Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Paternal Family Tree: Clere
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Cawse 1426-1466
Before 5th November 1459 Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map] was in the possession of John Fastolf [aged 79].
John Fastolf sold it to Geoffrey Boleyn [aged 53] who made it his country seat.
The estate passed to [his grandmother] Alice Boleyn who married [his grandfather] Robert Clere [aged 13]. Their grandson Edward Clere ran into debt and sold the estate to Henry Hobart 1st Baronet.
Before 15th June 1536 [his father] Admiral John Clere [aged 25] and [his mother] Anne Tyrrell were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 15th June 1536 Edward Clere was born to [his father] Admiral John Clere [aged 25] and [his mother] Anne Tyrrell at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].
On 16th December 1554 Edward Clere [aged 18] and Frances Fulmerston [aged 14] were married.
On 21st August 1557 [his father] Admiral John Clere [aged 46] drowned with around ninety of his men whilst attempting to storm the Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall.
In 1561 James Boleyn [aged 68] died. His great-nephew Edward Clere [aged 24], grandson of James' sister [his grandmother] Alice Boleyn, inherited the estate at Blickling, Norfolk. Curiously Edward Clere's mother was Anne Tyrrell, grand-daughter of James Tyrrell who had been executed in 1502, and who had reportedly confessed to the murder of the Princes in the Tower.
He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map] on 6th September 1561. In his will he left he great-niece Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 27] a basin and gilt ewer and "my written book of the revelations of Saint Bridget".
Around 1563 [his son] Edward Clere was born to Edward Clere [aged 26] and [his wife] Frances Fulmerston [aged 23] at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].
In 1576 [his mother] Anne Tyrrell died.
Before 6th April 1578 Francis Clopton [aged 39] and [his future wife] Agnes Crane [aged 31] were married.
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.'
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On 4th October 1579 Christopher Heydon [aged 60] and [his future wife] Agnes Crane [aged 32] were married. The difference in their ages was 28 years.
In March 1580 [his wife] Frances Fulmerston [aged 40] died.
On 7th September 1580 Edward Clere [aged 44] and Agnes Crane [aged 33] were married.
In or after 1582. Memorial to Elizabeth Gurdon 1565-1582 who, apparently died of a cold whilst visiting Edward Clere [aged 45]. Semicircular niche with leaf spandrels and modillion cornice on Ionic colonnettes containing a kneeling figure at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map].
On 8th June 1606 Edward Clere [aged 69] died. Chest tomb in St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map].
After 7th April 1614 [his former wife] Agnes Crane [deceased] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 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 15 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 16 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Clere 
GrandFather: Robert Clere
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Uvedale
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Uvedale
Father: Admiral John Clere 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jane Bracton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bracton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Felton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wychingham of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Alice Boleyn 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 
5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury
Edward Clere 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Tyrrell 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tyrrell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Flambard
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Tyrrell
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Coggeshall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Eleanor Coggeshall
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Tyrrell
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Darcy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tyrrell
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Darcy
GrandFather: Thomas Tyrrell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Arundell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor aka Annorah Lambourne
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burghesh 
6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Burghesh 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ismania Hanham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Arundell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Morley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Molines
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael de la Pole 2nd Earl Suffolk 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Pole Baroness Marshal and Morley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Stafford Countess Suffolk 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Mother: Anne Tyrrell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eudo Welles 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Greystoke 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Waterton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan or Cecily Waterton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Fleming
GrandMother: Margaret Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Jenney
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Jenney Baroness Willoughby of Eresby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cawse
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cawse