fought for the King at Chesterfield, Derbyshire [Map] during the Battle of Chesterfield. Henry Hastings [aged 31], John Clinton, Roger Mandeville, John Eyvil, Baldwin Wake [aged 28] all fought on the rebel side.

Robert Ferrers 6th Earl of Derby [aged 27] was captured; Earl Derby forfeit.

On 1st July 1270 Alan Zouche [aged 67] and his son Roger Zouche [aged 27] were attacked at during a trial between him and John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 39]. Alan was seriously injured and left there, his son escaped. On 4th August 1270 John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey agreed to pay substantial compensation to the injured. Alan died eight days later.

Annals Londonienses. John, Earl Warenne [aged 39], within the octave [1st July 1270] of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, with the king nearby and the justices present, mortally wounded Alan de la Zouche [aged 67] at Westminster in the king's hall. Nevertheless, contrary to God and justice, he eventually secured a settlement through his friends by means of money. Let all England rejoice, and Canterbury more especially, for around the feast of Saint Margaret [20th July] it was visited by God. For in parts overseas Boniface, the unprofitable minister of that church, ended his last day.

Johannes comes Warenniæ in octavis Sancti Johannis Baptistæ, [rege] non distante, justitiariisque præsentibus, Alanum la Suche apud Westmonasterium in aula regis interfecit. Tandem tamen contra Deum et justitiam, mediante pecunia, pacem per amicos procuravit. Tota lætetur Anglia, specialiusque Cantuaria cirea festum Sanctæ Margaretæ œ Deo visitata; in partibus enim transmarinis Bonifacius ejusdem ecclesiæ minister inutilis diem clausit extremum.

Before 25th March 1273 [his former son-in-law] Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe and Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe were married. She by marriage Baroness Percy of Topcliffe. She the daughter of John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 42] and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey.

On 2nd August 1274 King Edward I of England [aged 35] and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [aged 33] arrived at Dover, Kent [Map] after an absence of four years. They travelled to London via Tonbridge Castle [Map], home of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford [aged 30] and Reigate Castle, Surrey [Map], home of John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 43].

On 9th February 1281 [his son-in-law] King John Balliol I of Scotland [aged 32] and Isabella Warenne were married. She the daughter of John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 50] and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 15th December 1286 [his son] William Warenne was killed in a tournament.

On 27th April 1296 Battle of Dunbar was fought between John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 65] and [his son-in-law] King John Balliol I of Scotland [aged 47], his son in law. John Strathbogie 9th Earl Atholl [aged 30] and John Comyn 3rd Earl Buchan were captured.

Patrick de Graham Lord of Kincardine was killed.

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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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Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. When this was reported to our king, he immediately dispatched a strong force under the command of the Earl of Warenne [aged 65]: one thousand mounted knights and ten thousand foot soldiers. The Bishop of Durham [aged 51] also sent one hundred armoured men from his own army. They besieged the castle for a few days, and both sides exchanged volleys of missiles and engaged in skirmishes. The new occupants of the castle, now alarmed, requested a truce of three days so that they might send for their king, under the condition that if he did not arrive or assist them, they would surrender the castle. This was granted, and messengers were sent. Then, on the third day, which was a Friday [27th April 1296], three weeks after the capture of Berwick, a large army arrived, sent by the King of Scots: fifteen hundred cavalry and forty thousand foot soldiers, descending the slope of the hill opposite Dunbar, arranged for battle in their squadrons. When the new defenders within the castle saw this force, they rejoiced at the sight and immediately raised their banners on the battlements, shouting insults at our troops, calling them 'tailed dogs' and other abusive names, and threatening them with death and the cutting off of their 'tails.'

Then the Earl of Warenne, having assigned the sons of the nobles who were with him, along with some armed men, to maintain the siege of the castle and prevent the enemy from escaping, boldly advanced with the rest of the army toward the enemy. As our army descended into the valley and spread out in every direction, so as to better and more efficiently approach the Scots, the Scots mistakenly believed that our forces were in retreat and turning their backs in flight. They shouted loudly for their destruction, blowing their horns and howling with such ferocity that the terrifying sound seemed to penetrate like the horns of hell resounding from the abyss. But finally, as our men climbed up out of the deep valley and rushed to engage, the Scots were quickly thrown into confusion. The lines on both sides were drawn, and without delay they clashed fiercely, charging with lances and swords. And, as it pleased the Most High, almost at the first blows, the Scots turned and fled, and our men pursued them, cutting them down and slaughtering them over a distance of seven or eight leagues, nearly as far as the forest of Selkirk. About ten thousand Scots fell in the rout. Among them was a most valiant knight, Patrick de Graham by name, a man considered first among the wise of that kingdom and noblest among the powerful. Unwilling to diminish the glory of his reputation, he did not turn his face in flight, but fought bravely until the end, and was finally killed there. Once the spoils were gathered and our men had returned to the siege lines around the castle, the enemy's banners, which earlier had been raised proudly, were now lowered. They had been thrown into confusion and fear upon seeing their comrades flee and fall in battle.

Quod cum esset regi nostro nunciatum, confestim robur exercitus misit ibidem cum comite de Warenna, mille scilicet armatos equites, et peditum decem millia. De exercitu etiam Dunolmensis episcopi centum armati mittebantur. Qui cum obsedissent castrum, paucis tamen diebus, et mutuis se telis et insultibus visitassent, novi castrenses attoniti, rogaverunt ut concesso triduo liceret eis regem suum expetere, sub qua conditione se dare deberent et castrum reddere. Quo concesso, et missis nunciis, ecce die tertio, qui erat dies Veneris, a captura de Berewyk in tres ebdomadas, venit exercitus multus a rege Scotorum missus, mille quingenti equitantium et XL millia peditum, per clivum montis descendens ex opposito de Dunbar, præparatus ad bellum per turmas suas. Quod cum vidissent novi castrenses, et ex visione tali jam læti effecti, mox eorum vexilla in propugnaculis castri erexerunt, clamantes ad nostros et eos probrose vocantes canes caudatos et talia quæque, insuper comminantes in mortem et caudarum abscisionem.

Tunc comes de Warenna, assignatis pueris magnatum qui cum eo erant cum quibusdam armatis ad obsidionem castri continuandam ne hostes exirent, ipse cum exercitu residuo animose processit ad hostes. Cumque noster exercitus in vallem descendendo et transeundo circumquaque se diffunderet, ut sic facilius meliusque properaret mutuo congressui, credebant Scoti nostros in hoc fugam inire et terga vertere, et conclamabant in mortem eorum, insufflantes cornibus et resonantes ululatibus in tantum quod terribilis sonitus cornuum inferni quasi profunda penetravit. Sed tandem ascendentibus nostris ex valle profunda, et ad congrediendum festinantibus, confestim et ipsi conloss by the ticuerunt, directisque hinc et inde aciebus, absque ulla dilatione mutuo congressi sunt, lanceis et gladiis vicissim occurrentes, et, ut placuit Altissimo, mox quasi in primis ictibus terga verterunt Scoti, et insequebantur nostri cædentes et trucidantes quasi spatio VII leucarum vel octo, fere usque ad Forestam de Selekyrk, cecideruntque ex eis circiter decem millia. Unus autem ex eis miles strenuissimus, nomine Patricius de Graham, inter sapientiores regni illius quasi primus et inter potentiores nobilissimus, cum gloriam suæ laudis minuere nollet, faciem non avertit, sed viriliter agens usque ad mortem, in fine tandem corruit interfectus ibidem. Collectis demum spoliis, et revertentibus nostris ad obsidionem castrensium, ecce deponebantur vexilla quæ contra ruinam eorum prius elevabantur in altum. Confusi enim fuerant et conterriti cum suos et terga vertere et partem corruisse vidissent.

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On 11th September 1297 the combined forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the forces of John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 66] near Stirling Bridge. After around half the English had crossed the narrow bridge the Scots attacked subjecting the English to a significant defeat.

Scalacronica. 11th September 1297. And the following winter, the said William Wallace burnt all Northumberland. The Earl of Warenne [aged 66], who was Keeper of Scotland for the King of England, being in the south1, turned towards Scotland; where at the bridge of Stirling he was defeated by William Wallace, who, being at hand in order of battle2, allowed so many of the English as he pleased to cross over the said bridge, and, at the right moment3, attacked them, caused the bridge to be broken, where many of the English perished, with Hugh de Cressingham, the King's Treasurer; and it was said that the Scots caused him to be flayed, and in token of hatred made girths of his skin. The Earl of Warenne took flight to Berwick. William Wallace, to whom the Scots adhered, immediately after this discomfiture, followed4 the said Earl of Warenne in great force, and skirting Berwick, arrived on Hutton Moor in order of battle; but perceiving the English arrayed to oppose him, he came no nearer to Berwick, but retired and bivouacked in Duns Park5.

Note 1. Warenne, or Surrey, which was his principal title, had been recalled on 18th August for service with King Edward on the Continent, and Sir Brian Fitz Alan was appointed Keeper of Scotland in his place. But Sir Brian having raised a difficulty about his salary (£1128 8s.), the Prince of Wales wrote on 7th Sept., 1298, requiring Surrey to remain at his post. (See Stevenson's Documents illustrative of the History of Scotland, ii. 230.)

Note 2. En batailA soun point. i.e., in force or in order of battle; used in both senses.

Note 3. A soun point. i.e.

Note 4. Suyst, misprinted fuyst in Maitland Club Ed.

Note 5. Not Duns Park on Whitadder, but in a place which then bore that name a little to the north of Berwick.

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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 grandson] 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?.

Simon Fraser.

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.

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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], Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 50], Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin [aged 16], [his grandson] 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].

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Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the same year died Sir Robert de Brus [aged 60] the fifth, soon after Easter [4th March 1304], while he was on the road towards Annandale, and he was buried in the monastery of Holm [Map].1 In the same year died John, Earl of Warenne [aged 73], an old man, and was buried at Lewes after Christmas. In the same year died that valiant knight Sir William Latimer [aged 61], on the vigil of Saint Nicholas [5th December 1304], who had exercised his knighthood in many lands, and he was buried at Empingham.2

Eodem anno obiit dominus Robertus de Brus quintus, cito post Pascha, cum esset in via versus Vallem Anandiæ, sepultusque est in monasterio de Holme. Eodem anno obiit comes de Warenna Johannes, homo senex, sepultusque est apud Lews post Natale Domini. Eodem anno obiit strenuus ille miles dominus Willelmus Latimer in vigilia Sancti Nicholai, qui suam militiam in multis terris exercuerat, sepultusque est apud Hempingham.

Note 1. Holme Cultram Abbey, Cumberland [Map].

Note 2. Empingham, Rutlandshire.

On 29th September 1304 John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 73] died at Kennington, Kent. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. His grandson [his grandson] John [aged 18] succeeded 7th Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map].

[his daughter] Isabella Warenne was born to John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey. She married 9th February 1281 her fourth cousin King John Balliol I of Scotland and had issue.

[his son] William Warenne was born to John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey. He married his fifth cousin Joan Vere, daughter of Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford and Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford, and had issue.

Annals Londonienses. In the same year, about the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross [14th September], the Earl of Warenne died at Newington. His body and bones rested there until the morrow [1st December] of St Andrew next following, when he was buried in the church of St Pancras at Lewes. The Archbishop of Canterbury celebrated Mass and performed the office for the dead. The Earl of Gloucester, J. who is called Bastard, Ralph Heanmer, the Earl of Warwick, Sir Hugh de Vere, and Henry Percy, together with their knights, were present. Stephen de Saint-Romain, prior of the said house, did not dare to enter the church while the archbishop performed the office, because he had been excommunicated on account of the unpaid tithes of the Roman Church.

Eodem anno, circiter festum Exaltationis Sanctæ Crucis, obiit comes Warenniæ apud Newentone; et ibi corpus suum et osse requiescebant usque in crastinum Sancti Andreæ proximo sequehtis; in ecclesia Sancti Pancratii Lewensi fuit sepultus; archiepiseopus Cantuariensis celebravit missam et fecit officium pro defancto. Comes Gloucestriæ, J. Bastard qui dicitur, Radulfus Heanmer, comes de Warewyk et dominus Hugo de Veer, Henricus de Percy, cum eorum militibus interfuerunt. Stephanus de Sancto Romano, prior dictæ domus, non ausus fuit intrare ecclesiam, dummodo archiepiscopus fecit officium; pro eo quod excommunicatus fuisset propter decimas ecclesiæ Remanæ non solutas.

[his daughter] Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe was born to John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey. She married before 25th March 1273 Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe, son of William Percy 6th Baron Percy Topcliffe, and had issue.

John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke 1146 1219

Royal Ancestors of John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey 1231-1304

Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 10 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey 1231-1304
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

King Edward I of Scotland [1]

King Henry V of England [1]

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [1]

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [1]

King Edward IV of England [2]

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 [2]

Queen Jane Seymour [1]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [4]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [1]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [4]

George Wharton [28]

President George Washington [2]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [112]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [452]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [138]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1250]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [3]

Ancestors of John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey 1231-1304

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem 9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Montfort

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnès of Normandy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy 9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean de la Flèche de Baugency

Great x 3 Grandfather: Elias I Count Maine 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Paula Maine 6 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gervais II Lord Chateau Du Loir

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine

Grandfather: Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey 10 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mistress Unknown

Father: William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Warenne

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerbod The Fleming

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Warenne 3rd Earl of Surrey 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry I King of the Franks Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey 2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois

Grandmother: Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel de Bellême

Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Talvas" Montgomery III Count Ponthieu 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy aka Wido I Count of Ponthieu 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Ponthieu Countess Ponthieu and Shrewsbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Gallant" Burgundy Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Odo "Red" I Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Helie Burgundy Countess Ponthieu 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: William I Count Burgundy 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybilla Ivrea Duchess Burgundy 9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy

John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert

Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward of Salisbury 1st Baron Trowbridge 1st Baron Chitterne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne

Mother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohese Giffard

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Clermont Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adeliza Clermont

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger "Bearded" Beaumont

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeline of Meulan

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey 2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough

Great x 1 Grandmother: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham