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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: Compton
Maternal Family Tree: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden 1615-1655
In 1647 [his father] James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton (age 24) and [his step-mother] Isabella Sackville Countess Northampton (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess of Northampton. She the daughter of Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset and Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 56). He the son of [his grandfather] Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton and [his grandmother] Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton (age 43). They were half fourth cousins.
After 1647 [his father] James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton (age 24) and [his mother] Mary Noel Countess Northampton were married. She by marriage Countess of Northampton. He the son of [his grandfather] Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton and [his grandmother] Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton (age 43).
On 18 Oct 1664 George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton was born to James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton (age 42) and Mary Noel Countess Northampton.
John Evelyn's Diary. 06 Sep 1680. [his future father-in-law] He is generous, and lives very honorably, of a sweet nature, well-spoken, well-bred, and is so highly in his Majesty's (age 50) esteem, and so useful, that being long since made a knight, he is also advanced to be one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and has the reversion of the Cofferer's place after Harry Brouncker (age 53). He has married his [his future wife] eldest daughter (age 11) to my Lord Cornwallis (age 15), and gave her £12,000, and restored that entangled family besides. He matched his son to Mrs. Trollop (age 19), who brings with her (besides a great sum) near, if not altogether, £2,000 per annum. Sir Stephen's [his future mother-in-law] lady (an excellent woman) is sister to Mr. Whittle (age 49), one of the King's chirurgeons. In a word, never was man more fortunate than Sir Stephen; he is a handsome person, virtuous, and very religious.
On 15 Dec 1681 [his father] James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton (age 59) died. His son George (age 17) succeeded 4th Earl of Northampton, 5th Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
In 1686 George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 21) and Jane Fox Countess Northampton (age 17) were married. He the son of James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton and Mary Noel Countess Northampton.
On 02 May 1687 [his son] James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton was born to George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 22) and [his wife] Jane Fox Countess Northampton (age 18).
John Evelyn's Diary. 18 Aug 1688. My lady (age 42) carried us to see Lord Northampton's (age 23) Seat, a very strong, large house, built with stone, not altogether modern. They were enlarging the garden, in which was nothing extraordinary, except the iron gate opening into the park, which indeed was very good work, wrought in flowers painted with blue and gilded. There is a noble walk of elms toward the front of the house by the bowling green. I was not in any room of the house besides a lobby looking into the garden, where my Lord and his new [his wife] Countess (age 19) (Sir [his father-in-law] Stephen Fox's (age 61) daughter, whom I had known from a child) entertained the Countess and her daughter the Countess of Arran (age 21) (newly married to the son (age 30) of the Duke of Hamilton (age 53)), with so little good grace, and so dully, that our visit was very short, and so we returned to Althorpe [Map], twelve miles distant.
On 11 Apr 1689 King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 38) and Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 26) were crowned II King England Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
John Ashburnham 1st Baron Ashburnham (age 33) carried the canopy being one of the Barons of the Cinque Ports.
George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 24) bore the King's sceptre and cross at Westminster Abbey [Map].
In 1692 [his son] George Compton 6th Earl of Northampton was born to George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 27) and [his wife] Jane Fox Countess Northampton (age 23).
After 1692 [his son] Charles Compton was born to George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 27) and [his wife] Jane Fox Countess Northampton (age 23).
In 1702 George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 37) was appointed Privy Council.
In 1713 George Thorold 1st Baronet (age 47) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Rushout Countess Northampton were married.
In 1716 [his son] James Compton 5th Earl of Northampton (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. He by marriage Baron Ferrers of Chartley. He the son of George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 51) and [his wife] Jane Fox Countess Northampton (age 47).
On 10 Jun 1721 [his wife] Jane Fox Countess Northampton (age 52) died.
On 03 Jul 1726 George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 61) and Elizabeth Rushout Countess Northampton were married. She by marriage Countess of Northampton. He the son of James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton and Mary Noel Countess Northampton.
On 15 Apr 1727 George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton (age 62) died. His son [his son] James (age 39) succeeded 5th Earl of Northampton. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Shirley Countess Northampton (age 32) by marriage Countess of Northampton.
On 15 Jan 1750 [his former wife] Elizabeth Rushout Countess Northampton died. She was buried in Blockley, Gloucestershire.
Letters of Horace Walpole. 20 Jul 1752. Arlington Street. To George Montagu Esq (age 39).
You have threatened me with a messenger from the secretary's office to seize my papers; who would ever have taken you for a prophet? If [his son] Goody Compton (age 60)320, your colleague, had taken upon her to foretell, there was enough of the witch and prophetess in her person and mysteriousness to have made a superstitious person believe she might be a cousin of Nostradamus, and heiress of some of her visions; but how came you by second sight? Which of the Cues matched in the Highlands? In short, not to keep you in suspense, for I believe you are so far inspired as to be ignorant how your prophecy was to be accomplished, as we were sitting at dinner t'other day, word was brought that one of the King's messengers was at the door. Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold; Algernon Sidney danced before my eyes, and methought I heard my Lord Chief-Justice Lee, in a voice as dreadful as Jefferies', mumble out, Scribere est agere. How comfortable it was to find that Mr. Amyand, who was at table, had ordered this appanage of his dignity to attend him here for orders! However, I have buried the Memoires under the oak in my garden, where they are to be found a thousand years hence, and taken perhaps for a Runic history in rhyme. I have part of another valuable MS. to dispose of, which I shall beg leave to commit to your care, and desire it may be concealed behind the wainscot in Mr. Bentley's Gothic house, whenever you build it. As the great person is living to whom it belonged, it would be highly dangerous to make it public; as soon as she is in disgrace, I don't know whether it Will not be a good way of making court to her successor, to communicate it to the world, as I propose doing, under the following title: "The Treasury of Art and Nature, or a Collection of inestimable Receipts, stolen out of the Cabinet of Madame de Pompadour (age 30), and now first published for the use of his fair Countrywomen, by a true born Englishman and philomystic." * * * * * * * * * * * * *
So the pretty Miss Bishop (age 24)321, instead of being my niece, is to be Mrs. Bob Brudenel (age 25). What foolish birds are turtles when they have scarce a hole to roost in! Adieu!
Note 320. The Hon. George Compton son of Lord Northampton, Mr. Montagu's colleague for Northampton.-E.
Note 321. Daughter of Sir Cecil Bishop (age 51).
Around 1758 Pompeo Batoni (age 49). Portrait of George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton.
[his daughter] Anne Compton Lady Rushout was born to George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton and Jane Fox Countess Northampton.
[his daughter] Mary Compton was born to George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton and Jane Fox Countess Northampton.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Compton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Compton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Werburga Brereton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Hastings Baroness Compton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Spencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton
Father: James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Beaumont 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: George Pauncefote
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Beaumont 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bassett 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Bassett 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Armstrong
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Armstrong
GrandMother: Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Noel
Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Noel
Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Noel
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hopton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hopton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington 
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mabel Harrington
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
GrandFather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hicks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hicks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard May
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden
Mother: Mary Noel Countess Northampton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Wotton of Boughton Place in Kent 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Wotton 1st Baron Wotton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton
GrandMother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden