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: Phipps
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey 1700-1768
On 26th February 1743 [his father] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 20] and [his mother] Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 19] were married.
On 14th February 1755 Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave was born to [his father] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 32] and [his mother] Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 31]. He a great x 2 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1767 [his father] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford. [his mother] Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 43] by marriage Baroness Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford.
Before 7th November 1769 [his brother] Constantine Phipps 1st and 2nd Baron Mulgrave [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Elizabeth Cholmley Baroness Mulgrave were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 13th September 1775 [his father] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 53] died. His son [his brother] Constantine [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford. [his sister-in-law] Anne Elizabeth Cholmley Baroness Mulgrave [aged 5] by marriage Baroness Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford.
On 11th May 1780 [his mother] Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 57] died.
On 10th October 1792 Constantine Phipps 1st and 2nd Baron Mulgrave [aged 48] died at Liège. Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave in Yorkshire extinct. His brother Henry [aged 37] succeeded 3rd Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford.
In 1794 Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 38] was created 1st Baron Mulgrave.
In 1795 Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 39] and Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave were married at St Michael's Church, Houghton le Spring [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford and Baroness Mulgrave.
On 15th May 1797 [his son] Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby was born to Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 42] and [his wife] Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave. He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 1818 Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby, daughter of Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth and Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe, and had issue.
In 1809 [his son] Augustus Frederick Phipps was born to Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 53] and [his wife] Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave. He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married before 22nd August 1887 his half fourth cousin once removed Mary Elizabeth Emily Fitzroy, daughter of Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton and Mary Caroline Berkeley Duchess Grafton.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1812 Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 56] was created 1st Earl Mulgrave, 1st Viscount Normanby. [his wife] Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave by marriage Countess Mulgrave.
In 1818 Constantine Phipps 1st Marquess Normanby [aged 20] and Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby [aged 19] were married. He the son of Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 62] and Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave.
On 7th April 1831 Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave [aged 76] died. His son Constantine [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Earl Mulgrave, 2nd Viscount Normanby, 4th Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford and 2nd Baron Mulgrave. Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby [aged 32] by marriage Countess Mulgrave.
On 17th October 1849 [his former wife] Martha Sophia Thomson Maling Countess Mulgrave died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 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 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Phipps
Great x 1 Grandfather: Constantine Henry Phipps
GrandFather: William Phipps
Father: Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Philipps 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Annesley 2nd Earl Anglesey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Altham of Oxhey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Annesley 3rd Earl Anglesey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Manners Countess Anglesey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Catherine Annesley Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland 
Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King James II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry IV King France 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sedley 2nd Baronet 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Sedley 5th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Savile 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Savage 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Parker 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Henry Phipps 1st Earl Mulgrave 2 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hervey 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Hervey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Jermyn 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Jermyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Blagge
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol
GrandFather: John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Felton 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Felton 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Gawdy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Felton 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 2nd Baronet 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susanna Tollemache Lady Felton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Lady Talmash 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol 9 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 Grandfather: James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Lady Felton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara Villiers Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara St John 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Wedig Lepell
GrandMother: Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey