The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Paternal Family Tree: Grey
Maternal Family Tree: Eleanor Gifford 1575
On 28th May 1763 [his father] George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington [aged 25] and [his mother] Henrietta Bentinck Countess Stamford and Warrington [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Stamford. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland and [his grandmother] Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland [aged 48]. He the son of Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford [aged 47] and Mary Booth Countess Stamford [aged 59].
On 31st October 1765 George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington was born to [his father] George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington [aged 28] and [his mother] Henrietta Bentinck Countess Stamford and Warrington [aged 28].
On 30th May 1768 [his grandfather] Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford [aged 52] died at Enville Hall, Staffordshire. His son [his father] George [aged 30] succeeded 5th Earl Stamford, 6th Baron Grey of Groby.
Around 1777 George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 11] educated at Winchester College, Winchester.
Around 1779 George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 13] educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 23rd December 1797 George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 32] and Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington were married. He the son of George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington [aged 60] and Henrietta Bentinck Countess Stamford and Warrington [aged 60].
On 12th September 1798 [his daughter] Henrietta Charlotte Grey was born to George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 32] and [his wife] Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington. She married 16th December 1820 James Thomas Law, son of Bishop George Henry Law and Jane Adeane.
On 5th April 1802 [his son] George Harry Grey 8th Baron Grey of Groby was born to George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 36] and [his wife] Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington. He married 1824 his first cousin Katherine Charteris Baroness Grey Groby, daughter of Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March, and had issue.
In 1803 [his daughter] Jane Grey Baroness Ormathwaite was born to George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 37] and [his wife] Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington. She married 8th November 1825 John Benn Walsh 1st Baron Ormathwaite and had issue.
On 28th May 1819 [his father] George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington [aged 81] died at Enville Hall, Staffordshire. His son George [aged 53] succeeded 6th Earl Stamford, 2nd Earl Warrington, 7th Baron Grey of Groby, 2nd Baron Delamer. [his wife] Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington by marriage Countess Stamford, Countess Warrington.
On 16th December 1820 [his son-in-law] James Thomas Law [aged 30] and Henrietta Charlotte Grey [aged 22] were married. They had four children. She the daughter of George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 55] and Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington. He the son of Bishop George Henry Law [aged 59] and Jane Adeane.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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In 1824 George Harry Grey 8th Baron Grey of Groby [aged 21] and Katherine Charteris Baroness Grey Groby [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March [aged 51]. He the son of George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 58] and Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington. They were first cousins.
On 8th November 1825 [his son-in-law] John Benn Walsh 1st Baron Ormathwaite [aged 26] and Jane Grey Baroness Ormathwaite [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 60] and Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington.
On 4th June 1827 [his mother] Henrietta Bentinck Countess Stamford and Warrington [aged 90] died.
On 24th October 1835 [his son] George Harry Grey 8th Baron Grey of Groby [aged 33] died.
On 26th April 1845 George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 79] died. His grandson George [aged 18] succeeded 7th Earl Stamford, 3rd Earl Warrington, 9th Baron Grey of Groby, 3rd Baron Delamer.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 28 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Neville 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Grey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess Stamford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Grey 3rd Earl Stamford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humble Ward 1st Baron Ward of Birmingham Baron Dudley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Ward 7th Baron Dudley 2nd Baron Ward 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Sutton 6th Baroness Dudley 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Ward 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Brereton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Booth Lady Brereton 
GrandFather: Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nathan Wright Keeper of the Great Seal
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Wright Countess Stamford
Father: George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Booth
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Booth 1st Baron Delamer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Vere Egerton 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Booth 1st Earl Warrington 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Delamer 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess Stamford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Booth 2nd Earl Warrington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Langham 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Langham 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Langham Countess Warrington
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Alston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Alston
GrandMother: Mary Booth Countess Stamford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Oldbury Countess Warrington
George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara St John 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Greville 2nd Baron Brooke 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Baroness Brooke 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Dashwood 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sleigh
Mother: Henrietta Bentinck Countess Stamford and Warrington 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harley 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Harley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Brilliana Conway 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Foley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Foley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Foley Countess of Oxford and Mortimer
GrandMother: Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne 
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris