Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Clayton
Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell was born to [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet and [her mother] Martha Kenrick.
In 1707 Robert Clayton (age 78) died. His nephew [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet was his heir.
Before 1713 [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet and [her mother] Martha Kenrick were married.
In or before 1721 Charles Blackwell 2nd Baronet (age 20) and Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell were married.
On 27th October 1727 [her father-in-law] Lambert Blackwell 1st Baronet died. His son [her husband] Charles (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baronet Blackwell of Sprowston Hall in Norfolk. Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell by marriage Lady Blackwell of Sprowston Hall in Norfolk.
Around 1732 [her son] Lambert Blackwell 3rd Baronet was born to [her husband] Charles Blackwell 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell. He married before 9th May 1801 Amelia Martin.
In 1732 [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Clayton of Marden Park in Surrey.
On 27th January 1738 [her future husband] John Thomas (age 26) became Rector of Bletchingley in Surrey, a living in the gift of [her grandfather] William Clayton of Hambledon in Buckinghamshire whose daughter Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell he would subsequently marry.
On 18th July 1741 [her husband] Charles Blackwell 2nd Baronet (age 41) died. His son [her son] Lambert (age 9) succeeded 3rd Baronet Blackwell of Sprowston Hall in Norfolk.
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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On 19th August 1742 John Thomas (age 30) and Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell were married at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace. There was no issue. She the sister of his former pupil William Clayton 1st Baronet.
On 28th December 1744 [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet died. His son [her brother] Kenrick (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baronet Clayton of Marden Park in Surrey.
On 7th July 1772 Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell died.
On 12th January 1775 [her former husband] John Thomas (age 63) and Elizabeth Baldwin were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. There was no issue.
On 22nd August 1793 [her former husband] John Thomas (age 81) died. He has a memorial in the South Aisle of the Nave of Westminster Abbey. A grey and white marble with a bust and relief of the Holy Lamb, with a mitre and crozier behind. On either side are a chalice and paten and other emblems of the Eucharist made by John "The Elder" Bacon (age 52). The inscription reads .... Sacred to the memory of the Right Reverend John THOMAS, Doctor of Laws, Bishop of Rochester, Dean of this Collegiate Church, and of the most honourable Order of the Bath. Having passed a well spent boyhood at Carlisle School, he gathered the riper fruits of learning at Oxford, whence, by reason of his intellect, his character, his humane and profound scholarship, he emerged as an ornament to the legal profession. His fame thereafter growing and duly spreading abroad, he adorned his offices by his worthiness, increased his riches by his bounty, governed this church with his wisdom, protected it by his authority, and instructed it by his example. Unweared in his labours, indefatigable in his studies, his constant principle was edification: until, having virtuously fulfilled all life obligations, and for long sore pressed by a cruel disease, which was borne however with indomitable patience, he resigned his soul to God on 20th August 1793 in his 81st year. It fell to the lot of his relative, G.A.T., A.M. [Master of Arts] to offer this vain tribute, this token of sorrow, mean though it be.
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Clayton
GrandFather: William Clayton of Hambledon in Buckinghamshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Abbott
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Abbott
Father: William Clayton 1st Baronet
Mother: Martha Kenrick