Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Paternal Family Tree: Carey
Maternal Family Tree: Joan Botetort 1356-1417
On 20th May 1567 Henry Paget 2nd Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 28) and [his mother] Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Paget Beaudasert.
After 28th December 1568 [his father] Edward Carey (age 28) and [his mother] Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 25) were married. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1575 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland was born to [his father] Edward Carey (age 35) and [his mother] Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 32).
On 20th November 1586 [his brother-in-law] John Savile 1st Baron Savile (age 30) and [his sister] Elizabeth Carey Baroness Savile (age 16) were married. They were half third cousin once removed.
In 1590 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 15) educated at Gray's Inn.
In 1593 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 18) educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
Before 1599 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 23) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber.
Around 1600. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 25).
In 1601 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 26) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
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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In 1602 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 27) and Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater (age 17) were married. They were fifth cousins.
On 21st June 1603 [his father] Edward Carey (age 63) and his son Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 28) were jointly appointed Master of the Jewels.
In 1604 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 29) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
On 3rd March 1605 [his brother-in-law] George Manners 7th Earl of Rutland (age 25) and [his sister] Frances Carey Countess Rutland (age 34) were married. He the son of John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.
In 1609 [his daughter] Catherine Carey Countess Home was born to Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater (age 24). She married May 1622 James Home 2nd Earl of Home, son of Alexander Home 1st Earl of Home and Mary Dudley Countess Home.
Around 1610 [his son] Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland was born to Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater (age 25) at Burford, Shropshire [Map]. He married in or before 1632 Lettice Moryson Viscountess Falkland and had issue.
Around 1610 [his son] Lawrence Carey, [his daughter] Placid Carey, [his daughter] Ann Carey, [his daughter] Lucy Carey, [his daughter] Elizabeth Carey, [his daughter] Mary Carey and [his daughter] Victoria Carey were born to Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater (age 25).
On 4th November 1616 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 15) was created Prince of Wales. Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex (age 43) carried the Purple Ermined Robe.
James Wriothesley (age 11), brothers Robert Howard (age 32) and William Howard, George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley (age 15), Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 41) and John Cavendish were appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1617 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 42) was appointed Comptroller of the Household and to the Privy Council.
On 18th July 1618 [his father] Edward Carey (age 78) died at St Bartholomew the Less.
In 1620 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 45) was created 1st Viscount Falkland. [his wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater (age 35) by marriage Viscountess Falkland.
In 1621 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 46) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In March 1622 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 47) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland through the favour of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 29).
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 May 1622 [his son-in-law] James Home 2nd Earl of Home (age 15) and [his daughter] Catherine Carey Countess Home (age 13) were married at Whitehall Palace [Map] with King James I of Scotland present. She by marriage Countess of Home. He the son of Alexander Home 1st Earl of Home and Mary Dudley Countess Home (age 36).
On 20th December 1622 [his mother] Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert (age 79) died.
Around 1623 [his son] Patrick Carey was born to Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 48) and [his wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater (age 38). He married 1653 Susan Uvedale and had issue.
In February 1624 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 49) was ordered by the English Council to refrain from more extreme measures than preventing the erection of religious houses and the congregation of unlawful assemblies.
In 1625 [his daughter] Catherine Carey Countess Home (age 16) died in childbirth.
On 22nd September 1626 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 51) convened a meeting of the Irish nobility on account of the difficulties of maintaining the English army in Ireland. He laid before the assembly a draft of concessions promised by Charles, which were subsequently known as the "Graces". They promised the removal of certain religious disabilities and the recognition of sixty years' possession as a bar to all claims of the crown based on irregularities of title. Falkland did not conduct the negotiations with skill, and for a long time there seemed no hope of a satisfactory settlement.
After 1627 [his son-in-law] William Uvedale (age 46) and [his daughter] Victoria Carey (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.
On 21st July 1628 [his brother-in-law] John Savile 1st Baron Savile (age 72) was created 1st Baron Savile of Pomfret. [his sister] Elizabeth Carey Baroness Savile (age 58) by marriage Baroness Savile of Pomfret.
On 10th August 1629 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 54) was directed to hand over his authority as Lord Deputy of Ireland to the lords justices on the pretext that his services were required in England. King Charles I (age 28), recognising his good intentions, continued to hold him in favour.
In or before 1632 [his son] Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Lettice Moryson Viscountess Falkland were married. She by marriage Viscountess Falkland.
On 17th December 1632 Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland (age 54) died at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire [Map]. On 20th February 1633 he was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His daughter Katherine (age 30) succeeded 18th Baroness Ros Helmsley. His brother [his brother-in-law] George (age 52) succeeded 7th Earl of Rutland. [his sister] Frances Carey Countess Rutland (age 61) by marriage Countess of Rutland.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Before September 1633 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 58) broke his leg which subsequently had to be amputated; he died as a consequence. He was buried on 25th September 1633 at Aldenham, Hertfordshire. His son Lucius (age 23) succeeded 2nd Viscount Falkland.
In 1639 [his former wife] Elizabeth Tanfield Duchess Bridgewater (age 54) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III 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 17 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Carey 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Courtenay 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Orchard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christiana Orchard
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Fulford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Fulford
GrandFather: John Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Winstone Churchill Spencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Father: Edward Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Denny 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Denny
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Denny
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Denny
GrandMother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Troutbeck
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Troutbeck
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Troutbeck 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Stanley Baroness Grey Codnor 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Troutbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Knyvet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Knyvet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 
6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Grey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandFather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Pickering
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Pickering
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Pickering 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Lascelles 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Lascelles 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grey 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lewknor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ros Baroness Audley Heighley 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Echingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Echingham Baroness Audley Heighley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Knyvet