The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Paternal Family Tree: Paulett
In 1908 [his father] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 24) and [his mother] Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of [his grandfather] William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett and [his grandmother] Rosa Melville Countess Poulett.
On 23rd June 1909 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett was born to [his father] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 25) and [his mother] Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 19).
On 11th July 1918 [his father] William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett (age 34) died in the flu pandemic. His son George (age 9) succeeded 8th Earl Poulett, 11th Baron Poulett.
In 1935 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 25) and Muriel Mary Swinstead aka Oriel Ross Countess Poulett (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 45).
In 1941 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 31) and Olga Lorraine Lawrence Countess Poulett were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 51).
In 1941 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 31) and Muriel Mary Swinstead aka Oriel Ross Countess Poulett (age 33) were divorced.
On 20th July 1947 [his mother] Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett (age 57) died.
In 1961 [his wife] Olga Lorraine Lawrence Countess Poulett died.
In 1968 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 58) and Margaret Christine Ball Countess Poulett were married. She by marriage Countess Poulett. He the son of William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett and Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett.
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 1st March 1973 George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett (age 63) died. Earl Poulett and Baron Poulett extinct.
On 20th October 1994 [his former wife] Muriel Mary Swinstead aka Oriel Ross Countess Poulett (age 87) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Vere Paulett 3rd Earl Paulett 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Butt of Arlington in Gloucestershire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Butt
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Paulett 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: William Henry Paulett 6th Earl Paulett 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Dallas 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Sophia Dallas
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Blackwood 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Blackwood 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Catherine Blackwood Lady Dallas
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorcas Stevenson 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye
Father: William John Lydston Poulett 7th Earl Poulett 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfred Hugh de Melville
GrandMother: Rosa Melville Countess Poulett
George Poulett 8th Earl Poulett 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: William Frederick Clayton Storey
Mother: Sylvia Storey Countess Poulett