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The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

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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William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu 1374-1420

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In 1374 William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu was born to William Bourchier and Eleanor Louvaine [aged 28].

In 1375 [his father] William Bourchier died.

Around August 1391 Thomas Stafford 3rd Earl Stafford [aged 23] and [his future wife] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 8] were married. She by marriage Countess Stafford. She would, eight years later marry his younger brother Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford [aged 13]; an example of a Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 36] and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 25]. He the son of Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford and Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 57]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Westminster Chronicle. Therefore, on the 26th day of September, after commending himself to St Peter and St Edward, the patrons of the aforesaid church, the aforesaid Duke of Gloucester [aged 36] set out on his journey towards Prussia. Around the middle of the month of October he put to sea. The Earl of Stafford [aged 23]1 crossed with him; in that summer he had married the [his future wife] daughter [aged 8] of the aforesaid duke. Around the beginning of the month of October, Lord Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of York, was made the lord king’s chancellor. Also, on the 17th day of October, Damian de Cattaneis, messenger of the lord pope, came into England. Also, on the 17th day of October, Sir John Clanvowe, an excellent knight, ended his last day in a certain village near Constantinople in Greece. For this reason Sir William Neville, his companion on the journey, whom he loved no less than himself, grieving inconsolably, never afterwards took food. And so, after the next two days had passed, he lamentably breathed his last in the same village. These knights were famous among the English: noble and vigorous men, and also sprung from distinguished lineage.

lgitur xxvi die Septembris postquam commendasset se beato Petro et sancto Edwardo, prædictæ ecclesiæ patronis, præfatus dux Gloucestriæ iter suum arripuit versus Pruyssyam et circa medium mensis Octobris mare intravit, transivitque cum eo comes Staffordiæ qui in ista æstate filiam ducis prædicti duxit in uxorem. Circa principium mensis Octobris dominus Thomas Arundell Eboracensis archiepiscopus factus est cancellarius domini regis. Item xvii die Octobris venit Damianus de Cathaneys nuncius domini papæ in Angliam. Item xvii die Octobris dominus Johannes Clanvowe miles egregius in quodam vico juxta Constantinopolim in Græcia diem clausit extremum. Quam ob causam dominus Willelmus Nevyle ejus comes in itinere, quem non minus se ipsum diligebat, inconsolabiliter dolens numquam postea sumpsit cibum. Unde transactis duobus diebus sequentibus in eodem vico lamentabiliter exspiravit. Erant isti milites inter Anglicos famosi viri nobiles et strenui ac etiam de genere claro producti.

Note 1. Thomas Stafford, 1368-1392, 3rd Earl of Stafford married Anne of Gloucester, 1383-1438. Following Thomas' death in 1392 she married in 1398 Thomas' younger brother Edmund Stafford [aged 13], 1378-1403, 5th Earl of Stafford. Following Edmund's death in 1403, she being twice widowed before the age of twenty, she married William Bourchier [aged 17], 1374-1420, Count of Eu.

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On 5th October 1397 [his mother] Eleanor Louvaine [aged 52] died.

On 28th June 1398 Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford [aged 20] and [his future wife] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Countess Stafford. She had, around eight years previously, married his brother Thomas Stafford 3rd Earl Stafford who had died in 1392; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 32]. He the son of Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford and Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 64]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1404 [his son] Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex was born to William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 30] and [his future wife] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 21]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 25th April 1426 his second cousin Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex, daughter of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer, and had issue.

In 1405 William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 31] and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester.

On 25th October 1415 [his son] William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin was born to William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 41] and [his wife] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 32]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 1. before 25th October 1445 Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin, daughter of Richard Hankford and Elizabeth Fitzwarin 8th Baroness Fitzwarin, and had issue 2. in or before 1474 Catherine Affeton.

25th October 1415. At the Battle of Agincourt the English included: Louis Robbessart [aged 25], Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 33], William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux [aged 26], William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 41], Thomas Rokeby [aged 35], John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke [aged 51], Edward Courtenay [aged 30], Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell [aged 12], Thomas Dutton [aged 19], Edmund Ferrers 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 29], Roger Fiennes [aged 31], Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh [aged 57], John Grey [aged 28], John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 31], William Harrington [aged 42] as the King's Standard Bearer, Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 37], Piers Legh [aged 26] (wounded), Alfred Longford, Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury [aged 27], Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley [aged 22], John Rodney, Richard Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 22], Robert Strelley [aged 18], James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet [aged 17], Robert Umfraville [aged 52], Thomas West 2nd Baron West [aged 35], Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 30]. Thomas Erpingham [aged 60] commanded the archers. Thomas Rempston [aged 26] was present. Thomas Strickland [aged 48] carried the Banner of St George.

Thomas Tunstall [aged 57] was killed.

The Welsh included: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert [aged 35], Walter Sais [aged 95], Roger Vaughan [aged 70] and his son Roger Vaughan [aged 5]. Owen Tudor [aged 15] is believed to have been present as a squire.

Around 1416 [his son] John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners was born to William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 42] and [his wife] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 33]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married after 10th October 1441 Margery Berners Baroness Berners and had issue.

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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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Around 1417 [his daughter] Eleanor Bourchier Duchess Norfolk was born to William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 43] and [his wife] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 34]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married before 18th October 1444 her second cousin once removed John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk, son of John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk, and had issue.

Around 1418 [his son] Cardinal Thomas Bourchier was born to William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 44] and [his wife] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 35]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1419 William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 45] was created 1st Count Eu. [his wife] Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 36] by marriage Countess Eu.

In 1419 William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 45] was appointed Captain Dieppe.

On 28th May 1420 William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 46] died at Troyes, France [Map]. He was buried at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map]. His son Henry [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Count Eu.

[his father] William Bourchier and [his mother] Eleanor Louvaine were married.

Royal Descendants of William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu 1374-1420
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [5]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [15]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [3]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [26]

Ancestors of William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu 1374-1420

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bourchier

Grandfather: Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter of Colchester

Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen of Colchester

Father: William Bourchier

Grandmother: Margaret Prayers Baroness Bourchier

William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu

Grandfather: John Louvain

Mother: Eleanor Louvaine