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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
Paternal Family Tree: Molyneux
Edmund Molyneux was born to [his father] Richard Molyneux and [his mother] Joan aka Jane Haydock.
In 1415 [his father] Richard Molyneux (age 18) and Helen Harrington (age 17) were married.
After 16th June 1422 [his father] Richard Molyneux (age 25) and [his mother] Joan aka Jane Haydock (age 35) were married.
On 17th January 1440 [his mother] Joan aka Jane Haydock (age 53) died.
On 23rd September 1459 [his father] Richard Molyneux (age 62) died at Madeley, Staffordshire.
Before February 1466 John Cheyne of Drayton Beauchamp (age 76) and [his future wife] Agnes Lexham were married.
A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3: Parishes: Chenies. On Sir John Cheyne's (age 78) death without issue in 146833 his widow [his future wife] Agnes married Edmund Molyneux, who was sheriff of the county in 147534 and presented to the church in 147935. He died in 148436, and Agnes survived him ten years. By her will 20 November 1494 her first husband's great-great-nephew John Cheyne of Chesham Bois (q.v.) obtained Drayton Beauchamp, Grove and Cogenhoe Manors, but Chenies [Map] passed to Agnes Cheyne's niece Anne (age 35) wife of David Philip37. Anne and David Philip, who was sheriff in 149838, had some difficulty in inducing the trustees to hand over the manor39, but were in possession in 1500, when Chenies was settled on Anne and her issue40. She died seised of it in 1510, when it passed to her granddaughter Anne wife of John Broughton and daughter and heir of Guy Sapcote (age 19), son of Anne Philip by a former husband (age 39)41.
Note 33. Chan. Inq. p.m. 8 Edw. IV, no. 51.
Note 34. P.R.O. List of Sheriffs, 2.
Note 35. Lipscomb, Bucks. iii, 252.
Note 36. Brass in church.
Note 37. Add. MS. 5840, fol. 39.
Note 38. P.R.O. List of Sheriffs, 2.
Note 39. Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 218, no. 30.
Note 40. De Banco R. Hil. 15 Hen. VII, m. 297; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxv, 162.
Note 41. Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxv, 162.
In or after 1468 Edmund Molyneux and Agnes Lexham were married.
21st January 1484. St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Brass of Edmund Molyneux and [his wife] Agnes Lexham inscribed "Here lies Dame Agnes Cheyne sometime wife of Sir John Cheyne knight who died day A.D. and Edmund Molyneux Esq. Second husband of the aforesaid lady who died 21 January A.D. 1484 on whose souls may God have mercy".
Note. Agnes Lexham was married, firstly to John Cheyne of Drayton Beauchamp and, secondly, to Edmund Molyneux.
On 21st June 1485 Edmund Molyneux died at Chenies Manor House, Buckinghamshire [Map].
Around 20th November 1494 [his former wife] Agnes Lexham died. Her will was dated 20th November 1494.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
[his mother] Joan aka Jane Haydock who gave birth to a son Edmund Molyneux in 1418. Possible she mayu have died in, or as a consequence of, childbirth giving to her second child [his half-sister] Ellen aka Anne Molyneux in 1417?
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Molyneux of Sefton 
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Molyneux
GrandFather: Richard Molyneux IV Lord of Sefton
Father: Richard Molyneux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Haydock
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert de Haydock II
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert de Haydock III
Great x 1 Grandfather: John de Haydock
GrandFather: Gilbert Haydock IV
Mother: Joan aka Jane Haydock