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: Zouche
Maternal Family Tree: Emmeline Riddlesford 1223-1276
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby and Eleanor Segrave were married.
Before 1267 [his father] Roger Zouche [aged 24] and [his mother] Ela Longespée [aged 22] were married. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 9th October 1267 Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby was born to [his father] Roger Zouche [aged 25] and [his mother] Ela Longespée [aged 23] at North Molton, Devon. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Around 19th July 1276 [his mother] Ela Longespée [aged 32] died.
On 15th October 1285 [his father] Roger Zouche [aged 43] died at Brockley, Bury St Edmunds.
Around 1293 [his son] Roger Zouche was born to Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 25] and Eleanor Segrave [aged 24]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married his third cousin once removed Maud Furnival, daughter of Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall and Joan Despencer Baroness Furnivall.
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].
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.
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On 6th February 1299 King Edward I of England [aged 59] created a number of new Barons by writ of summons to Edward's 44th Parliament...
John Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel [aged 45] was created 1st Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh. Joan Ros Baroness Lovel [aged 39] by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh.
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Ros Helmsley. Maud Vaux Baroness Ros [aged 42] by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley.
William Devereux 1st Baron Devereux Lyonshall [aged 55] was created 1st Baron Devereux Lyonshall. Lucy Burnell Baroness Devereux Lyonshall by marriage Baroness Devereux Lyonshall.
Adam Welles 1st Baron Welles [aged 50] was created 1st Baron Welles. Joan D'Engayne Baroness Welles and Ughtred by marriage Baroness Welles.
Robert Clinton 1st Baron Clinton [aged 41] was created 1st Baron Clinton. Ida Odingsells Baroness Clinton [aged 34] by marriage Baroness Clinton.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels [aged 30] was created 1st Baron Moels.
The next baronies may not have been created on 6th February 1299 but were created in 1299 possibly for Edward's 45th and 46th Parliaments on 10th April 1299 and 21st September 1299 respectively.
Edmund Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt [aged 49] was created 1st Baron Deincourt.
John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin [aged 46] was created 1st Baron Strange Knockin. Maud Eiville Baroness Strange Knockin by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin.
John St John 1st Baron St John Lagenham [aged 49] was created 1st Baron St John of Lagenham.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 24] was created 1st Baron de Clifford. Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles [aged 23] by marriage Baroness de Clifford.
Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Grey of Codnor. Eleanor Courtenay Baroness Grey Codnor by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor.
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 30] was created 1st Baron Mohun of Dunster. Ada Tiptoft Baroness Dunster [aged 24] by marriage Baroness Mohun of Dunster.
Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales was created 1st Baron Scales.
John St John 1st Baron St John of Basing [aged 25] was created 1st Baron St John of Basing.
John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset [aged 24] was created 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset.
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 31] was created 1st Baron Zouche Ashby.
Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy [aged 25] was created 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick. Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy [aged 15] by marriage Baroness Percy of Alnwick.
William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison [aged 37] was created 1st Baron Grandison. Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison by marriage Baroness Grandison. His brother was also created Baron Grandison on the same day.
Otto Grandison 1st Baron Grandison [aged 61] was created 1st Baron Grandison. His brother was also created Baron Grandison on the same day.
Thomas de Multon 1st Baron Multon was created 1st Baron Multon Egremont. Eleanor Burgh Baroness Multon Egremont [aged 17] by marriage Baroness Multon Egremont.
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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], 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].
Before 1310 [his son-in-law] Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand [aged 26] and [his daughter] Maud Zouche Baroness Holand were married.
Around 1313 [his son] Roger Zouche [aged 20] died.
On 25th March 1314 Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 46] died. Baron Zouche Ashby abeyant between his three daughters Ellen Zouche, Maud Zouche Baroness Holand and Elizabeth Zouche.
[his daughter] Ellen Zouche was born to Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby and Eleanor Segrave. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
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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[his daughter] Elizabeth Zouche was born to Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby and Eleanor Segrave. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
[his daughter] Maud Zouche Baroness Holand was born to Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby and Eleanor Segrave. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married before 1310 Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [1]
King Richard III of England [1]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [1]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [1]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [1]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [2]
George Wharton [5]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [34]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [124]
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alain Zouche 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Zouche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelicia Belmeis
GrandFather: Alan Zouche
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Bisset
Father: Roger Zouche 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Saer Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Senlis
Great x 2 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandesmil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
GrandMother: Helen or Ela Quincy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Lord of Galloway
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Galloway Countess Winchester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria 
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England 
Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Longespée Earl Salisbury Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Tosny 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida aka Gertrude Hainault 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
GrandFather: Stephen Longespée Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick of Salisbury 1st Earl Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William of Salisbury 2nd Earl Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Talvas" Montgomery III Count Ponthieu
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helie Burgundy Countess Ponthieu 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Vitre
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Vitre Countess of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alain de Dinan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Emma de Dinan
Mother: Ela Longespée Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Riddlesford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Riddlesford
GrandMother: Emmeline Riddlesford