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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Paternal Family Tree: Sutton
Maternal Family Tree: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
1552 Trial and Execution of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and his Supporters
1553 Grey and Dudley Triple Wedding
1553 Trial and Execution of Lady Jane Grey's Supporters
1560 Death of Amy Robsart wife of Robert Dudley
1562 News Years Day Gift Giving
In 1525 John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 21] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 16] were married. They had grown up together since John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland had become her father's ward. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1530 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick was born to [his father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 26] and [his mother] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 21].
On 26th June 1542 Robert Tailboys 3rd Baron Tailboys 11th Baron Kyme [aged 14] died. His sister [his future wife] Elizabeth [aged 20] succeeded 4th Baroness Tailboys of Kyme. His sister Elizabeth de jure 12th Baroness Kyme
Around 1549 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 19] and Anne Whorwood were married. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 45] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 40].
On 27th August 1549 the rebels were defeated by an army led by [his father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 45]. Henry Willoughby [aged 32] was killed at Mousehold Heath, Norwich [Map].
On 3rd June 1550 [his brother] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 12] were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 50] and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 53]. He the son of [his father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 46] and [his mother] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 41]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 4th June 1550 [his brother] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 17] and [his sister-in-law] Amy Robsart [aged 17] were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. King Edward VI of England and Ireland [aged 12] and William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 29] attended. He the son of [his father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 46] and [his mother] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 41].
In 1552 [his wife] Anne Whorwood died.
On 26th February 1552 Miles Partridge and Ralph Fane were hanged. Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle [aged 50] and Michael Stanhope [aged 45] were beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] for plotting to assassinate [his father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 48].
Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map].
Before 1553 Thomas Wymbish and [his future wife] Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys.
In 1553 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 23] and Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 44]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
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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In January 1553 [his brother] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 26] by writ of acceleration 2nd Earl Warwick through a summons to Parliament. [his sister-in-law] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 15] by marriage Countess Warwick.
On 25th May 1553 a triple wedding was celebrated at Durham Place, the London townhouse of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49], father of Guildford Dudley [aged 18] and Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon [aged 15]...
Guildford Dudley and Lady Jane Grey [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 36] and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [aged 35]. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 44]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon [aged 18] and Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon were married. She the daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland. He the son of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 39] and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 42]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 15] and Catherine Grey Countess Hertford [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk. He the son of William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 52] and Anne Parr Countess Pembroke. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 25th July 1553. The xxv day of July, the wyche was Saynt James, [there] cam in-to London, and so to the Towre, serten traturs; the first was doctur Sandes, a prest; and next hym ser Thomas Palmer, ser Hare Gattes, ser John Gattes, ser [his uncle] Andrew Dudley [aged 46], [his brother] lord H[are Dudley] [aged 22], lord Ambrose Dudlay [aged 23], lord Hastynges, the erle of Huntingdon [aged 39], the erle of Warwyke [aged 26], the duke of Northumber land [aged 49] [attended by] iiij M1. men be-syd the garde with gettenes and trompeters, [and] with speres and gunnes to the Towre.
In August 1553 John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 26] was attainted. Earl Warwick forfeit. However, his brother Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 23] was restored to the Earldom in 1561.
On 22nd August 1553 [his father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 49] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Northumberland, Earl Warwick and Viscount Lisle forfeit. [his brother] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 26], his son, was also attainted, with the Earldom of Warwick forfeit.
Thomas Palmer and John Gates [aged 49] were hanged, drawn and quartered.
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 14th September 1553. Note, about this daye, or the day before, my [his sister-in-law] lady of Warwike [aged 15] had licence to come to hir [his brother] husbande [aged 26]; at the same tyme my [his wife] lady Taylebushe [aged 31], nowe my lorde Ambrose wif, had lycence to come to my lorde Ambrose [aged 23]; and he and my lorde Harry had the liberty of the leades over Cole Harbert. Likewise had the lorde Herry and the lord Guilforde the liberty of the leades on Beacham's tower; likewise had mr. Yorke the liberty of the leades on the Bell tower; the said tyme had my lorde marques and the erle of Huntingdon libertye to come to the chappell to masse a' dayes; like liberty had doctour Rydley [aged 53], lat bushop of London.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 13th November 1553. [The 13th of November were arraigned at Guildhall doctor Cranmer [aged 64], archbishop of Canterbury, the lord] [his brother] Gylfford Dudlay [aged 18], the sune of the [his father] duke of Northumberland and my lade Jane [aged 17] ys wyff, the doythur of the duke of Suffoke-Dassett [aged 36], and the lord Hambrosse Dudlay [aged 23], [and the] lord Hare Dudlay [aged 22], the wyche lade Jane was proclamyd [Queen]: they all v wher cast for to dee.
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 13th November 1553. The xiijth daie of November were ledd out of the Tower on foot, to be arrayned, to yeldhall, with the axe before theym, from theyr warde, Thomas Cranmer [aged 64], archbushoppe of Canterbury, between (blank)
Next followed the lorde [his brother] Gilforde Dudley [aged 18], between (blank)
Next followed the lady Jane [aged 17], between (blank), and hir ij. gentyllwomen following hir.
Next followed the lorde Ambrose Dudley [aged 23] and the lorde Harry Dudley [aged 27].
The lady Jane was in a blacke gowne of cloth, tourned downe; the cappe lyned with fese velvett, and edget about with the same, in a French hoode, all black, with a black byllyment, a black velvet boke hanging before hir, and another boke in hir hande open, holding hir (the entry breaks off).
On 21st October 1554 [his brother] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 27] died at Penshurst Place, Kent [Map] not long after he had been released from the Tower of London.
On 26th December 1554 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 24] was created 1st Baron Lisle. [his wife] Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick [aged 32] by marriage Countess Warwick.
In 1555 [his mother] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 46] died.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th October 1559. [The] v day of October cam to [London by Ald]gatt the prynse of Sweythen [aged 25], and [so to Leadenhall], and done [down] Gracyous-strett [Map] corner in a howse stod [the lord] marques of Northamtun [aged 47] and my lord Ambros Dudley [aged 29] [and other gentlemen and] lades; and my lord of Oxford [aged 43] browth (him) from Col[chester] [Map] and my lord [his brother] Robart Dudley [aged 27], the master of the quen('s) horse; and trumpettes bloyng in dyvers places; and thay had [a great] nombur of gentyllmen ryd with cheynes a-for them, and after them a ij C [200] of yomen rydyng, and so rydyng over the bryge unto the bysshope of Wynchastur plasse [Map], for [it] was rychely hangyd with ryche cloth of arres, wrought with gold and sylver and sylke, and ther he remanyth.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th November 1559. The v day of November ther was grett justes at the quen('s) palles [palace], and ther was my [his brother] lord Robartt Dudley [aged 27] and my lord of Hunsdon [aged 33] wher the chalengers, and all they wher (in) skarffes of whyt and blake, boyth haroldes and trumpeters; and deffenders my lord Ambros [aged 29] with odur; and the haroldes and trumpeters and the fotmen with skarffes of red and yelow sarsenett.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 28th April 1560. The sam day at after-none att the court was grett justes, my lord of Sussex [aged 35] and my [his brother] lord Robartt Dudley [aged 27] and ij more a-gaynst the yerle of Northumberland [aged 32] and my lord Ambrose Dudley [aged 30] and my lord of Hunsdon [aged 34] and master Cornewalles and (blank): and ther was mony stayffes broken; and ther stod in the standyng as juges my lord markes of Northamtun [aged 48], my lord of Ruttland [aged 33], and my lord of Penbroke [aged 59], and my lord admerall [aged 50] and the Frenche inbassadur, and master Garter [aged 50] and master Norey [aged 50] dyd wrytt wome [whom] dyd rune; and by chanse of the brykyng of a stayff a pesse fluw up wher the juges sitt and hyt my lord of Penbroke (blank) and ther rod the trumpeters and the haroldes of armes.
On 20th June 1560 Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon [aged 46] died. He was buried at the Hasting's Chapel, St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Earl Huntingdon, 8th Baron Botreaux, 7th Baron Hungerford, 5th Baron Moleyns and 5th Baron Hastings. [his sister] Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon [aged 22] by marriage Countess Huntingdon. See Monument [Map].
On 8th September 1560, the day of the Abingdon Fair, [his sister-in-law] Amy Robsart [aged 28] died from falling down stairs at Cumnor Place, Abingdon [Map]. She was married to [his brother] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 28], favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 27], who was with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland at Windsor Castle [Map] at the time. Foul play was suspected but not proven. The event was regarded as suspicious by many. The Queen's reputation being tarnished she could not risk a marriage with Dudley.
The inquest into her death concluded...
Inquisition as indenture held at Cumnor [Map] in the aforesaid county [Oxfordshire] on 9 September in the second year of the reign of the most dread Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God queen of England, France, and Ireland, defend of the faith, etc., before John Pudsey, gent, a coroner of the said lady queen in the aforesaid county, on inspection of the body of Lady Amy Dudley, late wife of Robert Dudley, knight of the most noble order of the garter, there lying dead: by oath of Richard Smith, gent., Humphrey Lewis, gent., Thomas Moulder, gent., Richard Knight, Thomas Spyre, Edward Stevenson, John Stevenson, Richard Hughes, William Cantrell, William Noble, John Buck, John Keene, Henry Lanlgey, Stephen Ruffyn, and John Sire: which certain jurors, sworn to tell the truth at our request, were adjourned from the aforesaid ninth day onwards day by day very often; and finally various several days were given to them by the selfsame coroner to appear both before the justices of the aforesaid lady queen at the assizes assigned to be held in the aforesaid county and before the same coroner in order there to return their verdict truthfully and speedily, until 1 August in the third year of the reign of the said lady queen; on which day the same jurors say under oath that the aforesaid Lady Amy on 8 September in the aforesaid second year of the reign of the said lady queen, being alone in a certain chamber within the home of a certain Anthony Forster, esq., in the aforesaid Cumnor, and intending to descend the aforesaid chamber by way of certain steps (in English called 'steyres') of the aforesaid chamber there and then accidentally fell precipitously down the aforesaid steps to the very bottom of the same steps, through which the same Lady Amy there and then sustained not only two injuries to her head (in English called 'dyntes') - one of which was a quarter of an inch deep and the other two inches deep - but truly also, by reason of the accidental injury or of that fall and of Lady Amy's own body weight falling down the aforesaid stairs, the same Lady Amy there and then broke her own neck, on account of which certain fracture of the neck the same Lady Amy there and then died instantly; and the aforesaid Lady Amy was found there and then without any other mark or wound on her body; and thus the jurors say on their oath that the aforesaid Lady Amy in the manner and form aforesaid by misfortune came to her death and not otherwise, as they are able to agree at present; in testimony of which fact for this inquest both the aforesaid coroner and also the aforesaid jurors have in turn affixed their seals on the day.
In 1561 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 31] was restored 3rd Earl Warwick. [his wife] Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick [aged 38] by marriage Countess Warwick.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 26th December 1561. The xxvj day of Desember, was sant Stheyn day, was creatyd at the cowrte my lord Ambros Dudley [aged 31] lord Lylle and after the yerle of Warwyke, with haroldes of armes.
On 1st January 1562 the New Years Gift Giving was held. Those who gave gifts provide an interesting who's who of the Elizabethan Court soon after Elizabeth I's Coronation. Queen Elizabeth [aged 28] was present since a number are described as "With the Qene her Majestie."
For 'dimy' read 'demi' ie half-sovereigns.
Neweeyeur's Gyftes gevon to the Quene her Majestie by those Parsons whose Names hereafter ensue, the first of January, the Yere above wrytten.
By the Lady Margaret Strainge [aged 22], a little round mounte of golde to conteyne a pomaunder in it. With the Qene her Majestie. Note. Lady Margaret Strange married Henry Stanley Lord Strange [aged 30] on 07 Feb 1555. In 1561 he had not succeeded to Earldom of Derby and was known by the courtesy title Lord Strange. She is listed first since she was one of the few remaining direct descendants of Henry VII, being a great-granddaughter by his daughter Mary Tudor. Margaret Clifford was first in line to succeed in 1568 but died in 1596 before Elizabeth I.
Dukes, Marquises and Earls.
By the Duke of Norfolke [aged 25], in a purse of purple silke and golde knit, in sundry coynes of golde £20 0s 0d.
By the Marquis of Winchester [aged 79], High Threasourer of Englande, in a purse of crymsen satten, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Marquis of Northampton [aged 50], in a purse of crymsen silke and gold knit, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Arundell [aged 49], Lord Steward, in a paper, in angels, £30 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Shrewesburye [aged 34], in a red silke purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Darbye [aged 52], in a purse of crymsen satten, embraudered with golde, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Pembroke [aged 61], in a purse of black silk and silver knit, in new angells £30 0s 0d.
By the [his future father-in-law] Earle of Bedforde [aged 35], in a purse of black silk and golde knytt, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Rutlande [aged 35], in a purse of red silk and golde knytt, in dimy soveraigns and angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Huntingdon, in a red silk purse, in angells £15 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Westmerlande [aged 37], in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns £10 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Oxforde [aged 46], in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns £10 0s 0d.
By the Earle of Northumberlande [aged 34], in a purse of black silke and silver knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d. With the Quene her Highness.
By the Earle of Warwike [aged 32], a smocke wrought with black silk, a peire of slevis, and a partelett wrought with gold, silver, and black silke. Delivered to the Baroness Cobham [aged 23].
By the Viscounte Mountague [aged 33], in a purse of cloth of golde, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
Bishops. The list of Bishops ends with "With her said Majestie"; unclear whether this refers to all the Bishops listed.
By the Archbusshop of Caunterbury [aged 57], in a red silk purse, in dimy soveraigns £40 0s 0d.
By the Archbusshop of York [aged 61], in soveraigns £30 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Duresme [aged 42], in a purse of crymson silk and gold knytt, in angells £30 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Ely [aged 69], in a red vellat purse, in angells £30 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Wynchester [aged 52], in a purse of crymsen silk and gold knytt and set with pearles, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of London [aged 43], in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Salisbury [aged 39], in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Worcester [aged 43], in a black vellat purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Lyncoln [aged 42], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Chychester [aged 64], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Norwich [aged 50], in a blew silk purse £13 6s 8d.
By the Busshop of Hereforde [aged 52], in a green silk purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Lychfield and Coventry [aged 48], in a red satten purse, in angells £13 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Rochester [aged 48], in a red purse, in gold £13 6s 8d.
By the Busshop of Saint Davies [aged 55], in a red silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Bathe, in a purse of red silk, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Exetour, in a blew silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Peterborowe, in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Busshop of Chester, in a red purse, in angells and soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
Duchesses and Countesses.
By the Duchess of Norfolke [aged 22], in a prse of crymsen silk and gold knyt, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Duchess of Somerset [aged 65], in a purse of silver and black silk, in royalls and ducketts £14 0s 0d. Probably the Dowager Duchess of Somerset since her husband Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset had been executed in 1552, and their children disinherited as a result.
By the Countess of Surrey, in a purse of tawny silk and gold, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d. Dowager since her husband Henry Howard 1516-1547, by courtesy Earl Surrey, had been executed in 1547.
By the Countess of Pembroke [aged 38], in a cherry bag of crymsen satten, in new angells £15 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Bedford [aged 36], in a purse of crymsen silk and silver knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Darby [aged 51], in a purse of crymson sattin embrodred with gold, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Oxford [aged 36], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Shrewisbury, Dowager [aged 62], in a purse of black silk knytt, in dimy soveraignes £12 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Shrewisbury [aged 37], in a red silk purse knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Huntingdon, Dowager [aged 51], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the [his sister] Countess of Huntingdon [aged 24], in a red purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Northumberland [aged 24], in a purse of black silk and silver knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Countess of Rutland [aged 29], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £13 6s 8d.
Viscountesses.
By the Vicountess Hereford, Dowager [aged 42], six hankercheffes edged with gold delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Vicountess Mountague [aged 23], in a purse of cloth of gold, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
Lordes.
By the Lorde Keeper of the Great Seale, Bacon [aged 51], in a purse of silver knytt, in angells £13 6s 8d.
By the Lorde William Howard, Lord Chamberlen [aged 52], in a purse of crymsen silk and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Pagett [aged 56], in a greene purse in dimy soveraignes £13 6s 8d.
By the Lorde Clynton, Lord Admyrall [aged 50], in gold £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Riche [aged 65], in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Lorde North [aged 66], in a purse of purple silk and silver, in dimy soveraignes £20 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Lumley [aged 29], in a paper, in angells £20 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Hastings of Loughboro [aged 41], in a red silk purse, in French crowns £13 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Stafford [aged 60], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Windsor [aged 30], in a purse of crymsn silk and gold knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
by Lorde John Graye [aged 38], a haunce pott of allabaster garnished with silver gilt. Delivered in charge to John Asteley, Esq Master and Threasourer of her Highnes Jewels and Plate. Lord John Grey assumed to be a courtesy title his father being Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset.
By the Lorde Barkeley [aged 27], in a red purse, in gold £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Mountejoye [aged 29], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Abergavennye [aged 36], in a purse of red silke, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Scrowpe [aged 28], in a purse of blak silk and silver knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Caree of Hundesdon [aged 35], in a purse of crymsen silk, in double ducketts £13 6s 8d.
By the Lorde Strainge, in a purse of red silk and gold, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d. Lord Strange being the courtesy title for the Earldom of Derby. He wouldn't inherit until 1572.
By the Lorde Darcey of Chichey [aged 30], in a red purse, in dimy soveraignes, £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Shefild [aged 24], in a red silk purse, in gold £10 0s 0d.
By the Lorde Shandowes [aged 40], in a blak silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
Ladyes.
By the Baroness Howarde [aged 47], in a purse of crymsen silk and knytt, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
By the Baroness Clinton [aged 35], a peire of sleevis of gold, pulled out with lawne. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Baroness Genevillet, in gold £6 13s 4d.
By the Lady Barkeley [aged 24], Lord Barkeley's wife, in gold £5 0s 0d.
By the Lady Mountejoye [aged 30], in a red silk purse, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Lady Abergavenny, in a red satten purse, in dimy soveraignes £5 0s 0d.
By the Lady Caree of Hundesdon [aged 33], in a blak purse knytt, in angells £10 0s 0d.
By the Lady Taylboyes, Sir Peter Carewe's [aged 48] wyfe, in a purse of blak silk and silver, in dimy soveraignes £10 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
By the Baroness Cobham, a partelett and a peire of sleeves of sypers wrought with silver and blak silke. Re-delivered to herself.
By the Lady Dakers [aged 21], a warming ball of gold, per oz. 3 oz. dim. With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Shefilde [aged 20], a paire of sleeves wrought with fringe of blak silk and lozeng of gold. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Margaret Baroness Scrope [aged 18], in a purse of blak silk and silver, in angells £7 0s 0d. With her said Majestie.
By the Lady Shandowes [aged 38], a peire of sleeves and a partlett of gold and silver knytt, cawle fashion. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
By the Lady Knowlles [aged 38], a feyne carpett of needleworke, theverende frienged and buttoned with gold and silk. Delivered to John Torneworth, Groom of the Privy Chamber.
By the Lady Butler, in a little white purse, in French crowns £6 0s 0d. With her said Majestie. Unclear as to who Lady Butler refers to.
By the Lady Raclyef, a peire of sleeves of cameryk, all over sett with purle, and two sweet bags. Delivered to the said Baroness Cobham.
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Around April 1563 [his wife] Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick [aged 40] died. Baron Tailboys of Kyme, Baron Kyme extinct.
On 24th April 1563 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 29] created two new Garter Knights:
346th Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland [aged 35].
347th Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 33].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 24th April 1563. The sam day was elected knyghtes of the Garter the yerle of Northumberland [aged 35] and the yerle of Warwyke [aged 33].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 23rd May 1563. The xxiij day of May .... lord the duke of Northfoke [aged 27] was .... vycont Montyguw [aged 34] and my lord of Luthborow [aged 42] .... and the yerle of Northumberland [aged 35] and the yerle of [Warwick] [aged 33] stallyd knyghtes of the Garter; and ser Henry Sydney [aged 34] was depute for the yerle of Warwyke, and he bare ys hode and ys coller of the garter a-pone ys arme.
On 29th September 1564 [his brother] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 32] was created 1st Earl of Leicester.
Around 1565 Ambrosia Sidney was born to Henry Sidney [aged 36] and [his sister] Mary Dudley [aged 35]. She was named after her uncle Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 35]. She died aged nine in 1574.
On 11th November 1565 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 35] and Anne Russell Countess Warwick [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford [aged 38] and Margaret St John Countess Bedford. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland.
In 1569 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 27] provided signal service in suppressing the Northern Rebellion of 1569, serving as high marshal of the field under Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 39] and Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 57].
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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In 1577 George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland [aged 18] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland [aged 16] were married. She being the daughter of [his father-in-law] Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford [aged 50] who had been given George's wardship by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 43]. She by marriage Countess of Cumberland. She the daughter of Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford and Margaret St John Countess Bedford. He the son of Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland [aged 56]. They were third cousins.
On 23rd July 1577 Thomas Wenman [aged 29] died. He left significant debts to the Crown requiring some of his lands to be sold. Eaton, Berkshire was sold to John Danvers [aged 37] for £7700. Richard Wenman 1st Viscount Wenman [aged 4] was made a ward of his mother Jane West [aged 19] and [his brother] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 45]. Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester sold his interest to James Cressy who subsequently married Jane West.
On 21st September 1578 [his brother] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 46] and [his sister-in-law] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 34] were married secretly much to the anguish of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 45] who developed a deep hatred of Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. Roger North 2nd Baron North [aged 48] was present. He the son of [his father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and [his mother] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland. They were fifth cousins.
On 7th August 1583 William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath were married at St Mary Major Church, Exeter. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford [aged 56] and Margaret St John Countess Bedford. They were half sixth cousins.
Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. Monument to [his father-in-law] Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford and Margaret St John Countess Bedford.
The armorials on the visible south side being, left to right:
Dudley Arms impaling 
Russell Arms. Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 56] and [his wife] Anne Russell Countess Warwick [aged 38].
Bourchier Arms impaling Russell Arms. William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 28] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath
Clifford Arms impaling Russell Arms. George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland [aged 27] and Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland [aged 25].
On 14th October 1586 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton [aged 42], Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt [aged 48], Henry Wentworth 3rd Baron Wentworth [aged 28], Christopher Wray [aged 62], John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton [aged 33] and Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 30] sat in judgement on Mary Queen of Scots [aged 43] in the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu [aged 57], George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland [aged 28], Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln [aged 45], Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent [aged 45], Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland [aged 37], Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby [aged 55], Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 56], George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 58], Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 36], William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester [aged 60], William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 66], Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 48] and Thomas Bromley [aged 56] were present on the side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John St John 2nd Baron St John [aged 51] was present on the left side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton was a juror.
Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland was a commissioner.
On 4th September 1588 [his brother] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 56] died at Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire. He was buried at Beauchamp Chapel, St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. Earl of Leicester extinct.
On 21st February 1590 Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 60] died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. Earl Warwick and Baron Lisle extinct.
Monument at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map] with the inscription: Heare under this Tombe lieth the Corps of the Lord Ambrose Dudley ... deceases of his elder Brethren with out Issue , was Sonne and Heir to John Duke of Northumber- lande ; to whom Quene Elizabeth in the First Yeare of her Reigne gave the Mannour of Kibworth - Beauchamp , in the County of Leicester , to be held by the Service of beinge Pant- ler to the Kings and Quenes of this Reamle , at their Corona- tions , which Office and Mannour his said Father , and other his Ancesters , Erles of Warwick , helde ; In the second Yeare of her Reigne , the said Quene gave him the Office of Mayster of the Ordinaunce ; - 10 the fowrth Yeare of her sayd Reigne , She created Him Baron Lisle and Erle of War- wick ; In the same Yeare she made Him her Lieutenant Generall in Normandy , and during the Tyme of his Service there , He was chosen Knight of the noble Order of the Garter ; In the Twelvth Yeare of her Reigne the said Erle and Edward Lord Cinton , Lord Admerall of England , where made Live - tenantes Generall joinctely , and severally , of her Majesty's Army in the North Parts . In the Thirteenth Yeare of her Reigne the said Quene bestowed on him the Office of Chief Butler of England ; -and in the XVth Yeare of her Reigne he was sworn of her Privy Council ; -who departinge this Lief without Issue , the 21st Day of February , 1589. at Bedford House near the City of London , from whence as himself desired , his Corps was conveyed and interr'd in this Place ; - near his Brother Robert Erle of Leicester and others his noble Ancestors , which was accomplish'd by his last and weli - beloved Wief the Lady Anne Countess of Warwick , who in further testimony of her faithful Love towards Him , bestowed this Monument as a Remembrance of him .
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On 9th February 1604 [his former wife] Anne Russell Countess Warwick [aged 56] died. She was originally interred at St Marys Church, Watford. The monument subseuently moved to the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sutton 3rd Baron Sutton 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sutton 4th Baron Sutton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Unknown Baroness Sutton Dudley
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Blount Baroness Sutton Dudley 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Toledo
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Dudley 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 
3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne
GrandFather: Edmund Dudley 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bramshott
Father: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Grey Baron Ferrers of Groby 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Astley 4th Baron Astley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Willoughby Baroness Astley 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers 6th Baroness Ferrers Groby 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cheddar
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Cheddar Viscountess Lisle
Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Guildford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Guildford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Waller
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Waller
GrandFather: Edward Guildford
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Pympe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ann Pympe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippe Thornbury
Mother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas West 1st Baron West 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald West 6th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron West 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Ware Baroness West 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Thorley Baroness De La Warr Baroness West
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Eleanor West 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mortimer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness De La Warr and West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cornwall 5th Baron Burford 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Cornwall 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Cornwall 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Barre
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Barre 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Talbot 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England