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: Bonville
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
1461 Second Battle of St Albans
1476 Death of the Duke of Norfolk
1478 Marriage of Richard Duke of York and Anne Mowbray
1483 Disappearance of the Princes in the Tower
1485 Marriage of Ralph Scrope and Cecily York
1486 Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth York
In 1458 [her father] William Bonville 6th Baron Harington [aged 16] and [her mother] Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 58] and [her grandmother] Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 51]. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 30th June 1460 Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset was born to [her father] William Bonville 6th Baron Harington [aged 18] and [her mother] Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings [aged 18] at Shute Manor. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Between 30th December 1460, when her first husband [her father] William Bonville 6th Baron Harington [aged 18] was killed at the Battle of Wakefield, and 6th February 1462, a date provided by Cockayne [her step-father] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 29] and [her mother] Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Baroness Hastings. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 60] and [her grandmother] Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 53]. They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 30th December 1460 the Lancastrian army took their revenge for the defeats of the First Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Northampton at the Battle of Wakefield near Sandal Castle [Map]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 30], Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset [aged 24] and Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 39], and included John Courtenay 7th or 15th Earl Devon [aged 25] and William Gascoigne XIII [aged 30], both knighted, and James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 40], John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford [aged 25], John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 50], Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 33], Henry Roos and Thomas St Leger [aged 20].
The Yorkist army was heavily defeated.
Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 49] was killed. His son Edward [aged 18] succeeded 4th Duke York, 7th Earl March, 9th Earl of Ulster, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 9th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
[her uncle] Thomas Neville [aged 30], and Edward Bourchier were killed.
Father and son Thomas Harrington [aged 60] and John Harrington [aged 36] were killed, the former dying of his wounds the day after.
[her father] William Bonville 6th Baron Harington [aged 18] was killed. His daughter Cecily succeeded 7th Baroness Harington.
Thomas Parr [aged 53] fought in the Yorkist army.
Following the battle [her grandfather] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 60] was beheaded by Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland. William Bonville [aged 40] was executed.
Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland [aged 17] was killed on Wakefield Bridge [Map] by John "Butcher" Clifford. Earl of Rutland extinct.
On 17th February 1461 the Lancastrian army defeated the Yorkist army at Second Battle of St Albans and rescued King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 39]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 30] and included Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 39], John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 45], Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor [aged 26], Henry Roos and Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby [aged 33].
Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 33], William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme [aged 46], John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 12] and Thomas Tresham [aged 41] were knighted.
The Yorkist army included [her uncle] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 32], William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel [aged 43], John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 61] and Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex [aged 57]. John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu [aged 30] was captured. Robert Poynings [aged 42] and James Luttrell [aged 34] were killed.
John Grey [aged 29] was killed fighting for Lancaster. A death that was to have far reaching consequences; his widow Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 24] subsequently married King Edward IV of England [aged 18].
During the battle William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville [aged 68] and Thomas Kyriell [aged 65] were assigned to the protection of the King Henry VI. After the battle both were beheaded against all decent laws of battle.
William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville was beheaded. His great granddaughter Cecily succeeded 2nd Baroness Bonville.
Thomas Kyriell was beheaded.
William Cotton [aged 21] was killed.
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On 18th May 1464 Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns [aged 33] was executed at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map] having been captured at the Battle of Hexham. He was buried at the Hungerford Chapel at Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. His daughter [her future sister-in-law] Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns became the ward of [her step-father] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 33] whose son [her half-brother] Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns she subsequently married.
In October 1466 [her future husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 11] and Anne Holland [aged 5] were married at Greenwich, Kent [Map]. See She the daughter of Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 36] and Anne York Duchess Exeter [aged 27]. He the son of John Grey and [her future mother-in-law] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 29]. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 14th August 1471 [her future husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 16] was created 1st Earl Huntingdon.
On 5th September 1474 Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 19] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 14] were married. He the son of John Grey and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 37]. They were half second cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1475 [her husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 20] was created 1st Marquess Dorset. Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 14] by marriage Marchioness Dorset.
On 4th September 1475 [her half-brother] Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns [aged 8] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns [aged 9] were married. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 17th January 1476 John Mowbray 4th Duke of Norfolk [aged 31] died at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. Suspicious since he was only 32? Duke Norfolk, Earl Surrey and Earl Nottingham extinct. His daughter Anne [aged 3] succeeded 8th Countess Norfolk, 11th Baroness Mowbray, 12th Baroness Segrave and inherited the vast Mowbray estates. She was subsequently married to [her brother-in-law] Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York [aged 2] two years later.
On 12th June 1476 [her brother-in-law] Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York [aged 2] was created 1st Earl Nottingham by King Edward IV of England [aged 34].
On 22nd June 1477 [her son] Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset was born to [her husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 22] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 16]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married (1) after 1483 his half third cousin Eleanor St John Marchioness Dorset (2) 1509 Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset and had issue.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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In 1478 [her brother-in-law] George York 1st Duke Bedford was created 1st Duke Bedford by King Edward IV of England [aged 35].
On 15th January 1478 Edward IV's youngest son [her brother-in-law] Richard of Shrewsbury [aged 4] and Anne Mowbray [aged 5] were married at St Stephen's Chapel in Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk. She the daughter of John Mowbray 4th Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Talbot Duchess Norfolk [aged 35]. He the son of King Edward IV of England [aged 35] and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 41]. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
The ceremony was attended by Edward's daughters [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth [aged 11], Mary [aged 10] and Cecily [aged 8].
The day before Thomas Howard [aged 35] was knighted.
In 1483 Parliament changed the succession so Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York would continue to enjoy her inheritance (she died in 1481) effectively dis-inheriting William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley [aged 52] (who was subsequently created Earl and Marquess), who accepted a payment of £34,000, and John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 53], who was subsequently created Duke of Norfolk, possibly in compensation.
Thomas Frowyk [aged 55] was created Knight of the Bath.
See Woodville Marriages.
On 7th February 1478 Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford died. Her great granddaughter [her sister-in-law] Mary [aged 12] succeeded 5th Baroness Botreaux. [her half-brother] Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns [aged 11] by marriage Baron Botreaux.
In 1479 [her son] Leonard Grey 1st Viscount Grane was born to [her husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 24] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 18]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 15th March 1526 his fourth cousin Eleanor Dudley Countess Somerset, daughter of Edward Sutton 2nd Baron Dudley and Cecily Willoughby Baroness Dudley.
In March 1479 [her brother-in-law] George York 1st Duke Bedford [aged 2] died of plague at Windsor Castle [Map]. Duke Bedford extinct.
In 1480 [her daughter] Dorothy Grey Baroness Mountjoy, Willoughby and Latimer was born to [her husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 25] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 19]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) 1509 her half fourth cousin Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer, son of Robert Willoughby 1st Baron Willoughby 9th Baron Latimer and Blanche Champernowne, and had issue (2) 29th July 1523 William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy, son of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde, and had issue.
On 27th June 1481 [her brother-in-law] George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 13] and [her half-sister] Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 10] were married. She by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury, Countess Waterford. He the son of John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
After 1483 Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 5] and Eleanor St John Marchioness Dorset were married. He the son of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 28] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 22]. They were half third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 23rd January 1483 Elizabeth Ferrers 6th Baroness Ferrers Groby [aged 64] died. Her grandson [her husband] Thomas [aged 28] succeeded 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby. Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 22] by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Groby.
On 9th April 1483 King Edward IV of England [aged 40] died at Westminster [Map]. His son [her brother-in-law] Edward [aged 12] succeeded V King of England. Those present included [her mother-in-law] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 46], [her step-father] William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 52] and [her husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 28].
Around August 1483 the Princes in the Tower, brothers [her brother-in-law] King Edward V of England [aged 12] and Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York [aged 9] disappeared from the Tower of London [Map].
King Edward V of England: Earl March and Earl Pembroke extinct.
Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York: Duke York, Duke Norfolk and Earl Norfolk, Earl Nottingham extinct.
Commines writes "Not long after, he received letters from the Duke of Gloucester, who had made himself king, styled himself Richard III, and barbarously murdered his two nephews".
Robert Ricart, Mayor of Bristol: "And this yere the two sonnes of King E. were put to scylence in the Towre of London." although it should be noted this was written in the margin.
Croyland Chronicle: "while a rumour was spread that the sons of king Edward before-named had died a violent death, but it was uncertain how."
Polydore Vergil: "And to rid himself of this altogether he decided to kill his nephews, for as long as they were safe he could by no means be free of danger."
Jean Molinet: "They were imprisoned for about five weeks; and by the captain of the tower, the Duke Richard secretly had them put to death and eliminated."
Mancini: "I have seen not a few people burst into tears and weep when his memory was brought up after he was removed from the sight of men, and it was already suspected that he had been eliminated. Whether he has indeed been removed, and by what manner of death, I have not yet discovered."
Robert Fabyan: "In which passe tyme the prynce, or of ryght kynge Edwarde the v., with his broder the duke of Yorke, were put under suer kepynge within the Tower, in suche wyse that they neuer came abrode after."
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Before 7th August 1485 Ralph Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Masham and [her sister-in-law] Cecily York, daughter of Edward IV [aged 16] were married. The marriage had been arranged by King Richard III of England [aged 32]. There had been rumours that the King was going to marry one of his nieces, Elizabeth York Queen Consort England [aged 19] or Cecily York Viscountess Welles so this marriage quelled those rumours. The marriage was annulled after the Battle of Bosworth as "as not being in the interests of the dynasty" [Note. No sources for this information.] The date of the marriage is unknown. However, see Mary Anne Everett Green Live of the Princesses of England Volume 1 Cecilia Third Daughter of Edward IV. She the daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 48]. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 18th January 1486 King Henry VII of England and Ireland [aged 28] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth of York [aged 19] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of King Edward IV of England and [her mother-in-law] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 49]. He the son of Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond and Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 42]. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1491 [her daughter] Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley was born to [her husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 36] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 30]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married May 1501 her second cousin Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford, son of John Devereux 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Cecily Bourchier Baroness Ferrers Chartley, and had issue.
In October 1495 William Courtenay 1st Earl Devon [aged 20] and [her sister-in-law] Catherine York Countess Devon [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of King Edward IV of England and [her mother-in-law] Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England. He the son of Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon [aged 36] and Elizabeth Courtenay. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England.
Around 1497 [her daughter] Elizabeth Grey Countess Kildare was born to [her husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 42] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 36]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 1522 Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare, son of Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare and Alice Fitzeustace Countess Kildare, and had issue.
Before 1500 [her son-in-law] John Arundell of Lanherne [aged 25] and Eleanor Grey were married. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 44] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 39]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In May 1501 [her son-in-law] Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford [aged 13] and Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 46] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 40]. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 20th September 1501 [her husband] Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 46] died. His son Thomas [aged 24] succeeded 2nd Marquess Dorset, 2nd Earl Huntingdon, 8th Baron Ferrers of Groby. Eleanor St John Marchioness Dorset by marriage Marchioness Dorset.
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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In 1503 [her mother] Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings [aged 61] died.
In or before December 1503 [her daughter] Eleanor Grey died.
Around 1504 Henry Stafford 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 25] and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 43] were married. He the son of Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
After 23rd July 1505 Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter. She the daughter of Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
After 8th October 1505 [her husband] Henry Stafford 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 26] paid Henry VII £2000 for permission to marry the wealthy Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 45] who was some nineteen years older than Stafford, and had seven sons and seven daughters by her first marriage.
On 8th November 1506 [her half-brother] Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns [aged 39] died. His son [her nephew] George [aged 19] succeeded 3rd Baron Hastings.
Around 1509 [her son-in-law] Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer [aged 37] and Dorothy Grey Baroness Mountjoy, Willoughby and Latimer [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby Broke, Baroness Latimer of Corby. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 48]. They were half fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1509 Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 31] and Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Dorset. He the son of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 48].
Around December 1509 [her nephew] George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Baroness Hastings. She the daughter of Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 27th January 1510 [her husband] Henry Stafford 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 31] was created 1st Earl Wiltshire. Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 49] by marriage Countess Wiltshire.
In or before 1516 Edward Grey and Anne Jerningham [aged 11] were married. He the son of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 55].
In or before 1516 [her son] Edward Grey died. He was buried at St Clement Danes.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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After 10th August 1518 John Grey and Anne Barley were married. He the son of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 58].
In 1520 [her half-sister] Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 49] died.
On 17th May 1521 [her brother-in-law] Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham [aged 43] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke of Buckingham, Earl Stafford and Baron Stafford forfeit.
He was executed for no specific reason other than his having a significant amount of Plantagenet blood and was, therefore, considered a threat by Henry VIII [aged 29]. He was posthumously attainted by Act of Parliament on 31 July 1523, disinheriting his children. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Britford [Map].
Around 1522 [her son-in-law] Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare [aged 35] and Elizabeth Grey Countess Kildare [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 61]. He the son of Gerald Fitzgerald 8th Earl of Kildare and Alice Fitzeustace Countess Kildare.
After 3rd March 1523 [her son] John Grey died.
On 6th April 1523 [her husband] Henry Stafford 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 44] died without issue. Earl Wiltshire extinct.
On 29th July 1523 [her son-in-law] William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy [aged 45] and Dorothy Grey Baroness Mountjoy, Willoughby and Latimer [aged 43] were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 63]. He the son of John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde.
Before 1525 [her son-in-law] John Sutton 3rd Baron Dudley [aged 30] and Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley were married. She the daughter of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 64]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 15th March 1526 Leonard Grey 1st Viscount Grane [aged 47] and Eleanor Dudley Countess Somerset [aged 39] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Grane. He the son of Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 65]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 12th May 1529 Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 68] died. She was buried at Church St Mary the Virgin, Astley.
[her son] Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 51] succeeded 8th Baron Harington, 3rd Baron Bonville,
[her daughter] Eleanor Grey was born to Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married before 1500 her fourth cousin John Arundell of Lanherne and had issue.
[her son] George Grey was born to Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
[her son] John Grey was born to Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married (1) Elizabeth Catesby (2) after 10th August 1518 Anne Barley.
[her son] Richard Grey was born to Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married his third cousin twice removed Florence Pudsey.
[her daughter] Cecily Grey Baroness Dudley was born to Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married before 1525 her fourth cousin John Sutton 3rd Baron Dudley, son of Edward Sutton 2nd Baron Dudley and Cecily Willoughby Baroness Dudley, and had issue.
[her daughter] Margaret Grey was born to Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married Richard Wake.
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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[her son] Edward Grey was born to Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married in or before 1516 Anne Jerningham.
[her daughter] Bridget Grey was born to Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset and Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
King Edward III of England 1312-1377
John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster 1340-1399
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 1364-1425
Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 1379-1440
John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 1337-1388
Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby
Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 1318-1372
Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 1306-1376
Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 1407-1462
Richard Neville Earl Salisbury 1400-1460
Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent 1350-1397
Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales 1328-1385
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bonville 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bonville
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Aumale
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Aumale
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fitzroger
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzroger 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Holland 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzroger 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: William Bonville 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 
3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Ros Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Countess Stafford 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Father: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harrington 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harrington 2nd Baron Harington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Multon 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter de Bermingham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bermingham
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Harrington 5th Baron Harington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Neil Loring
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Loring Baroness Harington
GrandMother: Elizabeth Harrington
Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Iseult Mortimer 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward II of England 
Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
Mother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Monthermer 2nd Baron Monthermer 
Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brewes Baroness Monthermer
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Francis
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury
GrandMother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 