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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin 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: Coke
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
On 13 Aug 1582 [her father] Edward Coke (age 30) and Bridget Paston were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1593 William Newport aka Hatton (age 33) and [her mother] Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 15) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 50) and [her grandmother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 45).
After 27 Jun 1598 [her father] Edward Coke (age 46) and [her mother] Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 56) and [her grandmother] Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 50).
Brief Lives: Charles Danvers 1568 1601. [711]Sir Charles Danvers (age 33) was beheaded on Tower-hill [Map] with Robert, earle of Essex (age 35), February the 6th, 1600[712]. I find in the register of the Tower chapell [Map] only the sepulture of Robert, earl of Essex, that yeare; wherfore I am induced to beleeve that his body was carryed to Dantesey[CX] in Wilts to lye with his ancestors. Vide Stowe's Chronicle, where is a full account of his and the earle's deportment at their death on the scaffold.
With all their faylings, Wilts cannot shew two such[713] brothers.
His familiar acquaintance were...[714], earl of Oxon (age 50); Sir Francis (age 40) and Sir Horace Vere (age 36); Sir Walter Ralegh (age 47), etc.-the heroes of those times.
Quaere my lady viscountesse Purbec and also the lord Norris for an account of the behaviour and advice of Sir Charles Danvers in the businesse of the earl of Essex, which advice had the earle followed he had saved his life.
[715]Of Sir Charles Danvers, from my lady viscountesse Purbec:-Sir Charles Danvers advised the earle of Essex, either to treat with the queen-hostages..., whom Sir Ferdinando Gorges (age 36) did let goe; or to make his way through the gate at Essex house, and then to hast away to Highgate, and so to Northumberland (the earl of Northumberland maried his mother's (age 51) sister), and from thence to the king of Scots, and there they might make their peace; if not, the queen was old and could not live long. But the earle followed not his advice, and so they both lost their heads on Tower-hill.
Note.
Note 711. MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 25v.
Note 712. i.e. 1600/1.
Note 713. Dupl. with 'shew the like two brothers,' scil. as Sir Charles Danvers and his brother Henry, earl of Danby.
Note 714. Edward Vere, seventeenth earl of Oxford.
[CX] In MS. Aubr. 3, fol. 46, Aubrey writes, in reference to burials at Dantesey, 'quaere, if Sir Charles Danvers that was beheaded?-He was buryed in the Tower chapell.' Aubrey's description of the burial-place of the Danvers family (MS. Aubr. 3, fol. 46), with the inscriptions, is printed in J. E. Jackson's Aubrey's Wiltshire Collections, pp. 223-225; the pedigree of Danvers is there given at p. 216.
On or before 02 Sep 1602, the date she was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map], Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck was born to Edward Coke (age 50) and Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 24).
On 29 Sep 1617 John Villiers 1st Viscount Purbeck (age 26) and Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 15) were married at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 51) gave away the bride. He the son of George Villiers of Brokesby and Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham (age 47).
In 1618 [her brother-in-law] George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 25) was created 1st Marquess of Buckingham.
On 19 Jul 1619 [her husband] John Villiers 1st Viscount Purbeck (age 28) was created 1st Viscount Purbeck. Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 16) by marriage Viscountess Purbeck.
On 16 May 1620 [her brother-in-law] George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 27) and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Buckingham. She the daughter of Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland (age 42) and Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill. He the son of George Villiers of Brokesby and [her mother-in-law] Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham (age 50).
On 30 Dec 1620 William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh (age 33) was created 1st Viscount Feilding, 1st Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddocks in Warwickshire. [her sister-in-law] Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh (age 37) by marriage Viscountess Feilding.
In 1621 Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 18) deserted her husband [her husband] John Villiers 1st Viscount Purbeck (age 30) and went to live with Robert Howard (age 37) with whom she had a son.
In Mar 1622 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 47) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland through the favour of [her brother-in-law] George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 29).
On 14 Sep 1622 William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh (age 35) was created 1st Earl Denbigh. [her sister-in-law] Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh (age 39) by marriage Countess Denbigh.
In 1623 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt (age 56). Portrait of Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 20).
Before 18 Apr 1623 [her brother-in-law] Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey (age 30) and Elizabeth Sheldon Countess Anglesey (age 15) were married. He the son of George Villiers of Brokesby and [her mother-in-law] Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham (age 53).
On 18 Apr 1623 [her brother-in-law] Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey (age 30) was created 1st Earl Anglesey, 1st Baron Villiers of Daventry. Elizabeth Sheldon Countess Anglesey (age 15) by marriage Countess Anglesey.
On 18 May 1623 [her brother-in-law] George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 30) was created 1st Duke of Buckingham by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 56) for being his favourite; what favourite means is open to debate. Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 21) by marriage Duchess of Buckingham.
On 19 Oct 1624 [her illegitimate son] Robert Wright aka Villiers aka Danvers was born illegitimately to Robert Howard (age 40) and Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 22) in Cripplegate Ward. Illegitimate. His father probably Robert Howard with whom his mother was having a long term affair. His mother was married to [her husband] John Villiers 1st Viscount Purbeck (age 33). He was baptised Robert Wright.
In Jan 1625 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 58) signed a warrant for the trial for adultery of the Robert Howard (age 41) and Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 22) in the ecclesiastical Court of High Commission. The trial was likely at the instigation of her brother-in-law [her brother-in-law] George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 32). Robert Howard was imprisoned at the Fleet Prison [Map]. She was placed under house arrest.
In Nov 1627 Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 25) was convicted of adultery, or incontinency as it was known then. The judges included John Donne (age 55) who was Dean of St Paul's at the time. She fled to France.
On 23 Aug 1628 [her brother-in-law] George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 35) was murdered at Greyhound Pub, Portsmouth by a disgruntled soldier John Felton (age 33). He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son George succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, 2nd Earl Buckingham.
Felton was considered a hero by many who blamed Buckingham for the failures of the 1625 Cádiz Expedition and 1627 Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. Felton was subsequently hanged.
On 29 Nov 1628 John Felton (age 33) was hanged at Tyburn [Map] for having murdered the [her brother-in-law] Duke of Buckingham.
On 03 Apr 1630 [her brother-in-law] Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey (age 37) died at Windsor, Berkshire [Map]. He was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His son Charles succeeded 2nd Earl Anglesey, 2nd Baron Villiers of Daventry.
In Jan 1631 Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 19) and Elizabeth Ashburnham (age 18) were married. After the wedding King Charles I (age 30), Henrietta Maria (age 21) and [her sister-in-law] Susan Feilding, Countess of Denbigh (age 48) wrote to congratulate his mother Jane, Baroness Cornwallis Bacon (age 50), and ask her to forgive him for his disobedience and return him to her favour. Denbigh said Ashburnham was her cousin "though her family be unfortunate".
On 03 Sep 1634 [her father] Edward Coke (age 82) died. Monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tittleshall [Map]. Simple sarcophagus on pedestal with lying effigy. Pair of flanking Tuscan columns supporting a full entablature with putti on frieze and broken segmental pediment. Carved and painted achievement in and above tympanum flanked by four reclining figures of the Virtues on pediment extrados.
Above. Quarterly of eight: Coke Arms, Crispin, Folkard, Sparham, Nerford, Yarmouth, 
Knightley Arms and Pawe. The crest is broken. Farrer says it was: On a chapeau Azure, turned up Ermine, an ostrich Argent, holding in its mouth a horseshoe Or. The motto reads Prudens qui Patiens.
The effigy was carved by John Hargrave, the rest of the memorial was made by Nicholas Stone (age 47).
Below the effigy are three shields. Left Coke Arms implaling 
Paston Arms. His first wife Bridget Paston. Middle Coke Arms. Right Coke Arms impaling Cecil Arms; his second wife Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire (age 38).
Bridget Paston: she was born to John Paston. On 13 Aug 1582 Edward Coke and she were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 04 Jun 1645 Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck (age 42) died at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. She was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Before 18 Feb 1658 [her former husband] John Villiers 1st Viscount Purbeck (age 67) and Elizabeth Slingsby were married. He the son of George Villiers of Brokesby and [her former mother-in-law] Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham.
On 18 Feb 1658 [her former husband] John Villiers 1st Viscount Purbeck (age 67) died without issue. Viscount Purbeck extinct although [her illegitimate son] Robert Wright aka Villiers aka Danvers (age 33), illegitimate son of his wife Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck and Robert Howard attempted to claim the title.
Brief Lives: Elizabeth Danvers. [716]His[CY] mother, an Italian, prodigious parts for a woman. I have heard my father's mother say that she had Chaucer at her fingers' ends.
A great politician; great witt and spirit, but revengefull[717].
Knew how to manage her estate as well as any man; understood jewells as well as any jeweller.
Very beautifull, but only short-sighted. To obtain pardons for her sonnes[718] she maryed Sir Edmund Carey, cosen-german to queen Elizabeth, but kept him to hard meate.
Smyth of Smythcotes-Naboth's vineyard-digitus Dei[CZ].
The arcanum-'traditio lampadis' in the family of Latimer[DA] of poysoning king Henry 8-from my lady Purbec.
Notes.
Note 716. MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 25.
Note 717. Aubrey, in the margin, notes 'Anne Bulleyn.'
Note 718. For the murder of Henry Long.
[CY]. i.e. Henry, earl of Danby's. She was Elizabeth, daughter of John Nevill, the last lord Latimer. 'An Italian' may mean that she knew that language, among her other accomplishments. I can make nothing of a note added by Aubrey here, which seems to read '... Cowley, crop-ear'd.'
[CZ]. I do not know to what circumstance, in the history of the Danvers family, Aubrey here applies 1 Kings xxi. 19.
[DA]. Catherine Parr, last consort of Henry VIII, was widow of John, 3rd lord Latimer; and step-mother of John, 4th lord Latimer, the father of this Elizabeth Danvers, whose grand-daughter ('viscountess Purbeck') was Aubrey's informant.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Philip IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Thomas Coke of Ryston and Sparham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Coke of Sparham
GrandFather: Robert Coke
Father: Edward Coke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Knightley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Knightley
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Knightley
GrandMother: Winifred Knightley
Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Cecil
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Dicons
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Heckington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
GrandFather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Cheke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Cheke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Cheke
Mother: Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bourchier 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stafford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hill
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Woodville Countess Pembroke and Huntingdon 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England